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Discussion in 'Domain Name Auctions' started by dougs, Jul 12, 2019.

  1. dougs United Kingdom

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    IWA Meetup
     
  3. BG United Kingdom

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    Well done Doug - Perfect match!!
     
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    Thanks darling....my bank account is a little less
     
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    Think of it as just a days interest spent on a good keyword domain ;)
     
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    Congrats Doug, knew you'd pick this one up.
     
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    what was the final price?
     
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    Awesome name, congrats
     
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    It was by far the most expensive sale so far:) I have no issue people saying but I won't:):)
     
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    30k or higher?
     
  11. dougs United Kingdom

    dougs Well-Known Member

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    ok I will say on domainorder 50K Euros £45K
     
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    10 year return on that? You seem to be getting the results so i guess its a good formula for you.long may it continue.
     
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    We own and run www.redbrain.com that does a huge amount of traffic per day in shopping globally so very simple for us to reposition some of our traffic to this url. Great for internal branding making the staff realise what they are part of and great for external branding so the major UK suppliers who we currently do not work with realise how serious we are. So some direct value and lots of indirect value.
     
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    Got you.hopefully take you to the next level and i guess the old saying is true...you have to spend money to make money..
     
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    The reality is probably this is much more about branding to us. I mentioned it to the CEO of Redbrain and he just went ok great, then ordered coffee:)
     
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    Suprised he did not need a brandy in it
     
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    He has bigger things to do than worry about some domain name I buy. The child in me still gets excited by such stuff...he is sad but brilliant:)
     
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    I can offer you Delicious.uk/Wishes.uk for just £20K :D very cheap and much better than shopping.uk :p
     
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    Cheque is in the post:)
     
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    I have the perfect domain for you on the shopping theme, tell the CEO to get in touch, or I suppose I can just deal with you :cool:
     
  21. Nigel

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    been out today - wow star name Doug - and secured in daylight hours :)