Three years ago today, GoDaddy's NameFind purchased the portfolio of Michael Berkens' Most Wanted Domains. Michael made one of the biggest splashes of 2015 by announcing that he sold the majority of his portfolio to GoDaddy, close to 70,000 domain names. Adult names and new gtlds were not included in the sale, so Michael still owns over 10,000 domain names. DomainInvesting.com covered the purchase … [Read more...]
Mike Berkens snags another new gtld sale
Back in May of 2017 we posted about Mike Berkens selling Learn.Wine for a net of $10,000. Well Mike is back at it with the sale of Talk.Show. Mike tweeted out the details today and while there is an NDA, there is some info that can be taken away with regards to the domain sale. We have now sold the new gTLD Talk(.)Show which we previously reported we turned down a $25K offer on; unfortunately the sale is … [Read more...]
Mike Berkens hits another one out of the park
Mike Berkens announced this morning that he sold SexAdvisor.com at the Buy it now price of $48,888, someone just clicked the buy it now and didn't try to negotiate. Congrats Mike Sold https://t.co/VQJ2USoCEs for $48,888 BIN price #Domains — MostWantedDomains (@mwd) October 23, 2017 … [Read more...]
Mike Berkens sells Learn.Wine
Mike Berkens sold Learn.Wine for a net gain for $10,000. Mike told me two weeks ago that he had a potential .wine sale and it's now official. Congrats to Mike on what I think is a great price. We @mwd sold the new gTLD Learn(.)wine for a net to us of $10K through @GoDaddy brokerage #Domains #Newgtlds — The Domains (@thedomains) May 15, 2017 … [Read more...]
Former Mike Berkens “phrase” sales that are now developed
Mike Berkens has sold a lot of "longer" domains for a lot more money than most expected. Over the years I have had people ask me, "How does he do it ?" I would say being a skilled negotiator and rich enough to always say no, top the list. I decided to take a look at some of Mike's best sales for phrases that are three words or more. This is not a complete list. FindYourCalling.com, this domain was … [Read more...]
Thank you Mr.Berkens
At the end of this year Thedomains.com will be taking a different course, Michael will not be publishing as often and no longer tied to a blog that he worked like he was an 18 year old just starting out online. Michael absolutely worked like he had $10 in the bank and put up with a lot of nonsense that he certainly didn't have to put up with. I would always ask him, "Why are you putting up with this crap … [Read more...]
