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Sedo Sells $1.43 million in Domain Names

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SedoThe weekly sales report was just released, and Sedo sold a total of 807 domain names worth $1.43 million. The top sale of the week was unterwaesche.de, which sold for 39,999 EUR. qCloud.com was the highest .com sale, and that sold for $39,500. I think my favorite sale of the week was Explorers.com, which sold for $30,000.

Sedo’s public domain sales from last week:

unterwaesche.de 2011-11-23 39999 EUR
qcloud.com 2011-11-28 39500 USD
explorers.com 2011-11-21 30000 EUR
cloudex.com 2011-11-22 30000 USD
tradeouts.com 2011-11-23 23000 USD
primozone.com 2011-11-24 15729 USD
standesamt.de 2011-11-23 14875 EUR
hunger.de 2011-11-24 11900 EUR
vip.me 2011-11-24 11600 USD
starservice.com 2011-11-21 11500 USD
cvo.net 2011-11-23 9888 USD
juegosmahjong.com 2011-11-25 8750 EUR
adpath.com 2011-11-21 8500 USD
id1.de 2011-11-25 7999 EUR
mobiledate.com 2011-11-23 7800 USD
petadvisor.com 2011-11-23 7500 USD
sk.net 2011-11-24 7101 USD
daenemark.com 2011-11-28 7000 EUR
job.me 2011-11-24 6200 USD
anyplay.com 2011-11-22 6000 EUR
gree.es 2011-11-22 6000 USD
hörgeräte.net 2011-11-24 6000 EUR
jalousie.com 2011-11-21 5101 EUR
avalanchestudios.com 2011-11-22 5000 USD
projectfactory.com 2011-11-28 5000 USD
urbanadventure.com 2011-11-21 5000 USD
shg.biz 2011-11-28 5000 EUR

Mike Mann’s Companies Are Hiring

I was reading Mike Mann’s Facebook feed this morning, and Mike commented that many more people post notes on his domain sales comments than on his job opening comments. I took a look at the job openings within Mike Mann’s companies, and there seem to be quite a few of them.

The full list of job openings with job descriptions can be found at MikeMann.com, but the current job opportunities are listed below for your convenience.

  • President – InternetEngineering.com, LLC – Draper, Utah
  • President – SocialInteractive.com, LLC – Draper, Utah
  • President -TelecomConsulting.com, LLC – Anywhere
  • President – UnitedSites.com, LLC – Draper, Utah
  • President – EfficientPayment.com, LLC – Draper, Utah
  • President – Advertising.co, LLC – Draper, Utah
  • President – SellingForce, LLC – Draper, Utah
  • CEO – Modern Phone Company – New York, Draper, or San Diego
  • President – BusinessImprovement.com, LLC – Draper, Utah
  • President – CrowdofPeople.com, LLC – Draper, Utah
  • President – AffiliateReferrals.com, LLC – Draper, Utah
  • President – InternationalSourcing.com, LLC – Draper, Utah
  • President – ProWebVideo.com, LLC – Draper, Utah
  • President – ResidentialTechnologies.com, LLC – Draper, Utah
  • President – SmartPhoneSupport.com, LLC – Draper, Utah
  • President – BusinessComputers.com, LLC – Draper, Utah
  • President – OneWorldWebDesign.com – Draper, Utah
  • President – IntegratedFinancial.com, LLC – Draper, Utah
  • President – ProPR.com, LLC – Draper, Utah

Marijuana.com Sold for $4.20 Million

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As the end of the year draws closer, another great descriptive domain name has changed hands for a  significant  amount of money. Shortly after I reported Aftermarket.com’s sale of Order.com, the 6th largest public sale of the year,  TechCrunch reported  that Marijuana.com was sold for  $4.20 million. Of course, “420” is a popular number amongst marijuana smokers.

The domain buyer is WeedMaps Media, Inc., an entity of the publicly traded  General Cannabis, Inc. The acquiring company is keeping the popular forum that exists on Marijuana.com, so it likely won’t be treated as a domain sale. The press release announcing the sale mentioned that the forum has over 300,000 registered users and has been online since 1995.

At the end of October 2010, the New York Times had an article discussing the increasing popularity of marijuana-related domain names. In the article, it mentioned that Marijuana.com had been purchased for more than one million dollars back in 2004: “  The New Jersey company that paid over $1 million for marijuana .com in 2004 says it has turned down five offers for more than $2 million for the domain in the last 12 months.”

It looks like a very smart acquisition for a company that wants to be the main source for Marijuana information online.

Aftermarket.com Sells Order.com in 6th Largest Public Sale of 2011

Aftermarket.comThis evening, I learned about a large domain sale that was completed by Aftermarket.com  and its Senior Domain Broker,  Omar Kubba. Order.com was sold in a “mid-to-high six-figure sale,” which would rank as the 6th highest sale of the year, according to the Aftermarket.com press release posted below.

Although the final sales price was not released, we can surmise the price was somewhere between $525,000 and $700,000 based on the current DNJournal year to date sales chart covering public domain sales. According to the current Whois information, the buyer of the domain name was Delivery.com, a delivery service for restaurants and stores.

Details about how the deal was consummated were not released.  The sale was completed last week, and Order.com already forwards to Delivery.com.

Congratulations to Aftermarket.com and to Shai Neubauer, the seller of Order.com.

Press Release:

LOS ANGELES, CA –(BUSINESS WIRE)– Aftermarket.com celebrates its first birthday with the successful brokerage of Order.com.   The mid-to-high six-figure sale, which closed last week, ranks as the 6th  highest domain sale of the year, according to DNJournal.com.

The transaction was led by Omar Kubba, Senior Domain Broker for Aftermarket.com’s recently-launched Brokerage division. Aftermarket.com’s Brokerage division was formed specifically to cater to premium, highly-sought-after domain assets, domain names and websites that typically require a high level of hands-on involvement and personal attention due to the premium price tags and sophisticated clientele.

Senior Domain Broker, Omar Kubba, who heads the Brokerage division, views Aftermarket.com’s involvement in the premium domain space a must, commenting that, “Quality domain names above a certain price point often require a seasoned and professional team in order to complete the sale. Our brokers are dedicated to identifying investors and end-users that are committed and understand the long-term value of a premium, one-of-a-kind domain asset.”

As with any relatively new asset class, many of those outside of the domain industry are either unaware of or do not fully understand the true value of a solid domain name. Aftermarket.com brokers educate and evangelize throughout the sales process, reaching out to and working with buyers at all levels, from Fortune 100 companies to small business owners to individual investors. The quick turnaround and flawless execution of the Order.com transaction evidences that philosophy, and further solidifies Aftermarket.com’s unique position in the domain name industry. According to Kubba, “The new owner of Order.com had the savvy and foresight to purchase an asset that will not only appreciate over time, but one that will also add tremendous value to their already-successful business. They understood that there’s only one Order.com in the world, and now they own it.”

Shai Neubauer, the previous owner of Order.com, approached Aftermarket.com after exhausting several other avenues of representation. He knew of the Company’s solid reputation and decided to give the newly-formed Brokerage division an opportunity. “I’ve used all of the known domain industry brokers at one time or another; however, Aftermarket.com was the only company able to open the door to appropriate and qualified end users. Omar Kubba worked harder than anyone else and really went the extra mile to get the absolute best offer on my domain. His knowledge, persistence, and connections really made the difference,” said Neubauer.

Recent enhancements to the Aftermarket.com platform further assisted Kubba in successfully concluding the Order.com transaction. The newly-launched, proprietary Aftermarket.com broker system enabled Kubba to create a central web presence for all of his domain name listings, making it possible to provide a robust, secure, and professional hub for all interested parties. Aftermarket.com currently has exclusive and non-exclusive contracts on many other premium domain assets, with additional access to most of the world’s finest domain name assets; please visit http://broker.aftermarket.com for a partial list of highlighted Brokerage inventory, and www.aftermarket.com for a current list of marketplace inventory.

About Aftermarket.com

Aftermarket.com is a leading digital marketplace servicing the 24/7 demand for Internet domains on the World Wide Web. As an individual brand of Thought Convergence, Inc., Aftermarket.com is committed to offering the most advanced, innovative and secure platform for businesses and individuals to buy and sell domain names on the Internet. With its broad reach, quality inventory, and intuitive user interface, Aftermarket.com services the needs of any individual or business interested in buying, selling or learning about domain name assets. Aftermarket.com is the easy, intuitive and trusted way to make a name for yourself online. For more information, please visit www.aftermarket.com.

Doing Well With Voodoo

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I heard about Voodoo through the grapevine, and I decided to give it a try a couple of weeks ago. If you haven’t heard, Voodoo is a new parking company that utilizes a Google feed. I don’t do much parking and it’s pretty early in this trial, so take what I say with a grain of salt.

Revenue on my domain names seems to be significantly higher than when I was parking at a company that used a Yahoo feed. I earn under $100/month with PPC, so I am not even going to bother sharing the revenue % growth because it’s not statistically significant, but I am earning more money with my domain names.

One thing I’ve noticed is that there seem to be far more actual clicks with Voodoo than previously. There aren’t nearly as many searches, and that seems to mean more revenue. One name of mine has had 32 visits and 55 clicks in the last 4 days. I don’t remember seeing a CTR that high with my names before.

I know a lot of people have moved names over to Frank Schilling’s Internet Traffic parking company. According to Daily Changes, Internet Traffic now has just over a million domain names on its DNS (1,026,898 total). Voodoo has 158,949 domain names on its DNS.

Voodoo seems to be a new parking provider you may want to check out.

UDRP Filed Against Forces.com

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Every once in a while when checking out recent UDRP filings, there’s a case that is bothersome to me. This morning, I saw a UDRP was filed at the National Arbitration Forum on November 23, 2011 for the seemingly generic and descriptive Forces.com domain name.

Forces.com is owned by Internet Venture Holdings, Inc., a company based in Arlington, Virginia. IVH has owned Forces.com for many years, since at least 2007 according to the Whois record.

According to an email I received from IVH this morning, Salesforce.com filed the UDRP. Salesforce.com operates Force.com, although I don’t see how a customer could land on Forces.com and be confused into thinking that it was related to Salesforce in any way.

At the present time, there are no PPC advertisements on the landing page. There is a message that states “This premium domain is now for sale.” Prior to this simple landing page, there was a Armed Forces military-themed website since at least 2009, according to the Screenshot history tool.

IVH owns a number of descriptive domain names like StainedGlass.com, Coast.com, AlternativeCreditCards.com, Turquoise.com, Pooch.com, and many others. This is the first UDRP filing against IVH, and I hope the company prevails.