Big names buy domain names this week.
All I can say is “wow!”. This was a huge week for end user domain name purchases. I honestly don’t recall a week with this many big names on the list.
Many of the buyers are huge companies, ranging from Nuance to Enterprise. There are some other notable names such as United States Postal Service, Ultimate Fighting Championship, and Keith Ferrazzi’s company Ferrazzi Greenlight. It doesn’t stop there, but I can’t mention every big name here…so read on!
Afternic
Law firm Rothgerber, Johnson & Lyons LLP bought RJLlaw.com for $2,395.
Branding and advertising company Amarcor shortened its domain name from Amarcorvma.com to Amarcor.com for $1,995.
Tri CAD CAM Systems paid $3,288 for RequirementsManagement.com
Designer Diane von Furstenberg Studio, LP, which already owns DVF.com, added DVF.net for $12,888.
Aero Instruments, LLC switched from Aero-Inst.com to AeroInstruments.com for $2,450.
Full Kit Gear Inc shortened from FullKitGear.com to FullKit.com for $2,000 (a no-brainer purchase)
ICLUBcentral, Inc, which makes software and tools for investors, bought MyStockPortfolio.com for $1,400.
Cumberland Manor Nursing paid $1,500 for CumberlandManor.com.
Small World Cable, which owns SmallWorldCable.com, paid $1,300 for MySmallWorld.com. (SmallWorld.com is already owned and used by an unrelated company.)
Lead gen site StopAddiction.com bought StopAddiction.net for $3,788.
Los Angeles home services company Cam Services bought CamConstruction.com for $2,250.
Minnesota ice rink company Spice Sports, Inc., which owns SpiceonIce.com, bought SpiceSports.com for $1,260.
Keith Ferrazzi’s company Ferrazzi Greenlight paid $4,000 for the short domain FGLT.com.
The United States Postal Service bought PostalInspector.com and PostalInspectors.com for $2,000 each.
Independent Educational Consultants Association, a trade group for consultants who help people with college planning, paid $2,988 for CollegeAdmission.org.
Online teaching company Frog bought Frog.me for $6,880. Its web site is FrogTrade.com.
Canadian publicly traded company Data Group, which uses DataGroup.ca, bought Datagroup.net for $1,357.
Document management company Databank IMX bought DatapointConsulting.com for $1,795.
eCareer, Inc already owned eCareer.com. Now it owns eCareer.org after buying it for $2,100.
Newell Rubbermaid paid $2,088 for OneBlade.com.
Investment company Actium Partners bought LeasingClub.com for $2,488.
Prudential bought PrudentialMalaysia.com for $1,895.
The owner of FutureManagers.net bought the .com for $1,500.
Face Forward Medical Aesthetics, LLC paid $1,422 for FaceForward.net
TechnoBuffalo bought TheAppleCore.com for $3,688.
LoanDepot.com bought LoanDepot.net for $2,400.
First Hope Bank in New Jersey paid $2,195 for FirstHopeMortgage.com
Sedo
Collectorz.com, creator of database software to organize collections, bought BookOrganizer.com for 2,000 EUR.
SiliconTower, S.L. bought SiliconHosting.com for $900. It is forwarding silicontower.net to the new domain.
Nuance, maker of PaperPort software and various PDF software programs, bought PDFPro.com for $6,300
Leisure Finance Ltd upgraded from .net to LeisureFinance.com for $795.
Comparison shopping company NexTag, Inc. paid $1,100 for PriceMachines.com.
Monster Cable Products, Inc. bought PureMonster.com for $1,995.
SportsDirect.com Retail Ltd paid $1,900 for Flannels.com (can someone explain why this was so cheap?).
Ultimate Fighting Championship bought UFCfit.com for $1,800. It owns UFC.com, too.
IdeaLab, the company that launched what became a major driver of domain parking (GoTo) and still owns some excellent domain names, bought Radar.me for $1,000.
US Foodservice returned to the domain aftermarket to pick up ChefStore.com for $7,500.
Enterprise Car Rental bought eCarDealers.com for $1,190.
ZigDomains says
Why can’t an ‘end user’ be called a customer? This terminology just keeps the gap wider in domain related business. Or are buyers of aftermarket domains OK with being called ‘end users’? Be good to know, you know!
Cheers, Howard.
2e says
Do you know the technique they use to buy those domains rather cheape.
BFitz says
I thought the post office was broke…