domains TheDeeply.com sells for $75K Net

[equity78]

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Alex Verdea posted that with Rick Schwartz in his corner he sold TheDeeply.com for $75,000 Net. One point Alex made in his tweet was for people to turn off their whois privacy.Congrats to Alex on a great domain name sale.https://twitter.com/AlexVerdea/status/1774787047355498932 … [Read more...]

 

[equity78]

I'm with you on the needing evidence argument, but let's be honest, this thread is primed for conspiracy theories.

Thread make-up:

• Waited until April 1st to report the sale.
• Hand Reg sells for $75k
• The Domain Seller sells a $49 book on TheDomainInvestingPlaybook.com

I've been waiting for this to be revealed as an April Fools jokes. Especially, since this just followed the
fake sale of NowHiring.ai. But no joke has been deeply revealed yet.

So if this isn't an April Fools joke, I'm left to wonder how valuable is that $49 book, and have I been domaining the wrong way?

Per Ricks comment on TheDomains.com:



I recently sold GiggleAcademy.com for apprx $4k BIN to (I think) CZ who has an estimated worth of $33 billion. I rely on brandbucket for most of my pricing, but had I relied on Rick, I do wonder what could have been...

GiggleAcademy.com for $4K smells like someone looking to launder. hahahah

Kidding you Chris. Congrats on the sale.

 

[Future Sensors]

@Chris Hydrick Good point about April Fool's Day. If it is indeed such a joke, however, it does not fall under money laundering

 

[equity78]

@Chris Hydrick Good point about April Fool's Day. If it is indeed such a joke, however, it does not fall under money laundering

And he would be signing the Death Warrant to his career in this business as well.

Then Rick would unleash a hell on him like he never saw after bringing his name into the deal.

 

[Yanosh]

I see you also have self-proclaimed idols.

Of course there are and have been sales based on money laundering.
But I think the point here was that if you come on a thread about a specific sale and say : “there are money laundering sales “ , it’s kinda obvious that someone reading it could think it was related to THIS sale.
That’s all
No need to be judging people or their idols man.

 

[Altetra]

I agree with some people, suspect recent and older sales, was thinking to create a topic focusing on investigating them and showing also that some sales are weirdly connected with movies I watch and games I play, chats I do even verbal ones, it's not the first time.
Please provide Live videos of your sales so we will see all evidence in real time!
Most interesting part is "turn off your WHOIS privacy" yeah sure I will reveal my secret domains to you, go grow potatoes or play Plants vs Zombies games.
The website has a link with /lander and input a password, where is the developed website (?), we already know that Godaddy fake sales are parked domains to boost their traffic and get more attention hopping they indeed will sell.
IMO
P.s. my (tors,io) domain sold for 3usd at Sav auction, congratulations domaining is alive.

 

[Kyle Tully]

• Waited until April 1st to report the sale.
• Hand Reg sells for $75k
• The Domain Seller sells a $49 book on TheDomainInvestingPlaybook.com

So if this isn't an April Fools joke, I'm left to wonder how valuable is that $49 book, and have I been domaining the wrong way?

Probably

It’s not an April fools joke.

I know Alex a little, I paid for a consulting call with him early on in my career… he learned from Mike Mann and last I heard he has tens of thousands of names.

The book is well worth the price and judging by most of the names I see posted for sale here there are a LOT of people that could benefit from it.

 

[rh2000]

All these years and I still don't get how some of these domains sell.

 

[MariaEl]

I notice this domain's current registration was made late in December last year, and the matching.org and .net were registered in February this year, both at the same time (same registrant, for sure) . There seems to be a real scope for the purchase. Excuse me if this is obvious, but "Deep" keyword being so significant in cutting-edge tech, perhaps we'll soon see something unfold.

 

[maya-zir]

Of course there are and have been sales based on money laundering.
But I think the point here was that if you come on a thread about a specific sale and say : “there are money laundering sales “ , it’s kinda obvious that someone reading it could think it was related to THIS sale.
That’s all
No need to be judging people or their idols man.

1. I never said I meant exactly this sale.
2. This sale is weird, this domain can't be worth 75k.
3. The rest is your conclusion.

 

[Sjpals]

Top 10 Reported The Keyword .com sales of all time

themortgage.com	500,000 USD	2000-05-01	Private
thedeeply.com	75,000 USD	2024-04-01	Private
thecompany.com	60,000 USD	2021-01-31	GoDaddy
thestores.com	50,000 USD	2015-06-07	MostWantedDomains
therake.com	42,000 USD	2015-09-06	MostWantedDomains
thecrown.com	40,000 USD	2011-06-09	Sedo
thekingdom.com	39,999 USD	2021-12-21	NameMarket.com
thespear.com	39,900 USD	2024-02-21	DomainMarket.com
theride.com	38,187 USD	2023-06-26	Sedo
thecompany.com	37,500 USD	2013-06-03	Afternic

Oh, wow, these all seem like terrible names to me. Shows what I know

 

[dirk]

Oh, wow, these all seem like terrible names to me. Shows what I know

Top dollar name is definitely a shitty brand/name. I'll give the buyer a pass as it's a '00 purchase and things worked differently back then.

 

[DTR Alex]

I think the buyer didn't care the grammatical meaning (adverb), he/she had a sentimental attachment to the word Deeply.....

 

[Bob Hawkes]

Thanks for the data @equity78 Note that all of the others on the list are The + a noun.

Top 10 Reported The Keyword .com sales of all time

The term 'deeply' is an adjective. As such "The" and "deeply" do not go together naturally, at least if that is the complete expression. For example "the deeply divided" would be a complete expression where it is an adjective.

I agree with those who have commented that this is an outlier sale, an entertainment company that wanted badly that exact expression.

If one waits long enough, I guess the perfect seller may come along even for rare combinations. In this case he was fortunate that in a short time from registration someone came along wanting this one.

Congrats to Alex on the negotiation getting top dollar out of this name.

-Bob

 

[biggie]

Hi

sometimes,
domains get sold for headscratcher amount, because the seller has reputation of high dollar transactions.
so, if/when the potential buyer is aware of that, then they are more likely to pay or offer close to asking price.

imo...

 

[equity78]

Hi

sometimes,
domains get sold for headscratcher amount, because the seller has reputation of high dollar transactions.
so, if/when the potential buyer is aware of that, then they are more likely to pay or offer close to asking price.

imo...

Absolutely Don. Over the years working with Mike Berkens when Mike was active before selling to GoDaddy, people who wanted a name would say I guess if Mike owns it I am going to have to pay more right? I would say well Mike does not sell cheap.

I cannot mention the name because it's not mine it was Mike's but I helped broker a name with a European GoDaddy broker who was exceptional, I say that because after frustration with Mike taking his time to get back to me, the buyer wanted the name badly and there was even a public record if he knew how to use Namebio of just under $300. The initial offer was solid at $15,000. I told the guy Mike doesn't sell cheap, when Mike finally gets back to me, he tells me tell them $100K. I thought ok that's nuts. They came back at $45K, I told the GoDaddy broker who they now hired as well, $100K or don't bother replying. They came back at $100K in less than 12 hours. I could not believe it. Some people just have that rep and knack for getting more. I am willing to bet 99.9% of every domainer in the biz would have jumped for joy at $15K. Now of course Mike has always told me you can never under any circumstance take the first offer even if it makes you ecstatic. If someone opens at $500K for a name you would sell for $50K gladly you must counter higher. And that strategy served him well. He started every year with a $750K plus renewal bill. He told me and in interviews he always surpassed that.

 

[alcy]

the deeply make 0 sense. hell deeply,com wouldn't even be worth 75k

 

[MariaEl]

the deeply make 0 sense. hell deeply,com wouldn't even be worth 75k

AFAIK, "Deeply" is the name of the domain buyer's product. So, it's no longer "the" plus a keyword in an adverbial form (which would be grammatically incorrect, of course), but "the" plus a specific product's brand name.