Earlier today Sedo.com reported the sale of domain name Pilot.com for $300,000. Whois history shows the seller under privacy and the buyer as DBS, LLC which may also be known as Hearst Entertainment & Syndication. Before looking up the buyer my initial reaction for domain use would be, as pictured to the left, an airline pilot. Now knowing the buyer, it could also be used for a TV pilot. A television pilot, also known as a pilot episode and series premiere, is the first episode of a television series. At the time of its inception, the pilot is meant to be the “testing ground” to see if a series will be possible and successful and therefore a test episode of an intended television series. It also appears based on the Whois records that DBS, LLC only owns 7 domain names making this a strong possibility of being an end-user sale.

Pilot.com $300,000
Google Search: not listed on first 3 pages
Google Page Rank: 3
Alexa Rank: 1,910,534
Compete.com: 9,068 unique total visits per month
Keyword: 90,500 local & 301,000 global searches per month

Congrats to the buyers and sellers.