Interesting facts regarding Poker.org 1 million domain sale

There has been an interesting news recently regarding the million dollar .org domain sale of Poker.org. It was mentioned that Poker.org was sold by National A-1 and the domain sale was brokered by Sedo according to the reports. Poker.org was sold at 1 million dollars and it was reportedly bought by PokerCompany.com .

Some interesting facts regarding Poker.org domain sale:

1) It is the highest reported .org domain sale so far. Previous most expensive .org domain sales were :

Engineering.org sold for nearly $200,000

Sexe.org sold over $151,000

Date.org sold over $150,000

Voyance.org sold over $134,000

More list=> Visit the most expensive .org domain sale list.

2) There are 1.8 million searches (EXACT) per month for the keyword “Poker” in google and there are many millions of search results for “Poker” in google.

3) There are many domainers including myself who believe that .org is a good extension next to .com or popular CCtld such as .de, .co.uk etc…

4) PokerCompany.com ,which reportedly bought the domain, run websites including EveryPoker.com, InsideBet.com, Craps.net, Blackjack.org, Rakeback.org and Loyalty.net and it was stated that the websites are visited by thousands of unique visitors per day. May be they are able to make that much money within a matter of weeks or months.

5) When I visited today, it was stated that the website would open soon. It was not redirected as before. The domain has been registered since 1997 and currently at Network Solutions and it has private email address.

It was a great .org domain sale and it might have positive impact on the value of some one word .org domains.

Currently 84 bidders for One word Dictionary .org domain, Position.org at Namejet

I am one of the biddders for the domain Position.org which is one of the top pre-release domains at Namejet today. Currently bid is not that high and only at $76 but there are 84 bidders so far and counting. The domain Position.org has been registered since 2000 and it is registered at Fabulous.com.

It is a pretty one word dictionary .org domain and when I look at the google search tool, there are around over 9 million phrase searches per month and around 135,000 EXACT searches per month for the keyword.

Another buyer who likes .biz extension? x.biz domain sold in xx,xxx

Recently  one letter .biz domain , X.biz was sold for over $10,000 (exactly at $10,600). The domain was sold at Sedo domain marketplace. The buyer obviously likes the .biz extension. It is a good domain sale and I think it is a fair price for both the domain buyer and seller.

If you compare this domain sale with previous one letter .biz domain sales, it is a fair deal for the buyer. The highest one letter .biz domain sale I have seen was E.biz which was sold over $66,000 and e.biz is ideal for eBusiness website. The lowest one letter .biz domain sale I came across was v.biz for over $6,000.