Thanks AVM. Still lots of active bidding, no longer at $23k :glugglug

Low.com just went $33k, and refurbished.com for $32k.

http://www.dnjournal.com/domainsales.htm

Nice.

Obviously I underpriced band.com

It's a good idea though, imagine a band (or a record company) buying the domain, calling the group "Band.com" and putting up a site with a very high entertainment/viral potential. This would certainly give a new band a marketing edge :thumbsup

Last call on the name. Get your offers in lickety split.

Sale pending.

good name for an elastic band company

then don't sell it for that price.

:1orglaugh

band.com is a great domain with huge potential (even though some people will think it's banned.com). But why are you selling yourself so short? you always come to my threads just to question my bizmodel & credibility... because I tell people some names can reel in 6-7+ figures if marketed properly. Just because you haven't done it, you think its impossible. now I have to question your logic. why are you marketing BAND.com on gfy? for a quick flip? why aren't you approaching TARGETED suitors? don't you realize that with a name like this, you don't need to factor in ppc, over & google results? lol. you are the only one responsible for limiting yourself. I'm not your worst enemy, you are! next time you critique my business model, I will know it's because you are blind.

and do you truly believe gray.com is lousy? seriously? are you insane? are you aware of how many people/cities/companies are named "Gray"? $30k was a STEAL. it's like the company bought it for FREE. the company who bought it would have paid over 7 figures easily. that's a 7fig name if the seller did the proper research. http://www.gray.com don't you think this company has a bit more than $30k to invest in their brand? stll think gray.com is a lousy domain? lol. not to mention its a VC term and great for a Seniors site. And if anyone thinks I'm here to hate, far from it, AVM and Dombuyer love to come crap in my domain threads because I'm networking and sharing domain advice and they hate that I might be creating competition for them. I respect their portfolios, but that's about it. also-rans. fyi, I got offered MORE for a name I just acquired (SparklingWine.com), and I know Band.com is worth much more than you're asking. anyone who gets band.com at this price should be ecstatic. the new owners are welcome to contact me, email (sig) or visit: (http://DomainIncubator.com) and I'll show them how to maximize this domain. and dombuyer, be happy, you'll definitely sell it. if you ever want to sell "robot.com" for that price, let me know. :winkwink:

Taboo, you have a funny way of irritating people who you're making a pitch to.

I'm not buying what you're not selling, if you get my drift.

I'm not pitching anything to YOU. :winkwink:

Thanks to all who bid.

Many more good names where band.com came from.

If you want to be on my advance list for my next sale, drop me a note. If you're precleared, I'll shoot it to you first. All this public bidding stuff is way too much work :)

innovationhq @ gmail.com

Transaction complete.

Great thanks to Shuki for a smooth transaction. He was a pleasure to deal with.

:thumbsup

50 sold domains

Yea, I'd be willing to help whoever buys it run it. I have a lot of music industry contacts and I'd hate to see this site go to "the man".

great name

So how much did it end up going for?

This domains would probably work great if you make a portal for info about bands and stuff. Have a forum on it, wallpapers, lyrics... stuff like that and you can cash huge if you sell cds and bands merchandise on it. If you want to know more about what's in my head for you to profit see my sig...

I can't believe you let it sell that quick.I would've offered $25 G straight off if I had of seen it.

You sold Band.com for only $25K.

And marketed on GFY?

For goodness sakes man, have you gone totally insane?

That could have easily gone into the music industry for 6 to 7 figures easy easy.

You know how much cash those fuckers throw out the window on stupid stuff everyday? They drop $100K like it's monopoly money.

And you're in New York City on top of it where a ton of music money is.

Whoever snatched that you just made a fuck load of instant profits if you know how to market that to where it belongs.

Ahh yes, the usual "after-talk", once the domain is officially sold.

Prior to it, you do not hear a peep. After the sale, everyone was/wanted to offer you 3x your sale price. Because they're big time, and they throw caution to the wind.

:1orglaugh :glugglug

C, why did you sell so quickly, you didn't know? I submitted a $48,000 offer, and just realized 3 minutes after you sold it, that my email bounced. :Graucho Just my luck.

You should have grabbed that instantly Rick.

:(

Yeh, I missed this one.

Whoever got it contact me. I've got a lot of music industry contacts and I'll help you move it.

[email protected]

damn, nice name

The fact is that selling a premium name like this in less tha 24 hours from offering it to the highest bidder is silly.You only get a name like that once in a blue moon and to sell it within a day is ludicrous.

Did EscortBiz get it???

I offer $35000 to the buyer .

KRL - Nope.

Shuki got it. Of which, I am surprised. This guy proposed massive amounts of development/leasing deals for a couple of my domains - Called me, validated/confirm his interest, and corresponded with me for well over a two or three week period. Then, completely stopped. Didn't even have the courtesy to email me to let me know he was no long interested. So I'm definitely surprised Shuki actually pursued this deal, considering he is all talk.

:glugglug

Do you know who he is or have his e-mail by any chance AVM??

Maybe this isn't a real deal then AVM. Nothing about it makes much sense.

Why would people in the music industry want to pay $25k for band.com? :1orglaugh

KRL - Who knows, could be a different Shuki, but hell, how many Shuki's could be out there - That frequent GFY? Anyway his email is - shuki .AT. haiminis.com

there was quite a bit of "before-talk" as well. I advised him to hold out for much more. but doesn't matter now...


congrats to Shuki, I look forward to hearing more from you. I already sent you a reply. :)

Shit i was going to offer ten, my band is exit44 we are not known but could be :Graucho

I've seen you post this quite a few times. I'm sending you an email now.

LOL, you guys are cards.

Yes, Taboo did dive in earlier to tell me what a fool I was for selling so cheap, but failed to actually come up with the $25k to put his five dollar words into action. Hmm, never seen that before in the domain game.

KRL "missed" it. Oops. Now he's slagging me because he "missed" it, though he seems to be on this board 24 hours a day. Hmm.

In fact, over the 24 hour period of the sale, I had dozens and dozens of offers, but 99% of the "players" in the industry were either remarkably silent or "absent". Elequa, the playboy with a lot of cash, but sometimes not much buying sense, was twice offered the name, but said it wasn't "worth it". That made me laugh.

The name was also posted on domainstate.com, and had hundreds of page views by lots of "players". The owner of dnforum, known for buying big names, contacted me, but also passed on the price.

Shall I continue? Why don't I?

In fact, prior to closing escrow, I preoffered the name to ten select people, some of the biggest "players" in the domain game. None of them were within $5k of the buy it now price. Hey, maybe they had their reasons.

Still.

I'm not here to embarass or hate unlike some of you, just pointing out that time and again when it come down to ponying up, most "players" in the domain trade are extremely conservative about spending money. People push out the three dollar press releases and talk about $1 million domain sales--and god bless 'em if they can pull it off--but amazingly when it comes down to actually buying really good names, very few "players" actually take big risks on domain names.

And then they can't wait to come onto public boards and tell you how stupid you are for selling. Nice.

I have never been a big fan of DK, but he was in early spending freely and with real money when no one knew these names were going to have value, and in that sense, he stands alone from the chatterers.

I contacted the seller of band.com nine months ago (!) through the whois. From then till now, not a single other "player" was even close to the finish line, with the exception of John Quail, a broker, who graciously bowed out when I was in escrow with the seller.

In fact, not a single other "player" even offered the seller anything north of $10k in that stretch of time. Most offered $3k or $5k.

We all have different ways to make money and different business plans. I don't develop, I do PPC. Band.com is useless to me as PPC. So I sold it, and made a nice one day profit.

I'll tell you guys what: I have a list of names that would make you blush. Ask AVM to give you a rundown. Next time I offer one up, I'll give you each a chance to pre-buy it, get on my short list, so to speak. Send me an email.

Until then, you can all run your mouth like Taboo. Money talks, bullshit walks.

Shuki ponied up. No one else did, except Hank from SexKey (with whom I'd like to do something in the future).

There's not enough respect on this board. Way too much bullshitting and slagging. Life is too precious.

Yeah ... I love American Pie :)

I have a lot of posts, they get a lot of attention so they stay high up, which is why it might seem like I'm here a lot. But in actuallity I'm not here 24/7 like you think.

Not slaggin you as you said, hey if you made a nice profit congrats and you are happy with it, so be it. There is certainly nothing wrong with that DB.

Yeh, players want everything on the cheap, at a deep discount, under market, etc.. That's how they became players, so nothing new there. We all know that.

On that one statement you made I look at it in reverse usually.

Bullshit talks, money walks.

Congratulations on your sale.

:glugglug

^ the first idea that came to mind for singular BAND.COM ^


If it was Bands.com... woo :)

DomBuyer,

email sent - pls add me to your domain list, I'm not a big talker so that could be a plus :thumbsup

They were offered the name, and amazingly, they passed. I tried to tell them that it was worth the asking on redirects alone, never mind blocking future competition and/or confusion in the marketplace.

Their site is disappointing, so it's perhaps not surprising.

That's all I'm saying. :glugglug

Thanks.