It would appear the heavily talked about CamRoulette.com domain name sale for $151,000 USD during the DomainMadness2 domain name auction can be officially charted. As of 4/7/2010 the domain name has been transferred from Dynadot to Moniker and the domain name servers have changed to DDC.com . This would make it appear the domain name has changed ownership and the domain name was paid for.
Whois privacy protection was added to the whois records, so the new owner will not be known, at least for now.
DDC.com offers domain name development services and also specialized domain name parking but does not mean they were the buyers. CamRoulette.com currently is simply parked.
The reason the domain name sale was so hyped was because Adam Strong of DNN.com had recently purchased the domain name for $1,400 USD. Clearly selling a short time later for $151,000 will grab some attention. Adding to the story, the domain name was first registered in late December of 2009 after the ChatRoulette.com site was gaining popularity.
The ChatRoulette.com domain name was first registered on 11-16-2009 with the site launching shortly after. CamRoulette.com was first registered on 12-12-2009 and simply parked, sold on or about 2-14-2009 for $1,400 to Adam and sold again during an auction and appears to have changed ownership to the $151K buyer about 4-7-2010. Although many reported the domain name as "sold", it never is official until the domain name is paid for and transfers ownership to the new owner.
While I agree with your “it’s never sold until it’s transferred” . . . Everyday in the domain blogosphere we all report domains as “sold”
For example : http://www.domainnamenews.com/miscellaneous/latonascom-daily-auction-rings/7544
Would you write in a post “Rick Latona may have sold $130,000 in domains today if they all go through with the deals.” It’s safe to assume that since buyer and seller agreed to terms that these deals will go through though. If you are going to doubt this sale, you should hold all auctions or “reported” sales under the same microscope.
April 9th, 2010