datacenter.com $352,500

[websaway]

datacenter com just sold on sedo for $352,500
11 bidders

 

[orchardapple]

seems a bit pricy to me, cant think of any commercial ventures to take this domain too?

afterall datacentres are normally places companies keep commerically sensitive, you aint goona publicise the locations of your data centres these days

 

[wb]

Others may disagree, and no offence intended, but I don't see the point in listing .com sales on here as they aren't really relevant.

Agree with the above but would also add the fact that it's the American spelling too.

 

[fish]

would also add the fact that it's the American spelling too.

not sure if it's a US only spelling, my understanding of the use of the variant over here is:

center - the middle of something
centre - a building where a group/business is e.g health centre

 

[doodlebug]

Why do people keep going on about this forum being a UK only forum, it's not !

You can talk about any domain extensions.

And that price does seem very high :shock:

 

[rob]

Would explain the sudden interest in one of my names!

Any offers on the .co.uk ?

 

[Systreg]

not sure if it's a US only spelling, my understanding of the use of the variant over here is:

center - the middle of something
centre - a building where a group/business is e.g health centre

I spell both of those examples as 'centre', I always consider 'center' to be the American spelling and would never use it in the UK.

[edit]

Centre and center are as different to me as colour and color, both American versions of UK words, and the only time I would use either of them is if doing html, where you have to use the US versions.

 

[wb]

not sure if it's a US only spelling, my understanding of the use of the variant over here is:

center - the middle of something
centre - a building where a group/business is e.g health centre

Definitely the American variation.

Why do people keep going on about this forum being a UK only forum, it's not !

You can talk about any domain extensions.

And that price does seem very high :shock:

"Buy, sell and talk about domain names in the UK market"

It's not a UK domain name and it's not in the UK market.

Like I said, I thought there would be people who disagree. However, I think this forum is best suited to specialising in only UK domains (nothing against there being the small section for other extensions though, just not spread around the forum).

 

[rob]

I use er rather than re, and google suggest many others do.

Its a wierd americanism that has taken hold, or just crap education! I did latin but cannot use english....!

 

[doodlebug]

I spell both of those examples as 'centre', I always consider 'center' to be the American spelling and would never use it in the UK.

[edit]

Centre and center are as different to me as colour and color, both American versions of UK words, and the only time I would use either of them is if doing html, where you have to use the US versions.

Exactly the same here mate, it is definietly re for both the middle of something and a place where people go.

 

[chrisvaughanuk]

I saw the sale myself and thought it was pretty hefty. Perhaps a useful generic for the likes of companies offering colocation services (etc)? I was looking into colocating a server a few months ago and did a lot of searching on terms like 'data centre'. And, yes, I was searching for the 're' variant, possibly stemming from our French heritage. Lots of people do go for the Americanism nowadays though!

 

[Lovekraft]

Whoever bought this has spent way too much on it.

 

[Pred]

whats most surprising is it was an auction and multiple people were bidding and went ten times over reserve, in this market

nuts price for sure
i wonder who dropped it at the end of 2002?

 

[Edwin]

There are quite a few companies each spending in excess of $1 billion on building out data centres, so at the top end of the market it's BIIIIIG business. As such, it may be a no-brainer purchase even at the same time as it looks like "a lot of money" to lay out.

There were several data centres exhibiting at Internet World, for example, but can I remember what they were called? Of course I can't - there were over 200 companies at I.W., all with weird made up (brand) names. But had I been after the services of a data centre and I saw DataCenter.com in huge letters emblazoned on a stand, then I'd remember at least ONE of those companies!

 

[theonemanyuri]

I think I've been told before during my school days that centre and center have two meanings in English. But I still use centre for everything bar HTML.

Completely agree with Edwin's previous comment also, very good point

 

[accelerator]

I agree with Edwin. This is a small price to pay if it helps you win a big contract.

Great to see a healthy sale too.

Rgds

 

[Americar]

whats most surprising is it was an auction and multiple people were bidding and went ten times over reserve, in this market

nuts price for sure
i wonder who dropped it at the end of 2002?

Dont know who dropped/sold it in 2002 but know who sold it in 2011 .. a lot of you guys use'to visit DomainState.com a former mod/owner cracked the jackpot with this one and there were domainers bidding for this name in the high dollar end ..

 

[deanmain]

I bet the company or individual who bought domain this will be gutted if they read this thread…"how could we have been so stupid' they will ask..'if only we had gone on Acorn domains and asked around we would not have wasted our money' …..'We really should have done more research' they will say.

How they ever got in a position to spend so much money on a domain is beyond me….If only they had sought out some of you guys and got the wisdom of your advice it could have been all so different.

 

[retired_member26]

Thanks God that British English is not the universal version of the english that is spoken worldwide!

I always prefer north american english, both in talking and writing.

 

[theonemanyuri]

North American English is like everything else American, lazy and brash. No subtleties. There's a reason it's called English...