closed DedicatedServer.org ???

[Edwin]

Steve, good luck closing the deal!

Originally posted by CoolHost.com
Awesome! How much did you sell it for, and to whom Steve? Has it closed already?
This is an amazing story, and one that provides for much hope for us "host/hosting" .ORG owners.
Appreciate your time.
See you.

I'm curious why you think it's encouraging for host/hosting .ORG owners in general?

I would have pegged dedicatedserver.org in the Top 10 (probably in the Top 5) .ORG hosting domains, along with dedicatedservers.org, dedicatedhosting.org, webhosting.org, webhost.org, host.org, hosts.org, hosting.org, server.org and servers.org

Outside of that very limited field (and perhaps a couple I've forgotten), I doubt any hosting domains in .org are going to go much above reg. fee, and breaking 3 figures will be harder still...

 

[CoolHost.com]

Thanks, Steve ... well done, and thank you for the insight!
Remember to check in with us from time to time when you're sipping drinks poolside this summer.
See you soon.

 

[CoolHost.com]

Originally posted by Edwin
I'm curious why you think it's encouraging for host/hosting .ORG owners in general?

Because, Edwin, in general (your term, not mine) I need encouragement from time to time, generally!
See 'ya, no worries.

 

[URLCollection]

Thanks for the comments Cool Host - I will not have much time for the drinks by the pool this summer, between management and sales - I am right out straight. Nice to think about though!!! Edwin hosting domains have been very good to us over the past 4-5 years. We at one time had huge .com hosting names and most have been sold - like ManagedHost.com and many others - We host a bit over 7000 websites so we keep some of the better ones for our uses. "I'm curious why you think it's encouraging for host/hosting .ORG owners in general? - Well we are growing our hosting side of the business at about 7-10% a month - annualized that is about 100% a year. The .org ext is not the best one for solid hosting companies but dedicatedserver.org or eservers.org or iservers.org or servers.org or racks or colocation.org will always pull a keyword and are often used as re-directs. Regional Hosting domains have been popular as well - like FloridaHosting.com - ColoradoHost.com - LondonHost.com - EuropeHost.com - IslandHost.com - ChinaHost.com - SwissHost.com - etc. We have maybe 200 - 300 other regional hosting names. Hosting is becoming a very regionalized business. The customers want tech support, a phone number and more localized service. At least that has been our experience recently. Hope that helps explain what we are seeing - Thanks again for the posts.

 

[Edwin]

Steve, I was only talking about .ORG hosting names. I agree that .com is a different ballgame altogether!

I have had some luck selling hosting domains as well, and am hanging on to a few good ones (well, until the right offer comes along) such as dedicated-hosting.com

 

[CoolHost.com]

Hey, I just remembered ... I put up CoolHost.com for you fellows in Sunday's "Live auction" (currently atop the board).
Have fun.

PS. Includes CoolHost.org, naturally!

 

[NameCaster]

Congrats on the sale Steve.
But for the love of god I can't figure out why a company would pay that kind of money for a DNS name. As an admin I usually like names that I don't have to spell-check first :laugh:
Kidding aside. There are plenty of .coms avail for DNS.
foobage.com
JMHO
Good Luck!

 

[system0]

great name - glad you got a good price
will definately be useful for a hosting company's dns

 

[URLCollection]

NameCaster - Thanks for the post - I think they are just grabbing the name as an investment - The .com and net are owned by a heavy hitter, maybe that is part of it? Hey Fonz - How have you been? Thanks for the comments - Are leaving for your world trip sometime soon? When you get to the states please look us up!!! Steve

 

[BobBob is verified member.]

Iwould think low to mid $$$$...

Great name!

Best of luck.

-Bob

 

[URLCollection]

Thanks Bob - Real good numbers - Thanks again!!!! Steve

 

[DrWho]

Originally posted by CPiSites
Thanks Dr. Who - appreciate the number -

You're very welcome

 

[DrWho]

Originally posted by CPiSites
Hey CoolHost - We just recieved the offer today. We have worked with this company before on several .com's over the years. They were looking for a name for one of their main nameservers for their dedicated reseller programs. Nice company - Just wanted to make sure that they did not know something that we did not - Thus the thread today to see what you all thought about the name. Glad I posted the thread because Dr. Who said $100 and I now know it is worth $1000 min. to an end user Ha Ha... (no offense Dr. Who). Thanks so much for the post - Steve

 

[URLCollection]

Thanks DR. Who - I am sure you understand - This was a joke - Your appraisals are always conservative and I appreciate that part - Thanks again - Steve

 

[DrWho]

Originally posted by CPiSites
Thanks DR. Who - I am sure you understand - This was a joke - Your appraisals are always conservative and I appreciate that part - Thanks again - Steve

 

[URLCollection]

You Bet - Dr. Who - A shake it is!!!! Thanks Steve

 

[URLCollection]

While we are at this one - How about - DedicatedHosting.org??? Anyone like that one as well??? Thanks Steve

 

[GiantDomains]

Originally posted by CPiSites
While we are at this one - How about - DedicatedHosting.org??? Anyone like that one as well??? Thanks Steve

Naaah. All companies should be dedicated. Hosting refers to the company, where server refers th the machines.

 

[URLCollection]

Thanks Giant - Some folks undersatnd that and many still have no clue about the dedicated side of things - Appreciate the post - Steve

 

[Mr Webname]

Many hosting companies have section titles "Dedicated Hosting" and "Shared Hosting" - webhostingtalk.com has an entire section entitled "Dedicated Hosting".

The term "Dedicated Hosting" is used in the hosting industry to distinguish between the rental of an entire server as opposed to "Shared Hosting", indicating the rental of space on a server that is shared with others.

I think that this is a perfectly valid term but possibly not as sought after as the dedicatedserver.org name.