AIDS.COM Goes on the Auction Block at AllNetCommerce.com on Behalf of Former Leading Online Pharmacy PlanetRX.com.Medical/Health Writers LOS LOS Length of stay, see there ANGELES--(BW HealthWire)--Aug. 28, 2001 AllNetCommerce.com, Inc. today announced the launching of an online auction to sell the domain name AIDS.COM through an exclusive brokerage contract with PlanetRX.com. PlanetRX.com was a leading online pharmacy  This article or section may deal primarily with the U.S. and may not present a worldwide view. prior to its March 2001
decision to liquidate To pay and settle the amount of a debt; to convert assets to cash; to aggregate the assets of an insolvent enterprise and calculate its liabilities in order to settle with the debtors and the creditors and apportion the remaining assets, if any, among the stockholders or owners of the and sell its valuable domain names, including
AIDS.COM, HEPATITIS hepatitis (hĕp'ətī`tĭs), inflammation of the liver. There are many types of hepatitis. Causes include viruses, toxic chemicals, alcohol consumption, parasites and bacteria, and certain drugs. .COM, BIRTH.COM and STROKE.COM."Interest in purchasing the AIDS.COM domain name has been brisk Brisk as a proper name may refer to:
n. 1. (Zool.) A feather. , vice president of Sales and Marketing of AllNetCommerce.com. Bids will start at $40,000.00 U.S. and will continue through the bidding deadline of 5 p.m. PST PST Paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia, see there , Friday, Sept. 21, 2001, or until the unpublished reserve price has been met, whichever comes first. "AIDS.COM is one of our best domain names, and we would hope that it is acquired by a firm or group who can maximize its obviously strong recognition to assist in the reduction, prevention, treatment or, ultimately, the cure of the dreaded dread v. dread·ed, dread·ing, dreads v.tr. 1. To be in terror of. 2. To anticipate with alarm, distaste, or reluctance: dreaded the long drive home. disease," said Paul Risner, senior vice president at PlanetRX.com. The potential business use of this domain name is amply clear. "The pharmaceutical industry is a highly competitive global business where a high profile domain name could mean millions of dollars of sales worldwide," said Kathryn Fallentine, vice president of the Secondary Market. AllNetCommerce.com is led by Pluma and Fallentine, who were jointly responsible for over $10 million in domain name sales at Greatdomains.com, where Pluma was director of Sales & Marketing and Fallentine was a senior account executive. Some of their high-profile sales include "Loans.com" for $3 million and "Cinema.com" for $700k. Some of the other high-profile domain names announced exclusively for sale at AllNetCommerce.com are: Aids.com Birth.com ObGyn.com Gynecology.com Obstetrics.com Prenatal.com Stroke.com Cardiology.com Osteopathy.com Dermatology.com Podiatry.com Orthopedics.com Neurology.com Urology.com Surgeon.com Disease.com Menopause.com Hepatitis.com Reproduction.com Immunology.com "These domain names represent some of the most valuable domain names ever offered for sale at one time," said Pluma, "and they can be acquired as a portfolio if desired." AllNetCommerce.com will also handle a wide variety of domain names, in addition to medical, on an industry-by-industry basis, as well as offer Web-based businesses for sale. |
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