Invention.com Now At $265,100. On eBay!!

[namewaiter]

whoever buys this domain will make much more back through product/service sales directly, and i would assume ppc will only be a small part of the equation. you don't buy a domain like this and simply throw up a parking page.

 

[LeeD]

$650k now....whew....

 

[financialtraffic]

I would put the chance of a successful closing at 10 percent given that many of the top bidders have little history.

 

[NameYourself]

I believe ebay charges a 1-2% fee for reserve met auctions.. don't know if it can be disputed or not on a bidder that ends up not following through. That's a steep fee to pay.

 

[financialtraffic]

I believe ebay charges a 1-2% fee for reserve met auctions.. don't know if it can be disputed or not on a bidder that ends up not following through. That's a steep fee to pay.

You are correct, it is a very steep fee. The fee however can be disputed if the buyer doesn't follow through. It is a pain though.

I don't believe it is a real sale. I'm not going to be so bold as to accuse the seller of having shill bids placed, but that is always a possibility.

I think this very much looked like an effort to pump up interest and expectations for the domain. It's a great domain, no doubt about it, but the real sale will most likely occur in private at a much lower price.

Just my thoughts.

 

[mole]

It'll be very interesting to see if this sale pulls off at $650,300, or a shill. I wouldn't have valued that name for more than $6,500 :approve:

 

[namewaiter]

businesses who might have been made aware of the auction recently probably didn't have an ebay account so i can see high profile domains being sold there to those with no or very little history, 95% of the accounts in ebay are individuals who wouldn't be able to purchase such a domain anyhow.

 

[financialtraffic]

businesses who might have been made aware of the auction recently probably didn't have an ebay account so i can see high profile domains being sold there to those with no or very little history, 95% of the accounts in ebay are individuals who wouldn't be able to purchase such a domain anyhow.

That's a way of looking at it too.
But most companies would need some real time to consider plunking down $600,000 +. So, Ebay auctions don't really suit commercial companies that well.

And there aren't a whole lot of individual people who are busy buying domains at those prices.

 

[Steen]

That's a way of looking at it too.
But most companies would need some real time to consider plunking down $600,000 +. So, Ebay auctions don't really suit commercial companies that well.

Very true. In a corporate environment it may take some time to get approval from all those required. In some cases the marketing director can just discuss it with the CEO and come up with a figure within 10-20 minutes though.

And there aren't a whole lot of individual people who are busy buying domains at those prices.

I feel it would be naive to think that.

 

[financialtraffic]

I feel it would be naive to think that.

Sure, you must be in a completely different world where these type of transactions happen a few times a day. Unfortunately most of us here are constrained to reality.

 

[JMJ]

I don't think the owner was doing the shilling since reserve was met and the person who won was the obvious shiller. If they were driving up the price they would have stopped after the reserve was met and wouldn't have been the winner. I also can't imagine the seller letting him bid as long as he did without atleast somehow confirming their existance and ability to pay. If it falls through and they don't pay it's their own fault for not doing so and will cost them loads of cash on a real sale.

 

[Steen]

Sure, you must be in a completely different world where these type of transactions happen a few times a day. Unfortunately most of us here are constrained to reality.

I wander around la-la land all day long.




I'm sorry but I'm not going to argue about this.

 

[dodo1]

The domain is a little overprized, in my opinion. But a domain name is always
worth what the buyer is willing to pay, isn't it? Anyway, we should wait and
see whether the sale goes through.

 

[MediaHound]

It'll be very interesting to see if this sale pulls off at $650,300, or a shill. I wouldn't have valued that name for more than $6,500 :approve:

It makes that in 1 week on PPC.

 

[NameYourself]

It makes that in 1 week on PPC.

5 weeks according to the ebay ad.

 

[MediaHound]

5 weeks according to the ebay ad.

Tihan says:
* Earns $5290 per month from pay-per-click advertising (30-day-average)
So:
Figure your split with the PPC partner, &
your ppc partner's split with the advertising network.

There are many hands in the cookie jar. Your mmv, depending on arrangements and position on the totem pole.

It's quite possible that the domain really earns more than molecricket's appraisal in just one measley week.

 

[NickRac]

wish I owned it

 

[Mr. Deleted]

Before 5-13-05, the domain was owned for many years by

Kroll, Michael
171 Stillwell Lane
Syosset, New York 11791
(516) 367-7777 Fax -- (516) 367-7776
[email protected]

he has the .net still. I was looking to apply for a patent in 98, and came accross Kroll's company. That was before I was on the net.

 

[mole]

It's quite possible that the domain really earns more than molecricket's appraisal in just one measley week.

Hey, don't knock the poor. :emba:

 

[Digital Address]

he has the .net still. I was looking to apply for a patent in 98, and came accross Kroll's company. That was before I was on the net.

And now Mr. Kroll is attempting to sell the .net:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5805185598