Flippa

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Flippa
File:Flippa Logo.png
Type Private
Founded 2009; 15 years ago (2009)
Headquarters Melbourne, Australia, and San Francisco, United States
Key people Matt Mickiewicz, Founder
Mark Harbottle, Founder
Tony Barrett, CEO
Industry Internet
Website Flippa.com
Native client(s) on iOS, Android, Windows

Flippa is a marketplace for buying and selling websites, domain names and iOS apps, based in Melbourne, Australia and San Francisco.[1] Flippa was founded by Mark Harbottle and Matt Mickiewicz as the SitePoint Marketplace,[2] and was spun off as a separate website in June, 2009.[2] By 2015, it had traded more than $140 million in websites, domains, and mobile apps.[3][4]

Half of the Flippa's revenue comes from selling the websites, while the sales of domain names contribute to about 30% of the deals. Most expensive sale up to date was planetrx.com[5][6] that sold for $1,200,000 USD and the most expensive domain name was StockPhoto.com[2][7][8][9] sold by buy now price for $250,000 USD. Other notable websites and domains sold through Flippa have included Mark Zuckerberg's former website Facemash,[10] overnight success story, shipyourenemiesglitter.com,[11] and Retweet.com.[12][13][14][15] During the 2012 US Presidential election, the domain name RomneyRyan.com was listed on Flippa[16] reaching $8,050.00 USD in bids, but did not sell.[17][18] Next year it dropped and was sold via GoDaddy for $235.00 USD.[19]

In May 2015 Flippa.com bought Domain Holdings, the domain name brokerage firm based in Florida, US.[20]

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References

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