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Fund.com sells for $10mm – Do you have similar names?

By agross

Every once in a while, a name sells for a whopping amount. And it’s very exciting and rewarding for all of us in the community. For example, Fund.com just sold for $10mm as reported in DomainNameNews

How can you use this to your benefit? Is there a similar nugget in your portfolio? Or should you add a nugget?

How does it affect the value of names whose values are a little more down to earth, but represent either niches or good alternatives to the blockbuster?

If fund.com is worth $10mm, what is BabyFunds.com worth ? It could refer to children, new mutual funds, or baby boomers. And you’ll find advertisers on a Google search. Afternic member Dndisplay is asking $3,000 and has placed a reserve price on the domain. $10,000,000 vs $3,000.

This is just one example. There are over 4,600 domains for sale on Afternic that include the word “fund”.

Bottom line : keep watching recent sales, both on Afternic, on DNJournal, and elsewhere to spot buying and selling opportunities.

What do you do when you see a blockbuster sale?

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3 Responses to “Fund.com sells for $10mm – Do you have similar names?”

  1. Fund.com sells for $10mm - Do you have similar names? Says:
    March 17, 2008 at 3:18 pm | Reply

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  2. Damir Says:
    March 17, 2008 at 8:21 pm | Reply

    Interesting post there.

    I would like you that you reply to this question rather than delete it.

    How much would Afternic.com appraise the domain name Fund.com in $ value?

    I am sure that you would NOT value it above $500 Thousand and yet the domain name sold for near $10 million.

    So Afternic.com should give away the domain appraisal service for free to each member which paid for the yearly membership at your website since your domain name appraisal service is not correct.

  3. John Motson Says:
    March 18, 2008 at 10:35 am | Reply

    Damir I am not sure where you are getting the sums from but noone can perfectly appraise a domain name. A domain name is worth as much as someone is willing to pay for it.

    In the case of Fund.com, the company negotiating the deal obviously managed to get the buyer to pay the sum in question. Period.

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