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NBC Sports Covers $1.2million sale of Rockies.com

January 8, 2013 by Raymond Hackney

By: RH

Until now the website Rockies.com had been owned by something called
Tourism Canadian Rockies and
Baseballwas used to promote the Rocky Mountains,
but Josh Leventhal of Baseball America reports that MLB has purchased the domain name for $1.2 million.

According to Venture Capital Group it’s the largest price ever paid
for a sports-related website and a significantly higher price than the
domain name was expected to generate via auction.

Read the article here

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About Raymond Hackney

Raymond Hackney has been involved with domain names since 1997. One of the most prolific writers in the domain industry and founder of TLDinvestors.com and 3Character.com

Comments

  1. fizz says

    January 8, 2013 at 8:18 pm

    RH your heading says ColoradoRockies.com sold for $1.2M, rather than Rockies.com.

  2. Owen says

    January 8, 2013 at 9:53 pm

    Far cry from the Dallas Cowboys who didn’t want to spring for more than $275.00!

  3. RH says

    January 8, 2013 at 10:05 pm

    Thank you Fizz, should not have posted while talking on the phone.

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