IBM, Match.com Make Domain Purchases

Special edition of the end user domain sales note.

Here’s a special Monday morning edition of the end user domain sales post. This will cover some recent Sedo sales as well as non-noted sales.

On the non-noted side, I have a big firm to note: IBM has purchased SmarterCity.com and SmarterCities.com from Justin Godfrey of Domain Investment Services for $15,000.

Godfrey also sold MallPlaza.com sold to MallPlaza.cl for $10,000 through Afternic.

Here are some Sedo end user sales:

Internet dating site Match.com bought MatchRadio.com for $1,695.

Veterans United Home Loans bought VUBank.com for $2,000.

Houston, Texas car dealer Russell & Smith Ford bought RSFord.com for 1,799 EUR. It uses the web address RussellSmithFord.com right now.

Finally, I’m wondering who the mystery buyer of Cocomo.com is. Sedo sold the domain for $33,000 but the fresh owner has a fake whois record:

I’m surprised CSC let one of its clients use bogus information like this. The nameservers are used for Microsoft hosting services and don’t mean that Microsoft is the buyer.