Kiwi.com Sold for $800,000

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 $800,000. I was told the broker on this deal was  Arif Sengoren, who previously worked at Nokta for five years as a domain broker before joining DNS.

2016 is off to a fantastic start,” according to Jeff, who oversees the domain brokerage team at DNS.  “This is one of many large sales we have had so far this year,” he told me.

Once this domain name is officially  reported by DNJournal, it will likely rank as the second largest public domain name sale of the year following the $929,000 sale of TP.com. This will also be the largest public sale of the year for DNS, ahead of the $100,000 sale of Magenta.com. I presume there  have been additional  large sales transacted via DNS that will remain private at the request of the buyer or the seller.

 

Elliot Silver
Elliot Silver
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  1. Nice one. Have added to other, be it less impressive kiwi sales. Considering of other TLDs/SLDs, .kiwi, .kiwi.nz, .kiwi.me, there is certainly the market to serve all New Zealanders.

    Or just to sell the fruits.

    Not sure what market is larger though.

    • Aussies is a well known consumer brand and they do own it. But comparing *aussies* and *kiwi* sales, the latter wins, respectively

      Total price amount in this set *aussies* of 81 domain name sales is 22,717.76 USD; average price is 280.47 USD.

      Total price amount in this set *kiwi* of 64 domain name sales is 832,674.32 USD; average price is 13,010.54 USD.

      Even without this latest sale of $ 800,000.00 USD.

  2. The most valuable for Australia is ausi.com – been around for 15+ years and the biggest au email provider

    Worth a fortune if they would sell

    • Yes, you are right. Company SkyPicker (2 czech guys found this company few years ago, annual turnover 91M USD) is now in rebranding process. So Kiwi is new company name – thats the main reason for such huge amount of money (however domain name is really awsome).

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