Reglikedomain industry desk

DomainName.com To Be Auctioned Tuesday

Generic domain name for domain industry goes on the block Tuesday.

DomainConsultant.com’s auction of DomainName.com is taking place on Tuesday, August 31.

This isn’t just an auction for the domain name — it includes an ICANN accredited registrar with an active client base and regarding 8,000 domain registrations. That’s not a huge number, but if you take a look at what has been done with DomainName.com to date, it appears there’s a lot of upside.

The package will only sell to someone with deep pockets, as the starting bid and reserve is $1 million. But financing is available with 20% down. As stated by DomainConsultant.com, the site gets 2,000-3,000 unique visitors a day.

A prospectus counting current revenue, maintenance requirements, support, etc. is available for qualified bidders by emailing mike (at) domainconsultant.com.

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