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**domain54326** · 05-09-2008, 02:43 PM

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/5/prweb927294.htm

**simon** · 05-09-2008, 02:44 PM

Toll Free Number 1-800-COMPANY Sells for $10 Million

**tristanperry** · 05-09-2008, 02:46 PM

Wow... a very nice sale for a nice domain (for 1000s of companies!)

**keyword** · 05-09-2008, 02:51 PM

And if I would of seen this web domain FREE I wouldn't even of thought about acquiring it lol just goes to show you

**JMJ** · 05-09-2008, 02:54 PM

"We acquired the company that holds the toll free number along with an associated domain name"

**domain54326** · 05-09-2008, 02:57 PM

Maybe one of the domain news wires will find out more info for us.

**GoPC** · 05-09-2008, 03:29 PM

It just goes to show that PPC and type in traffic are secondary in a market that is motivated to drive traffic to a Marketing & Branding based domain.

Still "generic" but far reaching in its MARKETING value.

I really think this is the new trend in domains and will be more prevalent as time goes on. Why?

1 - True Generics are gone and can't be had for anything less than HUGE capital outlays.
2 - Search Engine use is more and more commonplace gaining ground against type in traffic due to the simple fact that end-users are SICK AND TIRED of parking pages.
3 - Search traffic is more target rich with multiple keywords. In that vein, DigitalCameras.com would be worth more to a digital camera marketer than the 2 Million Bucks that Cameras.com sold for a while back.

I know it's grand to think about continuing domains biz on how it's been done for the past 15 years, but the truth is, the end-users ultimately drive the market space and they are wise to parking, worried about the cost of "traditional" targeted domains and get better response with creative, multiple keyword rich, search friendly domains that both serves the branding purpose as well as making themselves more easily "found" and remembered.

Those that grasp this trend will be the new money makers in the immediate future.

Nice Sale and Good News for the market.

GoPC

**PREDATOR** · 05-09-2008, 03:51 PM

Hmm.
well i checked 1-800-company.com too
regged in 99, but whois updated a couple weeks ago and redirects to 1800company.com, so that adds up, but what doesn't add up is pagerank zero & zero alexa ranking.

story from prweb

pr stunt? i think so

nb: don't visit site, we dont want to get them a pr1 lol

**domain54326** · 05-09-2008, 03:55 PM

prweb is legit from what I know, they were just sold for like 18mill.

Acroplex · 05-09-2008, 03:55 PM

The sale was for the phone number, the rest is associated assets.

**PREDATOR** · 05-09-2008, 03:57 PM

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Originally Posted by domain54326

prweb is legit from what I know, they were just sold for like 18mill.

no-ones saying prweb isn't legit, im just saying you can release what you want lol, as you pay them.
thats why they sold for 18 mill as they make $

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Originally Posted by Acroplex

The sale was for the phone number, the rest is associated assets.

if that's the case then there's hope for the hyphenated idn .asia lol

**domain54326** · 05-09-2008, 04:01 PM

Understood, sale just needs to be verified as dnjournal does.

**PREDATOR** · 05-09-2008, 04:18 PM

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Originally Posted by domain54326

Understood, sale just needs to be verified as dnjournal does.

i agree. that's always the goldseal, Big Ron

hopefully it is legit and gets more exposure for domains, and telephone numbers

**Michael_Goldman** · 05-09-2008, 04:57 PM

Nice, thanks for the link. Would be useful to have a more descriptive title also

Acroplex · 05-09-2008, 05:13 PM

It's spelled very clearly ('spelt' for my friend, Pred)

Quote:

The toll free number, 1-800-COMPANY, was acquired today by a document filing company that forms corporations, LLCs and trusts for $10 million.

**PREDATOR** · 05-09-2008, 05:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Acroplex

It's spelled very clearly ('spelt' for my friend, Pred)

The 'Plex'

**DomainBELL** · 05-09-2008, 05:51 PM

gosh... that was a nice one...

~DomainBELL (Patricia)

**billrogers** · 05-09-2008, 05:55 PM

This is not a PR stunt. It was purchased by a company that has been in the same business since 1977... www.companiesinc.com

The press release says, "The associated website that promotes the company's services, www.1800company.com, was recently launched as well. "

It's a new website. So, of course it's going to have the PR of 0.

**ezimedia** · 05-09-2008, 11:03 PM

HI

Wow amazing... price...

Thx
Tom

**CyrusL** · 05-09-2008, 11:58 PM

I thought it was illegal to sell US toll free numbers. At least it was when I looked into it?