ProSports.com sells for $75k on Ebay?

Jernet · Feb 17, 2006

I have been watching this domain for a long time. Looks like it has finally sold:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5861558345

I was a little leary about the 'User ID kept private' but it was purchased with a 'buy it now', and the whois changed along with page.

Looks like a legit one for dnjournal.com......

SouthernTn · Feb 17, 2006

I thought I seen this domain owned by a user here in the chatroom a couple of times.

Jernet · Feb 17, 2006

i think there was some controversy over it

paulc · Feb 17, 2006

Nice price!!

Dimva · Feb 17, 2006

http://www.dnforum.com/f16/sports-betting-thread-115608.html?highlight=ProSports

Sarah: ProSports. com - 1995

$350k+

Jernet · Feb 17, 2006

Thanks Dimva.

I would venture to guess, to the right person, that $350k pricetag could be very well worth it. I kinda thought $75k was a little low.

Rarethings · Feb 17, 2006

Yes. I think 75k is low for that domain.

hugegrowth · Feb 17, 2006

I think that domain was also listed in the appraisal forum last year by Sarah. Nice sale!

Limit$ · Feb 17, 2006

75k in my eyes for a domain name that makes no revenue, and is not a one word dicionary domain is over priced.

NameYourself · Feb 18, 2006

Limit$ said:
75k in my eyes for a domain name that makes no revenue, and is not a one word dicionary domain is over priced.

900 OVT w/e means it is probably getting a lot of traffic and is definitely making revenue. Also, I remember some controversy as well over the user with DNFourm too, but not on the name.

gmac17 · Feb 18, 2006

i agree with limit$, what do you do with prosports.com? Not a great brandable name imo

Rarethings · Feb 18, 2006

On a purely statistical basis; I guess you could say that.

However, you could say the same thing about thousands of other websites that have sold for much more than this.

Generic domains (more than ever) are starting to take notice, and rake in the big dough. Traffic and revenue comes and goes, but generic domains like this one are few and far between.

gmac17 · Feb 20, 2006

the overture score was probably influenced by domainers or the owner - prosports only has an overture of 300, not sure how prosports.com has an overture of 900.

hugegrowth · Feb 20, 2006

This domain is now listed in the Afternic showcase with a min offer of 100k and asking 250k. Looks like the buyer just wants to resell it.

Rarethings · Feb 21, 2006

i agree with limit$, what do you do with prosports.com? Not a great brandable name imo

I respectfully disagree with you on this one. There are SO many developmental opportunities for this one. A Hub for sports, forums, articles, news, blogs, video clips, game highlights, fantasy sports, (the list goes on). I would say that this domain has nearly unlimited possibilities.

peekaboo · Feb 21, 2006

Rarethings said:
I respectfully disagree with you on this one. There are SO many developmental opportunities for this one. A Hub for sports, forums, articles, news, blogs, video clips, game highlights, fantasy sports, (the list goes on). I would say that this domain has nearly unlimited possibilities.

agree.

gmac17 · Feb 21, 2006

I hear you guys, and the more I think about it the more I agree there is more potential. I guess I just don't personally love the name.

Jernet · Feb 21, 2006

I will probably just develop the .net, some guy offered me $40 for it lmao

peekaboo · Feb 22, 2006

gmac17 said:
the overture score was probably influenced by domainers or the owner - prosports only has an overture of 300, not sure how prosports.com has an overture of 900.

u know how? because prosportsdaily.com has 7588!

in addition 'pro sports' (as two words separated by space) has many thousands in overture, and over 7 million in google.

gmac17 said:
I hear you guys, and the more I think about it the more I agree there is more potential. I guess I just don't personally love the name.

u can't go with your subjective feelings at all. when i first got into domains i personally loved all these cool/intellectual sounding names like 'appliedsemantics.com' and what have u, but then i quickly realized that those ugly dumbed down names that i wouldn't pay five bucks for, like 'paintpro.com' and 'mattresgiant.com', get all the dough in the 'marketplace' :-D

'prosports' is a great american catchphrase in the pro sport obsessed society.. i could easily see it being owned by the biggest like espn or fox.