Earlier today, I mentioned that I thought the sale of GameUsed.com for $4,500 was a great deal for the buyer, and I might have bought it for that price had it been offered to me. After doing a Whois search this morning following my article, I see that the domain name appears to have been acquired by Heritage Auctions, the third largest auction house in the world.
If you aren’t into non-domain name auctions, you probably recognize the Heritage Auctions brand because of some recent domain industry news. According to an article a week ago on DN Journal, “Heritage Auctions (HA.com), the world’s 3rd largest auction house (trailing only Christie’s and Sotheby’s) has created a new division dedicated to domain names and intellectual property.” The division is being headed up by veteran domain investor Aron Meystedt.
Prior to the sale of GameUsed.com, which took place on Sedo, the domain name was owned by someone in Florida. Based on his contact information, the owner is also involved in the sports memorabilia business.
I reached out to Aron about the acquisition, and he confirmed that he helped acquire the domain name on behalf of Heritage, although the company does not have plans to use it yet. Aron asked me to remind readers that the company is taking consignments this month for an upcoming auction. They have plenty of 6 figure domain name submissions already, and they are looking for some in the $1,000 – $20,000 range. You can learn more about Heritage’s domain name division by visiting www.HA.com/IP.
It seems that not only is Heritage Auction getting into the domain name market, but they also understand the importance of great descriptive domain names.
Shouldn’t be usedgames?
No, although that works, too.
Game used memorabilia would include uniforms, shoes/cleats, bases, balls, bats, hats…etc and other items that were used by athletes during games.
oh the difference between England English and American English.
usedproducts
usedshoes
usedtoys
usedwomen(lol)
Not sure what English you use, but it’s very common in sports memorabilia:
There are over 1 million auctions for game used items on Ebay right now:
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_trksid=p2050601.m570.l1313.TR10.TRC0.A0.Xgame+used&_nkw=game+used&_sacat=0&_from=R40
I wonder if they bought it to flip at auction…
“Game Used” is the correct terminology btw.
I think the usage of this domain should be reversed.
As Bullshit suggested, it makes not grammatical sense, I’m English, from the UK, and my six year old son would get slated by his teacher for using such grammar 😉
Anyway, what a wonderful brand name, LOL!
Howie- thanks for covering my back, now people will know I am not senile or retard like I want them to think I am.
Americans love to play with words!!!
What do you call a jersey or a cricket bat that was used during a game ? In the colonies we call it a game used or game worn jersey or a game used bat.
Has nothing to do with the used video game segment. … or used in the adjective + noun sense.
I got it!!
It is like a bat/racquet being used by the pros and it is already called being game used….so you can sell it.
but
most people will say it as a used bat/racquet by a pro
how about this UsedBats.com is not the same as GameUsedBats.com
A game used bat is better than a simple used bat. A used bat is a used bat.
capiche?
Ah I see, thanks Adam. I’ve never come across the phrase before, appreciate you enlightening me from over this side of the pond.
What happens when you “get slated”?
Lol yes sorry English slang. Its just a little telling off. Haha.
“Game Used” is a totally standard term in the world of… wait for it…
… wait for it…
… game-used sports gear.
What a shocker.
Great name.
No its not. Give me some evidence based literature.
Anon. Exactly.
It applies perfectly to one category.
Doesn’t make much sense outside that category – but we bought it for that one specific market.
So if I can’t afford new, I should look for a “car used”?
No. You’d look for a race-used car or even race-used helmet to protect that delicate brain matter of yours. . . wouldn’t want to lose any more brain cells
http://www.ebay.com/bhp/nascar-race-used
Of course, that phrase, I have heard of, but it’ an American thing, definitely not known Worldwide, but that’s cool. 😉
But, it’s likely to be used in the UK, as with lots of things that start in the US, they find their way over to us 🙂
I got it I got it..
only the English Yankees know what it meant.
it’s the fact that HA wants to add domains into their auctioned categories…
oh yea….anybody gonna buy some pairs of gameused underwears or thongs used by the volleyball players or sport bras from the women’s soccer team.
LOL
Don’t see why you would have purchased this domain if offered to you. It’s obvious the domain is overrated. It is a one-dimension keyword. I would rather own ScreenUsed.com than GameUsed.com.
If you don’t find a comparable company operating in the sports/auction, this domain at $4,500 is overpriced.
ScreenUsed.com is a huge market, where there is an actual show on this lucrative industry. Screen-used props and clothing are worth a fortune.
As for sports, game-used gear is not that profitable. Maybe a developed website would draw attention like SportsMemorabilia.
Are you in the sports memorabilia business ?
The buyer is.
They value the domain at that price (likely more).
“we bought it for that one specific market.” SportsMemorabilia.com isn’t a name they can go buy for $4500 any time soon.
I am to sell PornUsed.com . YES!
we have many item of porn star useds