Monthly Archives: May 2009

Sun 3rd May 2009
Written by The Domains in EN
If It Was Such A Great Deal, Why Didn’t You Buy It? - After the live domain auctions we always publish the results and we always get comments along the lines of “what a great deal” that was or “that domain was a steal”. So after reading such comments on my blog and other the question I have for you guys is if the domain was such a great deal why didn’t you buy it? Certainly the live domain auctions are well publicized, in advance. I understand not everyone who reads this blog can afford a domain like shows.com into the six figures, but see ... read more ...
Sat 2nd May 2009
Written by The Domains in EN
TechCrunch: “Twitter Handles Are Quickly Becoming As Desirable As Domains” Tweexchange Launched - According to TechCrunch, “Twitter handles are quickly becoming as desirable as domains”. A new service just lauched this week called Tweexchange,  a marketplace which allows “Twitter members to exchange, buy or find Twitter usernames from other existing members.” Tweexchange also lets you easily find what Twitter handles have been taken and recommends alternate usernames for your desired Twitter handle. “”If you do see a Twitter name available that you’d like to buy or negotiate, Tweexchange ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
Trumpet.com Sells for $70K On NameJet.com - We blogged about Trumpet.com, last week, while it was still available for backorder at NameJet.com.  We pointed out that this domain sold at TRAFFIC New York last September for $35k The auction closed the other day amounst all the TRAFFIC auctions, with the domain selling for a whopping $70,486 to “namebidder”. If payment is made that is a good sign for the industry to see a domain double in price in less than 7 months, in a horrible economy. Here are some other notable sales from NameJet.com ... read more ...
Fri 1st May 2009
Written by The Domains in EN
NameJet.com Is Down - All morning long NameJet.com has been sometimes up, but mostly down and  not accessible. Interest to see when the site gets back up and what will happen with any domain auctions ending today. Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN
TRAFFIC Needs To Go Back To 1 Live Auction - Someone needs to say it. The experiment has failed, TRAFFIC needs to go back to a one live auction, per show format. Back when The TRAFFIC organizers announced that several live auctions would be held at the same show, I voiced my opinion that this would not increase the total sales or help the auctions,  or the show for that matter, be successful. Why? Two reasons. First, multiple auctions at the same event is not going to mean more overall sales.  We said back last July, that domain show auctions ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainNameWire in EN
A Brief History of SwineFlu.com - SwineFlu.com has jumped from owner to owner, much like the virus. When the media started shouting about swine flu, I knew it was only a matter of time before people would start snapping up swine flu-related domain names. But the most popular domain — SwineFlu.com — was registered all the way back in 2000. The domain is currently owned by Blue String Ventures, Inc. in Henderson Nevada. Until recently the domain name was monetized by a parking page, but the owners ... read more ...
 
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Refreshing Discourse from a Domain Name Arbitrator - Dissenting arbitrator says many domain arbitration panels are missing the point. A recent WIPO domain name dispute for RuggedSwitch.com was found in favor of the complainant (read case). But one of the three arbitrators on the case –Diane Cabell — dissented, and her dissent puts into words the frustrations many people have about how UDRP cases are being handled: The Complaint should fail under Section 4(c)(i) because the Respondent was using the Domain Name to ... read more ...
 
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3 Online Domain Name Auctions Going on during Once - Take advantage of lots of inventory to get good deals. There are three online domain name auctions going on right now, and that doesn’t include the regular auctions such as Sedo. I’m talking about the silent version of three live auctions held in the past two weeks: DomainConsultant’s GeoDomain Auction, Rick Latona’s TRAFFIC auction, and the Moniker auction. This means there’s a lot of inventory out there and lots of good deals. You just need to look ... read more ...