Moniker’s TRAFFIC Auction Sees Some Kickass LLLL.com Sales
April 2, 2008 by DNBuff
Sorry for the sudden absence but had the flu and was busy with other things. This transition of seasons is pretty bad as it’s the time when most people get a bout of the flu and I got to say, it’s irritating as hell.
I’m more an outdoors kind of guy (couldn’t tell, could you) and I really go insane once the flu hits me. Breaking things around me, tearing my carefully maintained “offline journal” (those things still do exist) are frequent occurrences in this time.
I like to rant for hours and believe me, it’s easy to keep going when you’ve started, but I’ll spare you the torture and get to the essence of the matter.
The much-publicized Moniker TRAFFIC Live Auction saw some sales of dictionary words cum LLLL.com’s which should put the industry in a pretty good mood.
DVDs.com sold at 300K which is understandable given the nature of the word. One of the most popularly used words in today’s world, this one was bound to get at least this amount. Kudos to the new owner.
Now, the slightly controversial part, Hoax.com sold for $70,000 which was a bit too pricey, in my humble opinion. It’s certainly not a commonly used word and I don’t see much monetization revolving around the word. I mean, which reputable business would like to have a site called Hoax.com?
On the other hand, Gags.com sold for a mere $40,000 which this time I feel is a tad undervalued. Gags are hot and the products revolving around them are even hotter. A site like Bored.com would have been an ideal choice for an end-user (presumably?) Feel free to disagree with me but I feel the buyer got a steal at that price.
OKay, got that out of my mind so I’m back to smashing things around me :p
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