USA Today Story About DN Sales

[TestCase]

Sellers of Internet addresses surf for — and get — some big payoffs
By Jon Swartz, USA TODAY
SAN FRANCISCO — Internet domain names are red-hot again.

This year, 15 names used in Internet addresses have resold for at least six figures to companies and individuals hoping to tap into big audiences. On.com got $635,000. Macau.com fetched $550,000.

Sex.com went for a record $12 million in cash and stock to adult-entertainment company Escom in January, according to...

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2006-04-13-hot-domain-names_x.htm

Not a lot of meat to the story, but we may see an increase of newbie speculators coming in to the market as a result of it.

(Hmmm... May be the perfect chance to get rid of some of those "non-performers" at a nice profit... Excellent, Smithers... :hehe: )

 

[dna]

I think it's interesting that Marchex has aquired 74,000 zip code
domains.

 

[fonzie_007]

You may want to post in the industry news section of the forum.

 

[equity78]

Nice to make front page IMO

 

[TestCase]

Thanks Fonz!

Was traveling today and just got home.

I always forget there are other sections/topics.

Just went to post it there and it turns out that "Fewski" has already posted it. He/she actually beat me to the punch on the original post by about 15 minutes this morning.

 

[DOMiNIC]

Great Post. I would probably have missed it in the other section.

 

[Volholic]

Good article---this is good
The more people in the business the better

 

[TestCase]

... The more people in the business the better

No, no, no.... Not until I finish gathering up all the domains I have my eye on!!!

 

[wow!]

U mean the more buyers in the business the better...

 

[mole]

I hate to rain on the parade, but the article ignores the simple reality check that 95% of all .COM names will never be sold in this lifetime. Articles like these add only more debris to the 50m high dotcom trash heap.

 

[ekal]

yep - I can't find a .com zip code that hasn't been taken. Thats not to say there aren't, but even obscure rural ones around my area have gone.

 

[DOMiNIC]

Well there is still opportunity on the full Zip Code.

e.g. 90120-4125.com