Dollars.com May Be Sold … Soon!
The premium domain, Dollars.com, is presently enjoying the highest bid of any name on the auction block at Sedo. With just over two days left to go, the bid is $389,000 ($302,500 EUR). Contemplate for a moment the future of Dollars.com. Financial and investment services? Premium portal for a large international bank? A state lottery website? Maybe a new online department store like Amazon or Overstock?
I remember registering DollarsPlus.com in February of 2000 thinking initially it would make a catchy name for online investing. I eventually let that one drop after recognizing that generic domains were the better focus, and more bankable. I was right. Needless to say, Dollars.com would have been an ideal selection had it been available.
The domain was originally registered in June of 1995. Pretty early for someone to have jumped on the internet domain bandwagon. It appears that Dollars.com has changed hands at least once with a documented sale occurring July 2007 when Rick Latona sold it for $650,000 to Virtual Network SA.
Currently, it is still registered to: Virtual Network SA, and hosted at Network Solutions (who were a leading domain registrar through much of the 1990′s). My online research suggests that some mysterious gyrations have occurred around Dollars.com. There appears to have been one other prior offer via auction, in 2008, leading to a high six-figure bid. However, there is no record that the offer closed in a definitive sale.
Hard to say if this recent Sedo offer will end in a successful conclusion. Remains to be seen. Stay tuned!
Update: Dollars.com did sell for $389,000.
