Tag Archives: private auctions

Mon 23rd September 2013
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
Comparing private vs. final review new TLD auctions - In private auctions, applicants bid less than the valuation they place on the string. There have been two rounds of private auctions (that we know about) to settle top level domain contention sets. The first one included six TLDs and totaled $9.01 million. The second included 8 strings and totaled $9.65 million. That’s an average of $1.5 million per string in the first auction and $1.2 million in the second. So are the applicants in these auctions valuing the typical ... read more ...
Thu 15th August 2013
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8 new TLD auctions net $9.65 million - Second round of private new TLD auctions closes. Innovative Auctions has completed its second round of Applicant Auctions to settle new top level domain name contention sets. 8 contention sets were resolved in this round for a total of $9,651,000. Here are the winners: .guide: Donuts, Inc (beat TLDH) .construction: Donuts, Inc (beat Dot Construction, LLC) .storage: Extra Space Storage (NYSE:EXR) (beat Donuts) .desi: Desi Networks LLC (beat Afilias) .expert: Donuts, ... read more ...
Mon 12th August 2013
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TLDH to attend in 4 private domain auctions - Company will challenge three competitors in private auctions. Top Level Domain Holdings announced today that it will participate in 4 private auctions to settle top level domain contention sets. The four auctions will resolve these contention sets: .GUIDE (versus Donuts) .CASA (versus Donuts) .网址 (“web address” in Chinese) (versus HU YI GLOBAL INFORMATION RESOURCES) .FISHING (versus United TLD/Demand Media) Top Level Domain Holdings (TLDH) was initially opposed ... read more ...
Tue 30th July 2013
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Donuts peaceful to send 68 strings to auction in August - New top level domain applicant commits more strings to private auction model. Donuts, the largest applicant for new top level domains, has committed up to 68 strings to the next new TLD “private” auction held by Applicant Auction next month. In the first auction held in May, Donuts committed 63 domains. In order to go to auction, all applicants for the string must agree. Only six of the 63 went to auction, and Donuts won just one of the domains. The average bidding ... read more ...