Asking Price vs Sales Price: Saws.com Sold at TRAFFIC

Congratulations to the TRAFFIC team for getting Saws.com sold this week for $60,000.

It’s interesting to look at the history of some of these domains that change hands — Saws.com has been actively shopped for years now.

A look back at the last few years:

• Sold for $50,000 in early 2008 at SnapNames, per Namebio

• Sold for $52,000 in late 2008 at TRAFFIC Down Under (Aftermarket.com)

• On the auction list for TRAFFIC Dublin in 2010, with a reserve range of 20,000 to 100,000 Euros, but did not sell

• Listed numerous times through the Toby Clements newsletter in 2012, but to no avail. Asking prices listed below:

• $195,000 in the February 27 newsletter
• $185,000 in the March 6 newsletter
• $175,000 in the March 19 newsletter
• $165,000 in the March 21 newsletter
• $160,000 in the April 6 newsletter
• $150,000 in the June 6 newsletter
• $140,000 in the June 18 newsletter
• $135,000 in the June 25 newsletter
• $125,000 in the July 13 newsletter
• $120,000 in the July 27 newsletter
• $115,000 in the August 7 newsletter

• TRAFFIC gets it sold this week for $60,000 — slightly above its 2008 sales prices, but dramatically below what it was shopped around for this year.

Congrats to the buyer, seller, and TRAFFIC for getting a deal done.