13. Valuation of Marketable Securities

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

Notes to Financial Statements

Valuation of Marketable Securities

In October 2010 Zoom Telephonics, Inc. entered into an agreement with Zoom Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: ZOOM) in which Zoom Telephonics transferred its rights to the zoom.com domain name and certain trademark rights in exchange for 80,000 shares of Zoom Technologies common stock.  These shares had trading restrictions that ended January 18, 2012.  The Company values the marketable securities at market value in the financial statements. The Company did not sell any Zoom Technologies shares in 2012. In the fourth quarter of 2013, Zoom Technologies, Inc. announced a reverse merger resulting in a 10:1 split so that the 80,000 shares became 8,000 shares.  In December 2013 the Company sold all 8,000 shares of Zoom Technologies, Inc. stock. The Company received proceeds of $40 thousand and reported a realized loss of $273 thousand in 2013.