Posts Tagged ‘ccTLDs’

Domain Sales Updates, .MX Follow Up and More

August 29th, 2010 Mike Law

I’m home and somewhat rested after a busy and fun trip down to Cancun.  Ready to get back to work!  As promised I am following up on my last post about .MX domains and how prevalent they are in the part of Mexico I was visiting.  Unfortunately, I did not come across any .MX domains during our travels.  I reported last week that the most common extensions I saw were .com.mx and .com domain on billboards, signs, etc and that did not change on the tail end of my trip.  Overall, I did see probably more .COM domains than any other definitely a close second was .COM.MX.  A commenter from my last post who resides in Mexico City gave a few examples of .MX domains that he found on billboards and signs: spark.mx, gti.mx, canacintra.mx, honda.mx, acdelco.mx, wilson.mx.  Thanks ‘PAPA’.  Also, I came across this report from Sales.mx that is showing progression of the .MX extension compared to .COM.MX within Mexico.

Some really great sales have been reported over the last week.  The largest transaction, Quotes.com sold for $1.1 million.  Others reported domain sales: Prince.com $235K, MyGarage.com $85k, Devisen.de (translates to ‘currency’ in German) $70k+, LuxuryApartments.com $65k, Italy.net $52k, CJ.org $32k+ and Kudo.com $30k. Gotta throw a .TV sale in the mix! Amsterdam.tv sold for $13k+.

Michael Berkens posted a handful of .CO landrush auction results yesterday.  I must say I am surprised at how much some of these are fetching.  Some of the head scratchers on the list: National-Lottery.co $3.3K, HalloweenCostume.co $3.1k and doc.co $4.1k.  Honestly, all of these sales are head scratchers to me but only time will tell with these .co domains.  Maybe I’ll be kicking myself one day for not investing in the extension.

For newer domainers I would like to recommend a nice new resource over at DotSauce.com Forum.  It’s simple to use and seems like it’s tailored for newer domainers that want to get questions about domaining answered.  Nice addition to DotSauce Mark!

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Sedo’s ccTLD Roundup, Reported Sales August 1st – 15th

August 17th, 2010 Mike Law

As usual I like to keep my eye on and report Sedo’s ccTLD sales.  No sign of slowing down this month!  The top sale I could find was an Austrian ccTLD, Tracker.at which sold for over $23k USD, congrats to the seller.  Germany’s .de had another strong showing as  handwerkerfinden.de was sold for roughly $17K USD, the words translate into ‘find craftsmen/repairmen’.   The name is still in Sedo transfer service but I expect to see it redirecting to the .com soon.

Switzerland’s .ch ccTLD had a strong showing with three nice sales this week including SexShop.ch which sold in excess of $10k USD.   There were a couple .co domains in this list including a hyphenated .co domain car-insurance.co that took in $1,200.  

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acties.be 3,500 EUR

webname.ch 1,200 EUR

edgroup.co.uk 2,000 GBP

credex.us 1,200 USD

bet-on-football.co.uk 750 USD

moebeltresor.de 1,500 EUR

schauspieler.eu 1,250 EUR

dive.in 900 EUR

swimmingtrunks.co.uk 991 GBP

icapital.de 1,300 EUR

aci.eu 3,500 EUR

handwerkerfinden.de 13,090 EUR

sexshop.ch 8,000 EUR

fiction.al 1,500 GBP

accountingdepartment.co 2,100 USD

mails.in 1,900 USD

bestonlinecasino.org.uk 1,500 USD

mymove.eu 2,000 EUR

vitamin-d.de 1,000 EUR

livemusic.ch 4,000 EUR

car-insurance.co 1,200 USD

olx.co.uk 7,050 GBP

aziendaonline.it 1,000 EUR

tracker.at 18,000 EUR

gosmann.de 4,760 EUR

biometria.es 1,500 EUR

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ccTLD Sales Stack up at Sedo

August 5th, 2010 Mike Law

Sedo.com continues to outsell any other venue that makes their sales public in the ccTLD arena. A quick summary of more ccTLD domain names that Sedo.com has sold over the last few weeks. I guess I am surprised that I just don’t see any other venue reporting any substantial ccTLD sales.

Favorite from this list is Rugby.eu, that’s a great domain and I hope it’s developed into a winner.  I feel Wines.es went low, I thought some good wine came out of Spain? I know it’s not native language but.. Gotta point out another successful .me hack sale, Entertain.me – nice!  I compiled this list with help from DNJournal.com.

Cloud-Computing.de $38,200

PrinterInks.co.uk  $23,833

Touchscreens.co $2,500

Critical-Illness.co.uk  $6,355

Olx.ee $7,500

Pheromones.co.uk $6.311

Airport-Transfers.co.uk $2,200

Gadgets.us $2,050

PrimeTime.tv $1,500

Shop.cc $2,000

Rugby.eu $12,276

Explain.de $4,224

MyMovie.eu $2,640

SolarSmart.co.uk $3,178

NO.de $9,900

SpezialTickets.de $8,580

WebTV.ch $3,564

PokerSite.co.uk $3,975

DirectBlinds.co.uk $4,134

BigPoint.it $3,986

Wines.es $1,056

MyForum.ru $1,307

Steuersparen.de $8,580

TVreceiver.de $1,320

Flying.in $1,050

eLaw.us $1,500

H3.de $1,613

Lifestyle.asia $3,168

GND.eu $3,630

HolidaySeekers.co.uk $2,147

Entertain.me $2,500

Manteles.es $2,231

Mobile24.fr $1,056

My-Wine.de $4,712

Posted in Happenings, Industry News, ccTLDs Tags: , , , , 3 Comments »

ccTLD Extension of the Week – Spain’s .ES

March 9th, 2010 Mike Law

Spain’s .ES extension was originally introduced in 1988 but was only recently open for unrestricted registration as of 2005.  Nic.es heads Spains domain registry and there are several registrars approved to sell .es domains.  I know that 101domain.com offers a good price for .es at only $35/year.

Similar to many other countries in Europe, .es is heavily used within Spain by its local businesses, etc.  Since 2005, many domainers have seen .es as a solid investment and some utilize the extension for domain hacks like beach.es.

The extension has made its mark in the reseller arena with some notable sales over the last year, here are a few of the top .es sales since Jan 2009, courtesy of DNJournal.com:

Motor.es $113,050
AntiVirus.es $63,325
Apuestas.com.es $55,770
Travestis.es $22,350
Portatiles.es $22,350

I expect that by the end of 2010 there will be at least one or two more six figure .es sales.  I see more and more domainers investing in this ccTLD, a good .es marketplace I should mention is DonSubasta.com.

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ccTLD Portfolio Additions

October 19th, 2009 Mike Law

I recently added a couple ccTLD’s to my smallish ccTLD portfolio.  I am excited about these pickups as they are strong keyword domains that I was able to acquire at a good value.

Domain:  AcneRemoval.us
How acquired: eBay NR auction
Gsmv: broad = 40,500 exact = 8,100
3 Month Goal: noomle minisite $3/mo ppc + affiliate

Domain: SportsTherapy.us
How acquired:  Hand register
Gsmv: broad = 60,500 phrase = 33,000
3 Month Goal: End user sale

Domain:  PokerChips.tv
How acquired: NamePros (price withheld)
Gsmv: broad = 450,000 exact = 201,000
3 Month Goal: undecided (development w/ branding or resale?)

Posted in Domain Names, ccTLDs Tags: , , , 5 Comments »

What Domain ‘Niche’ Do You Invest/Trade In?

June 25th, 2009 Mike Law

Are you a LLLL.com speculator a .mobi supporter, a .tv’er? Do you invest in ccTLD’s, IDN’s and or geo domains? Every ‘domainer’ has his/her favorite domain niches that they are most comfortable investing and trading in. If you are having trouble following this post refer to the domainers glossary. My most active niches are below in order:

1. Two word .com /.nets
2. One and two word gTLD and ccTLD
3. Short domains .com, net, org
4. Poker domains .com, net, org, us

My portfolio is usually hovering between 100-200 domains so I don’t invest heavily in any particular niche. I would certainly prefer to be trading premium one word .coms, LLL.com and other big ticket domains. I had the opportunity back in 2001 when I started dabbling in domain names but I was not focused properly on which types of names to invest in. Now, eight years later (seven of which I spent very little time domaining) I invest a lot of time buying, flipping and collecting domain names. When I buy a name it usually falls into one of the categories listed above.

The last two years I have been collecting domains in a few different niches so I don’t look back in eight years again and want to kick myself in the butt! I am always looking for a good domain name that matches well with a niche that I may not have a domain in yet.

So, what niche do you like to buy, sell and trade in?

Posted in Domaining, Strategy Tags: , , , 16 Comments »

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