Website name reading.co.uk up for grabs - Reading Post

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Website name reading.co.uk up for grabs
Reading Post
The web savvy businessman registered more than 20000 domain names during the internet boom of the late 1990s. His vast portfolio includes everything from ...

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[retired_member21]

£100k

Is it worth that guys?
Would rather have horseracing.co.uk

 

[retired_member6]

More suited to an online book store, they might pay the money. But if stockport can sell for that much...

 

[foz]

Why the hustle? Didn't he turn away £200K for ghd?

 

[retired_member6]

Why the hustle? Didn't he turn away £200K for ghd?

I guess you don't sell the throne when instead you can go to war and win another.

 

[retired_member34]

Did stockport really sell for £65K ?

 

[bensd]

Did stockport really sell for £65K ?

From domainprices.co.uk

Domain name £ Price Sales Source Month
Stockport.co.uk £ 2,500 Sedo September 2006
Stockport.co.uk £ 3,985 Sedo Auction April 2009

 

[retired_member16]

I wouldn't mind but I work in Reading and its an absolute toilet of a town.

 

[retired_member9]

staring on the display with a nice Caribbean beach... dream on =) would better upgrade a monitor, it's kinda outdated by a decade =)

 

[retired_member13]

The sale is listed here.

Sedo Takes the Top Five Spots on This Week's Top 20 Domain Sales Chart With a Six-Figure Sale Leading The Charge

I think that maybe this is a classic case of ramping? Happens a lot with domains.