I have only sold 35 of my 6500 domains.
Porno.com $8,888,888.88
This was the 4th largest recorded cash domain sale ever!
(Purchased for $42,000 in 1997) It is important to note that this domain had career earnings in excess of $15 Million via pay per click earnings and never had adult content)
989.com $818,181.81 (registered for $100 in 1997)
899.com $801,000 (registered for $100 in 1997)
9595.com $180,000 (registered for $100 in 1998)
Teem.com Total $972.000 after Equity payout
Earlier sales….
Men.com $1,320,000 (bought from 3rd party for $15,000 in 1997)
eBet.com $1,350,000 (registered for $100 in 1997)
Property.com/Properties.com $4MM + Equity Stake
(Bought from 3rd party for $750,000 in 2005)
Candy.com $3MM + Royalties + 10% Ownership +++
(Bought via broker for about $100,000 in 2005)
iReport.com to CNN for $750K
Meet.me $450,000
The following were early sales to establish domain value. Registered between 1996 and 1999 for $35-$100 each.
TokyoHotels.com $200k++
ChinaTours.com $200,000
RockStars.com $180,000
FreeSexCams.com $150,000
GayEscorts.com $121,550
PartnerCash.com $110,000
eCruise.com $100,000 & Stock
235.com for $100,000
SydneyHotels.com $100,000
eScore.com $100,000
RoomDividers.com $75,000
273.com $50,000
PunchBowl.com Cash/Stock
236.com to IAC (Undisclosed)
OnlineCasinos.com (undisclosed)
UFO
In terms of brand damage better that tata just pay the guy off a couple of k and be done with it, I think they had every right to go after the name as its not a generic other than ‘bank’ but given their previous failings and your blog highlighting to all and sundry about their exploits, better they just close this off without fuss. (Just maybe the Hall of shame had another ‘victory’)
J Kanbi
Hi Rick,
Tata is a very Indian Company with some very sound business principles instilled by Ratan Tata. However sometimes Indian mentality even with plenty of money in the bank will still try to rip of other people.This company has a market cap of $100 billion dollars. Well I guess some people will always try to steal when they can get away with it.
Also Tata is one of those top brand companies, but even if their brand is tarnished they are in a top market position and monopoly of some sorts to not really give a shit so to speak. Even if you try to damage their brand, for as long as monopolies go they will feel very little effect even with your excellent idea HallofShame.com site.
Btw I am of Indian origin, so am not being completely racial.
Jay.
krishna
Rick, Tata Sons recently applied for new bank licence. Reserve Bank of India may decide on its banking application in 4-6 months.
Its management has good track record. But, some idiots (may be IT department/lawyers) are misguiding Tata management on domain names.
Another Top Indian business group, Reliance (Anil Ambani group), tried to grab “Reliancegroup.com” but lost UDRP.
Ignorance.