various Report Completed Domain Name Sales Here

[RJ]

This thread is a central location to report domain name sales of any dollar amount.

As much information as you can include about the transaction is welcome, but at a bare minimum please include the domain name(s), the sale price, and whether you were the seller.

Good luck with your sales!

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• NamePros Lander

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• Discuss and Report Any Details of Domain Name Sales

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Suggested template (bold details are required):

Domain name:​

Sale venue:​

Listing type:​

Listing upgrades:​

Seller:​

Asking price:​

Sale price:​

Purchase venue:​

Purchase price:​

Details:​

Suggested values / explanations:

• Sale venue: Sold at NamePros, outbound direct, inbound direct, etc.
• Listing type: Make Offer, Fixed price, Auction, Auction with Buy-It-Now, Reverse auction, etc.
• Listing upgrades: Premium package, featured listing, etc.
• Seller: me, a friend, a friend of a friend, a colleague, someone else, unknown, etc.
• Purchase venue: Where (and the year) the seller purchased the domain name originally.
• Details: Any additional details or comments about the domain name like how you bought it (e.g., hand registration), how long you had it before it sold, its age, whether you did outbound, etc.

Examples:

Domain name: ThisDomain.com​

Sale venue: NamePros (2016)​

Listing type: Make offer with Buy-It-Now​

Listing upgrades: Featured listing​

Seller: Me​

Asking price: $950​

Sale price: $830​

Purchase venue: NamePros (2015)​

Purchase price: $25​

Details: Acquired from a reseller. 5 years old domain. Had for 1 year before resold.​

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Domain name: ThatDomain.com​

Sale venue: GoDaddy Auctions (2012)​

Listing type: 7-day Public Auction​

Listing upgrades: N/A​

Seller: Someone else​

Asking price: N/A​

Sale price: $60​

Purchase venue: Hand registration (2009)​

Purchase price: $8​

Details: I watched its auction. The auction description said it was hand-registered the same day it dropped (from expiration).​

Important:

• If you don't want to provide any other information about the sale besides what you've posted, then include "no further details" or "NFD" in your post.

 

[mazkel]

I meant to ask if he offered you $2k straight away and you accepted or did he make an offer and you countered it?

He started at $500 and I countered with 3k.

 

[DomainVP]

Trademarks don't work like that.

Yes, yes. You are going with what I call the "My cat Pepsi" scenario.

Lets say that you named your cat Pepsi, and Pepsi is no longer with us. In memoriam you create an animal shelter and you call it Pepsi Care. Since you are not in the beverage industry, and your cat was named Pepsi, nobody could ever confuse your animal shelter with a multinational beverage corporation, you are likely to win the right to use 'Pepsi' in your business name.

UDRP is all over the place, we could debate the fine points of the WIPO decisions for years. Sometimes they just decide however they feel like regardless of facts if there is a trademark infringement.

The main issue with attempting to even fight a UDRP with the name Robolo is that it is so specific and non-generic that if there were copyright/trademark issues then you would have to have an iron-clad story behind it.

Typically respondents are not versed in the policy and their replies are very poorly presented, resulting in a unfavorable finding.

Happy Tuesday!

 

[werty]

Robolo can be a brand name for virtually anything. It doesn't give them any right to it just because they hold the trademark in my opinion. Now if the content or ads placed in Robolo dot com would infringe on the business holding the trademark, that gives them an advantage to complain and claim it.

*Please note I am not a lawyer or legal advisor. This is solely my opinion which could be wrong.*

 

[infosec3]

A few recent sales... All .COM

SanFranciscoNannies - $250
ColumbusRecordingStudio - $200
BostonWaterHeaters - $350
SanAntonioGoldBuyer - $250

 

[ivoy]

Sedo sales (NP list of sales coming soon. I have to look it up)

daytriptours(dot)com (SEDO) - $240
buysuccess(dot)com (SEDO) - $150
premiumenglish(dot)com (SEDO) - $300
edgecigars(dot)com (SEDO) - $125
usdancer(dot)com (SEDO) - $160
nvibe(dot)com (SEDO) - $9500

 

[GambleDomains]

www.YurtsUK.com

Hand reg'd for $1 last week, sold yesterday for $160

I contacted the buyer by email and had a 'we want it' reply two hours later. A little bit of negotiating before the deal was done. Money direct via paypal so no commission fees.

I felt like I probably could have pushed for me, but as a newbie this is my first 'big' sale so I thought i'd play it safe and just get some money on the board.

Very pleased overall, great profit margin on a very quick flip. My first real taste of success!

 

[elmoney]

Sedo sales (NP list of sales coming soon. I have to look it up)
nvibe(dot)com (SEDO) - $9500

Congrats! I see that the end buyer was AOL?

 

[Jeeps]

Nice! Congrats @GambleDomains

Awesome stuff @ivoy

 

[Krisss]

Nice @GambleDomains!! Goin good!
Cheers'

 

[ivoy]

Congrats! I see that the end buyer was AOL?

Thanks! You got it right, @elmoney. 3 weeks of negotiations, too.

 

[bretttina]

@GambleDomains

Massive congrats mate

 

[GambleDomains]

Thanks for all the nice comments guys and gals, its been a big confidence boost!

 

[DomainVP]

Robolo can be a brand name for virtually anything. It doesn't give them any right to it just because they hold the trademark.

Do you realize how little sense this makes? That is EXACTLY what trademarks are for.

Go ahead and start a company called "Microsoft" that sells tiny packets of soft-serve ice cream. See how long you last. Since it is a, "brand name for virtually anything," and means little to you apparently. Maybe even a skin care product that uses micro beads to make your skin soft.

A company could argue that ANY brand developed on a trademarked name would be seeking to gain popularity through the existing popularity of their brand. Especially if it is unique.

Legally the "Robolo" mark is referred to as a "Fanciful" or "arbitrary" mark.

These are the most popular kind of business names, because these types of marks are creative and unusual, it is less likely that others are using them.

It is within that "creative and unusual" portion that most WIPO decisions conclude wether there is, or isn't, a valid trademark or if there is bad faith.

Having "content or ad" placement related to a trademark holders business is another aspect of bad faith, but it is not the sole factor in making a decision.

Like I said previously... we could talk about UDRP/WIPO all day, or at least I could. Just read recent decisions. We could have a wonderful discussion on "common law" trademark where you don't even need to have a trademark at all and still claim valid rights...

I understand that your knowledge on this subject is limited. I hope this helps you in the future.

 

[Atomic Domains]

IAmNoHaterButIWonderHowManyOfTheseSalesAreReal.bullshit - $1,000,000

 

[jideofor]

Sedo sales (NP list of sales coming soon. I have to look it up)

nvibe(dot)com (SEDO) - $9500

Please how did you know that AOL would want a domain name like that, which led you to contact them? It's a brandable but I wouldn't know who would/could want such a name as it stands for anything. Just share your thought pattern with me/us. Thank you!

 

[GravityEleven]

It's not that difficult, just google for the term "nvibe" and you will get some search results saying that AOL has set up some social network called exactly that - "nvibe"..
i regularly do possible end user research like that too before i consider to purchase or register a domain..

 

[tomcarl]

I think if AOL created an entire social network around the name, you could've gotten at least 15-20k for it by sitting on the name a little bit longer, but hey why gamble or be greedy. Good sale, congrats.

 

[ivoy]

Please how did you know that AOL would want a domain name like that, which led you to contact them? It's a brandable but I wouldn't know who would/could want such a name as it stands for anything. Just share your thought pattern with me/us. Thank you!

To clarify, I did not contact them, they submitted an offer on SEDO first. At that time, AOL was (perhaps still is) trying to counter Facebook and Groupon all at once with a social network service focusing on events, deals and sales in specific areas. It was to be called neighborhoodvibe.com - Obviously, nVibe.com had a much nicer appeal. However, I did not find out any of this until after the domain was sold. About 3 days after the sale was completed, there was quite a buzz online about AOL's new venture. To my understanding however, it never took off.

 

[Atomic Domains]

Congrats man, it was probably on of those, take this or we are going to take it from you offers.

 

[ivoy]

I think if AOL created an entire social network around the name, you could've gotten at least 15-20k for it by sitting on the name a little bit longer, but hey why gamble or be greedy. Good sale, congrats.

Congrats man, it was probably on of those, take this or we are going to take it from you offers.

I did not know it was AOL (SEDO doesn't tell you who're you dealing with) until a few days after the sale. There were no trademark threats either. Originally I had nvibe listed at $1200 and they could have just bought it at that price. Fortunately for me, they decided to be extremely annoying with lowball offers under 1K. Finally, I countered with $10,000 just to get them off my back. The bidders then sent me a message asking for the new price justification and offered to pay the original $1200. I decided to take a risk and I wasn't budging at that point.