And other big names buy domain names on the aftermarket — Target, IBM
Big firms turn to Sedo to buy domain names.
This stretch’s list of Sedo end user sales includes some big names counting Target, IBM, Verifone, and iRobot. There were also a couple three letter .com sales. Here’s the list:
As I wrote earlier, Kim Dotcom bought k.im for $20,000.
The owner of compusurge.net bought compusurge.com for $900.
Designer bathroom firm Roca Sanitario S. A. bought Roca.it for 3,500 EUR.
iRobot Corporation, maker of the Roomba vacuum, bought iRobot.pt for $2,500.
The owners of ImpressiveBasements.com picked up ImpressiveFloors.com for $3,499.
IBM bought ManyEyes.com for $8,800 for its data visualization tools.
Verifone paid $1,500 for way2ride.com.
Little Fox Co., Ltd. went global with LittleFox.com for $45,000. It uses Littlefox.co.kr for its domain. .Kr is the country code top level domain for Korea.
Target bought the Spanish language domain Targeta.info for $850. It does not own the .com.
Thorpe Underwood Estate, which houses a college but opens itself up to guests when school is not in session, bought its acronym TUE.org for $9,888.
Adbrain Ltd, owner of Adbrain.co, bought the equivalent .com Adbrain.com for $6,000.
Discover Life Church, owner of DiscoverLifeChurch.tv, bought DiscoverLifeChurch.com for $4,250.
The creators of the MyTaxi app (mytaxi.com) bought MyTaxi.org for $1,500.
Phoenix law firm Coppersmith Brockelman PLC bought CBlawyers.com for $1,099. It owns CSBlaw.com.
Erik Buell Racing, seller of racing bikes, bought the three letter domain name EBR.com for $25,000. It has been using EBRacing.com.
Southall Associates LTD, a health and safety services firm, bought SouthallAssociates.com for $900 and SafetyCloud.com for $5,000. Its web address is Southall Associates.co.uk.
Food service firm Caribbean Producers (Jamaica) Limited bought CPJ.com for $13,000.
Affordable Quality Moving & Storage bought LosAngelesMoving.com for $1,995.
Improvement Path Systems, a healthcare technology firm, paid $8,200 for IPS.net.
I can’t link it to a specific business, but the owner of MyWhiteLabel.us bought WhiteLabel.co for $1,500.
LRB Limited, creator of London Review of Books, bought LRB.me for $799. Its web site is LRB.co.uk.
The owner of the NFLtalk.com forum bought NFLforums.com for $1,000.
SecurityCoverage, Inc, which offers mobile phone recovery and security services, bought PhoneProtect.com for $3,000.
