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Domaining - Insure.com sells for $16mm

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Re: Domaining - Insure.com sells for $16mm

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Post by jacquesm »

karanbhangui wrote: post #3
jacquesm wrote: post #2

That's a nice ROI. Anybody interested in a nice two letter domain for a fraction of that ;) ?

what do you have? edit: oh, ya ww.com! How on earth did you pick that up? I thought two letter .coms were reserved.

> How on earth did you pick that up?

I paid a boatload of money for it. It's actually a funny story because 'weight watchers' wanted it too and I was just a bit quicker. They had to have a few meetings to get the deal done and the seller was under quite a bit of pressure, I was ready cash in hand so I got it.

> I thought two letter .coms were reserved.

One letter domains are, two letter domains are just like any other.

Re: Domaining - Insure.com sells for $16mm

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Post by pclark »

jacquesm wrote: post #4
karanbhangui wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

what do you have? edit: oh, ya ww.com! How on earth did you pick that up? I thought two letter .coms were reserved.

> How on earth did you pick that up? I paid a boatload of money for it. It's actually a funny story because 'weight watchers' wanted it too and I was just a bit quicker. They had to have a few meetings to get the deal done and the seller was under quite a bit of pressure, I was ready cash in hand so I got it. > I thought two letter .coms were reserved. One letter domains are, two letter domains are just like any othe…

has the domain made a difference to your website?

can I have p@ww.com?

Re: Domaining - Insure.com sells for $16mm

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Post by jacquesm »

pclark wrote: post #5
jacquesm wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> How on earth did you pick that up? I paid a boatload of money for it. It's actually a funny story because 'weight watchers' wanted it too and I was just a bit quicker. They had to have a few meetings to get the deal done and the seller was under quite a bit of pressure, I was ready cash in hand so I got it. > I thought two letter .coms were reserved. One letter domains are, two letter domains are just like any othe…

has the domain made a difference to your website? can I have p@ww.com?

It basically generates a continuous stream of new people to the site that we can sell to. When we bought it camarades.com was on the way out, ww.com was launched first as a generalized webcam search engine, then we merged the 'corpse' of camarades.com and ww.com together and blew new life in to it. It has made some serious money since then. But I am kind of tired of the whole webcam thing.

Sure you can have p@ww.com, but please note two things:

- if the domain ever sells I can't guarantee that the buyer would let you keep that address

- you need a good spam filter because short emails are used plenty of time for people in 'bugmenot' situations

Where do you want the mail forwarded to ?

Re: Domaining - Insure.com sells for $16mm

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Post by pclark »

jacquesm wrote: post #6
pclark wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

has the domain made a difference to your website? can I have p@ww.com?

It basically generates a continuous stream of new people to the site that we can sell to. When we bought it camarades.com was on the way out, ww.com was launched first as a generalized webcam search engine, then we merged the 'corpse' of camarades.com and ww.com together and blew new life in to it. It has made some serious money since then. But I am kind of tired of the whole webcam thing. Sure you can have p@ww.com,…

pinged you an email (my email is peter /at] broadersheet.com - if you could forward it there?) also be good to connect via email anyway :)

Re: Domaining - Insure.com sells for $16mm

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Post by vaksel »

jacquesm wrote: post #2

That's a nice ROI. Anybody interested in a nice two letter domain for a fraction of that ;) ?

you should go through a list of companies with WW in them and start pitching them to buy your company + domain. Get them to do an auction to drive up the price

   Weight Watchers
   WW Grainger, Inc
   William Wrigley Jr. Company
   Watson Wyatt Worldwide
   W_____ W____ _________

Re: Domaining - Insure.com sells for $16mm

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Post by quizbiz »

jacquesm wrote: post #6
pclark wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

has the domain made a difference to your website? can I have p@ww.com?

It basically generates a continuous stream of new people to the site that we can sell to. When we bought it camarades.com was on the way out, ww.com was launched first as a generalized webcam search engine, then we merged the 'corpse' of camarades.com and ww.com together and blew new life in to it. It has made some serious money since then. But I am kind of tired of the whole webcam thing. Sure you can have p@ww.com,…

What a nice gesture.

You could try monetizing the domain name that way. Branded emails. Or even sell the sub domain, w.ww.com, for big bucks.

Re: Domaining - Insure.com sells for $16mm

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Post by jacquesm »

vaksel wrote: post #8
jacquesm wrote: post #2

That's a nice ROI. Anybody interested in a nice two letter domain for a fraction of that ;) ?

you should go through a list of companies with WW in them and start pitching them to buy your company + domain. Get them to do an auction to drive up the price Weight Watchers WW Grainger, Inc William Wrigley Jr. Company Watson Wyatt Worldwide W_____ W____ _________

This first part is pretty obvious, I have a long list of such names, but I'm not sure how to go about an actual sale, the auction sounds like a good idea, thank you!
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