Several notable .BIZ domain sales were picked up the other day by Domain Name Wire. Casinos.biz was purchased through Sedo’s online brokerage for $19,000 as verified through their RSS feed of recent sales. And All.biz was sold for a very substantial $61,750. Neither site is developed yet although both domains lend themselves to good branding possibilities for the buyer(s).

PremiumDomains.biz recently sold InjuryAttorney.biz and PersonalInjuryAttorney.biz in private deals, as well as MedicalMalpracticeLawyer.info through an online brokerage.

On a different note, www.Methadone.US which was developed in the first quarter of 2011, has experienced consistent week after week growth since going live January 23rd. The site has a wealth of original content, a U.S. city clinic directory, online assessment, and several other tools & resources.

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Ron Jackson of DNJournal wrote about a significant sale in the geo-targeted domain name category. Rob Grant, who owns a large portfolio of City+Real Estate domains, sold ParkCityRealEstate.com for $60,000 to a real estate firm in Park City, Utah.

Ron explained in his DNJournal piece that Mr. Grant had used GoDaddy to broker the deal. The domain had been originally registered in 1996. Pure real estate domain names are top portals & marketing machines for real estate companies due to their generic nature, geo relevance, and instant recognition factor.

Domains like MiamiRealEstate, BeverlyHillsHomes, or AtlantaCondos pair a popular location with one of the highly relevent search phrases … such as real estate, homes, or condos.

Some interesting high-dollar domain name sales from the past include RealEstate.net for $300,000 and MyrtleBeachCondos.com for $120,107.

Available through this site are a number of generic names like MyrtleBeachCondos.biz, MyrtleBeachRealEstate.biz, and Condos.info.

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Hotel domain names are a specialty niche in the domain name market. There are generic super premiums like Hotels.com and there are other pure geo-targeted domain names like MiamiHotels.biz.

Hotels.eu sold via Sedo in 2006 for $329,509 and exemplifies the high value attached to the “hotels” keyword in the domain name sales industry. SydneyHotels.com was acquired earlier this year for $100,000 while hotel portal redirects such as HotelPortal.co.uk fetched $8092 in 2009.

Online hotel reservations were one of the earliest and most successful business models available on the internet with many hotel affiliate programs springing up in the budding years of the web.

Hoovers reports that there are approximately 50,000 hotel & motel lodging facilities in the United States. Collectively, they bring in an estimated $120 billion dollars per year. Marriott, Hilton, Holiday Inn, and Hampton are but a few of the well-known hotel brands in America and abroad.

Geo-targeted hotel domains that contain the name of a city act as a regional portal that can list all of the hotels in operation for a particular destination. Huge metropolitan areas like New York City, Miami, and Los Angeles can provide tens of thousands of available hotel rooms. So, online comparative price checking is a recommended method for beginning one’s travel plans.

Pure geo-targeted domain names in the hotel category qualify as premium domains since they represent superior marketing attributes and are so easily communicated to consumers in writing and in oral communication. To browse premium hotel domains available in the domain aftermarket, visit PremiumDomains.US.

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Buying premium domain names for a particular business purpose involves at least two parties, a number of decisions, and a sequence of events.

Party number 1 – the Seller: First, there is the registrant/owner, or seller, of the domain name in question. He or she, at some earlier point in time, acquired the domain name most likely because it represented a good value or prudent investment opportunity.

This registrant/owner might be a group, an individual, or a company. Whatever the initial rationale for acquiring the domain, he or she did so with a longer range vision in mind … be it to develop the domain name into a revenue generating website, to lease it, to park it, or to resell it for a profit later on.

This registrant owner has already performed their own internal valuation of the domain name and typically has a “for sale” range in mind. The bottom of that range is the lowest price the owner would ever take. The top of that range is the best case scenario in which the domain name is simply perfect for a particular end user’s purpose and will command a premium price. Then there is the middle range which represents to the seller an acceptable profit, but perhaps lower than their best case scenario.

Party number 2 – the Buyer: Second in the buy a domain name formula is the buyer. The potential buyer is someone who has taken notice of the domain for sale and identified it as valuable for some purpose of their own. They too have a specific value assessment formula through which the domain name has been passed.

The buyer operates with a similar “price structure” in mind which represents the least amount he believes he could reasonably pay to acquire the domain, the highest price he would pay to obtain it, and then a general middle ground price that would represent a “good buy” or “fair deal”.

Potential Party number 3 – the Broker: Sometimes working in between the seller and buyer is a domain name broker. This person may actually represent either the buyer or the seller, or be positioned more as a neutral facilitator like you might find in an online brokerage like Sedo. The broker may be highly involved in the domain negotiation, or alternatively, have little to do with actual negotiations and merely oversee the transfer of funds and domain name ownership.

An active broker who has been shopping a domain on a commission arrangement will have a vested interest in the domain name property. So much so that the broker’s opinions and expectations may come into play as a third influence behind that of the buyer and seller.

Buying domain names is more art than science, and is dependent on the mix of many variables that exist between the seller and buyer. The more specific and well-defined the buyer’s need, the more easily he will be able to narrow down his domain name choices to a select few that meet his criteria and expectations.

If the seller has seriously considered their own price range comfort, then he or she will be better able to communicate with a potential buyer on the feasibility of negotiating a mutually acceptable price .

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The domain name, MyRecovery.com, was just acquired by a Minnesota alcohol rehab facility known as The Retreat. They provide a 12 Step based 30-day recovery program for people seeking recovery from addiction.

The Retreat was the dream & vision of several local professionals and people interested in offering a program founded on the principles of recovery embodied in Alcoholics Anonymous. Their acquisition of MyRecovery.com appears to be a next step in getting the word out about the benefits of alcohol & drug rehab and the promise of recovery.

An announcement page at the web address suggests the site will become an online resource for clients, families, friends, and professionals seeking inspiration and information on getting help for addiction. Thanks to Andrew Alleman of DomainNameWire for posting on the sale of the MyRecovery.com domain name.

He reported that well known domain investor, Michael Berkens, was the previous owner and sold the quality name for $40,000 through Afternic’s online brokerage. Congrats to both Michael and The Retreat on this interesting deal. The domain name is an excellent way for The Retreat to connect with thousands of people interested in recovery.

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A recent check of Sedo showed some interesting domain name sales which illustrate just how global the domain name market has become.

• Sound.ch for $7450 (.ch is the country code for Swtizerland)
• Cafe.de for $19,050 (.de is the country code for Germany)
• Pocketbook.eu for $11,993 (.eu is the county code for the European Union)
• BudgetAir.in for $20,000 (.in is the country code for India)
• Falcon.co.uk for $9183 (.co.uk is the country code for the United Kingdom)
• Finanzblick.de for $7574 (.de is the country code for Germany)
• Gezocht.nl for $24,500 (.nl is the country code for the Netherlands)
• SEO.es for $7620 (.es is the country code for Spain)
• Tech.TV for $5000 (.tv is the country code for Tuvalu, but branded for “TV”)

A recent Moniker .US domain auction produced the purchase of Flights.US for $11, 770. Another recent Moniker brokered sale was Slots.ca for $206,906 (.ca is the country code for Canada).

Also in the news was the sale of SydneyHotels.com for $100,000 by owner Rick Schwartz to a company with a network of travel focused domain names & websites. This same company own the LondonHotels.biz website among many others.

Here is an update on the growth of America’s official country code, the .US web address. Between February 2009 and the end of June 2010 (roughly 1 year and 5 months), the .US web address added 338,764 new registrations for a current total of 1,724,961 .US domain names in play. This was a remarkable 24.4% increase in registrations.

Related domain names of interest:

SydneyHotels.biz | Kolhapur.in | WestHollywood.US | ChicagoIllinois.TV

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Steve Leber, who works in the music industry as a manager and producer, recently acquired Grandparents.com. The purchase price was not publicly disclosed, and does appear to be the acquisition of a complete business and not just the pure domain name (original article here).

The site is listed by compete.com as having drawn over a half million unique visitors in March 2010. The TMCnet article also writes that Grandparents.com became a top ten website in February 2010 for females over age 50. So it sounds as though the proper demographic is being reached.

The website is very content rich which would explain the substantial traffic numbers. The domain name itself, Grandparents.com, is obviously of very high quality and the perfect portal for family-oriented adults. Another premium domain name put to good use.

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The premium domain name Slots.com is reported to have been sold via Moniker for $5.5 million (source: DomainNameWire). What an incredible sale!

Gambling is obviously popular around the globe, and apparently playing slot machines is something which appeals to a wide range of gamblers. Slots.eu sold for $31,200 through Sedo in January 2009, and VegasSlots.com was purchased for $10,600 at Namejet in March 2009. Slots.net sold for an even $7000 back in 2003 through Afternic.

Also just announced this evening is the sale of Dating.com at the DomainFest show in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. How much? $1.75 million (source: TheDomains). Internet dating has evolved into a huge online business based on the marketing efforts of such companies as Match.com and eHarmony. Dating.com qualifies as a true premium domain name. Very generic, totally descriptive, and of interest to literally millions of people around the world.

• Related domain names for sale include: InternetDating.US

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