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  • Yuri Ammosov · 1 year ago
    My God Chris -- #7 was published NEARLY 2 MONTHS AGO ! It was already reported on VB. You probably meant to cover some news from Barcelona.
  • Chris Morrison · 1 year ago
    Sorry, Yuri -- just a case of an incorrect link. The Mobile World Congress actually is taking place right now, though. I've fixed the link.
  • Cyrus Lohrasbpour · 1 year ago
    Your description under the sale of Bored.com is a bit misleading. Bored.com is a developed website with search engine traffic. Comparing it's sale to the domain name after market just because it's a website brokered by Moniker is a misrepresentation. The domain name Bored.com didn't sell for 4.5M the same way the domain name YouTube.com didn't sell for 1.6B
  • eXay · 1 year ago
    Jeff Kopelman == Josh Kopelman
  • Chris Morrison · 1 year ago
    Cyrus: True, although the reports I've seen elsewhere that it gets 2 million + uniques per month seem to be wildly exaggerated. And Moniker is in the business of selling businesses whose primary value lies in one thing -- their name. Most of the notable ones are monetized in some way.

    Exay: D'oh! Thanks. At least I can blame Valleywag for that one.
  • Eric Borgos · 1 year ago
    I was the seller of Bored.com, and I can confirm it does get 2 million visitors a month, mostly from the search engines. And, it was profitable. On the other hand, the Bored.com domain may have been worth $4 million without any site on it, unlike youtube.com which is basically a worthless domain when valued as a domain only.

    - Eric
  • Cyrus Lohrasbpour · 1 year ago
    Eric: First of all, as a member of DNF, I want to congratulate you on the sale. While I realize Bored.com is clearly a better name than YouTube.com, it's very difficult to assign percentages of value to the domain vs. the traffic. I have no doubt that Bored.com is a 6-figure name to resellers but I still find the author's direct comparisons to sex.com (undeveloped at time of sale) and business.com (developed at time of sale) to be rather misleading.
  • Chris Morrison · 1 year ago
    Eric / Cyrus: OK, you guys have valuable points.. I'll make a note on the item. Thanks for the comments.