Month: July 2010

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News

.CO speculators turn hand registered domains into quick profits, already

"Oprah Winfrey"
Oprah Winfrey's own moniker, OprahWinfrey.co is up for auction at Sedo. Oprah's official web site runs on Oprah.com. The OprahWinfrey.com web address doesn't even resolve.

Many of the .co domain names registered in the last week were web addresses purchased by speculators in the quest for quick profits. 

The .co domain, which reportedly has over 366,000 domains registered to date, could prove to be lucrative.

No matter your opinion of the domain, everyone from Twitter to Mike Mann to Francois Carrillo have walked away with .co domains. 

.Co domains, like any new domain, are deemed by many to be risky, but that hasn’t stopped the swarm of speculators, who are quickly turning profits on websites like Flipping.co and Sedo.

The .co has only been available a short time after being released to the general public on July 20th, but Sedo and Flipping.co both have several current auctions with active bidding.

Active .co Auctions

Yesterday, I wrote about Flipping.co and the website’s active .CO auctions.  Now here’s a look at active .co Sedo auctions that have recently appeared online.

car-insurance.co – current bid $1,200 USD
touchscreens.co – current bid $2,500 USD
oprahwinfrey.co – current bid $500 USD
sugarcane.co – current bid $187 USD

While these few names represent an infinitesimal fraction of the hundreds of thousands of domain names registered, the .co domain could revitalize sales for new domain investors who weren’t part of the .com landrush, which has had numerous rags-to-riches stories since the nineties.

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News

OutdoorFountains.com receives $22,000 bid at GreatDomains

"Outdoor Fountain"
The phrase "Outdoor Fountains" has an exact monthly search volume of 74,000 searches according to the Google AdWords Keyword Tool.

The domain name OutdoorFountains.com has received 1 bid at GreatDomains for $22,000.  

While $22,000 may sound like a lot of money to plunk down for some investors, it’s not a lot of money for the sole bidder who could very well be a company selling outdoor fountains as a product —- a company looking to get a competitive edge in the search engines.  Not to mention, a memorable domain name.

The $22,000 bid met the seller’s reserve price.  So now the name is in public auction for the next 4 days.

The $22,000 bid, is also well below Valuate.com’s appraisal – which puts the name at $100,000.

Next Navigation Pty Ltd, a web development and online sales company, based in Australia owns the domain.  The company also owns names like Salaries.com. 

Sedo could be continuing another strong week of sales.  Last week the company owned nearly every spot in the DN Journal Top 20 chart, including the top spot with 029.com selling for $110,000.

Notable “Outdoor” sales

Outdoor domain name sales have done okay over the years.  Overall, there have been very few publicly reported sales according to NameBio, but the sales are listed demostrate strong interest in “Outdoor” domains as Product domains.  Previous sales include:

OutdoorWear.com – $18,819
OutdoorChaircushions.com – $4,400
OutdoorCarpets.com – $3,300
OutdoorLCD.com – $1,100
Outdoorfurniturecushion.com – $1,000

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News

The .CO Domain King: Mike Mann of DomainMarket has 100+ .co domains, as much as $350K per name

"DomainMarket"
After founding, then selling BuyDomains - Mike Mann launched DomainMarket in 2007, a domain name marketplace that lists thousands of amazing domain names. In 2010, the list of domains has been expanded to include .co

Mike Berkens of TheDomains has been writing in recent days about Mike Mann and his domain portfolio listed for sale on his website at DomainMarket.com. 

The DomainMarket.com portfolio, includes names such as Angola.com, Tasty.com, Favorites.com, SportsDrinks.com, and literally thousands of other great domains.

But .com names aren’t the only gems listed.

Mike Mann’s portfolio also includes the new country-code top-level domain that became available to the general public just last week: .co.

The .CO Domain King
 
In one of those stories posted on TheDomains about Mike Mann, Mike Berkens highlighted some of Mike Mann’s .co domains that he listed for sale on his Facebook page – including category-killers like Health.co for – $175,000 and Advertising.co for – $150,000. 

But the handful of names mentioned in the story are really just scratching the surface of a very good .CO portfolio.  If you browse the DomainMarket.com website, you’ll find Mike Mann owns well over 100 of the best .co premium domain names.

And by the looks of it, Mike Mann could very well be considered the .CO Domain King. 

When you look at his inventory, you’ll be amazed at the .co domains he was able to acquire, ranging from Oil.co at – $350,000 down to Bonsai.co listed for – $2,000. 

Here’s the list of .co domains for sale at DomainMarket.

Oil.co – $350,000
Advertising.co – $200,000
Business.co – $200,000
Money.co – $200,000
Shopping.co – $200,000
Health.co – $175,000
Computers.co – $125,000
Bank.co – $100,000
Clothing.co – $100,000
CreditCards.co – $100,000
Finance.co – $100,000
Gas.co – $100,000
Gold.co – $100,000
Luxury.co – $100,000
Training.co – $100,000
Art.co – $80,000
Boats.co – $75,000
Doctors.co – $75,000
News.co – $75,000
Football.co – $60,000 
Time.co – $60,000
Cameras.co – $50,000
Fitness.co – $50,000
Fun.co – $50,000
Office.co – $50,000
Party.co – $50,000
Electronics.co – $40,000
Mobile.co – $40,000
Lingerie.co – $30,000
Shoes.co – $30,000
Cruise.co – $25,000
Jewelry.co – $25,000
SKI.co – $25,000
DisabilityInsurance.co – $3,000
Bonsai.co – $2,000
DigitalCameras.co
FilmCameras.co
SportStraining.co
Accessories.co
Antiques.co
Appliances.co
Auctions.co
Automotive.co
Bath.co
Bed.co
Biking.co
Boating.co
Brakes.co
Candles.co
Cigar.co
CigarStore.co
Classical.co
ClassicalMusic.co
Condos.co
CurrencyExchange.co
Dance.co
Desktops.co
Disability.co
Downloads.co
Driving.co
Drugstore.co
DvdPlayers.co
Entertainment.co
Exercise.co
ExerciseVideo.co
FlowerShops.co
Gardening.co
Girls.co
GunShops.co
Handbags.co
Hybrid.co
Investing.co
Jazz.co
JazzMusic.co
LatinMusic.co
Linens.co
LiquorStore.co
Luggage.co
Makeup.co
Men.co

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News Video Games

DressupGamesforGirls.com sells for $15,000 at GreatDomains

Dress-up games for girls
According to Wikipedia, "Dress-up is a game played mainly by children. It involves dressing up, usually to impersonate someone or something, like an animal or character in a fairy tale. The type of clothes they dress up in often resembles who they are trying to be, either adults' clothing or special play clothes designed specifically for dress-up like feather boas and jewelry."

More domain sales news in the Casual Gaming niche. 

On top of announcing earlier that Bill Kara’s Hallpass Media will be launching is biggest name to date with Dressup.com,  GreatDomains is reporting that DressupGamesforGirls.com sold for $15,000.

The keywords “dress up games for girls”, has an exact global monthly search volume of nearly 700,000 searches.

Unfortunately, NameBio doesn’t have a lot of information on past sales with the keywords “Dressup”, but in 2008, DollDressup.com sold for $45,000.  Nokta domains, the same company that sold CookingGames.com for $350,000 brokered the sale.

Are there any Dressup Games Domains available?

You can plow through every variation in the universe of the keyword dressup games, and chances are you’ll find the .com already registered. 

We found a few names available, nothing really that interesting, but here’s a sample.

DollDressupGamesforGirls.com
CoolDressupGamesforGirls.com
DressingupGamesforKids.com
DressupGamesforFun.com
DressupGamesforToddlers.com
DressupGamesforPreschoolers.com

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News Video Games

Hallpass Media set for its biggest website launch to date of a Casual Gaming Domain

"Dressup Games"
According to Compete, the domain name Dressup.com receives as many as 60,000 unique visitors per month, and it's not even a website yet.
Hallpass Media has massive plans underway to launch the crown jewel of all the casual gaming properties in its portfolio. 
 
A portfolio that includes entertainment properties like VirtualPets.com and StickGames.com. 
 
Despite owning some of the best gaming domains and web properties online, Bill Kara cannot afford to relax with his “crown jewel” receiving thousands and thousands of type-in visitors per month – an untapped resource that will explode in traffic once it’s fully developed and showing up in the search engines.
 
The crown jewel is: Dressup.com. 
 
Bill Kara has promised us via email, that the website will be appearing online in the near future, although an exact date has not yet been set, you can be sure the news will be published here on Fusible.
  
What does Wikipedia have to say about Dress up games?
 
According to Wikipedia:

The year is 2010, dress up games have changed and evolved compared to a decade ago. The graphics and game play of the animated dress-up games have dramatically improved from the 90s. Websites update and add new games close to every week to month. Before websites would require registration to play these games, but nowadays most of them are free. Dress-up websites can help children and anyone that play with their color coordination and imagination. To parents and some teachers these websites can be considered a waste of time but imagination is crucial to a child’s growth and development. Many children play dress up because they show interest in what they want to be when they finally grow up. With the increase of internet use having games and websites that contain dress-up game content will provide assistance for their growth.