Monthly Archives: December 2007

Fri 7th December 2007
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
Where to Find Good Domains - We get asked all the time where to find good recently dropped names that can be registered for without having to slug it out in the auctions One such place is dailydomaindrop.com. Five days a week they publish a list of between 50-100 domains that have recently dropped and are available for registration. For $60 a month you become a premium member and get access to their list which is published Sunday-Thursday at 8pm EST. All the domains on the list are available at the time of publication, but ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
Music.mobi “Winner” Vows Lawsuit Against Sedo - After auction extended, former “winner” feels cheated. Constantine Giorgio Roussos thought he was the winner of Music.mobi in yesterday’s .mobi auction at Sedo. He bid $66,000. The auction ended and he received an automated invoice from Sedo. He then received a “personal” e-mail from a Sedo employee (which also may have been automated). But then something happened. Sedo extended the auction due to a server slowdown in the final minutes of the auction. Instead ... read more ...
Thu 6th December 2007
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Casino Affiliate Auction results - These appear to be the results from the silent only auction for the Casino Affiliate Convention which was held by Moniker .com and closed today. 697.com                                             $6,479.00 547.com                                             $5,890.00 624.com                                             $5,890.00 481.com                                     ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN
The 20 Most Influential People In The Domain Industry - This was published several hours ago by Rudy Hernandez on his blog http://logistiklabs.blogspot.com/2007/12/20-most-influential-people-in-domain.html Hard to argue with the list. Some great, extremely intelligent people on the list some of which I can proudly count as friends. Congrats to all Reprinted below Monday, December 3, 2007The 20 Most Influential People In The Domain Industry The 20 Most Influential People In The Domain Industry 2007 Edition Meet the Executives, Entrepreneurs, and cutting-edge ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
Grandpa.com Sells for $55,000 to Lead WebmasterWorld PubCon Auction - Live Moniker auction sells $245,500 in domains. Moniker’s live auction at WebmasterWorld PubCon brought in $245,500 in sales. 60 lots sold with a median price of $1,100 and an average price of $4,092. Grandpa.com was the top winner, raking in $55,000. Other notable sales include: FamilyServices.com $45,000 MortgageRates.org $17,000 BlindDating.com $14,000 ComputerDiscounts.com $10,000 SEONews.com $8,750 CommuterFlights.com $8,000 DisabilityPolicy.com $7,000 BadCreditSolutions.com ... read more ...
Wed 5th December 2007
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
Domain Truffles - Every day we receive many offers from retail customers looking to purchase domains. The vast majority of these folk still don’t grasp the concept that a domain is worth anymore than the registration fee. Most people compare domains to real estate. I view domains more like commodities and collectibles. A commodity is something that has limited amounts and demand for them. A collectible is something that is something prized, either one of a kind or very limited in number.  Like commodities and ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
Music.mobi Sells for Record $616,000 - Record Sedo auction sells over $1.5M in .mobi domain names. dotMobi fans are cheering today after Sedo concluded its most successful .mobi auction to date. According to an unofficial tally from Domain Name Wire, the auction cleared $1.5M in sales. The highest sale was Music.mobi, which sold for an astonishing $616,000. Games.mobi sold for $401,500. Compare this to the record sale prior to this event, Flowers.mobi for $200,000. With prices this high, major investors ... read more ...
 
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iREIT Leaves Internet Commerce Association - Company that helped found organization pulls out amid legal battles. iREIT, owner of hundreds of thousands of domain names, has left the Internet Commerce Association, according to DNJournal’s latest newsletter. iREIT effectively founded the organization, which strives to protect domain name owners’ interests. According to the newsletter: iREIT, which has undergone a change of leadership in the wake of a legal battle with Verizon, has left the ICA. Many felt ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
Parked Adds “Related Keywords” Editing Functionality - Service allows publishers to delete related keywords. Domain name parking company Parked.com has added new functionality that lets publishes delete “related keywords” from their parked pages. Using an AJAX-style widget, publishers can drag-and-drop related keywords on and off the page. The graphic below shows my related keywords for SanFrancisco.us. If I don’t want Alcatraz (that would be a bad move) and San Francisco Hotels (another bad move) to show up on ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
DomainTools Announces Next Auction - Live online auction will take place January 3. DomainTools announced its next live auction today on its blog. The auction will utilize improved auction software similar to the software used at the recent Domain Roundtable conference. This auction won’t be tied to a conference, and the timing is rather odd — January 3rd. Many people are still on vacation. Even though they can login from their computers to bid, this is a tough time to hold an auction. There are ... read more ...
Tue 4th December 2007
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
Domain Parking Stock Index - We have created what we are calling the Domain Parking Stock Index.  The index which is a weighted based on market cap, includes publicly traded companies which either have large domain portfolio’s or which make a substantial part of their income from “parked” domains.  The initial index includes Google, Inc. (goog), Yahoo, Inc. (yhoo), Baidu.com, Inc. (bidu), Dark Blue Sea (dbs.ax), Marchex, Inc. (mchx) and banks.com (bnx). The  index will update every trading day at 6PM EST.  Prices of ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN
Welcome - The domains.com is now live. We are throwing our hat into the ring, to blog about all things domain. We acknowledge and thank some of the brilliant thinkers who are already blogging about the domain name industry. Many of those blogs appear under our links section. Hope you check back often and that we can add to your understanding of the industry. Google+ Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
Sedo Auction Could Set Records - The latest Sedo Great Domains and .mobi auctions could set records. Sedo’s Great Domains and .mobi auctions are growing in popularity. If early bidding is any indication, the current auctions could be the biggest yet. Already, one of the .mobi domains look like it could break the .mobi sales price record. Games.mobi is at $142,500 with 66 bids. The .mobi auction ends tomorrow. The highest known .mobi sale to date is Flowers.commobi, which Rick Schwartz bought ... read more ...
Mon 3rd December 2007
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
2-U.com Auction Has a Serial Bidder - 2-U.com to sell for $20,000? Doubtful. An auction for 2-U.com at Afternic caught my attention this morning. The domain isn’t that good, but has attracted 12 bids and is currently $20,000. There’s a reason that a few bidders are interested in this domain. There’s a live web site at 2-U.com.my (that’s Malaysia’s country code), so this domain probably gets some traffic. But a review of the bid history looks like there’s one bidder driving up the price ... read more ...