Domainer Domain Name Sale and auction

20.05.2009

Worldwide Growth & Interest in Internet Sensation Is Boundless

Podgorica, Montenegro - May 20, 2009 - The .ME Registry announced today its popular ccTLD extension has hit 250,000 domains registered. Montenegro’s .ME Registry has seen significant growth since it launched the domain extension worldwide just over one year ago. In fact, .ME is the fastest growing new ccTLD.
JamesCrocker.Me, registered through GoDaddy.com, was the name which pushed the Registry’s portfolio to the quarter-million milestone.

The .ME domain extension has proven to be incredibly popular worldwide. More than 48,000 applications were received to participate in the current online auction of .ME domains which ends in just a few days. The next online auction, hosted by NameJet.com, is scheduled to begin June 5.

Many in the online marketing community believe .ME’s popularity directly correlates to the domain’s branding power. “Dot-ME is extremely suitable for consumer brands,” notes Mark Kychma of Brands-and-Jingles, a marketing firm based in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Ukraine. His company owns hundreds of .ME domains. “Try to forget brands like Hotels4.Me, Pizza4.Me and Tickets4.Me… there is a 99 percent chance you will not,” adds Kychma. “Tell your friends about Love.Me, Fancy.Me, Unlock.Me and they will remember them for ages.”

The power of the right domain name combined with a .ME extension is astounding. YouAnd.Me, an explosively popular online dating service, launched just three months ago. According to the site’s founder, Steve Sikes, YouAnd.Me already has close to 50,000 members and is currently ranked among the top 90,000 Web sites in the world. Sikes is a big proponent of .ME domains. “Dot-ME domain extensions just seem to mesh with the direction of the Web,” stated Sikes recently. “They are more personalized and provide more user-generated content.”

Cloud.me $22,500 Sedo

Loteria.org €15,000 = $21,600

MotorcycleInsurance.org $34,000 Sedo

118000.com £9,900 = $16,731 Sedo

medicarte.com $2,688 Dollars
burgundy-wine.com $2,316 Dollars

Only reporting domains that relate and give value to domains I own.

Cuernavaca.com sold at €8,888 = $11,110 Dollars at Sedo

project-earth.com sold at AfternicDLS for $2,500 Dollars
Also sold at AfteninDLS
sellthis.com $3,800 Dlls
isellonline.com $3,000 Dlls
familiafeliz.com $2,088 Dlls
earthtoearth .com $2,500 Dlls

Non .Com Global TLD Sales:
Salud.net sold for $6,256 Dlls at SnapNames
Optica.net sold for $3,366 Dollars at AfternicDLS
allaboutbusiness.net sold for $1,188 Dlls at AfternicDLS

Country Code ccTlds:
Marcador.es sold for $8,000 Dlls at Sedo
electronic-cigarettes.co.uk sold for $1,471 Dollars

I got to participate in New Orleans Domainer Mardi Gras domain auction via www.aftermarket.com just to see what domain prices are going for these days.

Here is the report for some of the domains that sold well or are related to my domain name porfolio.

Te big one was Voodoo.com that sold for $300,000 Dollars.

Some of them sold well because they are related to the financial crisis going on right now.
For instance:
FinancialBailout.com - $3,750 Dollars.
Jobless.com - $14,000

The auction has closed for almost all the domains, but there are some domains still open:

Credenzas.com $13,500 still bidding.

For Mon. Jan. 19, 2009 - Sun. Feb. 1, 2009

Non dot com (.Net, .Org, .Biz & .Info) :

Ofertas.net €7,101 = $9,231 at Sedo
Debate.org $9,000 Sedo
casamia.net $2,088

hispanicscholarshipfund.net $1,088

.me domain names sold reported in August, 12th, 2008 at domainnamewire.com

only.me $33,405
aweso.me $24,189
skoda.me $20,010
brand.me $18,540
lasvegas.me $15,105
chatwith.me $15,035
korea.me $15,015
solve.me $13,116
volu.me $10,605
china.me $10,565
picture.me $10,240
recruit.me $10,155
baidu.me $10,005
onlinecasino.me $10,005
tag.me $10,005
secure.me $10,005
dna.me $10,004

Today I discovered this great website called namebio, where you can see all domain names sold using different criteria.

Found these sales that are related to portfolio and give more value to domains:

cancunhotels.com sold for $120,000 back in January. Sold at Moniker.

In this same website I found out that dominio.com sold for $120,000 Dollars on August, 2005. Via a private sale.
juegos.mobi$61,0002007-12-05sedo.com
loco.com$50,0002006-04-11DigiPawn
mucho.com$50,0002007-11-07moniker.com
chica.com$41,0002007-12-06sedo.com

chefuniforms.com sold $65,000 January, 2008 private sale
programas.com$60,0002007-11-14sedo.com
inmobiliario.com$35,2502006-12-20SnapNames
castillo.com$35,0002007-09-20drt auction
businessprocessmanagement.com$33,2502007-04-18SnapNames
wineguide.com$32,5002008-02-13snapnames
beachfrontproperty.com$32,0002006-11-25Moniker
ahora.com$31,0002007-10-31drt auction
hoteles.info$30,6072008-04-09Sedo.com
wine.mobi$30,0002007-12-05sedo.com
piscinas.es$25,3012007-10-29sedo.com
cotizaciones.com$24,9812008-04-03sedo.com
alergia.com$23,0002008-05-02namejet.com
businessconsultants.com$22,5002008-04-16TRAFFIC
digame.com$22,0002004-12-10Afternic
organicchocolate.com$21,5002008-02-13snapnames
discounttours.com$21,0002007-11-21moniker.com
musica.mobi$20,6002007-12-05sedo.com
directproperty.com$20,4352008-02-27indiandomain.com
empresario.com$20,0002007-11-21private sale
business.la$17,5002008-02-27snapnames
excelsior.com.mx$16,6672007-03-27Sedo
tiendasvirtuales.com$16,5822008-04-18sedo.com
perfumeria.com$16,1882008-06-17sedo.com
vuelos.info$15,9992008-04-09sedo.com
logistica.com$15,2502006-12-20SnapNames
deportes.mobi$14,6002007-12-05sedo.com

latinas.info auctioned and sold for $590 Dollars.

organicbakeries.com sold for $1,180 Dollars.

Reported at dnjournal. Not showing all of them. Just the ones related to portfolio
Highest Reported Non .Com Global TLD Sales
(.Net, .Org, .Biz & .Info) Mon. Sept. 29, 2008 - Sun. Oct. 5, 2008

Cabo.net sold for $7,160 Dlls at SnapNames
Hispanics.net sold for $2,150 Dlls at SnapNames