The end user here is likely someone in the packaging business. In the future we intend to market each domain to the right clientele however, today, as we are still busy working on the site, it is a great opportunity for many to pick up great deals.
Good luck to all bidders!
Sahar
Edit: Closing price: US $2,695.00
There is a fairly thriving aftermarket in collectible cereal boxes. Wheaties creates and markets a cereal box for special occasions - like sports championships, and they can be in high demand from collectors. I don’t know much about the market, but I did purchase some boxes to commemorate Red Sox, Patriots and Celtics achievements with the hopes of cashing in down the road.
http://collectibles.about.com/library/priceguides/blPGcerealboxes.htm
http://www.geocities.com/wheatiedealer/index.html
http://www.nextag.com/cereal-box-collectible/search-html
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Good info Elliot!
Sahar
I once made a radio out of a board, some wire from a couple old motors, some tin foil, the wax paper liner from one cereal box, a round Quaker Oats box for a tunning coil and an old transistor.
We made Indian (Native American) drums out of those round boxes, too.
The square boxes made great dioramas and my sister made a tiny doll house out of one and some construction paper.
Once in a while we’d get those variety “paks” with ten different cereals in small boxes. Those boxes could double as a bowl then later become a toy itself or a nice storage box. There were craft ideas quite often based on those and the round Quaker Oats box.
Then there were the puzzles, quizzes, and cutouts on the back of the box. The sides had coupons for more cereal or other items. Often there would be an offer for a toy or something. Two boxtops and a dime or a quarter was a common price for those toy/trinket items back then (50’s and 60’s). The toys would probably be worth a small fortune if I still had them now.
I have my baby spoon from Gerber that I think might have been a baby cereal premium from back then. I was born in 52!
There was a little “stamp” type coupon on the tops, too. I think those were redeemable for cookbooks and kitchen items for mom. I never paid much attention to them back then but my grandma and my aunt saved them up for stuff they wanted.
And there’s collector boxes. Wheaties comes to mind for one. They always had a sports figure on the box. The ones produced around the Olympic years and later Nascar themed boxes are some I’ve seen around still wrapped in protective clear cellophane.
And Nasa Astronauts. Probably Chuck Yeager (the test pilot). I wonder if Yuri Gregorian had his likeness on a Russian cereal box?
Finally,………………. The small boxes came in handy for honorable cherished small pet interment. Deceased canary birds, hamsters, mice and lab rats fit in those small boxes with some tissue and a little ribbon.
CerealBox.com has a huge potential.
I am so looking forward to this auction…
CerealBOX.com is a wonderful GENERIC name…
and lots of fun possibilities for development…
I know I will be over on Bido.com today to catch
the excitement…
I bet this ones goes for a NICE amount…
but you never know… so get in and get your bid in…
Good Luck to all…
~DomainBELL (Patricia)
So I was reading David Carter’s blog this morning about cerealbox.com and he mentioned that within that industry, they’re referred to as “carton”. Long story short, I just got cerealcarton.com and cerealcartons.com for $7 apiece!
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I read that earlier on his blog. He lives in a tiny town in England, it must be the local terminology !
Cheers
Sahar
Sahar, I need to change my Bido password. What are the steps?
Thanks and keep up the good work.
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Hi Tony, and thanks for the kind words!
I forwarded the question to Sean Stafford from Bido, he will contact you soon with directions.
All the best,
Sahar
Here in Virginia and the south as far as I remember, it was always “Cereal Box”, “Save and send in a Box Top”, “bring in a cereal box”, “Quaker Oats Box”, etc. but I do remember hearing carton panel meaning the front or back usually.
Do a Google search and cereal carton is mentioned in patents and more official documents but it’s cereal box for the box.
Funny though, on grocery lists it was a box of Life, Wheaties, cornflakes, etc. and, once milk delivery and glass milk bottles went away, it was “a carton of milk”. Guess a box of milk sounds messy and fairly unappetizing. “Tastes like cardboard, Mom!”
But cereal box seems the right name for a Google search.
How much did Cereal Box sell for?
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Closing price: US $2,695.00
Sahar