After many times on the auction block, Bargain.com finally sells.
Bargain.com sold for $150,000 during the Hilco Streambank auction yesterday. There was only one bidder for the domain.
Bargain.com had been offered for sale previously through both Sedo and Moniker, but with a much higher asking price. The last time it was offered at a Moniker auction it had a reserve price of over $750,000.
The lot also included the common typo Bargin.com.
Also selling in the auction was the three letter domain ETM.com. Four bidders competed for the domain, pushing the final price to $16,659.
VirtualMall.com failed to sell, as did domain and trademark packages for TJ Maxx Australia, Service Merchandise, Lamb and Flag, and BrandEquity.
A package including the domain names 1800MYWEBSITE.COM and 1-800-MYWEBSITE.COM plus the vanity phone numbers 1-800-MY WEB SITE, 1-877-MY WEB SITE, and 1-866-MY WEBSITE sold prior to the auction beginning. The auction page shows one bid at $35,000, so I suspect that was the selling price.
Lori says
Buyers win. Congrats.
DR.DOMAIN says
I don’t get why anyone who was thinking of branding with an area code domain would do it anyway but with seven letter perfection.(?)For instance…I would immediately understand say 1800repairs.com or 1800coldair.com This 1800mywebsite.com just looks clunky.Congrats to the seller in any case.
Eric Borgos says
That was a good deal for the buyer. Not enough of a fire sale price for me to try to buy the domain and flip it, but still much less than it would probably sell for if it were not auctioned off.
Andrew Allemann says
It does seem like a good deal, or at minimum fair price. There was a lot of attention on the auction, so I’d assume interesting buyers were at least aware of it.
Tony says
eBay and Amazon should’ve been all over bargain.com. Fits right in with Half.com and a great brand…
Rob says
Congrats to the buyer! Pardon the pun but the buyer got a bargain on bargain.com
Rob (different from above) says
there are people here who won’t like this comment but frankly i don’t care coz the proof is there in black and white…
this example pretty much sums up the domain industry in general: former reserve price of $750k but sold for $150k.
plus andrew’s comment says a lot too: “… or at minimum fair price”. repeat: fair price. so what happens when people like me (who know a little about domains) or a legitimate buyer say that the asking price is ridiculous? we get abused, ridiculed and ignored.
hmmmmmmmmnnn.