Brown.com sells for $300,000
Monday, January 30th, 2006
DNJournal is reporting that Brown.com sold for $300,000.
DNJournal is not releasing a sales report this week because Ron Jackson is in Silicon Valley for the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference, but it has released news about a big sale: Brown.com for $300,000.
Details are limited right now, but I wouldn’t be surprised if the buyer is UPS, the international shipper that asks “What can Brown do for you?” If not, it might be an investor that hopes to cashout to UPS in the future. (As of right now, Brown.com resolves to a parking page).
Update 2/7/06: A DNJournal cover story about the latest TRAFFIC conference reveals that Rick Latona of DigiPawn bought the domain.
So that you don’t go through domain sales report withdrawal, here are some of the top completed sales from Afternic last week:
-TexasMBA.com $7,200 (purchased by The University of Texas)
-TheGourmetCook.com $5,000
-GoldenMobile.com $5,000
-SkyBooks.com $5,000
-Studio7.com $3,500
-Patrice.net $3,200
-iHomeopathy.com $3,000
-PurchaseOptions.com $2,500
Further Reading:
Any idea what “open.com” sold for? Americian Express must have purchased it within the last 6 months, as they use the url for their “Open” business division of the company.
Looking at the Whois history, it looks like American Express bought it from OpenService, Inc. between June 8 2005 and July 7 2005, most likely taking possession on June 28, 2005. I haven’t heard anything about a sales price, so it was probably under NDA.
Thank you.