Former Internet Crown Jewel Excite@Home to Sell Million Dollar Domain Name Assets
MonsterCommerce to purchase valuable internet domain name shoppingcart.com for $285,000
San Jose, CA (PRWEB) August 10, 2005 - - The At Home Liquidating Trust, the successor to Excite@Home, announced today the marketing and sale of Excite@Home's entire internet domain name portfolio. The portfolio consists of several valuable names, including the domain name shoppingcart.com which was sold to ecommerce company MonsterCommerce for $285,000. www.Moniker.com will be the exclusive agent for all domain name sales.
The assets available for sale include 119 domain names. Certain trademarks associated with specific domain names will be sold concurrently. Names such as Stuff.com, Home.net, Mystuff.com and Firstyears.com are just a few of the domain names that will be sold.
The first sale approved by the Excite At Home Trust is the highly valued internet domain name shoppingcart.com. MonsterCommerce intends to leverage the domain by reaching out to businesses looking to build an e-commerce presence. Shopping cart is a popular search term for businesses looking to establish an online presence. The term defines our industry and exactly what we do, said MonsterCommerce CEO Stephanie Leffler.
Moniker.com, responsible for major internet domain name sales such as wallstreet.com and autos.com, brokered the shoppingcart.com domain name sale and has been named the exclusive agent for all Excite@Home domain name sales. Monte Cahn, CEO of Moniker.com, estimates that the value of the available domain names in the portfolio is in excess of a million dollars. There are several valuable domain names in the portfolio. Short Names like stuff.com and home.net will be highly prized assets in the sale."
About At Home Liquidating Trust
At Home Liquidating Trust is the successor company to At Home Corporation dba Excite@Home, which filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy in September 2001 and was subsequently dissolved. Historically, At Home Corporation was a provider of residential Internet access services to businesses and consumers. At Home provided high speed internet access to approximately 4 million households. At Home also offered Internet access directly to commercial customers under the @Work label. In addition to Internet access services, At Homes media division was one of the leading providers of Internet content and advertising services, principally through the Excite network of Internet properties.
About MonsterCommerce, Inc
MonsterCommerce, based in Belleville, Illinois, is a leading provider of online storefront systems, ecommerce solutions and shopping cart software. Servicing a unique blend of client needs, MonsterCommerce delivers cutting edge technology and a full complement of integrated marketing and fulfillment options for more than 5,000 online merchants.
About www.Moniker.com
Moniker.com is one of the top three fastest growing ICANN-accredited Internet domain registrars and domain name services providers. Moniker is a global leader for domain name after market services, internet domain name sales, domain name registration and domain appraisals. Moniker.com, was responsible for the first million dollar internet domain name sale - wallstreet.com and the first two million dollar sale - autos.com. Together with its affiliated companies, internet domain name sales. Moniker clients include: The National Hockey League, Jupitermedia, www.tengoldenrules.com, and Lions Gate Films."
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