Tag Archives: Mike Mann

Fri 12th June 2015
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Kevin Ham and Mike Mann let these prize-winning domain names expire - Domains that won $5,000 in Verisign contest used to be owned by well-known domain name investors. Verisign found some great domains for the final five $5,000 winners in its Internet Official contest. All five were previously registered. Interestingly, a couple well-known domainers used to own two of the domain names: Kevin Ham and Mike Mann. Based on DomainTools’ whois history, it seems they let the domain names expire. Here is the history behind the five winning domains: Delectablegarden.com ... read more ...
Mon 17th November 2014
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Mike Mann and (more) economics of domain name portfolios - Washington Post article provides more data on about domain name portfolios. The Washington Post wrote about domain name investor Mike Mann yesterday, and the article sheds more light on the economics or large domain name portfolios. Really, it applies to all domain portfolios, even if you have a small one. I wrote about this topic before after BuyDomains sold for $44.9 million, or just $47 per domain name. According to the Washington Post article, Mann’s company ... read more ...
Mon 26th August 2013
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Google buys AfricaConnected.com domain name from Mike Mann - Search giant acquires domain name from domain investor. Google has acquired the domain name AfricaConnected.com, likely for its efforts to bring internet access to more people in Africa. It looks like Google acquired the domain name with the help of Mark Monitor through its NameAdvisers group. Until July 11, Mike Mann’s Domain Asset Holdings was listed in whois as the owner. Mann runs DomainMarket.com. The whois then switched to NameAdvisers before changing over ... read more ...
Fri 4th January 2013
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First demeanour during Webfest auction, and Mike Mann auction on SnapNames - First dozen domains from Webfest auction released and Mike Mann’s DomainMarket.com teams up with SnapNames. Pre-bidding has opened for the Webfest Live Auction taking place next month at Webfest Global (formerly DOMAINfest). Only a dozen of the domains have been listed so far, but that list will grow between now and February. Thin.com, Twin.com, and Wrestlers.com are among the domains on auction. One domain – briskets.com – already has a bidder. In other SnapNames ... read more ...
Mon 11th June 2012
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Here’s what Mike Mann thinks about new TLDs - He has an opinion on everything. Here’s what he thinks about new TLDs. Last week I published comments from a number of domain industry professionals about what they think new top level domains will mean for domainers. I think I forgot to tell Mike Mann to keep his comments to 100 words. So he came back with a smidge more, warranting this separate post. Mann founded BuyDomains, later selling it to NameMedia. His company built up one of the largest portfolios of .com’s ... read more ...
Wed 25th May 2011
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Mike Mann Ordered to Transfer 21 Domains to Facebook - Facebook awarded 21 trademark-infringing domain names. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has ordered BuyDomains founder Mike Mann and his company Domain Asset Holdings to transfer 21 domain names to social networking site Facebook. The domain names all include Facebook plus an additional word, such as AboutFacebook.com, FacebookFest.com, and FacebookStuff.com. The case was delayed at first over some confusion apparently caused by Mann’s legal team. ... read more ...
Wed 21st April 2010
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Judge Denies DOM Partners Motion to Dismiss Bankruptcy Case - Bankruptcy case to proceed for now. A judge assigned to the bankruptcy case of Sex.com owner Escom, LLC has denied creditor and shareholder DOM Partners’ request to dismiss the case. Three companies run by Mike Mann filed an involuntary bankruptcy petition against Escom the day before Sex.com was to be offered in a high profile auction in New York City. Mann argued that the best way to realize the maximum value from the sale of Sex.com was to hold an orderly bankruptcy ... read more ...
Tue 13th April 2010
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DOM Partners Fires Back during Mike Mann in Sex.com Case - Creditor to Sex.com says Mike Mann proves its point. DOM Partners, a creditor and equity investor in Sex.com owner Escom, LLC, has filed a reply (pdf) to Mike Mann’s opposition to DOM’s motion to dismiss bankruptcy proceedings against Escom. In the reply, DOM Partners says that Mann’s opposition and declaration proves that he filed the bankruptcy case in bad faith to prevent a planned foreclosure auction of the Sex.com domain name. Petitioners acknowledge ... read more ...
Tue 30th March 2010
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Sex.com Investor: Give Sex.com Domain Name to PETA - Mike Mann plays along with PETA. Sex.com investor Mike Mann is playing along with PETA’s request that it get the Sex.com domain name. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) grabbed some publicity earlier this month when it requested the domain name Sex.com be donated to it instead of auctioned for millions of dollars. As it turns out, one of Sex.com’s investors — Mike Mann — is a long time vegetarian. He says he’ll accept PETA’s request, ... read more ...
Mon 29th March 2010
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Sex.com Dirt: Inside Details of What Went Wrong with Sex.com - New dirt on Sex.com exposed in court filings. Documents filed in a bankruptcy case involving Sex.com owner Escom, LLC, provide intriguing details into who actually owns Sex.com and what went wrong with the company. DOM Partners, a creditor and an investor in Escom, filed the papers in response to an involuntary bankruptcy filing initiated by Mike Mann against Escom to halt the auction of Sex.com. In a motion to dismiss (pdf) the petition for bankruptcy, DOM alleges ... read more ...
Sun 14th June 2009
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First Two (Unofficial) Days during Domain Roundtable - A weekend of domain festivities in Washington D.C. Domain Roundtable officially kicked off this evening in Washington, D.C. at the Grand Hyatt. But this weekend was filled with unofficial activities for a few of the early arrivers. Saturday evening David and Michael Castello graciously treated a dozen early arrivals to dinner at Central Michel Richard. In attendance were a number of familiar domain industry faces such as Phil Corwin of Internet Commerce Association ... read more ...