222.com a bargain or a deal?

Domainers are looking at a big dollar three character domain critically this week. Sedo.com auctioned the 3 number domain name 222.com for $49,000 USD . That’s a sweet sum in any economic downturn. Many domain professionals acknowledge the numerical karma associated with Chinese and oriental buyers looking for beneficial lucky numbers domains.

According to the Whois history records, the web hosting communications company Blue Gravity was the past owner and the new owner is Lei Shengqiang.

But key domainers are split on whether 222.com is coming up cherries or lemons. Some say this price was a bargain, and some say the seller was lucky to sell it in this low recessione conomy. Who is right? The resale will tell.