Ask for Their Selling Price

Elliot Silver
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I regularly receive domain name inquiries from people who make an offer that is significantly lower than what it is worth, even on the wholesale market. When I share my asking price, some of these people are surprised or even upset that the price is significantly higher than they would expect.  I want to share a way to turn the tables in a way, and perhaps you can give them a bit of a better understanding about the value of the domain name to you and your company.

When you are in a situation like this, try to see if that person owns any domain names. DomainIQ and Whoisology both offer tools that allow you to search for the person’s name and/or email address. Use these tools or even use Google  to find a domain name that is owned by the person who inquired. It would be even better if you can find a domain name that is developed or slightly developed.

When you find one of their domain names, ask the person

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Offered for $70k in August, Blaze.com Re-Sells for $253k

Elliot Silver
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In June of 2015, Heritage Auctions’ Aron Meystedt email me to let me know Blaze.com was being offered for sale:

“This is a great one-word name for investment or branding. Memorable and powerful.
The price is $115,000 for this asset. It’s tough to find a one-word .com that makes an impact in the $100K range.
it does receive type in traffic (300-400 per day), which can help launch your new venture.”

In August, Aron sent an email to announce a price reduction for Blaze.com:

“Blaze.com – very close to this selling. $70K would get it done.”

Less than a year later, Blaze.com reportedly sold for $253,000 at yesterday’s  Heritage Auctions live domain name auction in San Francisco.

When Aron announced the price drop to $70,000, I was

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UE.com Acquired by Logitech

Elliot Silver
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It looks like the high value UE.com domain name was recently acquired by Logitech, a NASDAQ publicly traded company that produces computer peripherals and other types of electronic devices. According to a recent Whois change, Logitech just became the registered owner of this two letter .com domain name.

Prior to today’s Whois change, the UE.com domain name was owned by Ameren Services, a company that trades on the New York Stock Exchange (ticker symbol AEE) with a market cap of $12.44B. An Archive.org record from earlier this year showed that UE.com was being used as a forwarder to Ameren’s website. According to a Wikipedia article, a company called Union Electric Company of Missouri merged with Central Illinois Public Service Company to form Ameren. My guess is the UE.com domain name dates back to the days when the company was known as Union Electric.

At the time of publication,

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Looks Like Chipotle Got BetterBurger.com

Elliot Silver
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According to an article in USA Today yesterday, “Chipotle Mexican Grill said Wednesday it has applied for a trademark for “Better Burger” as part of a business diversification move to open a burger restaurant chain.”  When I saw the news yesterday, I did a Whois search for  BetterBurger.com, and the domain name was registered to someone I know.

I reached out to the (now former) owner of the domain name  to ask if he had heard the news about Chipotle, and he let me know he had. In fact, he told me “Their law firm clicked Buy now about 30 minutes before their press release went out, right before the markets closed.”

Since the sale was transacted, the

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Machine Zone Appears to Have Acquired MZ.com Domain Name

Elliot Silver
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It appears that a large gaming company called Machine Zone may have  acquired the two letter  MZ.com domain name. The Whois registrant for MZ.com is currently listed as Marksmen, Inc., and the domain name shows a website for Machine Zone. Among other things, Marksmen acquires domain names on behalf of its clients.

In a series of tweet this morning, Jamie Zoch and George Kirikos brought this to my attention. I also noticed a Whois change this morning in my DomainTools Domain Monitor Alert email.

Here are some of the tweets Jamie and George shared this morning:

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Kiwi.com Sold for $800,000

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Kiwi.com Whois

A few days ago, I saw that the Kiwi.com domain name had changed hands. Kiwi.com had been owned by Future Media Architects, and the Whois changed to show the registrant as Skypicker.com S.R.O. I had not heard of this company prior to the Whois change, and I am not sure what they are planning for Kiwi.com. At the time of publication, the domain name does not yet resolve.

After seeing the domain name change hands, I reached out to Jeff Gabriel, Vice President of Sales at DomainNameSales.com (DNS) to ask if he could share any details because DNS brokers domain names on behalf of Future Media Architects. Jeff was able able to confirm that the domain name had sold and he told me the acquisition price was

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