CD.com for sale!
 

CD.com: One of the Last Great Domain Names Up for Sale; After Twelve Years the Domain Name CD.com is Available in Auction Starting August 23, 2004 $1M+
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http://www.cd.com

sorry, but, LOLOLOL, :1orglaugh, they sure waited long enough. now that DVDs have taken over. maybe some bank will pick it up. 75,000 type-ins a month...

but at least cd.com has a nice $million sales chart on the site.

As always, it will be interesting to see what it goes for.

For $2 mil, I don't think its a bad deal at all

Someone could do fine just parking that on amazon.com:glugglug

I think amazon.com have to buy it ;)

Good name. :smokin

Do you get music delivered on dvds? $1-2M seems very reasonanble for something everybody knows of and buys.

Music on CDs is a dying format. It's not dead yet, but it's dying.

In a few years, CDs will join VHS in the museum of data storage formats.

word!

It wouldn't be a bad idea for amazon to buy it,
or someone can use a referral code and redirect to that site.

Not really, but what you're saying is of course going to happen eventually. It was only last year that the number of DVD rentals beat VHS rentals.

"Three years from now digital music sales could account for $1.4 billion of the music industry's $12.8 billion in expected revenues."
(cnn)

A smart investor can still turn a nice profit on that domain and business.

By the way, what are these guys doing? http://dvd.com/

"A rare collection of never-before released recorded music from the achives of the former Soviet Union."

Probably not the best use of a 7 figure domain. :1orglaugh

75k typeins a month is only about 2.5k / day thats not that great very brandable though I would think and short...

That domain must worth alot of money.

off the record Taboo: A 135 overture extension (.com) pure typein targetted domain (ok traffic) would you buy this for 1k$? I'm starting to invest in domains and found a gem:)

Thats actually a very cheap price for all that traffic. You could grow a cd selling business on there pretty fast.

off the record?
sounds like you got a deal, but....hmm.. without knowing the name, too many factors to consider. ask yourself how much are sponsors paying out for that traffic? $1k is great price if you've done the research, but I bought tons of names for far less.

read: (not my thread)
investing in domains ...
http://bbs.gofuckyourself.com/showth...adid=338092&s=

goto: domainsurfer.com, see how many others ppl have similar domains, follow the links, see what they're doing with their traffic. how they monetize... if you like what you see, then jump. but it's your decision to make. remember $1000 = 150+ brand new domains.

don't forget I incubate/develop most of my names and match them with partners who acquire or private label the site for me. different tactics. i go for the slow hunt, waiting for the big kill. your $1,000 goes far, just be careful. today i bought on aftermarket SaleBlog.com ($40),ReligionBlog.com($20), BlogAlert.com ($70) and few others for under $50. I need them for my bloghost.com business. for me those were dirt cheap, for others , they couldn't care less. but that's fine, cause they'll go perfect with sexblog.com & pornblog.com :)

the market is going crazy now... you can see from below:

here's what sold recently in aftermarket:
(i did not buy these, but bid high on them all, this was before this site offered proxy bidding)
INTERIORDESIGNS.COM Private Auction $6800
COMMUNITIES.NET Private Auction 1600
EVENTWEB.COM Private Auction 620
DYNAMO.COM Private Auction 6500
VULTURE.COM Private Auction 3600
LOCALDIRECTORY.COM Private Auction 2200 (good price: DAMN)
BLUEDIAMONDS.COM Private Auction 2700
PERSIMMON.COM Private Auction 4200 (good price: DAMN)
ROMANCECLUB.COM Private Auction 500
singaporesingles.com Private Auction 40
MARDIGRASNUDE.COM Private Auction 50
BIKINIMODELSEARCH.COM Private Auction 30
FREECELEB.COM Private Auction 390
SEXPISTOLS.COM Private Auction 1500
HENTAISITES.COM Private Auction 220 (good price: DAMN)
DEEPSLEEP.COM Private Auction 810 (good price: DAMN)
BABYMART.COM Private Auction 650
headgear.com for $5K+
ohz.com for $3k+

prd.com has 1 day left @ $4,500+
refurbished.com has 1 day left and at $9K+

ok...

for your $1,000 you could've bought deepsleep.com and flipped it to a mattress company for 5fig, big pharma for 6fig-7fig, bioscience/cryolab for 5fig, etc. and you still would've had money left over for hentaisites.com; look at the price of babymart.com, I would've flipped that to walmart or anywhere....

glad I got out of the game, or at least took a break...

:winkwink:

remember to read:
investing in domains ...
http://bbs.gofuckyourself.com/showth...adid=338092&s=

i give tips on playing the drop game, domain veins, DEEP mining, etc...looking for stuff the big boys don't want.

good luck. email me if you buy the name, click my www for email addy.

Ok, I'll buy it. I need a two-letter domain anyway. I think I'll use it to promote "Cheese Donuts". Anyone want to invest?

Says on the site the start price is 300k and buy it now is 2mil

good night everyone. got to go. bye

they'll get the $2mil. and then the music co that buys it will kick themselves when music.com goes for sale for a little bit more. i'll buy CD.com and put up a museum of all the Cease&Desist letters i got in the past. :) maybe cendant will buy it, it is their ticker symbol, plus they bought entertainment.com back in the day. sorry, did I say bought, I mean REVERSE HIJACKED it for their "entertainment coupon book". bastards.

Only if you had 1/10000th of that mil :1orglaugh

I wonder how many of that 75k type ins are looking for cross dressers.

anyone here registering to bid?

IMO CD's are still popular and it's still a great name

Not everywhere in the world...

umm i think that CDs.com is worth way more than that

i don't know.. i can't see bands putting out albums with hundreds of tracks any time soon.

two letter dot com.. nice, maybe a bit unpriced.. $2mil?

To be honest, I don't think it's worth anymore than $500,000 on the high side.

A great name, but a smart investor will see that cd's are the past.

I believe they had interest at around $250k if I'm correct.

Isn't cd a registrated trademark from philips? I remember something about when the music industry tried to build in anti copying techniques Philips said it would not alow those discs to be sold as cd's.

:2 cents:

Shut up, fool.

No, it's not.

If Compact Discs (CD) become obsolete, cds.com inherits the value of a three letter dot com. While CD.com inherits the value of a two letter dot com. A two letter dot com of this magnitude, with those two quality letters, can reach low six figures regardless of the technology. Three letter dot com ? You're lucky to see mid four figures. Low five figures if you hit a tremendous end-user sale. :2 cents:

Wow, another two letter domain being sold. Wish I got in on them back in the day,

But that domain can still be used by a bank or stock firm...

CD is out, DVD.com would be interesting :)

yes, it's a great name, my point was that they waited too long, plus they seem like they are desperate to sell because they know the CD wave is nearing its end. you can look to itunes and other "music on demand" services for proof. look at the dying record/cd retail stores closing nationwide. CD=VHS. not as bad, but if they wait longer, it will be. even DVD is being replaced in less than 3 years. one of the best 2 letters: ME.com (aside from cnet's tv.com) sold earlier this year when a VC/Incubator dumped it for less than $500k. now that one is amazing.

they won't. keep in mind, the future is bands putting out regular albums and adding "reality content", commerce, music videos, interviews, concerts, etc. in the same jewelbox. lots of this on market already, when you buy 2disc set, sometimes 2nd disc is DVD with content. That's why CD is dying and DVD is taking over the music industry, just like it did in the Video Game industry. plus the music industry loves how the movie industry has shaped consumers minds that spending $15+ on a DVD is ok. but everything will be moving to "on demand", digital delivery, in the future.

plus "affordable" dual-sided DVDs + hardware are right around the corner.

A bank should buy it-

CD's are not necessarily just something you play on your headphones...

I think it would be wise for some downloadable music company (pay per song system) to buy it. Of course would be good to sell discs as well. Maybe even burning software, burners, and MP3 players.. Just my thoughts..

KRL or Taboo - Want to buy that for me and I'll develop it? :)

Matt

:1orglaugh - I wish.

I'm focusing my attention on acquiring another 2 letter domain. :winkwink:

Go.com? I think Overture owns that one... :)

Matt

Thats all they asking LOL:winkwink:

LOL. I wish.

Go.com is owned by Disney, GoTo.com was owned by Idealab. when go.com launched and copied goto.com's color scheme (yellow/green) for the logo, idealab sued DISNEY to change colors and for $$$$$, they won and got so much money... but then Bill Gross decides, "I don't even like the name goto anymore", let's call it Overture... and he sold goto.com to go2.com.

he made out like a bandit.

LOL. i miss the bubble.

yup GOTO got either 25 or 35 million from Disney.

re: Goto.com name, i believe they got sued for trademark or something else and had to change their name.

yeah i miss the bubble a little, i made a lot of money from Goto.com
selling traffic to them, them giving me IPO shares, me cheating the system and getting 5 times as many shares as i was allowed. that was fun :)
than last few years trading overture and than getting yahoo shares.
but whatever i made, i lost out a lot more by losing our GOTO contract after only a year :(

:winkwink:

someday, you and I have got to chat. might have a bit in common. lol. and gotta hear how you got 5 times more shares. you know those days may be back again.... incubators are at it again, VCs are out looking for ideas & domains. they say they're gonna play it different this round and be smarter... but I think there's going to be just as much money, maybe more, than before. side note, i think idealab sold their picasa pix/gallery software company to google right before google went public. those guys are the real players. :)

Bah... "I'd buy that for a dollar". :glugglug

Keep in mind the CD.com auction starts tomorrow! aug23
http://www.cd.com/
Starting bid: $300,000
Buy Now Price: $2,000,000

What the heck ? That's a waste of a nice domain ...