1-800-TICKETS
November
20, 1998 Tickets.com, Inc., the nation's first comprehensive
resource for any ticket, any time, anywhere, officially
announced today the purchase of the national toll-free number,
1-800-TICKETS, for $1 million in cash plus stock.
1-800-BOAT
LOAN
Republic
Security Bank spent $6.5 million to purchase the 1 800 BOAT LOAN
number, the registered service mark name, system software, and
associated employees.
Although
the acquiring party would not associate any monies directly with
the 800 numbers, it is felt they would not have done the deal
without it and it’s estimated at 20% of the purchase price.
I-TRAVEL
White
Rock, BC, Canada December 13, 1999 (ICB TOLL FREE NEWS)
travelbyus.com Ltd. announced that it has completed the
acquisition of the 800-I-TRAVEL Cooperative Marketing Program
from E & F Associates of Corona del Mar, California. The
purchase price was 350,000 common shares, worth $1,648,500 (as
of December 13, shares were trading for $4.71.)
1
800 ELECTRIC
Tustin,
CA August 19, 1999 (ICB TOLL FREE NEWS) Commonwealth Energy
Corporation announced a new toll-free number for the company,
1-800-ELECTRIC. Mr. Bloom, Commonwealth company president David Mensch was far
less eager to discuss the value of the 1 800 ELECTRIC vanity
number, and would not confirm or deny an anonymous-but-credible
report to ICB, that the purchase price exceeded $300,000. "It's
no one's business how much we paid, or who we bought it
from," was his only comment.
1-800-ENCRYPT
Seattle,
WA January 12, 2000 (ICB TOLL FREE NEWS) Azalea Software, Inc.
yesterday announced that www.encryption.com and 1-800-ENCRYPT
are both for sale. The
price for both the URL and 800 number is U.S. $100,000 obo.
1-800-COMPUTER
1 800
COMPUTER, along with the domain name www.computer.com
transferred hands recently for approximately $500,000. |
