Recently Sold Domain Analysis – 1#
As we shall do here on a regular basis I decided to to have a quick look at some of the recent domain names sold online. This week I will have a look at 13 domain names sold and published (May, 1, 2009) on Sedo.com.
1. Studentprogram.com – $2466
2. Roller-hockey.com – $666
3. Worldtravler.net – $1416
4. Pana.ma – $5000
5. Ixpo.ca – 529 £
6. Allocated.com – $1212
7. Gbs.com – $25,800
8. Slowcookrecipes.co.uk – $700
9. Nexteer.com – $3500
10. Point-g.info – 2500 EUR
11. Tutoweb.com – 1000 EUR
12. Croydon.co.ik – 9000 £
13. Grunder.de – 8400 EUR
First of all we can see that only 6 our of the 13 have .com TLDs. It will be interesting to see how this will evolve over time, but good .com domain names are already pretty hard to come by. When we examine the list more carefully we can see a few interesting points. Pana.ma was sold for $5000. Interestingly I was unable to find any info on this Moroccan TLD (no WHOis info of any sort).
GBS.com is a different story. First registered back in 1993 this is a 3 latter .com domain and its no surprise it reached almost $26k. This domain went through a lot since it was originally registered. According to Wayback Machine in the late 1990’s this was home for a computer consulting firm (called Graphical Business Systems) which than changed hands (or name) and became Green Bridge Station and finally a website for an autoimmune disease called gbs (Guillain-Barré syndrome). Apart from the history lesson we can see that a good short domain name can easily be used for any number of different websites (and different topics) and the more obvious point: a 3 latter .com domain name will probably never be cheap.
Last but not least a few words on Point-g.info. This adult domain name was sold for an extremely impressive 2500 EUR (around $3300). Why do I even bother mentioning this domain? well, two reasons actually: 1. it has a hyphen (which typically go against what most experts will tell you when it comes to buying domain names). 2. the TLD is .info – typically a fairly low value for money TLD (I have a personal story to tell about Google and .info domains but lets leave it for another post). What can we learn from this purchase – I honestly can’t reach any conclusions but I will love to hear your input.