Domains in the News
Internet domain name and expired traffic speculators have always been a small group of people, that understood the value of targeted traffic, and saw the future values of internet property. But today as we look at the news on the web and even business magazines such as The Wall Street Journal and Business 2.0 many domainers are shocked to see the mainstream coverage already beginning to creep into our secret world. We have all known that it would eventually start to happen, and like squirrels stockpiling nuts before winter, domainers have been trying to cushion their stockpile before the big storm.
With sales like the ones listed below, keeping the lid on this secret is becoming harder and harder, and soon will no longer be secret information.
InterSearch has entered into an $11.150 million agreement including both cash and stock with DotCom Corp. of Cary, North Carolina, to acquire a portfolio of tax-related domains, and signed a deal with Look on the Web of Ontario, Canada, to lease, with the option to buy, the domain look.com.
Mathematics.com sold for $135,000
Bills.com domain name and trademark sold for $964,500
$1 million sale of Fish.com
This is but a teaser of what’s to come. In the near future you’ll notice additional press coverage and the resultant “outing” of an entire industry that has traditionally remained a pretty private club of Traffic Monetizers, Public Companies, Speculators, and even Institutional Investors.
“The Fish.com transaction underscores the value of owning a mission-critical domain name,” said Afternic President Roger Collins. “There is no question that premium names help businesses establish the impression of brand leadership and allow them to become more effective Internet marketers.”
The next steps? Well this private club will now start to expand, there will be additional interest, media, and buzz surrounding these deals as more and more of them are publicized.
“The fact that it is moving from individuals to larger corporations … represents a legitimization of the domain-name industry.” said Matt Bentley, chief executive of domain broker Sedo.com LLC.
Are you ready for the secret to be unveiled?
