TPO.com Acquired for “Charitable Social Network”

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Wired published an article announcing that “Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales and mobile network The People’s Operator are launching a new charitable social network called TPO.com.” According to historical Whois records, TPO.com was acquired earlier this year from Telepathy, the domain investment company owned by Nat Cohen. TPO.com had been owned by Telepathy as recently as January 2015.

I reached out to Nat for a comment about the sale of TPO.com, but he did not share the sale price. Nat said, “I can confirm that the sale occurred at the end of January.” It looks like Nat’s company had owned TPO.com since 2008. Another domain investor was listed as registrant prior to Telepathy’s ownership, and I presume Nat bought it privately in 2008.

I think it would be very interesting to

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IJ.com Brokered by Domain Holdings

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Another two letter .com domain names has changed hands. When I received my daily DomainTools monitor email yesterday morning, I saw that a Whois change had occurred on the IJ.com domain name. The new Whois registrant is listed as Media Group of America LLC, which is the parent company of the Independent Journal Review.

After searching my email records for IJ.com, I saw that it had been brokered by Domain Holdings. I reached out to the company to see if the company brokered the sale of IJ.com, and Hobi Michalec confirmed that he was the broker of record.

Commenting on the transaction, Hobi told me,

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QE.com Co-Brokered by eNaming.com & Media Options

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When I received my daily DomainTools alerts, I was alerted to a Whois record change for QE.com. Knowing that Media Options‘ Andrew Rosener is always apprised of the LL.com domain market, I reached out to him to see if he knows anything about it. Not surprisingly, Media Options was involved in the transaction.

According to Andrew, QE.com was recently sold. The domain name was co-brokered by Media Options and eNaming.com, the domain brokerage founded earlier this year by Tracy Fogarty.  I am told the sale price for QE.com was just over half a million dollars at $554,000. The domain name is now registered under privacy, so I am unsure of who bought it.

Most recently

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Media Options Confirms Sale of EG.com

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In a tweet this morning, George Kirikos mentioned that the two letter EG.com domain name had changed status. The domain name status had changed to unlocked, which could be a prelude to a domain transfer, possibly indicating that a sale had taken place.

EG.com is owned by Media Options, and it has been owned by the Panama-based company for several months. I reached out to Media Options CEO Andrew Rosener, and he

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Explain How to Bid in Your Auction

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For most people who are active in the domain name business, bidding on auctions is a daily occurrence. Most active participants in the business are familiar with the various auction venues and have accounts that are ready for bidding.

Although familiarity with venues is high for people in the business, there are plenty of people who aren’t active who may not be knowledgeable about various venues, let alone have accounts for bidding. Even though opening an account and bidding may seem like common sense, I think it is a good idea  for a domain owner to explain the process and provide information about the auction venue to prospective buyers.

The different auction platforms have different rules for signing up for an account, placing a bid, actively bidding, and paying. Venues run auctions of different lengths, have different “sniping” rules, and require bidder approvals for different bid thresholds.

When contacting prospective buyers for a domain name that is headed to auction, especially people who have previously expressed an interest in a domain name, it is important to explain how the auction process works and give them some background information about the marketplace. Since some auction venues take longer to process bidders who want to bid above a certain amount, be sure to educate your prospective buyers far in advance.

I would recommend creating an information email with important details such as:

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Hear.com in Escrow at Sedo

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I learned that Hear.com has been sold via Sedo. The domain name registrant is currently listed as Sedo, and the registrant email address is the one the company uses for its domain brokerage escrow service. The price for the domain name is not going to be shared due to a non-disclosure agreement.

The seller of the domain name is a domain investment and development company called Finlead AG. I am told that Finlead acquired the domain name in 2011. Since the domain name is still in escrow, I am unsure of who the buyer is.

Hear.com was listed for sale in March in the Brannan’s domain brokerage newsletter with a price of $500,000. It had previously been

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