I Bought Hotels.com for $11 million - GoFuckYourself.com

halfpint · 11-03-2012, 10:23 AM

David Roche is president of Hotels.com which is part of the Expedia group.

Mr Roche started working in hotels as a jazz musician and after a decade of nomadic entrepreneurialism he came across Hotels.com and since then it has mushroomed to become an online booker of 150,000 hotels in 34 languages.

Speaking to Today business presenter Simon Jack, the entrepreneur explained how the company took control of the market using the internet.

In 2001 the company purchased the name Hotels.com for around $11m and at the time this was thought to be "a crazy sum of money".

"Now we look back we look back and think, what a bargain," he added.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today...00/9765923.stm

seeandsee · 11-03-2012, 10:26 AM

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shake · 11-03-2012, 10:30 AM

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Axel_Crak · 11-03-2012, 10:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by seeandsee

Nice, why i did't have some top domains reged back in the dya, why

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AdultEUhost · 11-03-2012, 10:43 AM

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halfpint · 11-03-2012, 11:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by shake

I bought two domains back in the old days of faxing reg agreements back and forth to interNIC. Sold them both for $20k - just wish I had bought more.

Nice

halfpint · 11-03-2012, 11:12 AM

I am useless when it comes to domain names

halfpint · 11-03-2012, 11:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Axel_Crak

ya why at didnt overbid him at 11.1m , damn

lets see if the 150$ spent last night make us richer

soloGFS.com
sologf.com
WEHAVESEX.COM
PENISPILLSEXPOSED.COM
FINANCESEXPOSED.COM
JIZZBANG.COM
PUSSYARMY.COM
CASHBANG.COM
LILTEASE.COM
WESUCKCOCK.COM
SINHARD.COM
TEAMPLAYA.COM
COMESEXY.COM
WESEXY.COM

Goodluck

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Quote:

Originally Posted by AdultEUhost

I see what you did there

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Lykos · 11-03-2012, 01:11 PM

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fogfever · 11-03-2012, 03:56 PM

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helterskelter808 · 11-03-2012, 04:02 PM

^ Or next redirect to Bank of America.

Axel_Crak · 11-03-2012, 04:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fogfever

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Quote:

Originally Posted by helterskelter808

^ Or next redirect to Bank of America.

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Chris · 11-03-2012, 05:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Axel_Crak

I pay them 10$, so i dont expect too much, but

WeHaveSex.com have a good potential for Dating LP/WL for us

Sologfs will be add to our Dagfs.com paysites

penispills & finance Exposed will be good LP like our http://freecamsexposed.com and http://exposedwebcams.com
The rest are just short domains that we may us for co-brand or various project.. will see...

The high priced domain over 100k or over 1m are not for everybody and you have to make sure that you gonna exploite them well

We bough good domains for few K like http://slutroulette.com http://gratiscams.com or http://camgratuite.com and they really worth it..

Sure if we could teleport 5-10-15 years ago and buy good cheap short domains, will be all happy !

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beks001 · 11-04-2012, 10:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Axel_Crak

I pay them 10$, so i dont expect too much, but

WeHaveSex.com have a good potential for Dating LP/WL for us

Sologfs will be add to our Dagfs.com paysites

penispills & finance Exposed will be good LP like our http://freecamsexposed.com and http://exposedwebcams.com
The rest are just short domains that we may us for co-brand or various project.. will see...

The high priced domain over 100k or over 1m are not for everybody and you have to make sure that you gonna exploite them well

We bough good domains for few K like http://slutroulette.com http://gratiscams.com or http://camgratuite.com and they really worth it..

Sure if we could teleport 5-10-15 years ago and buy good cheap short domains, will be all happy !

Will FinanceExposed.com be adult related? Or did you mean fiancee?

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Axel_Crak

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Quote:

Originally Posted by thmvp20

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr Pheer

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CamTraffic · 11-04-2012, 12:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr Pheer

You making a website about the French Army?

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John-ACWM · 11-04-2012, 12:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by seeandsee

Nice, why i did't have some top domains reged back in the dya, why

...indeed.

AdultAudiences · 11-05-2012, 06:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by helterskelter808

^ Or next redirect to Bank of America.

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piers30 · 11-05-2012, 06:28 AM

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Originally Posted by fogfever

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The Ghost · 11-05-2012, 06:40 AM

Never used hotels.com.

+1 for Agoda.com and I'm sure that domain wasn't near 11 mil ;)

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