domain Just sold a name for $1,500 - Please appraise these variations

[creme]

I just sold JessicaSimpsonHairExtensions.com for $1,500.00 on Sedo.

Keeping that in mind, what are your appraisals for these names?:

JessicaHairExtension.com

JessicaHairExtensions.com

JessicasHairExtensions.com

I would probably want to sell them as a package.

Thanks!

 

[mmurch03]

Reg fee bacause they are not specific enough like the one you sold. IMO.

 

[btrader]

i think your sale was a bit of a fluke - don't read too much into it. her name is TM and that is a very long name. congrats on the sale.

 

[Phronesis]

I think you found your end user in the first sale. Given the length of the name, I'd say you were very lucky. I know how you feel though. I sold a website to a compnay last year and began recreating different iterations of it, selling them every time but at lower and lower prices. Congrats on a nice sale.

 

[creme]

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[maxt0r]

I just sold JessicaSimpsonHairExtensions.com for $1,500.00 on Sedo.

Keeping that in mind, what are your appraisals for these names?:

JessicaHairExtension.com

JessicaHairExtensions.com

JessicasHairExtensions.com

I would probably want to sell them as a package.

Thanks!

it was a fake sale.
Reg fee all...

 

[TheBulldog]

They aren't low.

Your end user bought it, you will be lucky to pull off another one.

 

[creme]

maxt0r - Fake Sale? Why would you say that?

Here is PROOF: http://www.sedo.com/main.php3?language=us
Look under the "Recent Sales" section at the bottom right of the page.

 

[btrader]

There is NO TM ISSUE with her name. Please do research before responding.

What??? No TM issue with her name? You can't be serious.

My point is you cannot (legally) profit from her TM - which you claim you did with your $1500 sale. If they wanted to UDRP you they (or she) could have - but it was cheaper to buy it.

Whether the company you sold it to has a licensing agreement with her is not the question, the question is whether you are profiting from her TM.

I think you will find that most here will agree with a $0 valuation, and that your sale is a fluke.

 

[nrmillions]

I think all of the names are worth regfee including the one that sold on Sedo. There is a definite TM problem with using her full name. If it was a real sale then you got lucky selling a regfee name for that much. A ton of sales and auctions for crappy names on Sedo are fake. One little lucky sale of a regfee name for $1,500 would not have any effect on the value of similar names, they would still all be regfee unless the same buyer of the first one wanted to get the rest.

 

[creme]

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[btrader]

btrader - I mean this with all due respect: you could not be more incorrect.

Jessica Simpson ALLOWS the use of her name for domain names to sell her line of hair extensions. It's a fact. In order to be licensed as distributer, you have to invest in $20k worth of Jessica Simpson Hair Extensions inventory from Hair-U-Wear Inc (the master distributor). You can call them. I did.

If I used her name to sell hair extensions that were NOT her brand, then that would be a violation.

Just so I am clear, which are you saying;

1. Jessica Simpson has licensed Hair-U-Wear to use her likeness and name for the sale and distribution of a line of hair care products, and in so doing so has authorized Hair-U-Wear to sublicense these same rights, including the use of her likeness, and TM in the registration of domain names (done so for the purpose of selling Hair-U-Wear products). Subject I am sure to limitations and registrations and for a finite licensed period.

-or-

2. Jessica Simpson doesn't care if I use her trademarked name to register domain names and flip them for a profit.


It seems you are doing #2, and arguing #1 (although even on #1 I have my doubts, and you claiming it is a fact in all caps - doesn't make it so.- please provide a link of the the authorization to use her name in a URL)

 

[mr-x]

Congrats on the sale.

Jesica Simpson is a celeb and has a TM on her name. "Common law" TM's are often cited in UDRP hearings.

There is NO TM ISSUE with her name. Please do research before responding.

 

[creme]

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[mr-x]

A ton of sales and auctions for crappy names on Sedo are fake.

That's a broad statement. Can you prove it ?

[Quote="nrmillions]One little lucky sale of a regfee name for $1,500 would not have any effect on the value of similar names, they would still all be regfee unless the same buyer of the first one wanted to get the rest.[/Quote]

Value is in the eye of the beholder. Hair extension are a big market and JS make a popular product. TM issues asside..

 

[jacal1]

The end user bought your name because it was extremely specific, and some people do type in rather long names as long as they are specific. Your other names would not be typed in, so I don't see value. You've made your own point - they went from specific to much too general so don't worry about TMs, but there is also little value.

If she was Brtitney Spears, who is really known readily as "Britney" it would ework, but she really seems to be "Jessica Simpson".

By the way, you did have a TM problem when you were holding that domain if you weren't an authorized reseller...but that's besides the point.

 

[btrader]

From me to Hair-U-Wear

Could you please let me know if the following is correct;

"Jessica Simpson ALLOWS the use of her name for domain names to sell
her line of hair extensions. It's a fact. In order to be licensed as
distributer, you have to invest in $20k worth of Jessica Simpson Hair
Extensions inventory from Hair-U-Wear Inc (the master distributor).
You can call them. I did"

---Their Reply ---
The information is not correct so please advise me of who said this and
if you would be so kind to email me a copy of the form? I would like to
rectify this situation ASAP.

Thank you!
Carmen Rowe
Overseas Administrative Supervisor

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Sounds like you are full of it Creme

 

[Spade]

The plot is thickening?....

 

[creme]

Sweet God man. I've talked to them on several occasions. I told them about the name, they said great. There is no plot. They tried to get me to sign up and be a distributer. I got the $20k minimum purchase (for online companies with no retail store) and the "ok" to use a Jessica Simpson name in the url from the rep who tried to sign me up.

Since you're such a good detective, why don't you call the C.E.O. and President of Wigs.com and verify the sale. I'll tell you what: If you prove that I faked a SEDO sale, I'LL GIVE YOU THE $1,500.

I haven't been a member of this forum for 4 years and done about a dozen different transactions so I can tarnish my rep over a url that I sold.

Regardless of wether or not someone named Carmen alegedly emailed you about TM's it doesn't change the fact that:
A: The original post was to determine the price of different, non-tm issue names.
B: The sale of the original domain is legit

To recap: Weather or not there is a TM issue with a name I no longer own doesn't mean anything to me - if anything it makes the other names I have more valuable since they are as close as you can get to her product description without violating a trademark. And I encourage you to contact the Wigs.com C.E.O. - get her on the phone, I'll even give you my cell number and we can do a conference call.

p.s. - I'd venture to bet that if you contacted them and pretended you wanted to be a distributor and asked them if it was ok to sell on a site called jessica-simpsons-hair.com or something they would be ok with it...

So BTrader: No further comments are needed until it's to prove the SEDO sale was fake and collect your $1,500. I'll give you until Friday. Get to work!

 

[jacal1]

Its a nice sale - not too often a name that long goes for over a thou. No TM issues for you either - you don't own it anymore!

Be careful, however, because you are implicitly linking those new names to "Jessica Simpson" in this board, and that could lead to TM issues.