Which end users put domain names under the Christmas tree this week? Here’s Domain Name Wire’s weekly list.
Before getting to this week’s end user domain sales report, I wanted to report an observation about Afternic. For those that argue that Afternic only sells its own domains, it appears 40% of the reported .com sales this week were sold on behalf of clients. That’s pretty darn high.
OK, on to the sales (all sales at Afternic unless otherwise noted)…
U.S. Department of Agriculture bought USDA.net for $6,000.
National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) bought WinterNationals.com for $250 for its race of the same name.
HR software giant Kronos bought Kronos.net from YummyNames for $4,877.
Ace Hardware bought SoulPaint.com for $1,595.
U.S. Travel Association bought TravelCoalition.com for $955.
Elliott Massie’s The MASIE Center bought LearningGlobally.com for $588.
Web hosting company pair Networks, which owns Pair.com, made an interesting acquisition. It bought PearCloud.com for $1,200 at Sedo. A typo of PairCloud.com? Maybe, but it doesn’t own PairCloud.com.
Natural Color Imaging, a photo lab, bought 1stopphoto.com for $580.
Athletic club Tilton Fitness bought ChangeYourLifeNow.com for $2,088.
Selwood Products shortened its domain name from SelwoodProducts.com to Selwood.com for EUR 3,479 via Sedo.
Tek Manufacturing, Inc bought TekUSA.com for $1,000.
Outdoor supply and clothing company Sierra Trading Post bought Derailed.com for $8,000.
Wealth management company Wealth Architects, LLC, based in Nevada, invested $2,540 in NevadaFinancial.com.
Work Force Network, Inc., “work place integrator”, bought WorkforceQuality.com for $821.
Online bank Everbank, known for its foreign currency options, bought FinanceServiceCenter.com for $788.
Consumer golf tradeshow North Coast Golf Shows, which owns NorthCoastGolfShows.com, putted for NJGolfShow.com for $975.
Gene says
Thanks for this.
What this list – and choice(s) of names – seems to indicate is that end users are increasingly purchasing domains in a ‘business as usual’ manner; similar to how they procure other goods and services. And that’s a really good development.
The big-dollar purchases are great for headlines, but BAU acquisitions are precisely what domainers need …and have actually been waiting for for all these years. These $788-type of sales (i.e., 100x returns on hand registrations) are what will finally (!) take domain investing into the mainstream.
The more that your and other blogs can report on these BAU sales, the better.
Spike says
What I really would like to know is how many of these were priced.