National A-1 Buys Pizza.com -
Active domain buyer snaps up famed Pizza.com domain name.
Pizza.com, which was auctioned off for $2.6 million at Sedo in April, finally has a new home. National A-1 Advertising purchased the domain name according to updated whois records. The whois record changed to Sedo on June 28 and National A-1 either yesterday or today.
National A-1 was likely not the original bidder. It is currently unknown how much the company paid for the domain name, and National A-1 did ... read more ...
Tag Archives: pizza.com
Tue 1st July 2008
Wed 21st May 2008
Sedo Introduces Authentication System -
After many complaints about incomplete deals, company offers three-tier verification system.
Sedo sells a lot of domains, but many of the domain sales on its site are never completed. A number of people — including readers of Domain Name Wire — have recommended that bidders be authenticated to cut down on bogus bidding.
Today Sedo introduced a three tier system for verification. Here’s how it works:
1. Tier 1 lets you bid on any domain under $10,000. You ... read more ...
Thu 8th May 2008
Maybe $2.6 Million for Pizza.com Isn’t that Outrageous Afterall -
Papa John’s has sold over $1 billion in pizza online.
Perhaps the recent $2.6 million deal for Pizza.com isn’t as outlandish as I thought.
Papa John’s pizza has sold over $1 billion in pizza online, the company just announced. $400 million of that came last year alone. It has spend $15 million developing its online ordering technology. What’s another $2.6 million?
Just about every pizza chain with more than a half dozen restaurants allows online ordering, ... read more ...
Fri 2nd May 2008
When Will Pizza.com Dough Arrive? -
Sale yet to close. Will it?
[Update: Pizza.com has now sold.] People outside the domain world were surprised to see that Pizza.com sold for $2.6 million a few weeks ago. But those of us in the domain industry have been on edge ever since. We have one question: will the deal actually close?
As of today there’s no news on the deal. The whois on Pizza.com has been a private registration for many years, although Chris Clark’s (the seller) name is no longer attached ... read more ...