Only the Gaming industry gets it!

The economy might be bad but there is one piece of the industry that remains solid and healthy in its revenue: the gaming industry.

I won’t bore you with the usual news about gaming domains acquired by domain investors to build gaming portals – we all know that Bill Karamouzis is the #1 player in the game 🙂

For a while now I held onto a LLL .com that started with the letter “X” – apparently not the best of letters according to some domainers that believe in the Easter Bunny as well.

The fact is, not only is “X” popular in China and several Hispanic countries, it’s also a very “Xtreme” letter in the gamer’s lingo.

And that’s exactly why a gaming company from Canada acquired my domain via Sedo, paying a fair price in the low $xx,xxx range that by far exceeded my acquisition cost. The buyer has created some very successful “augmented reality” gaming apps for the phone market and they’ve been on my radar for a while now, as a potential buyer.

Bear in mind that the same gaming corporation applied recently for the trademark for the acronym; instead of going the usual route of bullying and attempting to wrestle away an aged LLL .com they did the right thing and placed an offer via Sedo. After very little negotiation on my part, the deal was closed and I’m very satisfied with the sale.

Thanks, Canada – time to set up my gaming gear and get fragging!