Sedo.com is showing the domain name XXXbook.com just sold for $100,000.
It looks like the domain has minimal traffic according to Alexa and Compete and is being redirected to XXXmatch.com
Currently the site calls itself the “Facebook of Sex”.
That’s an issue with Facebook already taking legal action against other sites that start in the word “Face” or end in the word “Book”.
Its a very nice price for the domain and hopefully the buyer will be careful not to do anything to jeopardize his investment.
In another very notable sale today reported by Sedo.com, the domain name All.Biz sold for $61,750.
Its one of the highest .Biz domain sales I have seen in a very long time.
As the original registrant of Internet.Biz I have always considered it to be a six figure domains.
Wow !!
It’s amazing what sells and what does not and the wild variations in prices they all sell for.
Even after years in the biz I’m still amazed.
Appears that All-Biz.info was the buyer of All.biz!
all-biz.info
all.biz
allbiz.info
gemma.kiev.ua
ukrindustrial.com
All reside on the same server.
I am curious how it was listed? You think it was brokered or maybe they paid the $39 featured listing option? I am curious how most domain names sell on Sedo.
Nice sale…
Jamie
Thanks for the Info
They should buy allbiz.com don’t you think?
Micheal, do you think xxxx.me stands good chances too?
.Me
Yes .me is one of my favorite extension, see a lot of development being done in the space and VC money coming in on quite a few of .me projects
I concur – .me rocks.
so, we MUST start to register good p0rn domains to make money … 🙂 🙁
Having jundreds of premium names, like xxxx.me, balance.me, unlock.me… would you suggest an institutional investor or a buyer interested in the portfolio? Some of the names are kept for internal projects, like thatis.me – the rest can fly and make great start ups.
A propos, startup.me and investin.me are two hot domains at the moment…
A propos, there are few interesting .me auction do at the moment: http://thatis.me/~b$Vj
As the world’s premier Winning Consultant (I advise the Sheeniac), I can tell you that .biz, .me, and .io are extensions experiencing a serious jump in interest (expecially .io, as compared to just a few months ago).
Winning Consultant
(Chopping Tiger) (Wooden Dragon)
@Romantic Colorado – what is your secret of predicting such a sale already a year ago?
I must have good karma…other than that it’s just a fluke.
Thanks to FB, allthebooks are popular, like mybook.me + mybooks.me, then also book4.me + books4.me …
No is xxxbook.me – we all know what kind of site to expect sooner or later.
I saw an Overstock commercial on tv the other day, they were showing how Overstock .com has changed to O.co , and they used both domains in the tv ad. Good for .co to get that kind of promotion.
There is alot of FAIL in this thread.
First, a domain that ends in “..book.com” and uses “The Facebook of Sex” as their marketing slogan stands a high probability of locking horns with a monster in a trademark lawsuit.
Second, with regards to some of the comments, there are very few, if any, “premium” .ME domains. True premium domains are bought and sold for premium prices. I am not aware of large numbers of premium prices being paid for this “also ran” extension.
@ rjb
I saw an Overstock commercial on tv the other day,
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BS that AD aint run for months..
the LIES these .Co losers will tell for that
worthless crap!
If someone paid $100K for a name, they likely could have paid $200K or more. $100K really isn’t all that much, nowadays. And for a name that can be easily marketed as an “adult Facebook,” that’s pretty much a bargain.
People should be asking more for good domain names. And then be patient, because the buyer who might want it, is likely not looking when you put it up for sale. There are many companies out there who can just as easily pay you $500K as $50K. To most individuals the difference in the amounts would be great, but to them, not so much, especially since they have the added bonus of being able to write off the purchase as a business expense.
Johnny wrote:
> It’s amazing what sells and what does not and
> the wild variations in prices they all sell for.
There are variations because some people might think $10K is a lot, while others know the true value of what they’re selling and stick to that higher price, no matter how outrageous it might seem to the average domaineer.
there still are lots of domains with xxx inside available but I doubt they can be resold so well 🙁
Agree with Alex A.
You also have to watch out for those buying jingly names for 50k and then reselling to the final destination for 500k.
A miss is a miss. Patience usually pays off.
“A miss is a miss. Patience usually pays off.”
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If you add up all the factors in speculative domaining that have caused money to be lost, deals to be blown and big, fat birds to be left in the bush, greed and unrealistic pricing is the dominant #1 seed.
The idea that if they offer $10K, that means they can afford $250K and naturally, if they can afford $250K, they can afford $1mm is a complete delusion. Now that it isn’t 2007 anymore and the market has cooled significantly, there are a lot of people who own good names standing there with their dicks in their hands, wishing they had taken a lot of offers made 2, 3, 4 years back.
Of course, there are some people who own great domains, have blown off credible, six and seven figure offers for them and are perfectly content to carry all their domains to their graves, which is a good thing since that’s precisely what they will be doing.
There is no sound more deafening than the ringing silence you hear once opportunity stops knocking.
Yes, agree, this is also what keeps the prices higher and the whole industry less illiquid. Another than that I can only make a point to sell to the end users to maximise your returns. Telling who is who is an art indeed.
@Hal Meyer
You are right, premium prices of .me those of .com – neither they should be.
What levels would you apply to each asset class I wonder?
@LS Morgan
If you truly have a great name, opportunity won’t stop knocking. But that’s the thing, and I know that from personal experience. Truly great names are rare, but it’s funny how many people think they have one, and accordingly price them unrealistically high.
The other thing though, I don’t see the market as cooling… that’s been said repeatedly throughout the past decade as well, and then a surge of nice sales comes along. The market is just like anything, and it has its ups and downs. And with the added competition being brought on from companies in Asia, we may be surprised by what the market brings this decade. But only for high-quality names. No one is going to waste money on an average name that they can get a close copy of, that’s been dropped or hasn’t been registered yet.
One last thing. Domains are like land. My grandparents had land that they passed on to their children, and their children’s children. Eventually it was worth a fortune. Domain names can easily be passed on in the same way, and they don’t have to be taken to “one’s grave.” I’ve already taken steps to pass on my most valuable names in the case I should die before they sell.
Just received 25th potential bid on thats.me – quite of name, isn’t it. Then truly.me sale wasn’t truly.com, and yet better than trulyme.com 😉
@ Alex
We agree on some stuff, but what you’re expressing there is pretty much the standard book for hoarders who obsessively acquire something in a particular niche but don’t have anything in terms of an exit plan to go along with it. You see it with guys who obsessively collect rare coins, real estate, classic cars, good domain names, fine artwork, high end gemstones… It’s Pollyannaism 101.
That’s fine- hold them forever and maybe your great-great grandchildren will reap the rewards, or maybe things change and they don’t. If building multi-generational wealth is your goal, hunkering down in tech sector probably isn’t the best vehicle for that.
Hi, what will be the price of the domain name xxxbook.in
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