Spends $80k to drop “app” from domain name — App maker

Ridescout pays big bucks for shorter domain name and other end user domain name purchases.

The .app domain name is coming. Until then, many app makers have plugged “app” onto the end of their domain names when they can’t get the .com domain that matches their app name.

Does the domain name still matter for app makers? Yes, judging by RideScout’s 60,000 euro purchase of RideScout.com the prior week. The Austin maker of the RideScout app for finding the best transportation options has been using the domain name RideScoutApp.com.

Here are other end user purchases at Sedo over the past week.

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Roomle.co.uk $850 – Roomle GmbH, which provides an app for floorplan and interior decorating design. It uses Roomle.com.

Cilia.co.uk 2,000 EUR – Melitta Zentralgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, maker of Cilia brand tea filters.

ThisChangesEverything.com $16,500 – Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. “This Changes Everything” appears to be a slogan related to one or more of its fresh cruise liners.

Fitfluence.com $995 – Los Angeles firm FITfluence, which is some sort of fitness/health firm.

Mifi.us $2,000 – Novatel Wireless, Inc. Novatel actually has a trademark on the term “mifi”, which I assumed was a generic term for personal hotspots.

MyLudus.com $2,195 – myLudus, Inc, a Fresh Hampshire firm. The email address on the domain leads back to a tech firm.

QueCrees.com $6,000 Spanish-language network Univision. “Que Crees” means “What do you think?”

MovetoCloud.com $2,895 – research giant Gartner, which sells a lot of cloud advice.

Orbitg.com $999 – CitizenHawk purchased this domain name on behalf of Orbitz.

FinishLien.com $900 – another CitizenHawk transaction, this one on behalf of FinishLine.com.

GoToWebnar.com $1,200 – and yet another CitizenHawk buyout, for client Citrix.

ItsaFineLine.com $1,895 – Creative Media Alliance in Seattle bought this domain name. It appears to be for a motorcycle safety campaign.

LeTypographe.com $2,000 – Brussels stationery maker Le Tyopgraphe. It uses the domain name typographe.be.

Parrys.com $1,301 – Parrys Property, a UK real estate firm.

Bamiao.com $15,000 – From what I can tell, this domain was purchased by Samsung’s Cheil Industries, a chemical affiliate of Samsung.

HBfit.com 1,500 GBP – the HB is short for Hannah Bronfman, a DJ and model from Fresh York.

Texzon.com $5,100 – Texzon Utilities, which acts as a middleman between utilities and clients. They’ve been using the matching .net domain name.

Qkids.com $8,000 – Qello, which offers streaming of concerts and music documentaries.

TheDaisyFoundation.com $2,244 – Lazy Daisy Ltd, which provides birthing classes.