We just wrote about the dominance of number of .com domains and we’ve also reported that .com domain registrations were starting to turn around again after a poor 2008. Today, another .com domain passed the million dollar mark, with Call.com selling for $1.1 million via domain brokerage Sedo to an undisclosed buyer.
The domain was sold by Live Current Media , which had sold, then reacquired the domain over the past years. Live Current apparently sold the domain as part of a package of domains including Makeup.com, Automobile.com, and Exercise.com. Part of the deal was that Live Current would get royalties from any revenue earned from the domains. The company ended up buying back Call.com in 2006, and nullified the royalty stipulation. According to Domain Name Wire, the value of the royalty stream was $250,000 in future revenue, which makes the $1.1 million sale a good bet. Live Current also recently sold Cricket.com for a cool $1.75 million. Last year, Live Current experienced some financial difficulties and was looking to raise cash to survive by liquidating its domain names.
Other large domain purchases this year include the sale of Candy.com for $3 million, ToysRUs’ acquisition of Toys.com for $5.1 million, the sale of Fly.com to Travelzoo for $1.8 million, and the sale of Ad.com for $1.4 million.
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I believe the ad.com sale fell through:
http://domainna...-lawsuit-filed/
In the past, companies would largely compete against others in their geographic area. The rise of globalization means that any company that markets in more than one country needs to land a global brand, which means a recognizable dot-com domain.
The crush on the dot-com space is being intensified by vanity top level domains (non-dot-coms) such as .me and .travel. Laconi.ca’s shift to Status.net last week shows that ‘domain hacks’ are problematic and expensive to reinforce.
Branding is about trust. Only good dot-com domains have automatic high-trust potential, particularly category-defining generics such as Cricket.com and Candy.com.
We can therefore expect to see sale prices for good dot-coms continue to escalate. It’s not a bubble.
I’m going to try and sell my http://HowToLoseWeight.com to Jenny Craig or one of the other major weight loss people. I just jumped from page 2 at google to page 1. My Friend Brian at google told me last night that to have your “how to lose weight” on the first page is worth allot. Hell if I know. I would sell it
send an email with your price. interested.
Yeah, i think that could go for well over 150k. Thats a pretty good name, or you could sell your own stuff and ads.
nice try.
The domain business is back!!
Guias, are you into it? I also own, since 1997 the “HowToGetRich.com
The suckers are back!!!! Happy times again.
BTW: I have a nice bridge that links SF and Marin that I would be willing to part with… it has a toll… it is a money maker!!!
Nice Sale indeed!
The global branding potential is the reason why I believe in the double top pairing of dotcom and dotmobi.
In 10 years time the mobile arena will be just awesome and 10 years for a 10,000% return is worth waiting for…
I see no value in .mobi at the moment. I read some of the threads at your site and see others feel the same.
What ROI are you referring to? That’s funny.
Three and four-word-domains? Not exactly category defining. Every extra word chops 90-95% off the value of a domain. Look at the weekly sales charts for confirmation.
I feel sorry for anyone who has invested in the device-specific extension dot-mobi.
Hot CC TLDs and IDNs are where the future is for web-based domains. For broader, non-web identity management systems, dot-Tel has a good shot at grabbing the attention of the +3 billion people in the world with mobile devices who lack regular Internet access.
Dot-mobi is the next dot-WS or dot-CC. Remember them? Me neither.
Call.com is a great domain. I’m not surprised it went for so much. I wonder what it will be developed into, if anything.
I have a domain up at sedo as well ( http://www.bestxxxonline.com ) thinking it would generate some sort of interest.
So far I’ve only had views of the offer but no one actually taking the bite.
Tried it as an auction and now trying as a fixed price sale.
It’s not a domain name I personally want to develop, not my style, but I saw the name and thought it was worth a shot.
I’m going to read through that page so I can gain more knowledge. Thanks for posting that here.
oh interesting 1.1million for a tiny domain lolzzz
http://live-point.net
i agree .com is still the domain king .net is the queen and .org is prince .mobi is …
Very nice sale, live media are having to sell off great names as they need cash.
Great coms, great popular cctlds and .mobi is where its at.
Most of the market have shut off to .mobi but the amount of billion dollar companies adopting is surprising people.
check my link
just this weeks, boots, marks and spencer, every major car manufacturer etc
lets keep seeing these big sales. great for the ‘industry’
The point is – good domains are really worth something!!
Call.com, ebay sells Skype, seeing a trend?