Property.co.uk & Tickets.co.uk

rob · 29-07-2008, 02:08 PM

A few people on here will have probably made enquries / offers on these names before.

If you look at both domains the new owners (or part owners) have started taking the first steps to developing the sites:

Property.co.uk - Property For Sale And Rent
ticket search engine ticket exchange

Based on the names, market, rumours and in some cases direct contact I would say these names have either changed hands or share of them for £xxx,xxx .

Unreported sales of course, but interesting to see what is going on away from domainerland

Cheers,
Rob.

vizzy · 29-07-2008, 06:12 PM

Nice observations, it's always interesting to watch the fate of quality generics ;)

tickets seem to be under the old owner, just changed tag/hosting
property was registered to another company before May this year, so most likely was sold for XXX,XXX.

there was another likely six figures generic sale which I recently wrote about in the blog: DomainLord Blog Blog Archive cashback.co.uk sold for 100k GBP?

grandin · 29-07-2008, 06:25 PM

The design and content is not in keeping with a firm paying XXXXXX for a name or names......I would say the names are not developed or did not change hands for such figures or they spent all the money on buying the name with no money left to spend on developing....the property site is not in keeping with a quality property portal and tickets is clearly not the ticket as at today

The evidence suggest that 'money paid' is mere hearsay

Lee

rob · 29-07-2008, 06:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by grandin

The design and content is not in keeping with a firm paying XXXXXX for a name or names......I would say the names are not developed or did not change hands for such figures or they spent all the money on buying the name with no money left to spend on developing....the property site is not in keeping with a quality property portal and tickets is clearly not the ticket as at today

The evidence suggest that 'money paid' is mere hearsay

Got to disagree, cash has changed hands on one and the other seems to be setup as more of a larger investment in the existing vehicle.

Going by site design... does any remember version 1 of Fly.co.uk and many other sites that dont reflect sales prices - is a sedo parking page a £40k site for lyrics etc

You have to remember its only the last month or two that these names have become active in their current form, so very likely these sites are beta / tests / previews .

stender · 29-07-2008, 07:17 PM

Property was previously registered to an Australian company.
I enquired about tickets about 6+ months ago and was advised that negotiations were quite far along and it would take a mid £XXX,XXX offer to get involved. The whois hasn't changed from back then though?

James · 29-07-2008, 08:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rob

Based on the names, market, rumours and in some cases direct contact I would say these names have either changed hands or share of them for £xxx,xxx

I know that at least one of the above domains was involved in a mid 6 figure deal.

grandin · 30-07-2008, 06:01 AM

I cant see how they will get ROI and the website does not reflect a great confidence in doing so....

As for fly.co.uk apart from the initial news coverage over its domain price I havent seen any other press coverage....such name (not contextually good) needs exposure and I dont see it yet....would have been better using a 2k name and then spending 80,000 marketing it....

Lee

apd · 30-07-2008, 09:21 AM

Interesting that you should mention property.co.uk Rob, about a year ago (when I was living in Oz) I contacted the owner (who lived in Perth) and had a very serious discussion about buying the domain (I was prepared to pay a six figure sum) but alas he wanted to hold out for more.

So then we got talking about adding content to the site, i.e. turning it into a rightmove clone with proprietary software which I was prepared to do (I already had something similar coded) but again nothing came off it. I just got the impression that he was picking my brains for suitable ideas.

Personally, if he did sell for anything under £500k then it was too cheap, as with proper content he could easily have made that per year.

vizzy · 30-07-2008, 10:23 AM

Was it (property) caught by him in 2004 or acquired from a catcher?

apd · 30-07-2008, 10:26 AM

He told me he paid a lot for it, so I assume he bought it off a domain catcher.

29-07-2008, 02:08 PM	#1
rob Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Edinburgh / Brisbane / Wales Posts: 3,149 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (100% / 14)	Property.co.uk & Tickets.co.uk A few people on here will have probably made enquries / offers on these names before. If you look at both domains the new owners (or part owners) have started taking the first steps to developing the sites: Property.co.uk - Property For Sale And Rent ticket search engine ticket exchange Based on the names, market, rumours and in some cases direct contact I would say these names have either changed hands or share of them for £xxx,xxx . Unreported sales of course, but interesting to see what is going on away from domainerland Cheers, Rob. __________________ Eat more chips! Dont let salad win! I am rob who runs hey. Subscribe to get my .UK sales list - its where the deals are!

29-07-2008, 06:25 PM	#3
grandin Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 1,000 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (100% / 12)	design and content The design and content is not in keeping with a firm paying XXXXXX for a name or names......I would say the names are not developed or did not change hands for such figures or they spent all the money on buying the name with no money left to spend on developing....the property site is not in keeping with a quality property portal and tickets is clearly not the ticket as at today The evidence suggest that 'money paid' is mere hearsay Lee __________________ Buy To Let Mortgages Buy To Let mortgages Discount Mortgages landlord insurance van insurance student loan Commercial Mortgages Fixed Mortgages UK Hotels UK Holidays

30-07-2008, 06:01 AM	#7
grandin Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 1,000 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (100% / 12)	No ROI I cant see how they will get ROI and the website does not reflect a great confidence in doing so.... As for fly.co.uk apart from the initial news coverage over its domain price I havent seen any other press coverage....such name (not contextually good) needs exposure and I dont see it yet....would have been better using a 2k name and then spending 80,000 marketing it.... Lee __________________ Buy To Let Mortgages Buy To Let mortgages Discount Mortgages landlord insurance van insurance student loan Commercial Mortgages Fixed Mortgages UK Hotels UK Holidays

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29-07-2008, 06:12 PM	#2
vizzy Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 376 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (67% / 1)	Nice observations, it's always interesting to watch the fate of quality generics ;) tickets seem to be under the old owner, just changed tag/hosting property was registered to another company before May this year, so most likely was sold for XXX,XXX. there was another likely six figures generic sale which I recently wrote about in the blog: DomainLord Blog Blog Archive cashback.co.uk sold for 100k GBP?

29-07-2008, 07:17 PM	#5
stender Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 1,154 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (0% / -1)	Property was previously registered to an Australian company. I enquired about tickets about 6+ months ago and was advised that negotiations were quite far along and it would take a mid £XXX,XXX offer to get involved. The whois hasn't changed from back then though?

30-07-2008, 09:21 AM	#8
apd Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 651 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (100% / 3)	Interesting that you should mention property.co.uk Rob, about a year ago (when I was living in Oz) I contacted the owner (who lived in Perth) and had a very serious discussion about buying the domain (I was prepared to pay a six figure sum) but alas he wanted to hold out for more. So then we got talking about adding content to the site, i.e. turning it into a rightmove clone with proprietary software which I was prepared to do (I already had something similar coded) but again nothing came off it. I just got the impression that he was picking my brains for suitable ideas. Personally, if he did sell for anything under £500k then it was too cheap, as with proper content he could easily have made that per year.

30-07-2008, 10:23 AM	#9
vizzy Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 376 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (67% / 1)	Was it (property) caught by him in 2004 or acquired from a catcher?

30-07-2008, 10:26 AM	#10
apd Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 651 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (100% / 3)	He told me he paid a lot for it, so I assume he bought it off a domain catcher.