7526 0 3 econsultancy_xml <p>Now Jake Winebaum and Sky Dayton are reportedly auctioning the site.</p> <p>The estimated price tag would be around 53 times the original sale price and three and a half times its annual earnings.</p> <p>Business.com, which nowadays helps companies find products and services and which last year launched a how-to site called <a href="http://www.work.com">Work.com</a>, said its traffic grew 50% in the first quarter of the year.</p> <p>The domain name is likely to be one of the snappiest and easiest to remember on the net. </p> <p>The Journal reckons possible buyers include the New York Times Company and its own Dow Jones parent.</p> <FormattedContent xmlns="http://www.e-consultancy.com/schema/formattedContent/"> <Paragraph>Now Jake Winebaum and Sky Dayton are reportedly auctioning the site.</Paragraph> <Paragraph>The estimated price tag would be around 53 times the original sale price and three and a half times its annual earnings.</Paragraph> <Paragraph>Business.com, which nowadays helps companies find products and services and which last year launched a how-to site called <Link URL="http://www.work.com" Window="New">Work.com</Link>, said its traffic grew 50% in the first quarter of the year.</Paragraph> <Paragraph>The domain name is likely to be one of the snappiest and easiest to remember on the net. </Paragraph> <Paragraph>The Journal reckons possible buyers include the New York Times Company and its own Dow Jones parent.</Paragraph> </FormattedContent> 2007-06-25T09:03:00+01:00 0 1 econsultancy_xml <p> <strong>Domain name <a href="http://www.business.com">Business.com</a> could sell for between $300m and $400m this year, according to a <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118248076104444461-search.html?KEYWORDS=business.com&amp;COLLECTION=wsjie/6month">report</a> in the Wall Street Journal.</strong> </p> <p>The name went for a then record $7.5m when it was bought by two entrepreneurs at the height of the dotcom boom in 1999.</p> <FormattedContent xmlns="http://www.e-consultancy.com/schema/formattedContent/"> <Paragraph> <Emphasis>Domain name <Link URL="http://www.business.com" Window="New">Business.com</Link> could sell for between $300m and $400m this year, according to a <Link URL="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118248076104444461-search.html?KEYWORDS=business.com&amp;COLLECTION=wsjie/6month" Window="New">report</Link> in the Wall Street Journal.</Emphasis> </Paragraph> <Paragraph>The name went for a then record $7.5m when it was bought by two entrepreneurs at the height of the dotcom boom in 1999.</Paragraph> </FormattedContent> false 1397 363638 Business.com could sell again for new record false 2007-06-25T09:44:00+01:00 business-com-could-sell-again-for-new-record 2009-04-28T22:52:23+01:00 2009-04-28T22:52:23+01:00 347