| InternetBrands.com Selling for $640,000,000 in Proposed Private Equity Deal
A combination of active robust domains, popular sites, forums, VBulletin included |
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msg:4204254 | 3:16 pm on Sep 20, 2010 (gmt 0) |
TechCrunch.com [techcrunch.com ] is reporting the private equity deal, subject to shareholder approval.
If ever there was a deal where "generic descriptive domains" = "internet brands" THIS is THAT deal. "Brands" such as Autos.com, Loan.com, Gardens.com, VacationHomes.com, DoItYourself.com, BusinessFinance.com, . . .
To see a list of Internet Brands "brand of website name" look here -> [internetbrands.com ]
An examination of their brands shows that IB has also been buying websites/companies that have driven traffic by means other than their domains.
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Brett_Tabke
msg:4204347 | 6:11 pm on Sep 20, 2010 (gmt 0) |
A closer look at their portfolio shows the majority of those sites are community based forums. To wit - they acquired vBulletin a few years ago. Generic is part of the equation, but the real value is in the content and community that those domains hold. Chicken or egg? (a little of both)
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rocker
msg:4204353 | 6:27 pm on Sep 20, 2010 (gmt 0) |
| A closer look at their portfolio shows the majority of those sites are community based forums. |
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Almost all of the Automotve forum sites are infringing on trademarks. How are they able to get away with that, let alone somebody buy them?
Here is just a very small sample:
BlazerForum.com
Buickforum.com
Cadillacforum.com
CamaroForums.com
ChevroletForum.com
CobaltSS.net
CorvetteForum.com
CorvetteForums.com
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Brett_Tabke
msg:4204376 | 7:07 pm on Sep 20, 2010 (gmt 0) |
> infringing on trademarks.
I think they have agreements to use trademarks with all those manufactures. They sell all those cars at carsdirect.com - a major source of revenue is in selling those cars online.
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rocker
msg:4204460 | 9:21 pm on Sep 20, 2010 (gmt 0) |
Brett, thanks for clearing that up.
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