Tag Archives: Afternic

Tue 13th November 2012
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Major League Baseball and Miami Heat make domain purchases — and we won’t trust a prices - NBA team with team salary of $88 million buys a domain for $1,358. Last week’s end user domain sales report is a week late because I was traveling this week. Two sports domains traded hands this week at stunningly low prices given who the buyers were. Major League Baseball paid just $900 for TopOfTheOrder.com and while the Miami Heat paid just $1,358 for TheHeatStore.com. TheHeatStore.com isn’t a great domain, so it wasn’t necessarily worth more. It’s possible ... read more ...
Wed 31st October 2012
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33 finish user domain sales: TrendMicro, Tufts, Shutterstock, and more - Big companies, small companies, and universities make domain purchases. A broad mix of end users made domain purchases this past week. Afternic The proprietor behind the BetterBaseball.com baseball equipment site expanded with BetterVolleyball.com for $1,250. Home decor company Rowley Company paid $1.888 for InternationalHomeDecor.com. The company behind LocalEats.com, a directory of local (presumably independent) restaurants bought TryLocalFirst.com for $1,000. I ... read more ...
Wed 17th October 2012
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20 some-more finish user domain sales - 20 more end user domain sales to report. It’s bonus week for Domain Name Wire readers…two end user sales reports in one week! OK, maybe it’s not that exciting. But there are a couple big names on this week’s list, including Starwood (not it’s first trip to the aftermarket) and The Guardian. Afternic Atlantic Central Bankers Bank bought ACBB.com for $4,999. Its web site is Atlantic Central. Starwood Hotels Resort bought AlohaGuide.com for $2,688. Idealshape, ... read more ...
Mon 8th October 2012
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Afternic scores outrageous domain sales partner with Endurance - Endurance joins Afternic domain sales network. Afternic officially announced today that Endurance International Group has joined the company’s AfternicDLS program. That means customers of Endurance’s various businesses will now see AfternicDLS domain inventory when they search for domains. They’ll also be able to list their domains in Afternic’s system. Endurance is one of the biggest shared hosting and domain registration companies in the world, but it’s ... read more ...
Mon 1st October 2012
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A new Afternic on a approach this week - A completely refreshed Afternic.com will be released this week. On Friday Afternic sent a notice to its registered users that the site is getting a major overhaul sometime this week. When I was at Afternic’s office back in July they gave me a sneak peek of the new system. From what I saw, the new site will be a huge improvement. Both major domain name marketplaces — Afternic and Sedo — were originally built for the old way of selling domain names. Back then ... read more ...
Wed 26th September 2012
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NameMedia launches NameFind.com to assistance businesses find a name - NameFind makes finding a company or product identity much easier. NameMedia, the company behind Afternic and BuyDomains, today launched a new name finding service called NameFind. There are a bunch of sites out there that help entrepreneurs find available domain names based on topics or keywords. NameFind goes several steps further and has a key component that makes if valuable to domain name investors. In addition to finding unregistered and for sale domain names, ... read more ...
Wed 19th September 2012
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Afternic auction on SnapNames ends tomorrow - Auction features 176 domain names. Afternic’s first auction on SnapNames earlier this year was a big success. It focused light on some good domain names such as Hipsters.com. That domain sold for $28,500 (which I suspect is a lot more than the original fixed asking price!). The two companies have teamed up again for an 176 domain auction ending Thursday. At the time of writing nine domains have bids and five have hit their reserves. The current top domain is PoolandPatio.com, ... read more ...
 
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What domains a Kickstarter success, Christie’s and University of Oklahoma bought this week - Company that raised $70k on Kickstart buys its company domain name. This week’s end user domain name sales report includes some big names. Auction house Christie’s bought an Andy Warhol domain name, University of Oklahoma bought a four letter acronym, and a Kickstart success story bought its company domain name. Afternic Auction house Christie’s bought WarholArt.com for $6,457. It is selling some of Warhol’s works. MasterGuides.com was purchased by someone ... read more ...
Wed 5th September 2012
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AOL bought a new code for $3,300 and AFL-CIO PAC buys a debate domain name - End user sales report includes some big names. This week’s end user domain name sales report includes a purchase by AOL that’s likely for a new site and the Workers Voices PAC picking up a domain name for the upcoming campaign. Afternic The Hangout, a restaurant in Gulf Shores, Alabama, bought TheGulf.com for $4,479. The owner of EdHelper.com bought EduHelper.com for $$21,288 and ExHelper.com (a typo) for $1,245. The EdHelper.com sale must have been through Afternic’s ... read more ...
Wed 29th August 2012
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19 intelligent finish user domain buys from a past week - From governments to app developers, here are 19 end users that bought domain names over the past week. I’ve nineteen end user sales on the list this week. Enjoy. Afternic Direct response marketing company Ontel Products Corporation bought SoundSleepers.com for $2,088. I don’t see the product on its products page, so maybe it’s a new one. Another business I never thought of: Bar Codes Talk, which lets you create bar codes for your products and instantly print ... read more ...
Wed 22nd August 2012
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.TV and .Me among dual dozen finish user domain sales this week - .tv, .me, and a slurl. This week a .tv and a .me domain were amongst the best end user domain name sales. But before we get into this week’s normal end user sales report, I want to call out a Slurl. Divorce Detox bought the domain name divorcetherapist.com for $995 at Sedo. Now, maybe it’s because of all the media attention to “legitimate rape” this week, but the first thing I read was “Divorce the Rapist dot com”. Therapist is a common slurl word, but ... read more ...
Mon 20th August 2012
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30 finish user domain sales including Microsoft and America’s Cup - Domain Name Wire’s end user domain sales report. It’s difficult to compile the end user sales report while traveling. It requires bulk whois lookups, yet many registrars rate limit how many whois searches you can run within a time period. When I’m in the office I have a whitelisted IP for lookups at the largest registrar. But when I’m out of the office a lot of whois searches are blocked. Why does this matter to you? Well, I’ve been out of the office for ... read more ...
Wed 1st August 2012
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End user sales news and a warning to TED - End user domain purchases from the past week. Before we jump in with this week’s end user sales report, I have a warning for the famous TED conferences: be careful with your new domain. TED bought xNetwork.org for $1,788. I’m not sure what it plans to use it for, but it should think twice before using this domain. The problem is that xNetwork.com is owned by an adult entertainment company offering “free legal images” for webmasters. Although the site’s homepage ... read more ...
Thu 26th July 2012
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20 finish user domain sales from a past week - Fox Broadcasting Company among end user buyers this past week. Here’s Domain Name Wire’s weekly wrap of end user domain name purchases from Afternic and Sedo. Afternic Fox Broadcasting Company bought MidnightBlack.com for $3,588. Any ideas what it’s for? The owner of IrishCityTours.com bought eatplaystay.com for $1,350. This is a great domain and I see variations on this “slogan” from time to time. The only challenge is remembering the word order. Machines ... read more ...
Fri 20th July 2012
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End user sales report, Friday edition - 19 end user domain name sales. I’m back in Austin after attending HostingCon (more on that later), so here’s the belated end user domain sales report for this week. In case you missed it, I visited both Afternic’s and Sedo’s offices this week. Afternic Washington Jesuit Academy bought edSolutions.org for $1,000. Actress casting company BubbleGum Casting bought AmateurModeling.com for $2,488 and ModelingGigs.com for $2,000. Global Business Travel Association ... read more ...
Tue 17th July 2012
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Boston: a core of a domain name aftermarket - Two companies in Boston handle the bulk of the domain name aftermarket. I’m up in Boston for HostingCon, and spent my Monday visiting two of the largest and longest running domain name aftermarkets: NameMedia (Afternic) and Sedo. The two are separated by just a fifteen minute drive, so it’s fair to call Boston the center of the domain name aftermarket. My first stop was NameMedia’s office in Waltham. Signage outside NameMedia’s office in Waltham, MA. NameMedia’s ... read more ...
Wed 11th July 2012
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50 finish user domain sales over a past dual weeks - From sports to health, fifty end user domain sales from the past two weeks. With the U.S. holiday last week I postponed the end user sales report. That means two weeks of data this week — and about 50 sales to report. Here goes… Afternic The Sportsman’s Guide, Inc. picked the UK version of its name, SportsmansGuide.co.uk, for $2,000. A Beautiful California Florist bought ABCFlorist.com (get it, ABC?) for $1,500. Sand Source Services shortened its web address ... read more ...
Tue 10th July 2012
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What Afternic’s stretched understanding with Go Daddy means for domainers - More eyeballs and more sales. This morning Afternic announced an expanded deal with Go Daddy to distribute its non-fixed price domain sales listings through the registrar. Here’s what this means for you… The Afternic deal will help you get more of your domain names on to the most valuable end user shelf space in the world: Go Daddy’s registration path. “Registration path” basically refers to the search results page when you search for a domain at GoDaddy.com. Before ... read more ...
Wed 27th June 2012
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What domains FC Barcelona and 22 other finish users bought final week - Weekly report of end user domain sales: 23 on tap this week. Gooooal! Football (that’s soccer for us Americans) team FC Barcelona bought a domain on the aftermarket this week. Read on to find out which domain they bought. Afternic FC Barcelona (Futbol Club Barcelona) bought OABonline.com for $2,000. OAB is the name for the FC Barcelona Supporter Services Office. FilmFunds, which helps budding filmmakers get financing for their projects, bought FilmFans.com for $4,188. GivingCredit, ... read more ...
Thu 21st June 2012
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Hi, China! Afternic inks understanding with China’s largest domain registrar - Afternic offers domain names through HiChina. Afternic announced a deal today with HiChina, China’s largest domain name registrar. HiChina is the company’s fourth partner in China for AfternicDLS. This means that customers searching for domain names at HiChina will also be able to purchase domain names from the Afternic platform. Sales occur in real time with instant transfer of the domain name to the buyer. Afternic has seen quite a bit of expansion in European ... read more ...
Thu 14th June 2012
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What domains Go Daddy and 18 others bought final week - 19 end user domain sales. There’s been a lot of news about new top level domains this week. But what’s going on right now in the domain market? Here are 19 domain sales to end users from the past week, including one to domain registrar Go Daddy. Afternic Dispatching technology company Unified Dispatch, LLC, bought zTrip.com for $20,000 from Frank Schilling. App creator Apps For Life, which published Box Shot, bought BoxShot.com for $3,500. TV Guide bought TVGM.com ... read more ...
Wed 6th June 2012
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16 finish user domain sales from a past week - Here’s Domain Name Wire’s weekly wrap of end user domain name sales. From medical companies to a utility and o2, here’s a list of end user domain sales from the past week. Afternic RedRock Wealth Management of Las Vegas paid $1,188 for InvestmentPlan.net. Here’s an individual end user: Darren Sandford of California bought Sandford.net for $2,588. He already owns Sandford.tv. Secure Ticket Purchase, the owner of BoxOfficeTicketSales.com bought up TicketsNow.org ... read more ...
Wed 30th May 2012
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What domains Taco Bell, Overstock.com, Enterprise, and others bought this week - Big companies make domain name purchases. This past week has been a great one for end user sales. I’ve identified 23 end user sales (there are of course more, but these are the ones that stuck out). There are big name brands in this report, so read on… Sedo McGraw-Hill Companies bought WorkforceAccess.com for $2,500. The name of a new publication? Raw TV Ltd, which owns RawTelevision.co.uk, bought Raw.co.uk for GBP 15,000 Enterprise Holdings, Inc., which owns ... read more ...
Fri 25th May 2012
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Hipsters.com for sale: Afternic teams adult with SnapNames for auction and .Me kicks off during Sedo - Where are my black framed glasses? SnapNames just started its “Summer Kick-Off Auction“, run in conjunction with Afternic. Although most of the domains in the auction are owned by Afternic or an affiliate company, some of the domains appear to be owned by the company’s larger clients. Compared to recent auction lists, this one looks to be a winner. My personal favorite: Hipsters.com for under $10,000. That’s a great domain. Ambitious.com $10k-$25k Authorization.com ... read more ...
 
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What domains Kanye West and others bought this week - Kanye West buys domain name for new short film. Kanye West has made some interesting naming decisions in the past. So let’s give him credit for buying CruelSummer.com for $3,000. Cruel Summer is the name of his new short film. Here are some other end user domain buys from the past week. All sales took place at Afternic unless otherwise noted. Forbes writer Rich Karlgaard, who has written about the “Power of Pairs”, paid $1,595 for PowerPairs.com. I wrote about ... read more ...