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BachelorsDegree.com Sells for $62,500

NameMedia cashes in on degrees.

NameMedia (Afternic, BuyDomains) sold two big “degree” domain names over the past week: BachelorsDegree.com for $62,500 and PsychologyDegree.com for $25,000. Both domains are protected by Moniker whois privacy and forward to eLearners.com. Add these other recent education domains the firm has sold lately and it has found a nice niche:

MastersDegree.com $48,000
CounselingDegree.com $9,000
LiberalArtsDegree.com $8,000
ManagementDegree.com $5,130

With people getting laid off and considering career changes, education is a hot market.

Here’s a look at other top .com domain names the firm sold over the past week.

foxmedia.com $10,000
vertech.com $7,500
crewlink.com $6,000
medicalfinancing.com $5,000
envoke.com $5,000
medarts.com $4,500
paie.com $4,500
designtribe.com $4,388
vtfs.com $4,379
geophysik.com $4,212
teexpress.com $4,188
opentec.com $4,000
zylla.com $4,000
friendcam.com $3,988
whitehousereport.com $3,888
imagingtechnology.com $3,840
archerycenter.com $3,788
watchseek.com $3,750
erecording.com $3,688
kingoftheworld.com $3,688
packservice.com $3,588
strudl.com $3,588
toptechs.com $3,500
thelyceum.com $3,500
revelator.com $3,500
kaartje.com $3,500

And here are other TLD sales:
carinsurancequote.net $10,000
tts.org $8,000
pelaut.net $5,288
iway.net $4,400
videolab.net $4,200
beachvacation.net $4,070
cuencas.net $3,500

All told NameMedia sold regarding $600,000 of noted sales the prior week. Looking at these sales ought to remind you that, if you’re willing to hold onto your domains until the right end user comes along, it’s reasonable to sell even mediocre domains for $1,000-$5,000.

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