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BoardGames.com which sold for $450,000 at Moniker, unveils new web site

Post author By J.B.
Post date September 15, 2010

While news of Twitter unveiling a new web design is drawing lots of attention, a lesser known web site that made buzz in June 2010 within the Domain Industry after selling for $450,000, also unveiled a new web design – BoardGames.com.

Currently, BoardGames.com is #10 in the highest reported domain sales of 2010, followed closely by Poker.ca, LongIsland.com, and CGM.com.

Who Bought BoardGames.com?

One on One, a company that is constantly looking for new verticals to enter, acquired the domain.

If you’re not familiar One on One, they’re a Marketing company that was started from scratch from $2,000 in 2002. Today, according to their web site: “One on One has grown into a crack team of over 60 new and traditional media specialists and online marketing and technology experts who specialize in 7 results-driven marketing services.”

The company’s resume includes: Widow.com, ClassesandCareers.com, Injury.com, Phonics.com, Protect.com and more.

An article last month in Purple Pawn, shed some light on the new owners of BoardGames.com and plans for the category-killing domain.

How did the acquisition come about? It kind of fell into their lap. A local acquaintance of Nick’s saw the listing and passed it on to Nick, who thought about it and made the offer.

Since acquiring the site, 1on1 has hired an entirely new set of staff to create the business, including people knowledgeable in both the web and game industry. They are working on the site, making deals with distributors, and designing functionality that goes beyond the traditional board game store.

The updated web site still has some sections under construction, but the new design promises to be more social according to the Purple Pawn article, even though the links to BoardGames.com’s Facebook and Twitter page are broken.

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DressupGamesforGirls.com sells for $15,000 at GreatDomains

Post author By J.B.
Post date July 30, 2010
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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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Hallpass Media set for its biggest website launch to date of a Casual Gaming Domain

Post author By J.B.
Post date July 30, 2010
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"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.

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Bill Kara has put together the ingredients of a terrific website with CookingGames.com

Post author By J.B.
Post date July 27, 2010

Bill Kara’s Hallpass Media has all the ingredients of a successful entertainment network. Great domain names, great development, great content, and great design.

Casual Gaming wiz Bill Kara has a winning formula when it comes to developing domain names, and he certainly had some successes in his career — so if you’re wondering whatever happened to Bill Kara’s $350,000 investment in the domain name CookingGames.com that was purchased in January 2009, have no fear.

Do you like to play cooking games online?

Like Baking Games, or Ice Cream Games?

While flash cooking games might not be for you, the website CookingGames.com is catering up to 40,000 visitors per day, in less than 2 months of being online — that, according to Quantcast, a website which measures and organizes the world’s audiences in real-time.

The website is also well liked by search engines, quickly moving up near the top spot of Google search.

What’s the state of Casual Games?

Casual games is a huge industry. There are millions of people playing casual games online, and Hallpass Media has grown its own network to 3.7 million players per month, internationally.

Hallpass Media, which was founded October 25th, 2005 with the launch of Hallpass.com, has since added nearly a dozen gaming portals (including WordGames.com, GuyGames.com, GirlGames.com, StickGames.com, to name a few) and is set to be the premeir online gaming destination for people of all ages.

Buying a domain name for $350,000 might sound like a big investment, but in an industry that’s growing by leaps and bounds, and drawing the attention of internet giants, it doesn’t sound like such a big investment afterall — especially when the name is developed into an engaging website that draws in thousands and thousands of players.

And casual game companies are making a buzz in the news. Minutes ago, Disney announced it was buying Playdom for at least $563 million, in what’s said to be the biggest deal ever in the fast-growing market for social games.

According to Reuters:

Walt Disney Co will acquire start-up Playdom Inc for $563.2 million, as the media giant aims to take a leading role in the fast-growing market for games played on sites such as Facebook and MySpace.

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Warner Brothers has been registering domain names for upcoming Batman Video Game Sequel

Post author By J.B.
Post date July 13, 2010

Batman Arkham Asylum — What name will Warner Brothers use for its sequel?

GameSpy and a number of video game websites are reporting that Warner Brothers has been registering domain names for its sequel to the Batman video game Arkham Asylum.

Arkham Asylum, according to Wikipedia, “holds a Guinness World Record for ‘Most Critically Acclaimed Superhero Game Ever’, with an average score of 91.67 from reviewers.” The game was released in North America in 2009.

Is Warner Brothers Going to get it right this time?

It looks like Warner Brothers may finally register the domain name before releasing the name of the video game sequel.

Considering Warner Brothers doesn’t own ArkhamAsylum.com (which is listed for sale by owner), but instead uses BatmanArkhamAsylum.com, it will be interesting to see if they actually registered the name they will ultimately settle on for the title.

If you’re a video game junkie, here’s a list of names registered earlier this month by Warner Brothers.

ArkhamCity.com
BatmanArkhamCity.com
BatmanAshesofGotham.com
BatmanBrokenGround.com
BatmanNewArkham.com
BatmanGrandDelusion.com
BatmanRiseofArkham.com
BatmanSiegeofGotham.com
BatmanStateofVillainy.com
CityofArkham.com
CloseArkhamCity.com
PeopleforGotham.com
StopMayorSharp.com
WarinGothamCity.com
WheresBruceWayne.com