Tag Archives: Afternic

Fri 3rd April 2009
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How To Play a Expired Domain Game in 2009 - A practical guide to profiting from expired domain names in 2009. Because of the economy and faltering parking revenue, you should expect to see more domain names expiring and dropping in 2009 and 2010. Most of these added drops will be of low or mediocre quality, but some of them will be worth backordering. To new comers, buying expired domains can be somewhat daunting. But in many ways it’s easier now than in the days of many competing services slamming the ... read more ...
Tue 24th March 2009
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LAinsurance.com Sells for $100,000 - Detroit-based insurance agency shells out 6 figures for domain name. L.A. Insurance has purchased the domain name LAInsurance.com from NameMedia for $100,000. Although the number may seem high for a geo insurance domain name, this deal makes perfect sense for the buyer. (As it turns out, “L.A.” is not a geography to this company). L.A. insurance has 150 locations and currently uses the domain name LAInsuranceAgency.com. It’s no doubt that a number of its ... read more ...
Fri 20th March 2009
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2009 Guide to Bulk Uploading during Sedo and Afternic - Here’s how to bulk upload all of your domain names for sale to aftermarkets. You know that old lottery saying “You can’t win if you don’t play”? The same thing applies to domains. If you’re looking to sell them, you should list them on the major domain aftermarkets Sedo and Afternic where buyers can find them. I’ve written tutorials on how to do this at both Afternic (tutorial) and Sedo (tutorial) before, but I just refreshed my portfolio and went ... read more ...
Tue 17th March 2009
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BachelorsDegree.com Sells for $62,500 - NameMedia cashes in on degrees. NameMedia (Afternic, BuyDomains) sold two big “degree” domain names over the past week: BachelorsDegree.com for $62,500 and PsychologyDegree.com for $25,000. Both domains are protected by Moniker whois privacy and forward to eLearners.com. Add these other recent education domains the company has sold lately and it has found a nice niche: MastersDegree.com $48,000 CounselingDegree.com $9,000 LiberalArtsDegree.com $8,000 ManagementDegree.com ... read more ...
Mon 16th March 2009
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Survey: Which Expired Domain Name Service is Best? - Aha! That “novel” wasn’t submitted for some reason! Luckily I saved it before I clicked “submit”. But some editing was lost, so please be forgiving. Here it is, again: +++++ H*ll yes, I will choose Snapnames first over any of the others. Reasons? For Dub-A, I will come out of my normally shy and quiet demeanor, and be uncharacteristically blunt: 1) Snapnames has consistently run a well-managed expiring domain service for at least four years (although they’ve been around ... read more ...
Tue 10th March 2009
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Survey: Escrow.com Still Top Domain Escrow Service - Escrow.com comes out top in survey once again. Escrow.com is the best domain name escrow service, according Domain Name Wire’s survey of 400 domain name owners. Escrow.com took nearly half of the vote. 1. Escrow.com 46% 2. Sedo 34% 3. Moniker 11% 4. EscrowDNS 5% 5. Afternic 4% Escrow.com is fully licensed in all 50 United States to perform escrow transactions. The company was founded in 1999 by Fidelity National Financial, but has been privately held since May 2004. ... read more ...
 
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Survey: Sedo Top Online Domain Sales Site - No surprise in online domain sales category. Once again, Sedo has taken top honors for “Best Online Domain Name Sales Site” in the annual Domain Name Wire Survey. 48% of respondents to the fourth annual survey selected Sedo as the top site, roughly equal to last year. In second place, with only 14% of the vote, were domain name forums. Here are the rankings: 1. Sedo 48% 2. Forums 14% 3. GoDaddy (TDNAM) 8% 4. SnapNames (Non-expired) 7% 5. Afternic 6% Domain Distribution ... read more ...
Tue 3rd March 2009
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Claim.com Domain Name Sells for $80,000 - NameMedia sells Claim.com for $80,000. NameMedia, parent company of BuyDomains and Afternic, has completed the sale of Claim.com for $80,000. The buyer is unknown but appears to have used domain financing service Domain Capital to complete the transaction. Claim.com was just one of over 400 reported domain names NameMedia sold last week. Many of the domain names the company sells are subject to non-disclosure agreements, so the total sales numbers are much higher. ... read more ...
Thu 19th February 2009
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Median End User Domain Name Sales Price $1200 - NameMedia provides data on the SMB end user market for domain names. Earlier this month I reported that the median sales price for domain names at Sedo last year was $500. I pointed out that this number represents a mix between end user sales and investor sales. If you’re looking for a better number for the small and medium business end user market, look no further. NameMedia, which focuses on the SMB end user market through BuyDomains and other market channels, ... read more ...
Wed 3rd December 2008
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Bank Buys SC.com for $300,000 - Two character domain bought by end user. Sedo has completed the sale of SC.com for $300,000, and it appears the buyer is Standard Chartered Bank. Standard Chartered provides banking services mostly in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. The Standard Chartered Group was formed in 1969 through a merger of two banks: The Standard Bank of British South Africa founded in 1863 and the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, founded in 1853. SC.com isn’t the only ... read more ...
Sat 22nd November 2008
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Reports: NameMedia Lays Off 30 - Unconfirmed reports suggest domain giant has laid off 30 people. [Updated]Xconomy is citing unconfirmed reports that NameMedia, parent company of Afternic and BuyDomains, has laid off 30 employees. Please note that Xconomy has been unable to confirm the layoffs as of yet. I have reached out to multiple employees at NameMedia and will update this post as more information becomes available. As of September 2007 the company had 136 employees according to SEC filings. NameMedia ... read more ...
Thu 20th November 2008
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New Aftermarket Launches with Odd Name and Business Model - No, TLDOffers.com won’t sell you top level domains. I’ve written before about new domain name aftermarkets and asked if there was room for anything to compete against the incumbents. Few people think it’s possible. Today I saw a press release for a new market called TLDoffers.com. The name threw me for a loop, especially after reading the home page of the web site: “A top level domain (TLD), sometimes referred to as a top level domain name or TLDN. Basically, ... read more ...
Mon 17th November 2008
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Sedo Improves Security of Escrow Process - Online account interface makes spoofing more difficult. It has been a while since I’ve sold a domain on Sedo, so I noticed a new security enhancement today when transferring a domain to a buyer. The security problem was that Sedo’s escrow process used to be handled exclusively by e-mail. After Sedo received funds, the seller received an email with instructions for transferring the domain. This e-mail could be spoofed (indeed, I recall reading about at least ... read more ...
Sun 2nd November 2008
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SarahPalin.com Lands on Afternic [Updated} - An auction for SarahPalin.com has started on Afternic, although the authenticity has not been verified. An auction for SarahPalin.com has started on domain name aftermarket Afternic.com. The auction will end November 7 and is currently $501 with three bids. Domain Name Wire was unable to confirm that the person who listed the domain for sale actually owns the domain name. The domain has a private whois record, but based on historical whois records and the nameserver ... read more ...
Sun 19th October 2008
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Afternic Gets October.com Auction during $16,000 - Auction one of the highest on site for a long time. It’s been a while since I’ve been able to write about an exciting auction over at Afternic, but the aftermarket has snagged one with October.com. The domain has a $16,000 bid and an auction has started. It will conclude next Saturday. October.com’s whois record has had privacy protection since 2006. The last public whois record for the domain name showed Acronym Media, Inc. as the owner. Afternic has ... read more ...
Mon 6th October 2008
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10 Things I’d Do if we Were a New Domainer - Here are ten things I’d do if I were just joining the domain name industry. I’ve been in the domain industry for a decade, so I’m stuck with my legacy portfolio to build from. But if I were just entering the industry, here are 10 things I’d do: 1. Focus on quality, not quantity. It used to be everyone had a pissing contest about how many domains they owned. “You only have 5,000? Well I have 10,000″. But the guy or gal holding 1,000 domains may be ... read more ...
Thu 7th August 2008
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OD.com Sells for $220,000 - Two character domain sells for six figures. The domain name OD.com has sold for $220,000 at Sedo, according to the “recent sales” section of the site: The whois record for the domain shows that it was previously financed by Domain Capital. The new owner in whois is Yusuf Okhai. Examples of other two character domains that have sold for over $200,000 include: On.com $635,000 LI.com $500,000 AZ.com $500,000 ME.com $460,000 UI.com $275,000 CD.com $275,000 AR.com ... read more ...
Wed 9th July 2008
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Auction Watch: Pizzerias.com during $94,000 - A look at current domain auctions of interest. Moniker’s next live domain name auction is this weekend in Chicago at the GeoDomain Expo, but there’s plenty of auction action going on right now. The big auction is Pizzerias.com, which has a bidder at 60,000 EUR ($94,000 USD) at Sedo. Perhaps the domain is flying on the coattails of the Pizza.com sale? The auction ends in 4 days, and now that Sedo has implemented its buyer verification process, this deal is likely ... read more ...
Mon 23rd June 2008
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OVT Matcher Software Releases Upgraded Version - Tool for finding domain names with traffic releases improvements. OVT Matcher, a tool that automatically checks lists of domain names for “Overture Scores” from January, February, and March 2007 has released an upgrade. (See OVT Matcher Makes Finding Expired Domains a Snap). In the previous version, users had to manually download expiring domain lists from companies such as SnapNames. That is now automated, as well as a number of other improvements: – Import ... read more ...
Thu 12th June 2008
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Tucows to Auction Expiring Domain Names during Afternic - Registrar opts for Afternic platform for expiring domain names. When domain registrar Tucows (AMEX: TCX) recently announced they were shutting down their in-house expiring domain platform, there was speculation where they would send their domains. (Although Tucows had an auction platform, it also sold domain names through SnapNames). We now know the answer: Tucows is sending expiring domains to Afternic. Afternic will add the domains to its auction system alongside ... read more ...
 
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Tucows and Afternic Deal Q&A - Bill Sweetman of Tucows answers questions about its deal with Name Media’s Afternic. After today’s announcement that Tucows (AMEX: TCX) is sending expired domain names to Afternic, there were a couple lingering questions. I asked Bill Sweetman, General Manager – Domain Portfolio at Tucows to fill in the gaps. Domain Name Wire: With SnapNames and NameJet the dominant players in expired domains, pulling in higher bid prices than other platforms, what made you ... read more ...
Thu 15th May 2008
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Should we Set Minimum Offer Prices on Sedo? - Should I set minimum offer prices or let people make any offer? I’m always excited when I get an email from domain aftermarket Sedo informing me that I’ve received an offer on a domain name. That excitement usually turns to disappointment when I click through to see that the offer is for a measly $60. Please, it’s not even worth my time transferring the domain. But this may be my fault. After all, you can set a “minimum offer” price on your domain listings. ... read more ...
Fri 9th May 2008
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Update: Selling Domain Names on eBay - Is it worth trying to sell domain names on eBay? An experiment with Headcase.com. Everyone knows that eBay’s domain name auctions are full of junk. I personally don’t spend any time looking for domains there. But recently there have been some high profile domain auctions on the site. There are also new tools to sift through the junky domains and find winners. I’ve decided to give eBay another shot, but this time as a seller. And with a good domain, not ... read more ...
Wed 7th May 2008
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Survey: SnapNames Still King of Expired Domain Names - Despite a turbulent year, SnapNames is still #1 for expired domains. 37% of respondents in Domain Name Wire’s third annual domain survey use SnapNames more often than other expired domain catching services. This is the third year in a row that SnapNames had led the charts, despite a very challenging year for the service. After being acquired by Oversee.net, SnapNames lost key registrars Network Solutions and eNom. The two registrars formed a competing drop catcher ... read more ...
Mon 5th May 2008
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Afternic To Add Listing Verification, Feedback System - Domain aftermarket to add new features, time frame unclear. Domain name aftermarket Afternic is adding two new features. One I support 100%, the other one gives me a couple concerns. The first feature is a listing verification system. Domains will be verified for proper ownership when they’re listed. But the system will also periodically verify ownership while a listing is live. This is a great feature that will reduce the chances of “buying” a domain that ... read more ...