searchfox.com

[namewaiter]

really a VERY good sale ($9,000) that has mostly gone overlooked at sedo because of net.net, freecellphones.com and others.

9 charachters, 2 words, mostly just a very brandable domain - much like the majority here at dnf, seems to have been owned by compusoft... really couldn't find developed archive pages.

obviously i think the seller made out (very well), what do you all think?

 

[rawkinrich]

I'm surprised at this.. wouldn't the name be a tm issue?

 

[namewaiter]

I'm surprised at this.. wouldn't the name be a tm issue?

really, why do you think this would be a TM issue?

 

[rawkinrich]

really, why do you think this would be a TM issue?

I'm obviously wrong, I'm just thinking of Fox television. What would searchfox.com be used for otherwis? Is it a simple search domain?

 

[namewaiter]

I'm obviously wrong, I'm just thinking of Fox television. What would searchfox.com be used for otherwis? Is it a simple search domain?

no doubt .. exactly. it's just a brandable domain that sold for 9K

 

[Anthony Ng]

FYI: There's a VERY famous Chinese search engine/portal called Sohu (sohu.com), which literally means "search fox".

 

[rawkinrich]

There you are then

 

[yesonline]

FYI: There's a VERY famous Chinese search engine/portal called Sohu (sohu.com), which literally means "search fox".

I have thought so, but I think there is nothing to do with sohu.com , right? :-O

 

[ozgression]

Firstly, Fox TV doesnt not own the right to the word Fox. They are just a US TV network...

Secondly, $9000 is a ridiculous price for that domain, regardless of its "brand" or hidden Chinese meanings... oh well, if someone is willing to pay that much, than good luck to them

 

[Edwin]

There are a number of Chinese sites that mention Sohu and SearchFox.com on the same page. I can't read the rest, but it seems the meaning isn't lost over there...

 

[namedropper]

FYI: There's a VERY famous Chinese search engine/portal called Sohu (sohu.com), which literally means "search fox".

I could maybe see someone paying $9,000 for this for that reason. Otherwise the only reason I could think the name would sell for that much would copious amounts of crack or other brain-destroying drugs. Without pre-existing branding the name stinks and is no better than any random two word pair someone could come up with at random.

 

[Theo]

Maybe it's related to the great fame that the browser Firefox has acquired.