Signet.com Sold for $300,000 via Afternic

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Earlier this month, Jamie Zoch reported that “Signet.com has been acquired by a currently unknown CSC Corporate Domains client.” The domain name was sold by Netincome Ventures, Garry Chernoff’s domain investment firm. From what I can see using DomainTools Whois History tool, Garry’s company owned Signet.com since at least 2004, the date of the earliest historical Whois record.

I have been given permission to share that Signet.com was sold for $300,000 in a deal brokered by Afternic. Garry told me the deal took three months to negotiate. The sale was confirmed by a representative from Afternic, but the company declined to provide further details about the deal.

I presume Ron Jackson will

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SEC Filings Can Have Good Contact Information

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Whether you are looking to privately acquire a domain name or sell a domain name you already own, it is essential to have the contact information for prospective buyers. With GDPR in place, finding good contact information for a company can be challenging.

I have found that many consumer facing websites do not make it easy to find executive contact information. I presume many executives do not want to receive consumer complaint emails – or perhaps even more accurately – companies have expensive customer management and customer support teams in place that are better equipped to deal with consumer issues. These teams are not necessarily well equipped to discuss company owned domain names or potential domain name acquisitions. Contact emails about domain names may go through, but many may never be seen by decision makers or even returned.

One place to find good contact information is within filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) or similar oversight organizations in other countries. Oftentimes, these filings contain the names, email addresses, and phone numbers for corporate decision makers. These people

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Yellow.com Acquired by Blockchain Company

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The Yellow.com domain name is changing hands to a blockchain investment entity which appears to be called Yellow Corporation. The transaction price and terms of the deal were private, so unfortunately, this sale will not likely be reported in DNJournal or NameBio. I reached out to the registrant of Yellow.com, and I did not receive a response to my query about the domain name and sale price. From what I can see, the company appears to be associated with Alexis Sirkia and Stefan King.

Yellow.com was sold by Internet Real Estate Ltd. (IRE), the domain investment company founded by Andrew Rosener. I have been tracking the domain name, and when I saw the new website launch, I was able to get Andrew to confirm that his company sold the domain name. Andrew’s Media Options domain brokerage firm brokered the sale of the domain name. Chris Zuiker brokered the deal on behalf of the seller.

From what I can see using DomainTools’ Whois History tool, Yellow.com appears to have changed hands a few times in the last few years. In 2015, it looks like the domain name was owned by Marchex. In early 2016, the domain name Whois information was protected by a privacy proxy service. In September of 2017, privacy was removed, and the domain name changed hands to an

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I Don’t Respond to Sob Story Inquiries

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If you’re similar to me, you probably receive a fair amount of “sob story” inquiries to buy your domain name. I regularly receive inquiries from people who, instead of making a fair offer to buy a domain name, they think their tale of woe or sorrow will get me to sell a domain name for a pittance. Sorry, that won’t work.

For the last few years, I have taken the tact that I won’t respond to an inquiry that is made when the prospective buyer shares a story about why they can’t afford to spend a lot of money on my domain name.

There are two reasons why I don’t generally respond to these types of offers:

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Indigo.com Likely Sold for 7 Figures

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Another (likely) seven figure domain name has has been revealed by George Kirikos on Twitter this afternoon. George noted the annual report from Indigo Books & Music stated the company spent roughly $2.7 million USD on domain names in the last year. Included in the company’s purchases is the Indigo.com domain name, which I wrote about in February after I noticed it changed hands. Unless there were other major domain name purchases, I think it is likely that Indigo.com sold for 7 figures.

Indigo.com is yet another color .com domain name that sold for a substantial amount of money.

Here are the tweets about Indigo.com:

George followed this up with a second tweet to provide more commentary on the sale:

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Court Documents: Toys.com to be Sold Again (Updated)

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Toys.com was one of the most expensive domain names ever sold at $5.1 million. The domain name was sold in a 2009 bankruptcy auction, and Toys R Us was the high bidder. Toys R Us is now in bankruptcy, and it looks like the Toys.com domain name may come up for sale very soon, according to a court document I read.

In the motion (pdf document via Prime Clerk), it states that “the Selling Debtors seek to establish procedures to sell or exclusively license all of the Selling Debtors’ rights, title, and interest in and to” Toys R Us intellectual property assets, including hundreds of domain names. Some of the valuable generic domain names cited in the motion include:

  • Toys.com
  • Geoffrey.com
  • Toys.org
  • TRU.com
  • eToys.com

Other Toys R Us and Babies R Us domain names will also be up for sale in this bankruptcy auction. Bidders will have an opportunity to buy domain names such as ToysRUs.com, BabiesRUs.com, KBToys.com, and hundreds of other domain names related to the brands. Only US registered trademarks related to the retail store and e-commerce businesses (and related domain names) are for sale in this motion. Other assets may become available at a later date.

It appears that bidders will be permitted to

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