Tag Archives: etoys

Wed 18th February 2009
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Toys.com Back On Auction; May Sell for Over $1.25M - Toys.com will be auctioned again; Faculty Lounge will be stalking horse bidder. Domain Name Wire has learned that the sale of Toys.com has been halted by the bankruptcy court and the domain name will be auctioned again. Faculty Lounge, the company that won the domain name at auction earlier this month, will be a stalking horse bidder in the auction. Eli Columbus, a shareholder in Winstead PC’s Business Restructuring/Bankruptcy Practice Group (which is not involved ... read more ...
Tue 17th February 2009
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Judge: DONE Ventures’ Domain Purchase is Done Deal - Bankruptcy judge approves sale of domain names to DONE! Ventures. Earlier today, U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge Brendan L. Shannon handed down an order affirming the sale of a number of eToys’ domain names to DONE! Ventures. The domains included in the $200,000 deal are: birthdays.com birthdays.net birthdays.org birthday.net ebirthdays.com e-birthdays.com e-birthdays.net happybirthdays.com eparties.com pinata.com The domain name whois records for these domains still ... read more ...
Fri 13th February 2009
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Old Media Fail - Old media reporting on Toys ‘R’ Us acquisition of eToys: FAIL. I’ve been known to defend “old” media. Bloggers seem to think they can replace the old school media, but I disagree. How many blogger are on the ground in Iraq? Oh yeah, they’re just sitting behind their computers commenting on what the old media is reporting over there. But I have to say the old media’s initial response to Toys ‘R’ Us’ acquisition of some of The Parent Company’s ... read more ...
Thu 12th February 2009
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Toys R Us Confirms $2.15M eToys Acquisition - Company confirms what we already thought. It was fairly clear that Eagle, LLC was connected to Toys ‘R’ Us during the eToys bankruptcy auctions. Toys ‘R’ Us confirmed the suspicion today in an Associated Press article. The article says the purchase price was not disclosed. Domain Name Wire already reported the purchase price of $2.15 M. This included a number of domain names and customer lists. The acquisition is a big boost for Toys “R” Us, which ... read more ...
Fri 6th February 2009
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Goldberger on Toys.com Team, eToys.com Buyer Remains Mystery - Follow up to yesterday’s auction story. I spent several hours yesterday reading through bankruptcy documents before breaking the news about a major domain name auction in Delaware on February 4. Since then I’ve read more documents to try to piece together the major winners at the auction. The two high profile winners — Faculty Lounge Partners and Eagle, LLC probably won’t ring a bell with you. It appears they were set up to buy domains in the auction. There’s ... read more ...
Thu 5th February 2009
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Toys.com, Birthdays.com, Hobbies.com Sold during Auction - Millions of dollars in domains sold at auction. The biggest domain name auction of the year took place yesterday, but you probably haven’t heard about it. And Oversee.net, parent company of Moniker, was a bidder, not a seller. Yesterday at 10 am substantial assets from The Parent Company were scheduled to be auctioned off at the law offices of Pachulski Stang Ziehl Jones LLP. The Parent Company owns a number of online retailers including eToys. Among the domain ... read more ...