how much will Fly.com will fetch in current sedo auction

Discussion in 'Domain Names' started by coolcode007, Sep 22, 2008.

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    Fly.com is currently on auction in sedo with a reserve of about $2Million and auction ends in 3 days.
    it was sold back in 1999 for $1.5M, so i guess it will fetch more than $5M this time, what are your guesses

    to make the things interesting I started a blog post on this topic and the one who guess the closest price of this auction gets a $10 goDaddy gift card
     
    coolcode007, Sep 22, 2008 IP
  2. greatideas007

    greatideas007 Peon

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    I think about 2.5 mil. just a guess though
     
    greatideas007, Sep 22, 2008 IP
  3. dmi

    dmi Well-Known Member

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    #3
    Another great one currently at Sedo is planet.com :)
     
    dmi, Sep 22, 2008 IP
  4. napa

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    #4
    Maybe $500K tops
     
    napa, Sep 22, 2008 IP
  5. mirul

    mirul Active Member

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    $3M for FLY.com :)
     
    mirul, Sep 23, 2008 IP
  6. devabby

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    i also think is about $3M, 5M is impossible at this time
     
    devabby, Sep 23, 2008 IP
  7. bogobogo

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    #7
    6 m i think.
     
    bogobogo, Sep 23, 2008 IP
  8. labeak

    labeak Peon

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    #8
    one million, but hard to say if a bidding war starts who knows
     
    labeak, Sep 23, 2008 IP
  9. KyserSoze

    KyserSoze Member

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    Domain values seem to have dropped of late but thats a great domain. I think 3 million is about right. 5-6 million seems difficult in these hard times but anything is possible.
     
    KyserSoze, Sep 24, 2008 IP
  10. save

    save Active Member

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    #10
    I'm not too optimistic with this one but who knows - someone with a plan for a great travel business could buy it or even a large airline company? The climate is just not really ideal for selling top domain names right now.
     
    save, Sep 24, 2008 IP
  11. ascii0101

    ascii0101 Peon

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    forget about fly dot com how about planet dot com or sc dot com. Those are going to be extremely pricey. I dont think they will break fund dot com's price of a whopping 10 mil
     
    ascii0101, Sep 25, 2008 IP
  12. Brands-and-Jingles

    Brands-and-Jingles Member

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    #12
    If we look at this deal retrospectively, it is not exciting.

    The domain name was acquired back in 1999:

    fly.com December 1999 1,500,000.00 USD Private sale


    and then sold ten years later:

    fly.com February2009 1,760,000.00 USD Private sale


    From the investor prospective, it was very high risk and very low returns. IRR is practically close to zero.
     
    Brands-and-Jingles, Mar 14, 2014 IP
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  13. gigalicious

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    #13
    Money "fly" less often than in 1999 nowadays
     
    gigalicious, Mar 20, 2014 IP