A small price for a low-population state.
HostGator founder Brent Oxley has snapped up state .com domain names lately, include Texas.com.
He just added NorthDakota.com to his portfolio.
The domain was listed for sale in Sedo’s last GreatDomains auction with a reserve price of $50,00-$100,000. A lot of people thought it would sell for that price, but the auction ended without a sale.
After the auction, Oxley bought the domain for $33,000.
When a domain isn’t headed toward its reserve in an auction, it make sense to back off as a bidder and negotiate a price after the auction concludes.
North Dakota is the fourth-least-populated state in the U.S. with fewer than one million people. It is a boom state for oil, however.
thelegendaryjp says
North Dakota is a State? LOL I’m kidding but wow seems like a steal at that price. Anyone else is waiting on 6 figs min.
snoopy1267 says
All these geo owners are desperate right now. Who is really going to use this and where is the ROI?
Andrew Allemann says
States are really tricky. In most cases, I’d prefer a city domain. But city Geos have come waaaay down in value, too.