UsedAirplanes.com has purchased Flying.com for $1.1 Million.
The new owners of Flying.com are currently developing the site to be launched on June 1st, 2010. The website will be used to display used airplanes and aircraft from UsedAirplanes.com. Flying.com currently states that it is “in the process of developing the first community and social media based portal for flying.”
The website, MakeUp.com recently sold for a seven figure price to makeup company L’Oreal; the domain was transferred to L’Oreal USA Creative, Inc. in early March.
Personally I think the generic domain name sold relatively low.
L’Oreal is already one of the worldwide leaders in the makeup and beauty industry and acquiring this domain name will increase the success of an already successful company.
According to Ron Jackson at DNJournal, Moniker competed the sale of Guns.com for $800,000 March 10.
Guns.com is third followed by Poker.org and Credit.fr in biggest sale overall this year.
Poker.org $1,000,000
Credit.fr $851,876
PartySupplies.com $360,000
Biking.com $250,000
Boating.com $250,000
Metal.com $165,000
Free-SMS.de $162.150.
Website.de $141,610
Alexander McQueen, a top English fashion designer known for his amazing designs passed away on February 11th, 2010, aged 40. On the same day as his death the domain name InMemoryOfAlexanderMcQueen.com was registered and then placed on eBay for US $1,000,000. This auction was listed at 10:11am; just hours after Lee McQueen’s death was reported.
Following this trend five other Alexander McQueen inspired domain names were also listed on online auction site, eBay.com. All of the below domain names were created on the 11th, 12th or 13th of February, just days after the international designer’s death.
As the recession continues to plague most sectors of the economy, domain sales continue strong for 2009. The top 10 largest domain sales of 2009:
| Domain Name Sold | Sales Price | When Sold |
| Toys.com | $5,100,000 | March 15, 2009 |
| Candy.com | $3,000,000 | June 9, 2009 |
| Fly.com | $1,760,000 | February 3, 2009 |
| Auction.com | $1,700,000 | March 24, 2009 |
| Ticket.com | $1,525,000 | October 14, 2009 |
| Call.com | $1,100,000 | September 1, 2009 |
| Webcam.com | $1,020,000 | June 9, 2009 |
| Server.com | $770,000 | August 4, 2009 |
| Luck.com | $675,000 | October 14, 2009 |
| Exterminator.com | $600,000 | October 14, 2009 |
| Christian.com | $600,000 | Spetember 8, 2009 |
We all know that a domain name is only worth what a buyer is willing to pay for it, but what if they are willing to pay over $5 million?
Toys.com was sold through Bankruptcy Auction for $5.1 million dollars in March this year. This places Toys.com at the number one spot in dnjournal.com’s highest reported domain sales, so far, for 2009.
The toys store Toy ‘R’ Us purchased the domain name knowing that it had a constant flow of traffic, perfect for their brands. The domain now provides links to Toy ‘R’ Us brands: Babies ‘R’ Us, eToys.com, Baby Universe.com and Toy ‘R’ Us.
According to Sedo’s newly released Domain Market Study, Q3 domain sales increase 5.5% over Q2. Respectfully, Sedo represented 75% of the top 20 public domain …
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