Here is part 2 of a “live” domain metrics study I am doing in an effort to find metrics that will help “find good domains” or if there really is one! Here is part 1 if you missed it. Part 1 I looked at $10 1 bid domains at GoDaddy to see if I could find a rhyme or reason behind the backorders.
Today, I am looking at a smaller amount of recently reported domain name sales that took place … Read the rest
Doing some digging (it's what I do) I was able to uncover some domain names that have sold recently (likely for a fair amount) but went unreported likely due to an NDA. The following domain names have "clear" whois changes but were not reported sold for whatever reason. The sales took place via BuyDomains or Afternic. (if I am able to drum up an educated guess on I price I will post it by the name.)
Cup.net , new owner … Read the rest
Afternic.com has just published a couple nice five figure sales that have just cleared.
ExtremeFitness.com sold for $25,000 USD
Follow.net sold for $20,000 USD
ExtremeFitness.com was "listed" for $45,000 so there was some going back and forth between buyer and seller. According to whois records, the new owner is a Steven Mandell of Ohio.
Follow.net was owned by Marchex and they appear to have sold it to Original Web Ventures around June/August 2011. Follow.net was listed for $25K, so not far … Read the rest
