Comments on: Business.com Sells for $350 Million http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/26/businesscom-sells-for-350-million/ Startup and Technology News Tue, 14 Oct 2008 01:22:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: POPwink » Blog Archive » It’s just Business.com http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/26/businesscom-sells-for-350-million/#comment-2500011 POPwink » Blog Archive » It’s just Business.com Mon, 13 Oct 2008 07:11:49 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/26/businesscom-sells-for-350-million/#comment-2500011 [...] like a high price since it equates to an estimated 23 times earnings. But hey, that’s Donnelley’s problem now. Congratulations to Sky and [...] [...] like a high price since it equates to an estimated 23 times earnings. But hey, that’s Donnelley’s problem now. Congratulations to Sky and [...]

]]> By: Tech Capital Partners Blog » Blog Archive » Selecting a Business Model, Part 1 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/26/businesscom-sells-for-350-million/#comment-2414426 Tech Capital Partners Blog » Blog Archive » Selecting a Business Model, Part 1 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:12:11 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/26/businesscom-sells-for-350-million/#comment-2414426 [...] The practice of buying/selling web domains. The purchase of business.com by RH Donnely is a good example of [...] [...] The practice of buying/selling web domains. The purchase of business.com by RH Donnely is a good example of [...]

]]> By: Complete List of 2007 Web / Technology Acquisitions » The StartUp Blog at PartnerUp http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/26/businesscom-sells-for-350-million/#comment-2316055 Complete List of 2007 Web / Technology Acquisitions » The StartUp Blog at PartnerUp Wed, 21 May 2008 14:59:01 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/26/businesscom-sells-for-350-million/#comment-2316055 [...] business search engine. Press Release | TechCrunch | ZDNet Between the Lines | [...] [...] business search engine. Press Release | TechCrunch | ZDNet Between the Lines | [...]

]]> By: The Burningsoul’s Blog » Blog Archive » The Year In Deals (2007 Edition) http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/26/businesscom-sells-for-350-million/#comment-1890610 The Burningsoul’s Blog » Blog Archive » The Year In Deals (2007 Edition) Mon, 31 Dec 2007 18:24:31 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/26/businesscom-sells-for-350-million/#comment-1890610 [...] Business.com Sells for $350 Million, July 26 [...] [...] Business.com Sells for $350 Million, July 26 [...]

]]> By: The Chosen Blog » Blog Archive » Business.com sold for $350 Million! http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/26/businesscom-sells-for-350-million/#comment-1813482 The Chosen Blog » Blog Archive » Business.com sold for $350 Million! Thu, 06 Dec 2007 05:16:52 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/26/businesscom-sells-for-350-million/#comment-1813482 [...] built a quality directory that rivals the yahoo directory in the business niche. So according to TechCrunch, business.com was sold to RH Donnelley for $350 million, RH Donnelley beat out Dow Jones and the [...] [...] built a quality directory that rivals the yahoo directory in the business niche. So according to TechCrunch, business.com was sold to RH Donnelley for $350 million, RH Donnelley beat out Dow Jones and the [...]

]]> By: What’s a Name Worth? - how to value a domain name » Search Engine Marketing Blog http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/26/businesscom-sells-for-350-million/#comment-1721293 What’s a Name Worth? - how to value a domain name » Search Engine Marketing Blog Fri, 02 Nov 2007 12:51:29 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/26/businesscom-sells-for-350-million/#comment-1721293 [...] domain names appear every now and again such as the most recent, and very expensive, purchase of Business.com for US$350m. When we think of high priced domains we usually remember the .com’s and they do go for a [...] [...] domain names appear every now and again such as the most recent, and very expensive, purchase of Business.com for US$350m. When we think of high priced domains we usually remember the .com’s and they do go for a [...]

]]> By: Business Blog » Blog Archive » When To Dump That Great Idea http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/26/businesscom-sells-for-350-million/#comment-1527809 Business Blog » Blog Archive » When To Dump That Great Idea Tue, 31 Jul 2007 08:23:09 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/26/businesscom-sells-for-350-million/#comment-1527809 [...] TechCrunch: Business.com has closed another chapter in its long journey from a $7.5 million million domain name bought on a hope and a prayer, selling to RH Donnelley for $350 million. [...] [...] TechCrunch: Business.com has closed another chapter in its long journey from a $7.5 million million domain name bought on a hope and a prayer, selling to RH Donnelley for $350 million. [...]

]]> By: N.nu - domännamn, hemsidor, internetaffärer » Business.com såldes för 350 miljoner dollar http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/26/businesscom-sells-for-350-million/#comment-1524390 N.nu - domännamn, hemsidor, internetaffärer » Business.com såldes för 350 miljoner dollar Sat, 28 Jul 2007 22:12:50 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/26/businesscom-sells-for-350-million/#comment-1524390 [...] Ja,då var det dax att rapportera om en jätte affär Business.com såldes för 350 miljoner dollar med i affärenföljde företag, domänamn och hemsida. –> Läs mer här! [...] [...] Ja,då var det dax att rapportera om en jätte affär Business.com såldes för 350 miljoner dollar med i affärenföljde företag, domänamn och hemsida. –> Läs mer här! [...]

]]> By: RTH http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/26/businesscom-sells-for-350-million/#comment-1524247 RTH Sat, 28 Jul 2007 19:14:40 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/26/businesscom-sells-for-350-million/#comment-1524247 Congrats to everyone at BDC. WOW, I guess that gives new meaning to the phrase "WE CAME, WE SAW and WE CONQUERED." CHEERS!!!! Congrats to everyone at BDC. WOW, I guess that gives new meaning to the phrase “WE CAME, WE SAW and WE CONQUERED.” CHEERS!!!!

]]> By: Marc Ostrofsky http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/26/businesscom-sells-for-350-million/#comment-1522697 Marc Ostrofsky Fri, 27 Jul 2007 18:17:58 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/26/businesscom-sells-for-350-million/#comment-1522697 re: Business.com I sit back and watch the many posts about Business.com, the domain name sale and the price being paid for this deal. What so many don't realize is the name sale I made years ago helped create millions of dollars worth of free PR...in a world where there are four parts to every newspaper (Business, News, Sports and Weather), Jake and Sky were smart to realize the instant brandability of this name. The free PR just helped fuel the deal. Jake Winebaum is a genius....he turned this firm into a powerhouse search engine that has a great, long term viable business that is a cash cow. Any buyer not only paying for the name....they are buying a business with people, technology, back end systems and a great market position. It's a fantastic package...name, firm, business model, PPC income, growing market, etc. etc. What is so odd is that so many other players do not realize the great market positiion of this firm nor the marketing benefits of a fantastic domain name like Business.com. While I sold Business.com to them for a great win/win deal, I have invested in others such as MutualFunds.com, HeartDisease.com, Bachelor.com and Photographer.com, and to this date, no major players in the business world have even tried to purchase MutualFunds.com for a fair price, yet these same Mutual Funds (or their ad agencies) continue to spend tens of millions on PPC advertising...and don't even try to acquire the URL for their industry? When will they learn? re: Business.com

I sit back and watch the many posts about Business.com, the domain name sale and the price being paid for this deal.

What so many don’t realize is the name sale I made years ago helped create millions of dollars worth of free PR…in a world where there are four parts to every newspaper (Business, News, Sports and Weather), Jake and Sky were smart to realize the instant brandability of this name. The free PR just helped fuel the deal.

Jake Winebaum is a genius….he turned this firm into a powerhouse search engine that has a great, long term viable business that is a cash cow. Any buyer not only paying for the name….they are buying a business with people, technology, back end systems and a great market position. It’s a fantastic package…name, firm, business model, PPC income, growing market, etc. etc.

What is so odd is that so many other players do not realize the great market positiion of this firm nor the marketing benefits of a fantastic domain name like Business.com. While I sold Business.com to them for a great win/win deal, I have invested in others such as MutualFunds.com, HeartDisease.com, Bachelor.com and Photographer.com, and to this date, no major players in the business world have even tried to purchase MutualFunds.com for a fair price, yet these same Mutual Funds (or their ad agencies) continue to spend tens of millions on PPC advertising…and don’t even try to acquire the URL for their industry?

When will they learn?

]]> By: David http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/26/businesscom-sells-for-350-million/#comment-1521830 David Fri, 27 Jul 2007 00:17:53 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/26/businesscom-sells-for-350-million/#comment-1521830 It looks like a Sedo domain placeholder page to me. Whatever happened to "content is king"? It looks like a Sedo domain placeholder page to me.

Whatever happened to “content is king”?

]]> By: Jim http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/26/businesscom-sells-for-350-million/#comment-1521823 Jim Fri, 27 Jul 2007 00:02:50 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/26/businesscom-sells-for-350-million/#comment-1521823 Nick, Thanks for realizing your errors and fixing the article. Reads better now... Nick,

Thanks for realizing your errors and fixing the article. Reads better now…

]]> By: David Mackey http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/26/businesscom-sells-for-350-million/#comment-1521598 David Mackey Thu, 26 Jul 2007 20:34:38 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/26/businesscom-sells-for-350-million/#comment-1521598 I'm a big fan of human powered directories/search. Maybe they will take the site in that direction for businesses? I’m a big fan of human powered directories/search. Maybe they will take the site in that direction for businesses?

]]> By: jose http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/26/businesscom-sells-for-350-million/#comment-1521575 jose Thu, 26 Jul 2007 20:22:18 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/26/businesscom-sells-for-350-million/#comment-1521575 Very poor information. What do we know about the bidder and future plans for this site? Very poor information. What do we know about the bidder and future plans for this site?

]]> By: Nick Gonzalez http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/26/businesscom-sells-for-350-million/#comment-1521567 Nick Gonzalez Thu, 26 Jul 2007 20:19:06 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/26/businesscom-sells-for-350-million/#comment-1521567 Thanks Scott and Search Engines Web Thanks Scott and Search Engines Web

]]> By: Ian http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/26/businesscom-sells-for-350-million/#comment-1521538 Ian Thu, 26 Jul 2007 20:04:39 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/26/businesscom-sells-for-350-million/#comment-1521538 Daniel, you must be on some premium crack rock. Daniel, you must be on some premium crack rock.

]]> By: Daniel Rueda http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/26/businesscom-sells-for-350-million/#comment-1521518 Daniel Rueda Thu, 26 Jul 2007 19:46:21 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/26/businesscom-sells-for-350-million/#comment-1521518 The Premium Vertical Land grab of the 21st century is over. Time to let these vacant lots turn into skyscrapers of strategic vertical location. the speed of social change and search as we know it will be unfathomable. certain things stick out on this planet and the generic term business.com is one of the greatest. You can compare it to the sun. A huge mass that needs no explanation and is seen and felt in the hearts and minds of the world on a daily basis. what is the value of the sun if you could put your ad sign on it. Your absolutely right................. Priceless. DomainerLocator.com The Premium Vertical Land grab of the 21st century is over. Time to let these vacant lots turn into skyscrapers of strategic vertical location. the speed of social change and search as we know it will be unfathomable.
certain things stick out on this planet and the generic term business.com is one of the greatest. You can compare it to the sun. A huge mass that needs no explanation and is seen and felt in the hearts and minds of the world on a daily basis. what is the value of the sun if you could put your ad sign on it. Your absolutely right…………….. Priceless.

DomainerLocator.com

]]> By: Ian http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/26/businesscom-sells-for-350-million/#comment-1521403 Ian Thu, 26 Jul 2007 18:26:12 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/26/businesscom-sells-for-350-million/#comment-1521403 23x? That is insane. You can't predict what changes will happen on the web in 5 years. A change in the game in regards to traffic flow, search engines, ad compensation, etc could wipe this "investment" out. 23x? That is insane. You can’t predict what changes will happen on the web in 5 years. A change in the game in regards to traffic flow, search engines, ad compensation, etc could wipe this “investment” out.

]]> By: Shuki Haiminis http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/26/businesscom-sells-for-350-million/#comment-1521386 Shuki Haiminis Thu, 26 Jul 2007 18:18:48 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/26/businesscom-sells-for-350-million/#comment-1521386 #35 I agree ;) #35

I agree ;)

]]> By: vanguy http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/26/businesscom-sells-for-350-million/#comment-1521287 vanguy Thu, 26 Jul 2007 17:25:04 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/26/businesscom-sells-for-350-million/#comment-1521287 local.com must be chopping at the bits. This is a gutsy move by RH because this is by far the largest investment by a yellowpages company to date. The other big purchase was yellowpages.com a few years back for around $100M. Time will tell if this is a good investment. local.com must be chopping at the bits. This is a gutsy move by RH because this is by far the largest investment by a yellowpages company to date. The other big purchase was yellowpages.com a few years back for around $100M. Time will tell if this is a good investment.

]]> By: Jim http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/26/businesscom-sells-for-350-million/#comment-1521234 Jim Thu, 26 Jul 2007 16:57:02 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/26/businesscom-sells-for-350-million/#comment-1521234 Hey BeingParents, imagine how much Google would be worth if it had content other than ads... Hey BeingParents, imagine how much Google would be worth if it had content other than ads…

]]> By: Thomas http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/26/businesscom-sells-for-350-million/#comment-1521227 Thomas Thu, 26 Jul 2007 16:53:48 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/26/businesscom-sells-for-350-million/#comment-1521227 There has not been much hype around directories lately particularly after the meltdown of the Paid Y! directory and DMOZ’s own problems and inefficiencies. Thats a lot of money. There has not been much hype around directories lately particularly after the meltdown of the Paid Y! directory and DMOZ’s own problems and inefficiencies.
Thats a lot of money.

]]> By: BeingParents http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/26/businesscom-sells-for-350-million/#comment-1521173 BeingParents Thu, 26 Jul 2007 16:28:00 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/26/businesscom-sells-for-350-million/#comment-1521173 Imagine how much more it would be worth if it had content other than just ads. Imagine how much more it would be worth if it had content other than just ads.

]]> By: Shuki Haiminis http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/26/businesscom-sells-for-350-million/#comment-1521132 Shuki Haiminis Thu, 26 Jul 2007 16:10:59 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/26/businesscom-sells-for-350-million/#comment-1521132 #15 & #16 One thing people keep missing is that RH Donnelley purchased a profitable BUSINESS and not just a domain. The domain is in this case is secondary. If the www.business.com directory was for example (www.businessdirectory.com) and was throwing off an EBITDA of around $15 million/year they probably still would have purchased it. Granted maybe they paid a premium because of the domain which I think does and did happen with companies that have great generic domains. The type in traffic is great on plays like this. That is why I keep buying them :) #15 & #16

One thing people keep missing is that RH Donnelley purchased a profitable BUSINESS and not just a domain. The domain is in this case is secondary.

If the http://www.business.com directory was for example (www.businessdirectory.com) and was throwing off an EBITDA of around $15 million/year they probably still would have purchased it. Granted maybe they paid a premium because of the domain which I think does and did happen with companies that have great generic domains. The type in traffic is great on plays like this. That is why I keep buying them :)

]]> By: Jim http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/26/businesscom-sells-for-350-million/#comment-1521111 Jim Thu, 26 Jul 2007 16:01:32 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/26/businesscom-sells-for-350-million/#comment-1521111 Nick, Do you really think business writing is your thing? There's definitely a big difference between being on the block and on the chopping block. Plus, you don't seem to be able to get your head around the fact that, while they did buy a prominent domain, Business.com has actually built a very profitable search and directory business, in a large marketplace (B2B) where they are the clear leaders. Nice try on making it into a negative story though. Nick,

Do you really think business writing is your thing? There’s definitely a big difference between being on the block and on the chopping block. Plus, you don’t seem to be able to get your head around the fact that, while they did buy a prominent domain, Business.com has actually built a very profitable search and directory business, in a large marketplace (B2B) where they are the clear leaders. Nice try on making it into a negative story though.

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