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Old 12-05-09, 09:14 AM
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Did anyone read about the supposed sale of the blog bankaholic.com? Apparently it was a one man operation and sold for $15mil to Bankrate. Wow!

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/20...-from-bankrate

Any thoughts on what the com.au equivalent would sell for?

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Old 12-05-09, 09:37 AM
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how many people like banks ????

.com.au value .... i have no idea !
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Old 12-05-09, 12:54 PM
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It was because of the content, and presumably traffic.

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"BankRate confirms that natural search ranking was indeed a factor. "We have been working with Bankaholic in a co-brand relationship since July and have seen first-hand the volume and quality of its traffic," stated Thomas R. Evans, President and CEO of Bankrate. "Bankaholic is ranked high in natural search for both deposit and credit card keywords. We believe their organic traffic will increase our deposit and credit card revenue, and with a high composition of free traffic, will help to improve margins,""
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Old 12-05-09, 02:38 PM
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Hi Rhythm - what are your thoughts on value for just the "bare bones" .au domain name?

Cheers, Ned
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Old 12-05-09, 10:15 PM
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reg fee for bankaholic.com.au
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Old 13-05-09, 08:55 AM
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reg fee for bankaholic.com.au
Thanks Paz - that fills me with confidence! LOL! I remember last time when you gave your opinion on prizewinner.com.au you said it was worth less than racingtips.com.au which had sold for $600. I ended up selling prizewinner for $3k - so maybe you have given me good luck!

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Old 13-05-09, 10:15 AM
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It was because of the content, and presumably traffic.
Exactly, so I would estimate the .com.au equivalent to be only worth its current traffic level seeing as no website has been established.
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Old 13-05-09, 05:00 PM
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Thanks Paz - that fills me with confidence! LOL! I remember last time when you gave your opinion on prizewinner.com.au you said it was worth less than racingtips.com.au which had sold for $600. I ended up selling prizewinner for $3k - so maybe you have given me good luck!

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I still think racingtips.com.au is worth more

It's a very young market here in Australia so not all niche's are well represented in terms of interest in domains.

BTW, reg fee for bankaholic.com.au assumed no traffic or website at all.
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Old 28-05-09, 08:10 AM
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I have now sold it! Did a private deal for $2000 with finance terms over 6 months to secure the deal and the price. A win / win situation!

Thanks for everyone's input.

Cheers, Ned
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Old 28-05-09, 08:46 PM
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Good Work neddy, these are the types of sales we like to hear, your going to the right market to sell your domain and seem to be getting some good prices.
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