DNXpert reported yesterday that the domain name RSS.com is currently on sale with a reserve of $750,000. The sale is being looked after by Sedo and according to GreatDomains, where the domain is being sold, there have been 4 bids already.
Really Simple Syndication (RSS) is the industry standard term, and format, used to describe the publishing of updated works on the Internet; whether its blog entries, news headlines, audio, video, podcasts, music, software upgrades, alerts and now, Twitter feeds.
Sedo UK has been appointed by Torex Retail Holdings (Torex) to oversee its sale.
It is a unique opportunity for an investor, start-up, media, publishing or technology company to acquire it.
rss.com is parked with Sedo and generates 700 unique views a day, on average. And with over 4 billion page results for “rss” in Google, rss.com can be used as a powerful digital asset to:
- Attract new customers / subscribers
- Boost search engine rankings
- Grow online revenue streams
- Win new business
- Increase a company’s online brand
- Publish updated works in one portal
I’m sure this domain will be sold in the next few weeks so it will be interesting to see how the buyer develops the domain. Personally, I think it would be a great name for a newsreader service 
Dan Schulz | October 8th, 2008 at 1:41 pm #
Well now, I can see this being acquired by some low-life “marketer” who’ll just squander the opportunity this domain has.
That said however, I’d love to see it acquired by someone with the business savvy to turn it into a succesful business venture, such as a site dedicated to advocating the RSS standard, teaching developers how to create RSS feeds, and also create a directory of RSS feeds by genre.
Clog Money | October 8th, 2008 at 2:13 pm #
I completely agree with Dan, I would love to see this site owned by developers rather than marketers, but I doubt that’s going to happen.
Kevin Muldoon (Post Author) | October 8th, 2008 at 2:54 pm #
if it does sell for three quarters of a million then you would expect there to be a similar budget to develop it so fingers crossed it’s good.
Sumesh | October 9th, 2008 at 3:10 am #
Apparently, the credit crunch has not affected domainers.
But to be honest, anything less than $1 million looks paltry compared to the prizes for sex.com, beer.com, business.com etc. (all $2 million+)
TechZoomIn | October 12th, 2008 at 11:19 am #
I forgot to put it on my blog…. actually planned and forgotten