Tag Archives: Domain Auction

Thu 5th December 2013
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Ontario association paid $137,500 to buy Sandwich.com from Yahoo! - A small Canadian company bought Sandwich.com in the Yahoo! domain name auction last month. The first three domains that Yahoo! sold in a domain name auction last month have changed hands, including the biggest sale of all: $137,500 for Sandwich.com. The buyer is officially Seyed Ali Mirabolghasemi in Thornhill, Ontario, Canada. Based on the address in whois and Mirabolghasemi’s Google+ profile, it appears he has a company called Future Web Media, Inc. I can’t ... read more ...
Thu 21st November 2013
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Animation.com and XZ.com accommodate reserves, will sell in Heritage Auctions domain name auction tonight - Two six figure sales already for domain name auction taking place tonight. The official live auction for Heritage Auctions’ domain name auction, the first ever domain auction by a major auction house, is tonight in New York City. But early internet bidding has already guaranteed a couple notable sales. Animation.com, which I listed on my picks for the auction, has met its reserve with a $95,000 bid. The two letter XZ.com domain name has also met its reserve after ... read more ...
 
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Yahoo! sells Sandwich.com for $137,500, and here’s a story behind 9 other domain names it sole during auction today. - Today Yahoo! sold domain names that it picked up by acquiring Broadcast.com, HotJobs.com, Overture, and many others. Yahoo! picked up Sandwich.com and CyberJokes.com with its Broadcast.com acquisition.I have to admit, I’m a sucker for dot.com nostalgia. Watching the Yahoo! domain name auction on Sedo today brought back memories of flipping through The Industry Standard while updating bids on GoTo.com. (Yeah, I know most of these Yahoo! acquisitions happened after ... read more ...
Tue 19th November 2013
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Yahoo! domain auction now has over 500 domain names - More domains, including several hundred from Associated Content, have been added to the Yahoo! domain auction. The list of domain names Yahoo! is offering in a domain name auction currently running on Sedo has expanded to over 500 domain names. Many of them are listed with reserves below $5,000 and some are below $1,000. The auction ends on Thursday. There’s a wide range of quality beyond the headline domain names such as AV.com and Sled.com. For example, if your ... read more ...
Mon 18th November 2013
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What a Yahoo! auction tells us about removing PR for domain name auctions - If you want press about a domain auction, you need a unique angle. Last week Sedo announced its latest online auction, and the press ate it up. The auction was covered by L.A. Times, Investors’ Business Daily, TechCrunch, CNET, MarketWatch, CNBC, Engadget, and on and on. Compare this to the typical auction Sedo and its competitors run. They might be covered be a few domain blogs, and the press release will get syndicated, but that’s about it. Back in the good ... read more ...
Wed 13th November 2013
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Sedo auctioning off 100 of Yahoo’s domain names including AV.com - AV.com, Sled.com, and other Yahoo domain names go on the auction block. Sedo is holding an auction this month in which it is selling over 100 of Yahoo’s domain names. The auction runs November 11-21. Currently there are just 29 domains listed on the auction page, but an email I received from Sedo says there will be more than 100 domains in the auction. The names are quite good. Here are some of my favorites: Sled.com – would be good for a winter sportsgoods site ... read more ...
Thu 17th October 2013
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3 things to check out during subsequent week’s TRAFFIC conference - Here are three sessions I plan to attend at next week’s conference. The TRAFFIC conference kicks off in Ft. Lauderdale Sunday evening, with programming beginning Monday morning. You’ll rarely see me attend the actual conference sessions at these shows, but there are a few that I plan to pop in on this time around. They all take place Monday. gTLD Mania – Monday at 11:30 – What effect will new TLDs have the domain name market? Will they be successful? How do ... read more ...
Wed 8th May 2013
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Very active Moniker Spring Auction ends tomorrow - Domain name auction that ends tomorrow has lots of activity. The Moniker Spring Auction on SnapNames doesn’t end until tomorrow, but bidding is already very active. The auction features 199 domain names and 33 of them already have bids. 22 have met their reserve price. The leader so far is StumpRemoval.com, which has an $11,770 bid and has met its reserve. I’ve paid for tree stump removal so I know it’s not a cheap service. That said, an individual tree company ... read more ...
Thu 25th April 2013
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Moms.com sells for $252,000 in Sedo Auction - Moms.com domain name sells for $252,000 in monthly Great Domains auction. The headline domain name in this month’s Great Domains auction at Sedo hit its reserve in extended bidding. Bidding for Moms.com jumped from $175,000 to $249,000 when a bidder placed the latter bid, which was the reserve. It looked like the auction was going to close at that price until another bid was placed in (literally) the last minute. Only two bidders participated once the auction hit ... read more ...
Tue 19th March 2013
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GFA.com leads Afternic auction on SnapNames - Lots of good domains in auction ending Friday. Afternic is running another auction on the SnapNames platform and it’s attracting lots of bidders. The auction includes 136 domains with reserve ranges starting as low as $200 to as high as $250,000. It ends on Friday. As of right now the three letter domain GFA.com has the highest bid at $11,249. The reserve has been met. Also keep an eye on sweat.com. It has been bid up to $7,750, but the reserve is between $10,000-$25,000. The ... read more ...
Thu 17th January 2013
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Trailers.net gets $15k bid and Great Domain Auction starts - Plenty of action at Sedo this month and a wide range of TLDs in Great Domains auction. Sedo’s monthly Great Domains auction has started and will run through January 24. The auction includes 199 domain names and all but 8 have reserves under $/EUR/GBP 10,000. This month’s auction includes a number of country code domain names and .nets — a lot more than I’m used to seeing. Some of the ccTLDs are crisis.co.uk, wireless.co.uk, gay.es, and the ironic Russia.it. While ... read more ...
Fri 9th November 2012
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.Co auctioning off 150+ domains on Sedo - Reserves start at $500 in .co auction on Sedo. A .co auction kicked off on Sedo Monday with a number of top keyword domain names. 164 domain names are for sale with reserve ranges from $500 to $25,000. You can participate in the auction by going to Sedo.co (that’s clever). Although the auction is billed as a .co auction for startups, the names aren’t necessarily geared to startups. Top domains include: Casinos.co Hot.co Latinos.co Chef.co Maps.co Sedo has a number ... read more ...
Tue 16th October 2012
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SnapNames Oct no haven auction ends tomorrow, .ca auction kicks off today - Two auctions worth a look. SnapNames has an “October Deals” auction that ends tomorrow, and I think it’s worth a look. There are 61 domains and it appears none of them have a reserve — just a minimum bid of $199 or more. Many of the domains are ones that you might see sell for $1,000-$3,000 to the right end user, such as AllMBA.com, DebtReductionService.com, DietLogs.com, and SoccerLounge.com. So far 12 of the 61 domains have bids. LBS.org leads the pack with ... read more ...
Mon 21st May 2012
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My picks for Sedo’s Great Domains auction - Great Domains auction ends Thursday. Here’s what I like. This month’s Great Domains auction at Sedo ends on Thursday. The lineup doesn’t include as many big ticket domains as usual; there’s only one domain with a reserve over $25,000. But that’s OK, there are some good domains worthy of attention. Here are ones that popped out to me: Reconnect.com – With a reserve range $10k-$25k, this would be good only if you have a plan for the domain. I can think ... read more ...
Mon 14th May 2012
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The inside story of Mama.com - Mamma.com owner selling Mama.com. I was originally a bit surprised to see mama.com in Moniker’s Spring Auction ending this week. Then I realized the domain on auction is actually a typo of the once popular search engine Mamma.com — not the search engine itself. Well, sort of a typo, as I later found out. I reached out to the founder of Mama.com owner Empresario, Omar Solis. As it turns out, his company bought the Mamma.com search engine in a deal completed in ... read more ...
Wed 15th June 2011
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Moniker Auction Sells Another 5 Domains Plus Data.com - Houses.co.uk leads premium domain name auction. Moniker’s “make up” auction from last week’s Barcelona conference has found a home for five more domains on top of the multi-million dollar sale of Data.com to Salesforce.com. Data.com was pulled from the auction after Salesforce.com made a significant offer on the domain name. The sales included: Houses.co.uk $50,870 Gado.com $3,000 SEMexpert.com $600 SEOagencies.com $900 Pilsners.co.uk $300 It’s worth noting ... read more ...
Tue 14th June 2011
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My Picks for Moniker Premium Auction Ending Wednesday - Some picks — including some big ones — for Wednesday’s auction. Moniker’s premium domain name auction, which was moved to an online-only event after technical problems in Barcelona last week, ends on Wednesday at 3:15 PM ET. As with recent auctions, I think some of the activity will take place outside the auction. We’ve already seen the monster sale of Data.com to Salesforce.com before the auction even started. All we know for sure is that the sales ... read more ...
Tue 24th May 2011
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Publicly Traded UBM Adds Data.com to Moniker Auction - Data.com to highlight upcoming live domain name auction in Barcelona, Spain. [Update: Salesforce.com bought the domain name ahead of the auction.] Publicly traded media company UBM plc has added its Data.com domain name to Moniker’s upcoming live domain name auction in Barcelona. The reserve price is between $1 million and $5 million. This is a fantastic domain name, especially with the “Big Data” trend in enterprise business. Although the domain names are ... read more ...
Thu 23rd September 2010
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New Domain Auction Service BoxCar.com Launches - New domain name auction platform launches. DomainConsultant.com has launched BoxCar.com, a new domain name auction site. The service is very different from typical marketplaces such as Afternic and Sedo. It focuses on auctions only and you can list lots instead of just single domains. It’s also highly flexible, allowing you to set your own bid increments, buy-it-now option, reserve prices, etc. BoxCar.com also shuns the typical commission-based fee structure ... read more ...
Tue 21st September 2010
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HP Puts Digital.com Domain Name on a Auction Block - Digital.com goes up for sale. Technology giant HP is offering the domain name Digital.com for sale, but it’s going to cost you. The domain name has been listed in Moniker’s upcoming live domain name auction taking place in Prague October 6. Reserve price: somewhere between $1 million and $5 million. HP got the domain name when it acquired Compaq. Moniker will auction off 80 other domain names during its DOMAINfest conference live domain name auction. Among ... read more ...
Mon 30th August 2010
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German Domain Conference Kicks Off Thursday - German domain conference and auction takes place this week. Germany’s only dedicated domain name conference, DomainvermarkterForum, will take place this Thursday and Friday in Munich. The event is at the five-star Hotel Sofitel Bayerpost. Gold sponsors for the event include PartnerGate and, as you might guess given its German headquarters, Sedo. Sessions include: advantages of your own DENIC membership, speed networking, info on VeriSign Internet Profile Service, ... read more ...
Sun 29th August 2010
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DomainName.com To Be Auctioned Tuesday - Generic domain name for domain industry goes on the block Tuesday. DomainConsultant.com’s auction of DomainName.com is taking place on Tuesday, August 31. This isn’t just an auction for the domain name — it includes an ICANN accredited registrar with an active customer base and about 8,000 domain registrations. That’s not a huge number, but if you take a look at what has been done with DomainName.com to date, it appears there’s a lot of upside. The package ... read more ...
Mon 2nd August 2010
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Latona’s to Auction Off Remaining Zuccarini Domains during TRAFFIC - Domain names will be auctioned off at TRAFFIC in October if court approves. Assuming court approval, Rick Latona has scored a coup by getting rights to auction off the remaining domain names owned by John Zuccarini to satisfy a court judgment and U.S. tax lien. After losing a cybersquatting case to Office Depot, Zuccarini’s domain names were handed to a receiver. That receiver has had his share of challenges, including letting some of the domain names expire. ... read more ...
Thu 20th May 2010
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DOMAINfest Extended Auction Bombs - Extended auction fails to live up to success of live auction. Last week DOMAINfest had a successful live domain name auction. Unfortunately, the extended auction didn’t perform too well. Only 8 out of 797 domain names sold, or a sell through rate of only 1%. It’s disappointing, but I’m not terribly surprised. I only came up with five domain names to mention in my preview post a couple days ago. (Mind you, none of the five I chose sold. But it goes to show ... read more ...
Mon 22nd March 2010
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Domain Madness 2 Auction Ends Tuesday - Second annual “Domain Madness” auction runs through Tuesday. Domain Consultant’s Domain Madness 2 auction ends Tuesday afternoon. Live online bidding is available at DomainMadness2.com. Domain Consultant is giving away a free iPad to one lucky person who registers for the auction (no bidding is necessary). The quality of domains in the auction this year is substantially better than last year’s, with some uber-premium domain names to choose from. But you’ll ... read more ...