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When
you type in America.com
on your Internet Browser
what do you get? A
For Sale sign - of sorts.
The
domain name Americans
might have associated
with something - well
American - is up on the
auction block.
Thinking of buying?
Well you best ante up
$million to start.
After
all, when it comes to
real estate - even on the
World Wide Web, it is
always about location,
location, location.
"America.com; Premium
Virtual Real Estate
headed
 to
Auction"
America.com is
officially up for grabs!
Will
America embrace the best
domain name or will it
fall into the hands of
another country? We will
soon find out, as this
potential record-breaking
domain sale will be one
for the record books!
Internet Media
Consultants SA has been
hired as the exclusive
broker for the sale of
the Super-Premium domain
name: America.com.
IMC have partnered with
GreatDomains.com, a
division of Sedo.com to
hold the upcoming online
auction, which is
scheduled from
May 22, 2008, 2:00pm
EST to May 29, 2008,
2:00pm EST.
"We have already had
an amazing amount of
interest from
corporations and
investors around the
world, says Paolo
Belcastro, Director of
IMC. This is truly a once
in a lifetime opportunity
and the domain name will
most likely never be sold
again."
Several international
industry experts, have
valued the domain in the
$3.5-$7.3 million range.
The reserve price is set
above $1,000,000 U.S.
dollars and expected to
surpass numerous previous
sales records.
Industry analysts have
recently defined this
world-class domain name
as an "instant business",
and also calculating it
to be within the top 1%
of the best domain names
in the world. This domain
lends itself to an
unlimited array of
possibilities, business
models and future revenue
streams.
In 1999, the domain name
"Business.com" was sold
for $7.5 Million U.S.
Dollars. In just a few
years the developed
Business.com domain name
was resold to R.H.
Donnelly for over $345
Million U.S. Dollars.
America.com lends
itself to a very similar
possible situation for
future development.
Recent domain sales
include, (in U.S
Millions), Sex.com $12.5,
IRS.com $12.5, Fund.com
$9.9, Porn.com $9.5,
Diamond.com $7.5. Last
month Pizza.com fetched
$2.6 million at
GreatDomains.com.
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