Domain: Shop.DJ
Auction on: Sedo
End date: September 1st 2010 at 08:53 am GMT
Terms: see dotDJ registry for rates

Traffic:
Revenue: $500 offer at Sedo
Creation date: July 08
Expiry date: July 11
Registrar: dotDJ

Shop.DJ is now on auction at Sedo with a current opening bid of $500, search 'Shop' at Sedo to place a bid on this great domain and you could grab it for a bargain price. As it's short, easy to remember (just one very popular search-engine friendly word) only 6 characters in total, and working together with the .DJ top level domain it makes for a highly brandable and valuable web address.



It serves as a great short URL for a one for all music sales related website, including;



DJ Gear/Record Shop (e.g. DigitalVillage, Thomann, SoundsLive, Turnkey)



Musical Instruments Supplies & Repairs (Technics, Numark, Pioneer, Denon, Vestax, Akai, Behringer, Novation, Roland etc)



Music Production Software Sales (Expensive Virtual Studio Programs, Pro Tools, Native Instruments, Propellerheads, Steinberg, Image-Line, Synapse Audio etc)



Sound & Lighting Systems (Bars/Nightclubs, Equipment Hire etc.)



MP3/DVD Downloads (e.g. iTunes, Beatport, Trackitdown, Juno etc.)



Gig Tickets Orders (e.g. Ticketmaster, MyGigTicket, TicketWeb)



Music Merchandise (Everything else for the fans)





As the ever increasing votes for DJ Mag Top 100's highly paid superstars suggest this is a huge market with millions of fans and followers with no shortage of inspiring future talent, many of whom will be spending large sums of money on expensive set-up's and upgrades throughout their long careers. This area also covers music production with instruments and virtual instruments being pursued by teams of enthusiasts and collectors, proving more potential to sell even higher quantities of products, possibly even as an all digital download service with great profits available. Millions of fans worldwide all supporting their favorite DJs and artists provide an enormous market for CD, vinyl and MP3 sales using digital distribution. Ticket sales for gigs and events also offer excellent commission for ongoing parties and festivals for a service which can be all digital. All of which are heavily advertised throughout magazines such as Mixmag, M8, Sound on Sound, Computer Music and on popular music websites like DontStayIn.com





Previous domain sales within the shopping and similar music related areas over various TLD's include;



shop.com $3,500,000, shopping.de $2,858,945 (Sedo), shoppingmall.com $500,000 (GreatDomains), shoppingcart.com $285,000 (Moniker), shopping.eu $196,803 (Sedo)



shop.nu $8,377 (Sedo)



musicvideos.com $250,000 (Sedo), musicstudio.com $30,000 (Moniker/Traffic), musica4all.com $27,000 (Sedo), musicreviews.com $19,500 (SnapNames), musica.mobi $20,600(Sedo)



emusic.gr $12,809 (Sedo), musicstar.net $3,401(Sedo), freewebmusic.com $4,400 (Afternic), musicstore.fr $3,995 (Sedo), musicnation.de $2,700 (Sedo), makemusic.de $2,322 (Sedo), music-technology.com $2,100 (BuyDomains), sheetmusic.biz $1,045 (Sedo)



record.net $25,300 (Moniker/Traffic), recordingstudios.com $25,000 (DomainTools/DRT), studioequipment.com $12,350 (SnapNames),



musicalinstruments.net $9,508 (Sedo)



mp3-download.de $5,850 (Sedo), fairtunes.com $2,150 (SnapNames), mp3god.com $2,000 (Afternic), mp3beamer.com $1,005 (TDNAM)



remixed.com $9,200 (NameJet), drumgear.com $3,000 (Sedo), handdrums.com $2,285 (Afternic), reggaerecords.com $2,288 (BuyDomains), technofan.net $2,149 (Afternic), clubtrance.com $1,500 (Afternic), radiomix.info $1,000 (Sedo)





Place your bids soon at Sedo as the auction will end on Wednesday, September 1st 2010 at 08:53 am (Greenwich Meridian Time);



09/01/2010

USA - 00:53 am Pacific

02:53 am Central

03:53 am Eastern



01/09/2010

U.K. - 08:53 am GMT

EUR - 09:53 am CEST



AUS - 18:53 pm AEST





Thanks for your time, hope it was interesting reading. Happy bidding and good luck!

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