Strange Sales

[Grrilla]

:o Am I missing something here, or does $400,000 seem a wee bit steep for hipoteca.com? It's sales figures like these that makes everyones domain portfolio look alot better. Found these figures at Domainicon. Also saw that DomainNames.com went for $1,100 while DomainSale.com sold for a hefty $15,750 It's a crazy marketplace out there! Here are some name sales that I picked out that I found interesting -some because they look like real bargains, most, because I can't believe what they sold for (in no particular order) :

Cucme.com $2,625 PacrimBusiness.com $105,000 Oglasnik.net $470 NameCheap.com $1,225 MyParty2K.com $1,050 MIXr.com $525 BayAndSellOnline.com $1,750 Loop.tv $4,000 BabyGaGa.com $525 lips.com $250,000 Lge.com $100,000 lakenorman.com $35,000 Aftenric.com $1,050 1st-US-Store.com $2,047 MP3audiobooks.com $8,000,000 maxonline.com $12,500 asseenontv.com $5,000,000 Online.comOnlineJob.com $3,640 $3,150 PaymentWork.com $3,675Dreadlocks.com $13,125SeekE.com $1,000 Semiramis $6,000 slapped.com $460 Slapt.com $1,050 enitiative.com $1,995 SpeedCafee.com $1,575
Toepfer.com $1,500 GoPot.com $1,575 Stript.com $2,000 TheUSInfo.com $2,000+ Email911.com $1,050
HelpDeskTicket.com $1,020 VIDE0S.COM $525
Video.nr $3,150 HOTXXXLIVESEX.COM $660
webbuilders.com $1,000 WebCity.com $150,000
WhoisInc.com $575 wirelessstocktrading.com $675,000 Sky.com $1,000,000 Uninformed.com $4,500 tv.com $15,000
TVs.com $28,185 Geocities.net $660 TransactALoan.com $1,300 TradingSecrets.com $2,315 theinvesting.com $1,155 TableMannrs.com $1,688 swirve.net $575 SwearWear.com $1,640

 

[pelican]

perhaps there are really amazing sales marketers.

 

[Jeanco]

hey their worth what people wanna spend. Some people have weird taste.

 

[armstrong]

These are indeed crazy numbers. Where did you find them?

 

[yesonline]

Originally posted by Grrilla
:o while DomainSale.com sold for a hefty $15,750 It's a crazy marketplace out there!

Is it the SAME domainsale.com?
http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=19122

 

[webscorpion]

Originally posted by yesonline
Is it the SAME domainsale.com?
http://www.namepros.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=19122

Same question. We all know that a domain name is unique. Unless there's a typo, this is really strange.

 

[Jeff]

Originally posted by armstrong
These are indeed crazy numbers. Where did you find them?

Agree.

Found these figures at Domainicon.

I couldn't find these figures here ... do you think perhaps they were "Asking prices" (versus "Sales prices")?

 

[Grrilla]

I found these figures here:http://www.domainicons.com/publish_domain.php

w/ this disclaimer:Note : DomainIcons.Com have not verified all record sales, and highly recommend further verification.

The following domain names are a collection of published record sales and are also being used by professional appraisers, brokers, resellers, and spectators to determine value of current retail domain names. (source: New York Times, Daily News, Afternic.Com, AuctionWatch.Com, DomainNameStuffetc.Com & others)
Curious numbers, no?

perhaps there are really amazing sales marketers

Exactly my thought. If these are indeed correct numbers, it seems that in *many instances*, marketing takes precedence over name quality and all of our evaluations and selection criteria.

 

[armstrong]

I see the old beauty.cc for $1,000,000 is still up there. Everyone knows that was a Netsol gimmick.

 

[Jeff]

"BestHosting.net" also is there (thanks for the provided "link") ... having been sold for $2,402.
It's currently for sale at its site/parking page by BuyDomain's for $288.00 ("Buy Now" price).
Many of these listed here may be outdated, as well ... along with Armstrong's specific point above.

 

[Grrilla]

Not a terribly reliable source, I take it. Still, there are a enough oddities here, that are for real, to make one stand up and take notice.

 

[Jeff]

Originally posted by Grrilla
Not a terribly reliable source, I take it. Still, there are a enough oddities here that seem to be for real to cause one to take notice.

Overall, I would concur ... with the caveat that even they themselves encourage additional and further verifications.
Nice thread, Grrilla.

 

[jj2ii3344]

Hahaha, funny one nonetheless!

 

[Grrilla]

I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm running out right now to place backorders on hipoteca.com, bayandsellonline.com, 1st-US-Store.com:gn ASSeenontv.com and babygaga.com. :lala:Great keywords, highly brandable, associated w/ large revenue industries, excellent recall value, snappy, to the point, unique winners, *and* great prices! Gee... wonder if .ws or .name might work w/ some of these beauties?? :tri:

 

[platinumdomains]

it appears that domain names are overrated...

 

[Grrilla]

depends upon what domain names you are talking about and what your business objectives are. An excellent or very good name = traffic = money. Those are gone unless you have very deep pockets. Good names need to be developed through branding and linking to build the traffic that is needed to make the name a viable commodity. Most of the names and prices on this list (those that are not bogus) are an abberation of the domain name marketing and website sales business. Hence, the subject line "Strange Sales".

 

[jasper]

wirelessstocktrading.com sold for $675,000 !?!

 

[rambo6376]

hahaha now that cannot possibly be right!