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Re: Roundup: Ads up, AOL launches mobile social platform, and more

Chris Morrison — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:22:13 -0000

Eric / Cyrus: OK, you guys have valuable points.. I'll make a note on the item. Thanks for the comments.

Re: Roundup: Ads up, AOL launches mobile social platform, and more

Cyrus Lohrasbpour — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:43:55 -0000

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.

Re: Roundup: Ads up, AOL launches mobile social platform, and more

Eric Borgos — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 08:49:39 -0000

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

Re: Roundup: Ads up, AOL launches mobile social platform, and more

Chris Morrison — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 01:54:43 -0000

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.

Re: Roundup: Ads up, AOL launches mobile social platform, and more

eXay — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 01:35:46 -0000

Jeff Kopelman == Josh Kopelman

Re: Roundup: Ads up, AOL launches mobile social platform, and more

Cyrus Lohrasbpour — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:36:56 -0000

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

Re: Roundup: Ads up, AOL launches mobile social platform, and more

Chris Morrison — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 21:27:24 -0000

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.

Re: Roundup: Ads up, AOL launches mobile social platform, and more

Yuri Ammosov — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 21:12:01 -0000

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.