With the big news of the day that GoDaddy.com has acquired Marchex’s domain name portfolio, I wanted to do some digging into what GoDaddy is “likely” getting for the $34.8 Million dollars.
None of this is “official” because I work for neither company and this is fresh news. The details released are generic, and stated “200,000” domain names. Consider that 1 domain name can be worth millions on its own, simply breaking it down as a “bunch” converts to something like this.
Marchex currently has 220,453 domain names residing on one domain name server: a.ns.ultsearch.com which I assume is the majority, if not all of its domain name portfolio.
With the help of our good friends at DnsLocator.com, I have a report of the vast majority of those domains and I’m going to see what’s in it!
I am putting my focus mainly on one word generic domains, and other “popular” domain names like 2 letter, 3 letter etc. but will at least let you know what other domains in general are in the portfolio.
A little history… Marchex entered the domain name space with a $167 Million dollar purchase of Yun Ye’s domain name portfolio of about 100K domains. Marchex stated they sold about $80 Million in domain sales and another $290 Million in other related revenue with domains. Marchex has sold about $6.7 Million in domain names in the past 4 months… so seeing 200K+ domain names sell for $34.8 Million seems really cheap (aka, GoDaddy got a killer deal).
Registrations
All of Marchex’s domain names are registered with either eNom or Network Solutions domain registrars. Clearly these domains will likely all be heading to the GoDaddy registrar, so both eNom and NSI will be big losers in this deal overtime.
The Domains in the current Marchex portfolio?
- 1,299 one word .com domains
- 256 one word .net domains
- 206 one word .org domains
- 204,261 are .com domains. Of those 1,299 are one word, 51,687 are two word, 43,813 are 3 word, 1,503 fit into the popular category like 3 letter, 4 letter etc).
- 168 of the “popular” domains are mainly all 3 character domains and only 2, 3 letter .com’s with Xcn.com and Rzc.com
Specific One Word .com Domains
- Necklaces.com
- Salsa.com
- Tornado.com
- Pirate.com
- Floral.com
- Ruler.com
- Welders.com
- Saving.com
- Theft.com
- Debts.com
- Toddler.com
- Distribution.com
- Technical.com
- Lighter.com
- Jerseys.com
- Decals.com
- Refinancing.com
- Remodeling.com
- Pickup.com
- Meters.com
- Destination.com
- Futbol.com
- Fotos.com
And many, many more! There are plenty of other domain names that are very valuable that do not match “words” as well like 90210.com and they own almost all 5 number zip code domains. Names like Vonn.com which I’m sure Lindsey would like owning for an example. Endless “brand” type domains that are ready to go for a new company, product etc.
In general, we do not know all the details behind the deal, so looking at the $34.8 Million ($28.1M cash + $6.7M recent domain sales) and the domains only can not be done. As mentioned in the sale report, $28.1 Million in cash was paid, plus “additional earn-out payments the terms of which were undisclosed including the maximum additional earn out.” along with $6.7 Million in domain sales since January 2015.
There are just way too many great domains for all of these to sell for only “$28.1 Million” in cash. It just seems odd to me. Being realistic, I would think even being on the safe side…. 100 domains could be sold to reflect the $28.1 Million in cash GoDaddy paid. Refinancing.com can easily fetch 7 figures by itself. Jerseys.com can fetch a lot on its own and on an on. So one big factor that we currently or may never know is how much Marchex will get from each domain sale from the portfolio, when or if GoDaddy sells a domain.
To be nice, here is the full list of one word .com domains that I dug out of the 200K+ domains.
Graphic.com
Administrator.com
Billiard.com
Decals.com
Handles.com
Meters.com
Ovens.com
Pickup.com
Toddler.com
Necklaces.com
Welders.com
Briefcases.com
Pirate.com
Refinancing.com
Cavalier.com
Ruler.com
Predator.com
Tornado.com
Morgue.com
Saving.com
Floral.com
Invitation.com
Notarize.com
Environmentalists.com
Locksmiths.com
Oregonians.com
Pretest.com
Applicants.com
Magics.com
Franchisee.com
Obstetricians.com
Paternal.com
Pensioners.com
Corporations.com
Litigators.com
Rapier.com
Salespersons.com
Sectors.com
Ventilator.com
Inorganic.com
Praises.com
Pureness.com
Responding.com
Rupiah.com
Bambinos.com
Inaugural.com
Minnesotan.com
Trigonometry.com
Outriggers.com
Blowguns.com
Bouncers.com
Fabricator.com
Manipulate.com
Matadors.com
Mitzvahs.com
Pacts.com
Remover.com
Stalwart.com
Superhighways.com
Victories.com
Sequoias.com
Kaleidoscopes.com
Republics.com
Staffers.com
Yugoslavian.com
Homers.com
Melodies.com
Vigilantes.com
Insurgent.com
Pentathlon.com
Operational.com
Receiving.com
Carton.com
Imbecile.com
Instruct.com
Kingdoms.com
Lull.com
Rankle.com
Saturate.com
Carcass.com
Sophomores.com
Warping.com
Weirdest.com
Histology.com
Smilers.com
Schmoe.com
Loyalist.com
Odysseys.com
Pyramids.com
Silkscreening.com
Stymie.com
Wholesalers.com
Pragmatist.com
Recollection.com
Salamanders.com
Debts.com
Shovels.com
Origination.com
Pooling.com
Watchmen.com
Bankruptcies.com
Britons.com
Blunder.com
Loafer.com
Mockery.com
Superstitions.com
Nationalities.com
Interpreters.com
Neuritis.com
Prerequisites.com
Lenient.com
Manchu.com
Silken.com
Derail.com
Traversal.com
Lighter.com
Allude.com
Alphabetical.com
Bolster.com
Pious.com
Subtropical.com
Wrest.com
Grovel.com
Macedonian.com
Nonsmoker.com
Hoodlums.com
Hunches.com
Negation.com
Inbreeding.com
Indenture.com
Analogies.com
Crematories.com
Weaken.com
Clashes.com
Decreasing.com
Fewer.com
Hopefuls.com
Humiliating.com
Insinuate.com
Insistent.com
Jesuits.com
Leftists.com
Legitimacy.com
Likelihood.com
Lingering.com
Luckless.com
Normalize.com
Offending.com
Penniless.com
Semite.com
Oldness.com
Ghostwriters.com
Junkets.com
Noncommercial.com
Philosophies.com
Preeminent.com
Purloin.com
Ridicule.com
Technical.com
Timesharing.com
Tunisians.com
Invasions.com
Onerous.com
Microprocessing.com
Horrified.com
Medians.com
Birthrights.com
Pretense.com
Allowed.com
Depressing.com
Exclusion.com
Luncheons.com
Matriculation.com
Softeners.com
Udder.com
Gusts.com
Indictments.com
Nonstandard.com
Peninsulas.com
Unwrap.com
Agreeing.com
Disbelief.com
Seldom.com
Sociologists.com
Undertaking.com
Verbose.com
Afflict.com
Impair.com
Impede.com
Incapable.com
Openness.com
Ignoble.com
Impersonal.com
Misnomer.com
Occident.com
Supported.com
Gallons.com
Juggernauts.com
Limitation.com
Punitive.com
Sniping.com
Sufferer.com
Tourneys.com
Voracious.com
Gentlewoman.com
Gestures.com
Gorillas.com
Hamlets.com
Indemnity.com
Jerseys.com
Jordanian.com
Liners.com
Pitfalls.com
Pushing.com
Smoker.com
Sophistication.com
Yolks.com
Abbreviate.com
Bundling.com
Adjourn.com
Awaking.com
Baffling.com
Bitten.com
Blackmailing.com
Breaths.com
Chanting.com
Comings.com
Considerable.com
Exists.com
Follows.com
Frighten.com
Gotten.com
Grantee.com
Hanged.com
Harassing.com
Hellish.com
Hindrance.com
Hulls.com
Indignant.com
Inhumane.com
Insurgents.com
Laotians.com
Larvae.com
Lengthen.com
Lessen.com
Littering.com
Noting.com
Nuisances.com
Opting.com
Orwellian.com
Ought.com
Panamanian.com
Patchy.com
Persuasions.com
Physically.com
Pleas.com
Pluses.com
Polemics.com
Polluted.com
Polluting.com
Postulation.com
Praising.com
Preclude.com
Predilection.com
Preexisting.com
Privation.com
Prosecutions.com
Questioners.com
Quietness.com
Racketeering.com
Rationals.com
Reassign.com
Reassuring.com
Recant.com
Redness.com
Referendums.com
Reforming.com
Regiments.com
Regressions.com
Rejections.com
Relegate.com
Relieving.com
Reluctance.com
Remorseful.com
Renewing.com
Repeating.com
Repression.com
Repugnant.com
Rescind.com
Researches.com
Resting.com
Restive.com
Restraining.com
Retires.com
Retrospection.com
Reveler.com
Rises.com
Risking.com
Roasts.com
Royalists.com
Rudiments.com
Sacrificial.com
Setback.com
Shadowy.com
Sharers.com
Shoddy.com
Shortcomings.com
Shrivel.com
Slacking.com
Slaughtering.com
Slipping.com
Slowness.com
Smelling.com
Specially.com
Speedups.com
Spontaneity.com
Spurious.com
Stalling.com
Stipends.com
Stirred.com
Stragglers.com
Struggles.com
Submits.com
Successors.com
Suffixes.com
Suffocation.com
Supplant.com
Supplementary.com
Survived.com
Swarms.com
Swooping.com
Sympathize.com
Tahitians.com
Tampering.com
Taunting.com
Terrifying.com
Thicken.com
Thinness.com
Thoroughfares.com
Throwing.com
Tibetans.com
Timeouts.com
Timidity.com
Tiresome.com
Titled.com
Topologies.com
Toughen.com
Towards.com
Trailing.com
Transients.com
Trespassers.com
Truest.com
Truism.com
Truisms.com
Truthfully.com
Ugliness.com
Unattractive.com
Uncertainties.com
Uncomfortable.com
Underestimate.com
Undetermined.com
Undeveloped.com
Unfavorable.com
Unforgiving.com
Ungrounded.com
Unhappiness.com
Unintentional.com
Unkind.com
Unpacking.com
Unpleasant.com
Unrest.com
Unskilled.com
Unsuccessful.com
Untidy.com
Unusable.com
Unwelcome.com
Urging.com
Varies.com
Ventilate.com
Vertebrate.com
Vexing.com
Viennese.com
Violating.com
Violators.com
Virtuosos.com
Voyaging.com
Vulnerability.com
Waving.com
Willful.com
Woeful.com
Wreak.com
Humanists.com
Indeterminate.com
Perplexed.com
Rambling.com
Truants.com
Trysts.com
Urbanize.com
Warmonger.com
Lexicons.com
Malays.com
Repentant.com
Stipulations.com
Vulnerabilities.com
Combatant.com
Manicurists.com
Nineteenth.com
Parlours.com
Precarious.com
Pummel.com
Pyrrhic.com
Racketeers.com
Rioter.com
Segregate.com
Successions.com
Underrated.com
Washingtonians.com
Worths.com
Youthfulness.com
Brunets.com
Preregistration.com
Pushed.com
Reconsider.com
Repetitive.com
Rumbling.com
Specifier.com
Squeamish.com
Unqualified.com
Yawning.com
Destructor.com
Incarcerate.com
Incredulous.com
Iniquity.com
Irrepressible.com
Irritating.com
Legwork.com
Lithuanians.com
Mariachi.com
Minnesotans.com
Morass.com
Originating.com
Preeminence.com
Relent.com
Rumania.com
Saviours.com
Senates.com
Splitting.com
Spooks.com
Stabbing.com
Stagnate.com
Tibetan.com
Yodeling.com
Coyotes.com
Lasers.com
Shanghais.com
Invalidate.com
Parti.com
Sapling.com
Tailoring.com
Annoyance.com
Customizing.com
Gnaw.com
Mafiosi.com
Misinformed.com
Powerless.com
Synoptic.com
Technocracy.com
Valued.com
Webless.com
Gertrude.com
Guatemalan.com
Implosions.com
Indications.com
Machinations.com
Podiatrist.com
Powerhouses.com
Remiss.com
Scolding.com
Scratches.com
Screeching.com
Simplification.com
Sporadic.com
Sprites.com
Stalled.com
Stifle.com
Subordinate.com
Subordinates.com
Subordination.com
Subsist.com
Successive.com
Sufferers.com
Sufficiency.com
Suffocating.com
Tabulation.com
Tempter.com
Wedded.com
Weighting.com
Wholehearted.com
Appalling.com
Cherokees.com
Falsify.com
Garbled.com
Jubilees.com
Laudable.com
Nutshells.com
Oblige.com
Penitent.com
Pollutants.com
Quarts.com
Resentful.com
Voiced.com
Volcanology.com
Insistence.com
Marylanders.com
Prefixes.com
Regretful.com
Snobbery.com
Tinge.com
Yielding.com
Garish.com
Gird.com
Immunologists.com
Pows.com
Priming.com
Promulgate.com
Snobbish.com
Toucher.com
Nonproliferation.com
Calibrations.com
Grammatical.com
Highlighting.com
Imperfections.com
Injunctions.com
Introspection.com
Jujubes.com
Leaning.com
Maces.com
Motivations.com
Netty.com
Parsers.com
Reflects.com
Reversing.com
Rounding.com
Shouters.com
Similarities.com
Simmering.com
Splashing.com
Sprawling.com
Stipulation.com
Surpluses.com
Tenements.com
Terminologies.com
Whiteness.com
Dustbin.com
Increasing.com
Initialization.com
Legalization.com
Manipulations.com
Marxists.com
Narration.com
Negligible.com
Ocarinas.com
Shutting.com
Sophy.com
Stiffen.com
Blackness.com
Bridging.com
Duplicating.com
Endanger.com
Gerontologists.com
Jaywalker.com
Lucre.com
Markka.com
Multidimensional.com
Normalcy.com
Petrel.com
Ransoms.com
Reversal.com
Revised.com
Rhapsodies.com
Smokestacks.com
Spurn.com
Standardized.com
Therein.com
Triads.com
Trombones.com
Virucide.com
Benedicts.com
Enhancements.com
Grazing.com
Grinders.com
Huckleberries.com
Implementations.com
Jargons.com
Labyrinths.com
Localization.com
Preemption.com
Protests.com
Refurbishing.com
Scions.com
Skelter.com
Snuffle.com
Stammer.com
Submitting.com
Undocumented.com
Grafts.com
Lurkers.com
Plaids.com
Maneuvers.com
Ointments.com
Swallows.com
Urgency.com
Sacrifices.com
Childish.com
Furlough.com
Glistening.com
Inquirers.com
Labelers.com
Onomatopoeia.com
Pronouns.com
Proving.com
Salsa.com
Soulless.com
Trekkers.com
Vagary.com
Libras.com
Observers.com
Peeks.com
Populism.com
Qualifiers.com
Royalist.com
Staid.com
Tazza.com
Accelerates.com
Heralds.com
Languish.com
Pennsylvanians.com
Predicament.com
Pursuer.com
Pushes.com
Quaked.com
Seasickness.com
Compromising.com
Darkrooms.com
Infringements.com
Migrating.com
Plunging.com
Ponytails.com
Procurer.com
Redistribute.com
Specialization.com
Stylized.com
Submitter.com
Traitors.com
Chattering.com
Chopping.com
Develops.com
Gossiper.com
Introspective.com
Intuitions.com
Lawmakers.com
Necks.com
Pairing.com
Provolone.com
Representing.com
Revile.com
Scald.com
Scuff.com
Tendencies.com
Usefulness.com
Wasteful.com
Bruises.com
Estranged.com
Innocuous.com
Marshes.com
Neglected.com
Rediscovery.com
Seedy.com
Supernovas.com
Banishment.com
Beforehand.com
Cascading.com
Disappointing.com
Grammars.com
Heterogeneous.com
Hierarchies.com
Honeymooning.com
Imprisonment.com
Inadvertent.com
Industrialization.com
Lieutenants.com
Panelists.com
Petitioner.com
Pragmatism.com
Prerogatives.com
Prizefighting.com
Purging.com
Resignations.com
Salacious.com
Subdivisions.com
Treacherous.com
Tyrannosaurus.com
Unwritten.com
Vilify.com
Colons.com
Guarding.com
Hirer.com
Inaccurate.com
Indentation.com
Irrelevance.com
Lacking.com
Lossy.com
Lout.com
Midwesterners.com
Mitzvah.com
Plutonic.com
Predecessor.com
Rebellions.com
Reddish.com
Reveling.com
Tolerable.com
Versatility.com
Wither.com
Misunderstanding.com
Passerby.com
Protrude.com
Receptacles.com
Arguing.com
Ditches.com
Leery.com
Pursuers.com
Recapitulation.com
Semitic.com
Speeders.com
Modulate.com
Tahitian.com
Nationalization.com
Paucity.com
Inroads.com
Shopgirl.com
Unchanged.com
Pinole.com
Propellant.com
Pseudonyms.com
Supercomputers.com
Thoroughfare.com
Tootle.com
Nested.com
Caressing.com
Incursion.com
Multiplying.com
Pampas.com
Incompatibility.com
Housefly.com
Loneliness.com
Tellurium.com
Theft.com
Torrential.com
Threefold.com
Umbilicus.com
Unnoticed.com
Leipzig.com
Gatherers.com
Revelers.com
Shoshone.com
Funks.com
Gaping.com
Gingerly.com
Imbeciles.com
Jailed.com
Lustrous.com
Ornithologist.com
Pidgin.com
Refreshers.com
Snitches.com
Swordsmen.com
Vestige.com
Ascending.com
Betrayed.com
Dreaded.com
Glorified.com
Governance.com
Lashing.com
Mastodon.com
Promenades.com
Scrawny.com
Untangled.com
Velveteen.com
Vindicated.com
Invincibility.com
Polars.com
Hangs.com
Shanghaied.com
Insolent.com
Strivers.com
Creepers.com
Guarani.com
Partisans.com
Pigmy.com
Scoping.com
Bayous.com
Binges.com
Clashing.com
Infatuations.com
Leninism.com
Pinning.com
Harbingers.com
Modernists.com
Misanthropic.com
Overachiever.com
Stouts.com
Literatures.com
Parishioner.com
Stressing.com
Arming.com
Bankrupting.com
Beachheads.com
Briber.com
Brightener.com
Crazier.com
Devoting.com
Gouging.com
Interrelation.com
Leniency.com
Maddening.com
Munching.com
Palpable.com
Patricians.com
Snorting.com
Unwieldy.com
Worrisome.com
Granddaughters.com
Occultist.com
Repine.com
Honing.com
Remailing.com
Hasidic.com
Exiting.com
Hondurans.com
Admitting.com
Bracing.com
Welcomer.com
Rueful.com
Goatees.com
Idiosyncrasy.com
Ironical.com
Kansans.com
Libertarians.com
Loathing.com
Moribund.com
Moroccans.com
Naivete.com
Nepalese.com
Pickpockets.com
Rumanian.com
Shortcoming.com
Slavish.com
Staggering.com
Stoning.com
Straggler.com
Susceptible.com
Suspicions.com
Swelter.com
Taming.com
Tempers.com
Terrified.com
Theorists.com
Wooer.com
Worrying.com
Altars.com
Mustaches.com
Northerners.com
Walkaway.com
Particularly.com
Microphotography.com
Merely.com
Peaking.com
Quisling.com
Plurals.com
Psyches.com
Friendless.com
Colorless.com
Unspecified.com
Whereas.com
Abusing.com
Whopping.com
Supersede.com
Intermarry.com
Shone.com
Reeling.com
Neophytes.com
Proponents.com
Venturers.com
Wonderer.com
Microchemistry.com
Nonsmokers.com
Pakistanis.com
Pickers.com
Trellises.com
Weenies.com
Shortfall.com
Worts.com
Mappers.com
Boomtowns.com
Undermine.com
Qualitative.com
Suburbanite.com
Sleepwalkers.com
Flickering.com
Goofing.com
Infinitesimal.com
Ingenuous.com
Territorial.com
Ramshackle.com
Nullify.com
Inconsistency.com
Helplessness.com
Torturing.com
Lying.com
Postponed.com
Stowaway.com
Striving.com
Refunding.com
Misconceptions.com
Iring.com
Pitchman.com
Tollbooths.com
Glories.com
Vermicelli.com
Nosedive.com
Madwomen.com
Maoism.com
Hoper.com
Pharmacologists.com
Intertwined.com
Hardbound.com
Megabits.com
Onwards.com
Phoenixes.com
Presbyterianism.com
Stolid.com
Venezuelans.com
Predominant.com
Suffice.com
Sideshows.com
Alaskas.com
Pachyderm.com
Incidental.com
Purples.com
Guilts.com
Individualized.com
Lagging.com
Gulch.com
Helluva.com
Reimbursements.com
Repeated.com
Rustlers.com
Wooly.com
Riverbanks.com
Prohibitions.com
Irrevocable.com
Mutineer.com
Preparing.com
Recalling.com
Rambunctious.com
Goodmen.com
Indulgences.com
Odious.com
Recliners.com
Scramblers.com
Sobriquet.com
Unappreciated.com
Gleaners.com
Lichens.com
Adopters.com
Repairers.com
Forearms.com
Rentable.com
Seditious.com
Enforcing.com
Smartness.com
Rebuff.com
Gouache.com
Holyday.com
Impious.com
Overviews.com
Gaiter.com
Strangeness.com
Permissible.com
Yearnings.com
Madrigals.com
Ploughs.com
Revolving.com
Humorists.com
Hydrofoils.com
Shysters.com
Disconnecting.com
Murmuring.com
Grudges.com
Bellies.com
Sloe.com
Fueling.com
Licker.com
Misses.com
Ineligible.com
Spooling.com
Minesweepers.com
Sacking.com
Portend.com
Terribly.com
Regressive.com
Vertically.com
Idiomatic.com
Islets.com
Sticklers.com
Lackeys.com
Meanest.com
Valorem.com
Bogies.com
Catches.com
Challenged.com
Reiterate.com
Stench.com
Menthe.com
Miserly.com
Radiations.com
Containing.com
Deserving.com
Luckier.com
Restarting.com
Renditions.com
Reticent.com
Succor.com
Prescriptive.com
Shortsighted.com
Unexposed.com
Imprudent.com
Enlarged.com
Identifications.com
Iller.com
Smacked.com
Wealthiest.com
Motorcade.com
Purport.com
Traffickers.com
Transliteration.com
Whimsies.com
Reconfirm.com
Exhausting.com
Furies.com
Matchmaking.com
Reconfigure.com
Incomprehensible.com
Mestizos.com
Moviedom.com
Trachoma.com
Hipper.com
Cannot.com
Plainclothes.com
Jasmines.com
Misers.com
Subcompact.com
Uncompromising.com
Interacting.com
Lascars.com
Shingler.com
Shouter.com
Turbocar.com
Multifaceted.com
Hitherto.com
Defenses.com
Irksome.com
Placeholder.com
Reunification.com
Spirituals.com
Kerb.com
Boldest.com
Itemization.com
Pentecostal.com
Misanthropy.com
Rivieras.com
Immaterial.com
Incompliance.com
Interdependent.com
Intramural.com
Kitschy.com
Shattered.com
Zinnias.com
Bulging.com
Twinge.com
Vicars.com
Forbidding.com
Distilleries.com
Reigning.com
Tantalizing.com
Laudanum.com
Morphogenesis.com
Retrogression.com
Stealer.com
Glimmers.com
Liras.com
Triangular.com
Abbreviated.com
Prongs.com
Allege.com
Outbursts.com
Combative.com
Hotness.com
Outlays.com
Justifications.com
Phoenicians.com
Sunbathers.com
Legalism.com
Planing.com
Overwhelming.com
Skirmishes.com
Torpedoes.com
Focusing.com
Informants.com
Robbing.com
Variances.com
Murderous.com
Harrowing.com
Rapporteur.com
Inflamed.com
Martyrdom.com
Tiring.com
Pulverize.com
Stylistic.com
Affectation.com
Parsimony.com
Subhuman.com
Interrupted.com
Fantasizing.com
Forgiving.com
Astonished.com
Rappelling.com
Roasted.com
Unrelated.com
Lastly.com
Mismanagement.com
Ribbed.com
Messes.com
Freeing.com
Oddly.com
Insensitivity.com
Steeps.com
Mavens.com
Redacted.com
Phonies.com
Unprofitable.com
Enrollments.com
Intervarsity.com
Nasturtiums.com
Hashing.com
Hapless.com
Happenstance.com
Mappings.com
Remodeling.com
Stabs.com
Subbass.com
Blitzing.com
Simians.com
Hinting.com
Reprimand.com
Illuminators.com
Nontraditional.com
Parsimonious.com
Mulberries.com
Unconstitutional.com
Propagandist.com
Stupor.com
Mugged.com
Immobility.com
Heresies.com
Generalizations.com
Quicksteps.com
Wealthier.com
Approximations.com
Puzzlement.com
Paced.com
Underestimated.com
Gashed.com
Naphtha.com
Wagging.com
Webfooted.com
Shivering.com
Moronic.com
Rallyes.com
Wordprocessors.com
Analyzed.com
Bedrocks.com
Loblolly.com
Confessing.com
Defects.com
Palier.com
Gravels.com
Backstroke.com
Hinter.com
Bowmen.com
Narthex.com
Herbaceous.com
Trashing.com
Variants.com
Scowl.com
Pondering.com
Signatories.com
Clapping.com
Impregnate.com
Stabilizing.com
Agreeable.com
Dilution.com
Menial.com
Reaping.com
Reconstructed.com
Unforseen.com
Browner.com
Lingers.com
Misspelling.com
Carps.com
Obligate.com
Incases.com
Cautionary.com
Qualms.com
Spectrometers.com
Reemployment.com
Resonators.com
Purslane.com
Lanky.com
Prolapse.com
Numbing.com
Misdemeanors.com
Indiscreet.com
Recapture.com
Deployments.com
Rearrange.com
Tenderers.com
Mumbling.com
Belittle.com
Meritocracy.com
Whereat.com
Hornbills.com
Chyme.com
Madly.com
Impasto.com
Perishable.com
Undeclared.com
Imperfection.com
Heredities.com
Hoorah.com
Samoans.com
Succinct.com
Wived.com
Tumbledown.com
Baywoods.com
Matchings.com
Disconnections.com
Brutalization.com
Recurrence.com
Hogging.com
Mukluk.com
Manioc.com
Sardonyx.com
Uprooted.com
Plovers.com
Podgy.com
Reusing.com
Rasps.com
Necked.com
Relinquished.com
Squamous.com
Ethane.com
Necromancy.com
Synovial.com
Hoers.com
Plosive.com
Largesse.com
Telescoping.com
Eyebolts.com
Relearning.com
Piezoelectric.com
Bricktop.com
Clutters.com
Blains.com
Interrelated.com
Insinuation.com
Neckline.com
Saffrons.com
Heckles.com
Misappropriated.com
Mistreating.com
Romanticized.com
Involvement.com
Mitigating.com
Affecting.com
Instrumentations.com
Washrags.com
Storable.com
Just so you can have an idea of the amount of great domains likely included in this portfolio.
From what I can tell, the Marchex domains are already listed for sale via Afternic and using the “member” name, NameFind. It also appears ArcheoDomains.com is now redirecting to Afternic.com/namefind. GoDaddy acquired “NameFind” when it acquired Afternic / SmartName.
“”Google acquired “NameFind” when it acquired Afternic / SmartName.””
Google? or GoDaddy?
Sorry about that Kevin. I have adjusted the typo in the article. I do that from time to time but intended to write GoDaddy.
“Google acquired “NameFind” when it acquired Afternic / SmartName.”
I am not clear what this means. Can you please elaborate?
@Logan,
That was a typo on my part. I have fixed it in the article. I just use Google a lot during my articles… so I must have been going to “Google” to find more info on “NameFind” and simply typed Google instead of GoDaddy 😉
I wonder what the play is for GoDaddy. Is it a value play? Are they going to enter the resale market? etc…
Wonder how much the portfolio makes in parking (if they park them).
Well, they do own Afternic… so I’m sure they simply seen the value in the domains simply to resell, likely got some customer lists, maybe had some domains they can “use” for companies they create etc.
As per Domainindex.com appraisal of 1299 one word domains, these 1299 are worth $ 14+ million. That is less than 1% domains in this portfolio. Great buy for GD.
Every time I attempt to transfer from ENOM, the initial auth code doesn’t work so I have to submit a ticket for a new one. Transfers out of Netsol require a delay of a few days merely to receive the auth code. For each transfer into Godaddy you need the transaction code and of course auth codes for each domain which also needs to be unlocked. Can you imagine the work to transfer 200k domains into Godaddy? They probably should review the database first and determine which ones are worth keeping and which ones to drop and not bother renewing (theoretically that should have been done by now but even high-profile domainers have some so-so domains.
Hey Jamie, can’t forget Beijing.com, Cuisine.com, Deportes.com, and Kungfu.com, all among my favorites.
-Paul
Marchex taking a huge loss. Paid Yun Ye $164 million for their portfolio and selling for a 1/5 of that. That doesn’t look good to me on the surface.
Thanks so much for all the useful info Jamie!
I had read a bunch of articles about this, but yours was the only one to actually list all the good domains, so it was very useful to me. On the surface it seems like a good deal for Godaddy, but that is mostly because it is a good fit for their existing business (domain registrations, Godaddy auctions, and Afternic). I did 2 large bulk wholesale sales of several thousand domains in the past 4 years, both with similar type .com domains, and one was for 7% of the appraised value (via estibot.com) and one was for 10% of the appraised value.
So, if the 1299 one word domains appraise for $14 million a typical bulk whole price for them might be under $5 million. That leaves around $30 million of the purchase price left for the 200,000 not so premium domains. The registrar costs alone on these will be around $1.5 million a year, which I would estimate is at least equal to or more than they will bring in from parking revenue. Even if they eventually sell all the one word domains for $10 million, that means they still need to sell $25 million of the other domains just to break even.
As an alternative, they could have invested that same $35 million in bonds or other investments, and made at least 5%, which would be a profit of $1.5 million a year. So even if they make a profit of $15 million on this domain deal after 10 years, they could have made just as much, with a lot less risk and a lot less work, just by investing the money.
Glad you found it useful. I don’t just publish PR’s and actually do some digging 🙂 The 1,299 one word domains do not in any way appraise at $14 million, they simply can not with the quality that is in them. A handful of them would appraise at $14M alone. Beijing.com, Refinancing.com, Cuisine.com, Saving.com, Jerseys.com, Decals.com, Salsa.com plus I missed some during my digging (mainly that my software missed) with first names, so many brand type names that often sell for about $50K each, tons of 2 word domains that can fetch $10K plus each etc. I’m sure they will do well with just the domain sales, let alone keep in mind that these 200K+, none of them are registered at GoDaddy… so that will change. When they sell these domains, they will likely be gaining some new customers as well, that will buy and use other GoDaddy services etc. It really becomes a trickle down effect.
Somebody should check what they actually do appraise for. I am curious.
In general Eric, I think GoDaddy appraised them based on what they paid (the $28M). Doing an Estibot scan of them would be interesting but one would need to scan all 200K+ domains so nothing was missed. Esa or Luc would have to do it or be willing to run the whole list as it would take some time. GoDaddy does have minimum offers in a whole list that I got the other day and it’s around $110M with the minimum offer prices and not all had minimum offer prices in yet, but most did. Beijing.com for an example has a $50K min offer though, so.. clearly it’s worth way more than that. From what I have heard though, GoDaddy is going to place a buy it now on the vast majority of domains.
Wow. Unreal. Found an amazing article on Yun Ye:
http://www.domainstryker.com/yun-ye-164-million-man/