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Pornflix 11-24-2016 07:26 AM

Rick Schwartz Sells XXXVideos.com for $1,368,000!
 
For a guy who has gone into "semi-retirement" Domain King Rick Schwartz is still having some very productive sales days. In fact Rick just let us know he has closed the second biggest sale of the year to date, moving XXXVideos.com for a whopping $1,368,000.

Rick said he originally acquired XXXVideos.com for just $920 in 1997 and that over the years leading up to the sale the name had produced around $150,000 in revenue for him. The buyer of the domain has chosen to remain private. Schwartz said 1997 was the year "the light bulb went off" for him, sending him off on a buying spree in which he acquired what proved to be some of his best

Schwartz picked up 57 names from their original owners that year after previously hand registering most of the domains he owned. This may have been the birth of what we now know as the aftermarket. It was before Escrow.com so each purchase was a risk as you sent off your money and hoped for the best. Still Schwartz said he was only stiffed one time when he sent someone $1,000 for a domain that the "seller" never delivered.
Rick Schwartz Banks Over $2 Million With Blockbuster One-Two Sales Punch

:thumbsup

Barry-xlovecam 11-24-2016 07:36 AM

That's great.
However, look at the prices of the other .com domains sold on that page linked -- that is not so great.

ErectMedia 11-24-2016 07:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Barry-xlovecam (Post 21328120)
That's great.
However, look at the prices of the other .com domains sold on that page linked -- that is not so great.


That's one week. But keep holding on to your pipe dream of .Cam or any other shit extension Trumping .Com :thumbsup

DNJournal.com YTD Top 100 Domain Sales Chart

https://www.facebook.com/mike.mann.5...59473484117029

Spunky 11-24-2016 07:47 AM

Congrats to Rick. I fap there all the time :)

yuu.design 11-24-2016 07:48 AM

lucky guy :)

OldJeff 11-24-2016 07:48 AM

I love Rick, awesome he can sell a domain for 10 times 20 year revenue.

Cannot wait to see how this pans out

Brian mike 11-24-2016 07:49 AM

There is some hope guys :thumbsup

BlackCrayon 11-24-2016 07:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Barry-xlovecam (Post 21328120)
That's great.
However, look at the prices of the other .com domains sold on that page linked -- that is not so great.

not every domain is going to sell for a million. its rare to ever even see a new gtld on there.

flexibledieting.com 27k regged in 2012 yeah thats a damn good sale.

twinbet.com 12k regged in 2012 i'd take that in a heartbeat.

Grapesoda 11-24-2016 08:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pornflix (Post 21328090)
For a guy who has gone into "semi-retirement" Domain King Rick Schwartz is still having some very productive sales days. In fact Rick just let us know he has closed the second biggest sale of the year to date, moving XXXVideos.com for a whopping $1,368,000.

Rick said he originally acquired XXXVideos.com for just $920 in 1997 and that over the years leading up to the sale the name had produced around $150,000 in revenue for him. The buyer of the domain has chosen to remain private. Schwartz said 1997 was the year "the light bulb went off" for him, sending him off on a buying spree in which he acquired what proved to be some of his best

Schwartz picked up 57 names from their original owners that year after previously hand registering most of the domains he owned. This may have been the birth of what we now know as the aftermarket. It was before Escrow.com so each purchase was a risk as you sent off your money and hoped for the best. Still Schwartz said he was only stiffed one time when he sent someone $1,000 for a domain that the "seller" never delivered.
Rick Schwartz Banks Over $2 Million With Blockbuster One-Two Sales Punch

:thumbsup

how do I contact Rick to sell a domain?

CaptainHowdy 11-24-2016 08:02 AM

Crazy ass stuff.

ErectMedia 11-24-2016 08:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Grapesoda (Post 21328240)
how do I contact Rick to sell a domain?

DomainKing.com: Home of The Domain KingŪ, Rick Schwartz.
The Rick Schwartz Domain Name and Traffic Blog RicksBlog.com | Home of the "Domain King" - Domain King'sŪ thoughts on domain names, web traffic, increasing web sales, success, life & plain old business & marketing 101. Nothing happens until a sale i

woj 11-24-2016 08:19 AM

that's gotta be bs, he probably sold it for a fraction of that, and just made up that 1.4M price to inflate the value of his remaining adult domains... :2 cents:

BlackCrayon 11-24-2016 08:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by woj (Post 21328285)
that's gotta be bs, he probably sold it for a fraction of that, and just made up that 1.4M price to inflate the value of his remaining adult domains... :2 cents:

unless Ron Jackson, owner of DNJournal makes special rules for Rick then I'd say no. Bank statements and escrow.com verification is required to post private sales.

ErectMedia 11-24-2016 08:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by woj (Post 21328285)
that's gotta be bs, he probably sold it for a fraction of that, and just made up that 1.4M price to inflate the value of his remaining adult domains... :2 cents:

Considering he's sold...

Porno.com $8,888,888.88

This was the 4th largest recorded cash domain sale ever! (Purchased for $42,000 in 1997) It is important to note that this domain had career earnings in excess of $15 Million via pay per click earnings and never had adult content)

989.com $818,181.81 (registered for $100 in 1997)

899.com $801,000 (registered for $100 in 1997)

9595.com $180,000 (registered for $100 in 1998)

Earlier sales....

Men.com $1,320,000 (bought from 3rd party for $15,000 in 1997)

eBet.com $1,350,000 (registered for $100 in 1997)

Property.com/Properties.com $4MM + Equity Stake (Bought from 3rd party for $750,000 in 2005)

Candy.com $3MM + Royalties + 10% Ownership +++ (Bought via broker for about $100,000 in 2005)

iReport.com to CNN for $750K

Meet.me $450,000

The following were early sales to establish domain value. Registered between 1996 and 1999 for $35-$100 each.

TokyoHotels.com $200k++

ChinaTours.com $200,000

RockStars.com $180,000

FreeSexCams.com $150,000

GayEscorts.com $121,550

PartnerCash.com $110,000

eCruise.com $100,000 & Stock

235.com for $100,000

SydneyHotels.com $100,000

eScore.com $100,000

RoomDividers.com $75,000

273.com $50,000

PunchBowl.com Cash/Stock

236.com to IAC (Undisclosed)

OnlineCasinos.com (undisclosed)

among others don't think he needs to inflate anything as people already know if ya contact him save your bullshit offers. :2 cents:

gnawledge 11-24-2016 08:27 AM

He sold porno.com a while ago. Why would they need to lie for him? I've heard his story on an interview and he's smart, had money to invest.

woj 11-24-2016 08:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BlackCrayon (Post 21328288)
unless Ron Jackson, owner of DNJournal makes special rules for Rick then I'd say no. Bank statements and escrow.com verification is required to post private sales.

it's in the best interest for both buyer, seller, DNJournal and really the whole domain industry in general to inflate the price... even if DNJournal actually verifies each sale, it would be very easy to game it...

lets say the domain actually sold for $368k... buyer wires 1.368M to the seller... seller shows this as a 1.368M sale to DNJournal, seller then wires back 1M back to the buyer..

seller is happy, value of his remaining domains get inflated... buyer is happy, cause everyone thinks xxxvideos.com is worth 1.368M, so if he later needs to sell it for $800k, everyone will think they are getting a bargain... and everyone else in the industry is happy too, as it makes it appear like domains are a great investment...

Pornflix 11-24-2016 08:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by woj (Post 21328303)
it's in the best interest for both buyer, seller, DNJournal and really the whole domain industry in general to inflate the price... even if DNJournal actually verifies each sale, it would be very easy to game it...

lets say the domain actually sold for $368k... buyer wires 1.368M to the seller... seller shows this as a 1.368M sale to DNJournal, seller then wires back 1M back to the buyer..

seller is happy, value of his remaining domains get inflated... buyer is happy, cause everyone thinks xxxvideos.com is worth 1.368M, so if he later needs to sell it for $800k, everyone will think they are getting a bargain, etc... and everyone else in the industry is happy too, as it makes it appear like domains are a great investment...

Get over it.
The price was not inflated.
Rick and Ron are two of the most trustworthy men in the industry.

Ron would never post that price without verifying it.

dave90210 11-24-2016 08:40 AM

He doesn't own DonaldTrump.com

ErectMedia 11-24-2016 08:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by woj (Post 21328303)
it's in the best interest for both buyer, seller, DNJournal and really the whole domain industry in general to inflate the price... even if DNJournal actually verifies each sale, it would be very easy to game it...

lets say the domain actually sold for $368k... buyer wires 1.368M to the seller... seller shows this as a 1.368M sale to DNJournal, seller then wires back 1M back to the buyer..

seller is happy, value of his remaining domains get inflated... buyer is happy, cause everyone thinks xxxvideos.com is worth 1.368M, so if he later needs to sell it for $800k, everyone will think they are getting a bargain... and everyone else in the industry is happy too, as it makes it appear like domains are a great investment...

In theory yes but not a domain here that would be doubted based on the domain and who the seller is. There's a group of guys that when you find their domains you know not to offer anything less than xx,xxx and Rick would be one of those guys. Also with https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2016...-requirements/
Escrow services are moving to ID's, address verification etc... so gaming a system on wires going back and forth not likely. Easy to move $1000 back and forth but moving anything above 10k gets eyeballs on it. Personally I've sold $8 .Com domains for 1-10k and a few well above 10k into 6 figure range for the last 13+ years so don't doubt better quality domains reach even higher. :2 cents:

Grapesoda 11-24-2016 08:57 AM

thanks :thumbsup

woj 11-24-2016 09:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ErectMedia (Post 21328321)
In theory yes but not a domain here that would be doubted based on the domain and who the seller is. There's a group of guys that when you find their domains you know not to offer anything less than xx,xxx and Rick would be one of those guys. Also with https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2016...-requirements/
Escrow services are moving to ID's, address verification etc... so gaming a system on wires going back and forth not likely. Personally I've sold $8 .Com domains for 1-10k and a few well above 10k into 6 figure range for the last 13+ years so don't doubt better quality domains reach even higher. :2 cents:

the numbers just don't make sense... it's a pretty good domain, but in reality it gets fuck all traffic, it's porn so the traffic isn't really that valuable to begin with, and it's very generic making it worth even less... so I don't think there is any question that it's not going to generate any significant income...

so the only hope of making money on this deal is to flip it later for more $$, certainly possible, but porn industry is pretty risky to begin with, it's not exactly booming either, the direction it's heading is more towards live entertainment than pre-recorded "xxx videos"... so it seems like a very risky investment...

if I had $1M+ to gamble with, if anything I would buy a mainstream domain, any type in traffic it gets is usually more valuable, it's not porn so far less risky, and there are usually way more potential buyers, many with virtually unlimited budgets so sky is the limit...

maybe I'm clueless and this actually was a good investment, but either way good luck to the buyer... :thumbsup

Barry-xlovecam 11-24-2016 09:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ErectMedia (Post 21328132)
That's one week. But keep holding on to your pipe dream of .Cam or any other shit extension Trumping .Com :thumbsup

DNJournal.com YTD Top 100 Domain Sales Chart

https://www.facebook.com/mike.mann.5...59473484117029

I cannot even sell names yet because of Sunrise TMCH names being reserved. And without the consent to disclose the names being reserved I can't talk about who they are. Hopefully, they are not all defensive reservations -- they do come with one years full EEP and DDNS -- the may be some interesting development.

As for anyone without a TMCH SMD issued ( not an exact match trademark ) -- your name is for sale in the .cam extension after December 7, 2016. I am accepting pre-bids on the premium names.

However, we are turning down some pre-bids for premium names that have been as high as 5 figures -- I ain't worried at all ...

https://s17.postimg.org/af4qtk9gv/sn..._new_gtlds.png

https://ntldstats.com/tld

25,000,000 new gTLDs have been registered and the snowball is just starting. You don't know what a Registry's wholesale price is to a Registrar either.

Google Expert 11-24-2016 09:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ErectMedia (Post 21328294)
Considering he's sold...

Porno.com $8,888,888.88

977.com

Quote:

I bought porno.com for $42,000 in 1997 and sold it in 2015 for $8.88 million, cash, which was the fourth-highest reported domain sale in the history of the Internet. It was also the largest single domain transaction that Escrow.com has ever handled.

In the 18 years that I owned the domain name, it earned approximately $15 million, without ever having adult content! I simply sold the traffic to the highest bidder.
$1 mil per year on just typeins?

Sounds like bullshit.

ErectMedia 11-24-2016 09:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Google Expert (Post 21328459)
977.com

$1 mil per year on just typeins?

Sounds like bullshit.

Parking earnings back when I started buying/selling domains in 2003 were off the chart. Today parking is damn near dead reason parking companies have been sold to new owners and you see domain sales pages being available at Bodis, Uniregistry, Efty, Undeveloped, Wordpress plugins etc... as more are focusing on selling a domain now since parking earnings not what they used to be. :2 cents:

pimpmaster9000 11-24-2016 10:14 AM

xxxvideos.com for 1.4mil to put a SM whitelabel :1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh

as for bank statements and escrow verification by DNjournal LOL inspect element----> edit html-----> send screenshot to DN journal...also DNjournal does not exactly mind the extra visitors it will get from posting sensationalist shit...

as for porno.com sold for "8.888.888$" :1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh for fucks sake visit the site you are adult webmasters and tell me what does not add up :1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh

no doubt shwartz made money and I understand sex.com and porno.com have some value...but come on guys...use your brain...


shame on you all for being so gullible...

Google Expert 11-24-2016 10:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ErectMedia (Post 21328477)
Parking earnings back when I started buying/selling domains in 2003 were off the chart. Today parking is damn near dead reason parking companies have been sold to new owners and you see domain sales pages being available at Bodis, Uniregistry, Efty, Undeveloped, Wordpress plugins etc... as more are focusing on selling a domain now since parking earnings not what they used to be. :2 cents:

Dude, i guarantee you that porno.com was not making $100k per month on typeins.

crucifissio is correct, this guy is a grade-A bullshitter.

BlackCrayon 11-24-2016 10:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Google Expert (Post 21328564)
Dude, i guarantee you that porno.com was not making $100k per month on typeins.

crucifissio is correct, this guy is a grade-A bullshitter.

i think of him what you want. i doubt he cares. he's a multi millionaire who had the foresight to invest in domains very early and still has a shitload of very valuable domains he hasn't sold.

TheDynasty 11-24-2016 10:55 AM

Nice Sale!

BaldBastard 11-24-2016 11:36 AM

taking offers on: pornvidoe.com

HomerSimpson 11-24-2016 11:45 AM

it's a nice domain but it's overpaid IMHO...

bns666 11-24-2016 12:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by woj (Post 21328285)
that's gotta be bs, he probably sold it for a fraction of that, and just made up that 1.4M price to inflate the value of his remaining adult domains... :2 cents:

but it says on the internet, it must be true :thumbsup

gnawledge 11-24-2016 12:07 PM

Taking offers for choke.net for those bdsm lovers and hdporn.us --- come get them.

Hannes 11-24-2016 12:11 PM

good for him :thumbsup

The Porn Nerd 11-24-2016 12:17 PM

How the fuck are people making this kind of money off shitty domain names like 235.com or whatever?

Insanity.

Barry-xlovecam 11-24-2016 12:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Porn Nerd (Post 21328864)
How the fuck are people making this kind of money off shitty domain names like 235.com or whatever?

Insanity.

Number domain names are big in Asia. They don't use the Latin alphabet but read and remember numbers.

Focus 11-24-2016 12:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Porn Nerd (Post 21328864)
How the fuck are people making this kind of money off shitty domain names like 235.com or whatever?

Insanity.

:1orglaugh:1orglaugh I was wondering the same thing myself. :disgust

gnawledge 11-24-2016 01:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Porn Nerd (Post 21328864)
How the fuck are people making this kind of money off shitty domain names like 235.com or whatever?

Insanity.

Those Chinese buyers love numeric domains. They eat that shit up.

Randomly type in 3-6 digit number .coms and see.. if it's not parked it's a company. Or something else cool.

JFK 11-24-2016 01:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BlackCrayon (Post 21328573)
i think of him what you want. i doubt he cares. he's a multi millionaire who had the foresight to invest in domains very early and still has a shitload of very valuable domains he hasn't sold.

This !^^^^^^^

Google Expert 11-24-2016 02:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BlackCrayon (Post 21328573)
i think of him what you want. i doubt he cares. he's a multi millionaire who had the foresight to invest in domains very early and still has a shitload of very valuable domains he hasn't sold.

I don't care either, i just call out obvious bullshit when i see it.

Supr7 11-24-2016 03:04 PM

must be good at exaggerating the value of domains because any normal guy selling that wouldn't get more than 10k but hey fair play to the guy

bns666 11-24-2016 03:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by crucifissio (Post 21328504)
xxxvideos.com for 1.4mil to put a SM whitelabel :1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh

as for bank statements and escrow verification by DNjournal LOL inspect element----> edit html-----> send screenshot to DN journal...also DNjournal does not exactly mind the extra visitors it will get from posting sensationalist shit...

as for porno.com sold for "8.888.888$" :1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh for fucks sake visit the site you are adult webmasters and tell me what does not add up :1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh

no doubt shwartz made money and I understand sex.com and porno.com have some value...but come on guys...use your brain...


shame on you all for being so gullible...

:2 cents: :2 cents:

Konda 11-24-2016 11:04 PM

Nice sale, but the price is obviously bullshit. They always inflate the price to keep/inflate the value of their other domains.

".... for just $920 in 1997 and that over the years leading up to the sale the name had produced around $150,000 in revenue for him"

So the domain makes $7500 per year in typein traffic and sells for over $1 million, it obviously doesn't add up. The domain itself is okay, but if you have 1.4 million you can get much better brandable domains for less and spend the rest on branding and traffic.

Lykos 11-25-2016 01:55 AM

Congrats man, that's amazing deal ! :thumbsup

CarlosTheGaucho 11-25-2016 02:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Porn Nerd (Post 21328864)
How the fuck are people making this kind of money off shitty domain names like 235.com or whatever?

Insanity.

As long as there's no 4 in the domain name these are super premium in China. Imagine being able to acquire a domain that's XXX and pronouncable in both Asia and the rest of the world.

This is huge. I bet if 888.com was available and not a gambling site if they wanted to sell they could get easily 10 M for the domain name itself from the Chinese.

adultchatpay 11-25-2016 02:27 AM

I wish it was early 90's again. I will register sex.com, pussy.com, milf.com, gay.com, hotels.com and many others.

Roald 11-25-2016 02:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by adultchatpay (Post 21329917)
I wish it was early 90's again. I will register sex.com, pussy.com, milf.com, gay.com, hotels.com and many others.

And in 10 years from now you will say I wish it was 2016 again and I would have done this and this and this ;)

Horatio Caine 11-25-2016 02:46 AM

LOL. I smell bullshit.

Paul Markham 11-25-2016 02:52 AM

Will it end up as a Tube site?

For that kind of money, I suspect so.

Most of the other domains are lacklustre and in markets already saturated.

slavdogg 11-25-2016 03:52 AM

I can only speak to reported facts.
Rick's reported sales and DNJ reporting are 100% accurate.
Neither one is in the biz of reporting bullshit.

XXXvideos.com is no doubt valuable, even if current use is not the most optimal.

Porno.com past revenue is legit too. In the early days this traffic was worth around $200 CPM.

romeo22 11-25-2016 04:12 AM

What a nice price.Who said there's no money in the porn


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