Malibu.com Gets a High Bid of $518k but Remains Unsold

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December 10, 2018

Malibu.com was up for auction last week with a minimum opening bid of $250,000. At the conclusion of yesterday’s auction, the domain name had a high bid of $518,000, as reported by Joshua Schoen on Twitter:

The https://t.co/ow09JTwjDq auction just ended with a winning bid of $518,000. #domains #domainnames

— Joshua Schoen (@jstenn13) December 5, 2018

The auction was managed and promoted by Millitzer Capital, so I reached out to Tom Millitzer to learn if the domain name was sold at auction. According to Mr. Millitzer, the owner of the domain name had the ability to accept or reject the high bid in the auction, and the owner decided to not accept the $518,000 bid.

Here is a comment I received from Mr. Millitzer about the Malibu.com domain name auction:

Elon Musk on What it Took to Acquire Tesla.com

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Elliot Silver

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December 9, 2018

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How much did Tesla pay to buy The Tesla.com domain name? Elon Musk might have just revealed the price.

Tesla Motors operated its business in TeslaMotors.com for a number of years. In February of 2016, it was widely reported that the company bought the Tesla.com domain name. The purchase price of the domain name was not publicly announced though.

Late last night on Twitter, CEO Elon Musk commented about what it took to finally acquire the Tesla.com domain name:

Buying https://t.co/46TXqRrsdr took over a decade, $11M & amazing amount of effort. Didn’t like https://t.co/BsRfMrY9Gm even when we were only making 🚘.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 9, 2018

It is unclear if the $11 million figure was the actual amount Tesla paid to buy Tesla.com or if that figure also includes additional costs or terms (such as legal fees or if this figure includes stock in the company which could fluctuate in value).

Now that Mr. Musk has publicly discussed the acquisition, it would be great if the Tesla Investor Relations team clarified the purchase price component a bit. It would likely be one of the largest domain name sales of all time.

Stages of an Afternic Fast Transfer DLS Sale

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Elliot Silver

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December 8, 2018

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After selling a name via Afternic Fast Transfer, I was kiddingly chatting with a friend about the stages I go through each time I get an email with this subject: “Congrats [Domain Name] has sold via Afternic Fast Transfer DLS.” I thought I would share with you:

Stage 1 – Excitement – I am happy and excited that I sold a domain name via Afternic Fast Transfer. These emails don’t happen daily, so it’s always a nice bit of excitement to see one in my inbox. It can also take a moment to process the name in my brain, especially on mobile, so it is always exciting to see if it’s going to be a nice sale.

Stage 2 – Anticipation – Much to my chagrin (and despite a few nudges to GoDaddy), the sale price is not included in the notification email. To find out the sale price, I need to either log in to my Afternic account, email my account manager, or use DomainTools. I usually have a general idea of the sale price, but sometimes it’s been a while since I set or changed the price, so I keep my fingers crossed that it was a decent deal.

Stage 3 – Regret – Shoot

Calculator.com Sells for $250,899 via Sedo Auction

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Elliot Silver

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December 7, 2018

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I was following the Sedo auction for Calculator.com when I got distracted just before the auction concluded and did not see it end. It looks like the domain name ended up selling for $250,899, as recorded by NameBio and reported by Sedo this morning on Twitter:

A 6-figure sale is the best way to end the work week🤗🤗🤗: Calculator(.)com sold for nearly $251K!

A big congrats to both buyer & seller of this keyword category killer. We bet you’re calculating 🔢 all of the benefits of this deal right now 😉: https://t.co/9DsILA1Bk8

— Sedo (@Sedo) December 7, 2018

Calculator.com is a fantastic domain name with many uses. In my opinion, the most lucrative way to use Calculator.com, would be something related to the financial field rather than math or science. There seem to be a whole lot of

Kanye West Files UDRP Against Yandhi.com Domain Name

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Elliot Silver

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December 7, 2018

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It looks like Kanye West and Mascotte Holdings, Inc. have filed a UDRP at the World Intellectual Property Organization to try and gain control of the Yandhi.com domain name. The UDRP is WIPO case #D2018-2788.

From what I understand, Yandhi is the title of Kanye’s next album, which has apparently been delayed a couple of times. Yandhi will be a follow up to his hit album, Yeezus (West Brands LLC owns but does not use Yeezus.com). The Yandhi name was announced in a Kanye West tweet this past September:

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— ye (@kanyewest) September 17, 2018

The Yandhi.com domain name was registered on September 16, 2018. Because the domain name was

Daily Poll: Bigger Upside in 2019: Domain Names or Cryptocurrency?

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Elliot Silver

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December 6, 2018

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Over the last two plus years, I believe quite a bit of money shifted from domain name investments to cryptocurrency. Several domain investors I know spent more time focusing on investing in the crypto space because of the potential for much higher returns than with domain names.

As you likely know, many cryptocurrencies are down considerably from their all-time highs as well as from where they were tracking earlier this year. With the new year almost upon us, I am curious what you think has more upside in 2019 – cryptocurrencies or domain names. Obviously, there could be some coins that do better than others, just like some extensions could do better than others. I am asking more on a macro-view of each business.

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Malibu.com Gets a High Bid of $518k but Remains Unsold

Elon Musk on What it Took to Acquire Tesla.com

Stages of an Afternic Fast Transfer DLS Sale

Calculator.com Sells for $250,899 via Sedo Auction

Kanye West Files UDRP Against Yandhi.com Domain Name

Daily Poll: Bigger Upside in 2019: Domain Names or Cryptocurrency?

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