2013-07-23

A division of the U.S. Department of Treasury was among last week’s domain name buyers.

Afternic sold another $1 million+ worth of domain names last week. Here’s a run down of some of the end user domain sales.

Forester Media Inc., which published a number of journals related to highly technical fields, bought BusinessEnergy.net for $1,488.

eCommerce platform Upclick bought ClickSolve.com for $1,095.

UK printing company Solopress bought Soloweb.com for $3,000.

Smart Modular Technologies picked up SHRS.com for $18,500.

Econocheck, which provides services and technologies to banks, bought Securechecking.com for $3,888.

North Carolina telecom repair company Digital Repair LLC dropped the llc from the end of its domain by buying DigitalRepair.com for $2,250.

Hospital operator Community Health Systems, Inc bought CrossroadsHospital.com for $1,595.

Backsale, LLC, which owns the domain Backsale.com (that’s currently down), paid $1,795 for Backsales.com.

Hong Kong company Frogen International Limited bought FRGN.com for $4,000.

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, part of the U.S. Department of Treasury, bought HelpWithMyBank.com for $3,000.

College Board, administrator of tests including the SAT, bought OpenSAT.info for $1,359.

Universal Equipment, which sells aerial work platforms and lifts, upgraded from .net to .com with UniversalEquipment.com for $1,500.

Commercial real estate company The Shopping Center Group shortened its domain name by a lot by paying $9,500 for TSCG.com.

A new online food ordering service called ExpressMenu bought ExpressMenu.com for $1,682. It already owned ExpressMenu.ca.

Grocery chain United bought United-Express.com for $2,388. The version without the hyphen is owned by United Airlines.

The Board of Pensions of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) bought BOPPC.com for $1,299.

I know the domain industry is a niche, but so is this: The Association for Hose & Accessories Distribution (NAHAD) bought NAHAD.com for $2,000. It uses NAHAD.org for its website.

Food company Basic American Foods bought ModernTable.com for $1,675.

Canadian insurance brokerage Garrett Agencies Ltd. bought EngineersInsurance.com for $4,388.

Independent Digital sp. z o.o. in Poland went global with IndependentDigital.com for $2,300. It uses the .pl version of this name.

Haas & Wilkerson Insurance in Kansas bought HWInsurance.com for $1,995.

Penn Security Bank & Trust Co. paid $3,988 for PSBT.com.

IT automation software company Puppet Labs bought PuppetForge.com for $2,346.

Steak restaurant chain Cattlemens bought Cattlemens.com for $8,000. They’ve been using BestSteakInTheWest.com as their domain name.

Pennsylvania State Employees Credit Union bought BeYourChange.com for $2,395.

Property service firm REO Allegiance paid $1,295 for FirstAllegiance.com.

Looks like a new company is starting up at CookiesAndBeer.com. Cookies & Beer LLC bought the domain for $1,888.

Crystal Cruises Inc. bought CrystalSociety.com for $1,295.

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