SmugMug, Pocketbook and other companies bought domains.
Sedo had a strong week for end user domain name sales, including some nice low-five-figure transactions.
Here’s a list of end user domain name sales that just completed at Sedo. You can view previous lists like this here.
Westerly.com $25,000 – AlMalki Group helps companies sell their brands/products in the Middle East. I’m not sure what the domain is for.
Creativa.com €17,800 – Creativa offers courses to teach people “business English”. It’s targeted to remote workers.
Topdesk.com.au €16,500 – Topdesk, a customer service platform, bought this domain and forwards it to its main website at Topdesk.com.
QRapp.com $10,000 – Zygomatic is an online gaming network and app publisher. I assume this is for a QR code app, not something pronounced like crap.
EvaFoods.com $8,950 – W. B. Reily & Co. Inc. is the food company behind Luzianne Tea and Swans Down cake flour. This might be a new food brand.
Atria.org $8,800 – Atria Health in New York.
LifelongLearner.com $7,000 – PSI Services LLC provides professional testing and assessment services to employers.
MyBeautyWorld.com €5,550 – Sopariwala Exports is an Indian exporter. It appears to focus on tobacco, but it might be getting into beauty products as well.
Photo.me $5,040 – Online photo service SmugMug bought the domain and forwards it to SmugMug.com.
Cloudition.com $5,000 – Cloudition GmbH will offer ERP as a cloud-based service. It owns the domain Cloudition.de.
SmartKiosk.com $5,000 – This domain is being used to promote a kiosk for temperature checking.
HealthyTracks.com $3,899 – Trividia Health, Inc offers products for cats and dogs with diabetes under the brand Healthy Tracks.
DallasVentureCapital.com $3,125 – A venture capital fund by this name just opened in Dallas.
ValueLuxe.com $2,199 – Eureka Partners/Craig Realty Group, a real estate development and management company across the U.S., bought this domain.
HearingAidClinics.ca $5,700 – Social Blue Corp, a Toronto-based lead generation company, has clients in the hearing aid business.
GP2.org $3,588 – Global Parkinson’s Genetics Program (GP2) is a five-year program to genotype >150,000 volunteers worldwide to further understand the genetic architecture of Parkinson’s disease.
ShopCarls.com $3,000 – This was a defensive purchase for Karl’s Bait and Tackle, which uses the domain name ShopKarls.com.
Ad.work $3,000 – Adwork is an online advertising banner shop.
LX3.com $2,799 – LX3 is a clothing designer.
BadCreditAuto .com $2,500 – The domain name forwards to BadCreditVehicle .com, which offers vehicle financing.
Naxa.net $2,500 – Naxa is a video streaming service.
Pocketbook.ro €2,000 Pocketbook International SA, the company trying to get Pocketbook.com through a lawsuit, bought another ccTLD.
ArtGalerie.at €2,000 – Artland GmbH is a German company that sells home decor products.
Bioworks.org $2,000 – Bioworks sells disease and insect defense and other products for plant growers.
Alixium.com $2,000 – The domain name resolves to a lander that states, “Innovation for the Hydrocarbon world”.
DIYstartup.com $2,000 – Author Thomas Lopez bought this domain for his book that guides people through entrepreneurship.
Matt says
After reading through the list of domains which do you think are the most memorable?
For me:
1. ad.work
2. photo.me
3. smartkiosk.com
4. diystartup.com
ad.work is by far the most memorable for me (and only $3k) and outside of the above 4, it’s hard to remember anything else on the list.