MonaLisa.com Domain Name Sells for $200,000
Friday, May 21st, 2010
MonaLisa.com domain name sells for $200,000.
The Mona Lisa has been sold!
OK, so it’s actually MonaLisa.com.
According to Sedo’s market activity report, it has sold the domain name MonaLisa.com for $200,000:
The domain name is currently pending transfer and is in Sedo’s brokerage account. The seller is California-based NetCorp.
This is a big sale for Sedo, given the dearth of six-figure sales coming out of the brokerage recently. Of course, it is getting rights to sell the Sex.com domain name. Something tells me that one will attract some press.
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That domain was NAMEWINNER.com was purchased for about 20k at that time. I am looking at my history and will see if i can find it. 7 years ago is long time to find stuff, though at that time it was a HUGE amount for a dropped domain.
Ah, NameWinner. Those were the days.
$ 20K to $ 220K (net $ 200K)in 7 yrs is not a bad return on investment.
But, when you take into consideration the speculative nature of domains, it is better than many other speculative investments (gold, real estate, startups, etc ).
“The Mona Lisa has been sold!
OK, so it’s actually MonaLisa.com. ”
Andrew,
The domain that sold is actually a forgery of the real MonaLisa.com.
It’s a professional job so only a domain expert can tell them apart.
Info at: Domain-Forgery.com
Sorry for my playfulness.
I was getting an early start on next year’s April Fools day.
wow, i remember that auction but I thought it went for $5,001. i gues my memory isnt as good as it once was.
Larry who?
My memory too.
hope they hold the TM. Watch out for some reverse hijacking….