Tag Archives: sales

Mon 14th December 2015
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DNPric.es Database Of Domain Sales Tops 1M: Total Sales Tops $1.6 Billion - DNPric.es database of domain name sales passed over 1,000,000 historic records. According to the developer of the site, not only it makes DNPric.es, the first one to gather so much public entries in one place, it is also times bigger than any other known data provider. According to the statistics section on the site: “The database has 1,089,771 sales records of 1,015,189 domain names totaling sales of $1,605,714,604” That is over $1.6 Billion dollars in domain name sales. In addition DNPric.es ... read more ...
Thu 10th December 2015
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Two More 2 Letter .Com Added To Namescon Auction; Now Have 12 Three Letter .Com's - Two more 2 letter .com’s are now live for pre-bidding on Namejet.com. Wi.com and FW.com now join AT.com in the Live and online domain name auction that RightOfTheDot.com is holding as from the Namescon conference on January 11, 2016. AT.com already has a bid of over $1.5 Million in pre-bidding at Namejet. In addition to the 3 two letter .com’s, there are 5 three number .com’s (NNN.com) also in the auction: 380.com 397.com 652.com 708.com 983.com We also recently added the three letter super ... read more ...
 
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15 finish user domain name sales that happened final week - A bus service, real estate firm and other companies that bought domain names last week. Sedo handled $1.4 million worth of domain name transactions last week. The end of 2015 is helping Sedo finish the year in style. Last week it handled 654 domain name transactions for a total of $1.4 million. Among the end users that bought domain names were a New Zealand company that bought a .co to match its .co.nz, a pharmaceuticals company that is rebranding, and a site that wants to be a gathering place for ... read more ...
Wed 9th December 2015
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Why Marchex and WWM domain name acquisitions make clarity for GoDaddy - Unique characteristics make these portfolios valuable to GoDaddy. Worldwide Media’s portfolio is a good match for GoDaddy’s business model. GoDaddy made the surprising announcement on Monday that it had purchased Michael Berkens’ domain name portfolio. It was surprising because I had no idea Michael Berkens’ Worldwide Media (WWM) portfolio was for sale. But it’s unsurprising that GoDaddy was interested in this particular portfolio. Like the portfolio GoDaddy acquired from Marchex earlier ... read more ...
 
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Remember Congo? It rebranded as LawBooth.com - Company finds a good .com for under $3,000. Congo changed its brand to Lawbooth. Remember Congo? The company that started its lawyer-match service at Congo.io, and then balked at the “egregiously overinflated” asking price of $750,000 for Congo.com? Although I disagree about its characterization of the Congo.com asking price, I like the contest it proposed: find us a .com domain name we can buy for less than $3,000 to make our new brand. When people say “all the good .com domains are taken,” ... read more ...
Tue 8th December 2015
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Sedo Weekly Transactions sum $1.4 million led by Tonic.com during $80,000 -

Over a past week, 654 exchange took place on Sedo’s marketplace and around SedoMLS, totaling $1.4M.

60% of sum sales were a outcome of Buy Now listings.

HIGHLIGHTS OF PUBLIC SALES ARE:

· Top .com: TONIC.COM during 80,000 USD

· Top ccTLD: CAM.TV during 13,000 USD

· Top “other” TLD: LEARNINGMACHINE.ORG during 6,150 USD

 

 

Via: thedomains.com

 
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Another record-buster during NameJet - November was a great month for NameJet. During 2015, NameJet surpassed itself several times. July had a record-setting 6-figure sale, but then September broke that record within weeks. And in many ways, October was the auction platform’s strongest month ever. That is, until November. November set 2 new records. Each month, NameJet reports sales above $2000. (Most fall below that threshold.) In total, these top auctions have beaten the million-dollar mark just 4 times – starting in July, every ... read more ...
Mon 7th December 2015
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My Sale to Godaddy - By now I assume you have read the press release that my company Worldwide Media, Inc., more commonly known in the domain community as MostWantedDomains.com, has sold the vast majority of our domain portfolio to GoDaddy/Afternic. While I can’t get into the details of the transaction, I did want to share some thoughts about the sale and what it means and does not mean about the state of the domain industry in my opinion. Let me start by saying this transaction was prompted for personal life reasons, ... read more ...
 
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GoDaddy acquires Mike Berkens' WorldWide Media domain name portfolio - Berkens sells majority of domain names to GoDaddy. GoDaddy has acquired the majority of Michael Berkens’ domain name portfolio; the company announced today. Berkens writes the blog TheDomains.com and his portfolio was under the company Worldwide Media. GoDaddy acquired the vast majority of Berkens’ domain names, about 70,000 names in total. “GoDaddy is focused on making sure our customers get the perfect online name for their business or passion, so we’re always looking at ways to improve ... read more ...
Sun 6th December 2015
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Report: Domain 688.com Sold For $1.5 Million - According to a report appearing  in ename.cn, the domain name 688.com just sold for about $1.5 Million dollars. According to the report the sales price was 9,580,000 RMB which according to today’s exchange rate is $1,496,290.52. The domain name 688.com did change ownership yesterday. The domain was owned by a XiaoFeng Lin of China at the domain name registrar MAFF Inc. until December 5th when the whois information was updated to reflect LinXiaoFeng of DotMedia Limited as the new owner.  The domain ... read more ...
Sat 5th December 2015
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Census.com, In Last Namescon Auction Sells To Mark Monitor Client - The domain name Census.com which was in the RightoftheDot.com domain name auction at Namescon in January 2015, just sold to a Mark Monitor client as the whois information changed yesterday. The domain name Census.com was one of my favorite picks from that auction. The domain name had a auction reserve of between $100,001 – $250,000 It will be interesting to see who wound up buying this domain. Census.com as a parked page has an Alexa ranking in the 5 million range. In a just 5 weeks RightoftheDot.com ... read more ...
Thu 3rd December 2015
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Namejet.com Reports $1.56 Million In Domain Sales In November -

Namejet.com usually released a sales news for Nov stating $1,561,991.00 in domain names sold.

Namejet.com usually news sales of $2,000 or some-more and for that remuneration was done by a finish of  a month.

The tip 16 sales had 4 characters or less:

 

 

Via: thedomains.com

 
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.Club Has Record Month Selling Over $1.6 In Premium Domains - .Club announced today on its blog, that they had a record-setting month in November selling $1,622,164.13 in premium domain names. In all .Club sold 326 premium domains in November. .Club continues to be fully transparent in its sales activities: November was a record-breaking month for both regular .CLUB registrations and premium name sales. It was our first month with more than $1 million in Premium Name sales, with strong deals coming from two auctions, our registrar channel, registry direct ... read more ...
 
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.Club sells $1.6 million in reward domains in one month - In one month, Chinese buyers more than double .Club’s premium sales to date. Boom! .Club sold over $1.6 million in premium domain names last month alone, more than it had sold in entirety since its launch. The registry has China to thank. The company sold a seven-figure package to a Chinese domain name investor, including 1.club, 6.club and 9.club. .Club sold 246 domain names in package deals during the month, including some keyword names as well as N, NN, NNN, L and LL names. It also held successful ... read more ...
 
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Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment is securing domain names… - Do domain name registrations signal something new? On this week’s end user domain name report, I noted that AmblinProduction.com sold for $998. The domain name currently shows Mark Monitor as the registrant, so it was likely purchased for Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment. Yesterday, the company also registered these domain names: amblindigital.com amblinfest.com amblinfestival.com amblingames.com amblininteractive.com amblinmovies.com amblinsocial.com amblintelevision.com amblintv.com amblinvr.com This ... read more ...
Wed 2nd December 2015
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What domain names Cox Media, Steinway and other finish users bought final week - From DoorMint.com to SouthernKitchen.com, here are some end user domain name purchases from the past week. Sedo had yet another strong week of sales led by short domain names. It handled 832 transactions for $1.4 million in sales. Sales to end users included some new TLDs, such as Robots.life and Production.club. Here’s a look at end user domain name sales from the past week on Sedo: (You can view previous lists like this here. If you’d like to learn how to sell your domain names like these on ... read more ...
Tue 1st December 2015
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Sedo Weekly Transactions Total $1.4 million - Over the past week, 832 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.4m. 66% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings.     Highlights of public sales are: Top .com: farma.com at 40,000 EUR Top ccTLD: shoop.de at 40,000 EUR Top “other” TLD: verity.org at 16,500 USD New Gtld Sales: 988.xyz 3,000 USDrobots.life    2,500    USD888.link    1,888    GBPproduction.club    1,250    EURlaunch.agency    1,000    USDhomecare.guide   ... read more ...
Mon 30th November 2015
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3 reasons we shouldn't flog yourself for offered a brief domain name too soon - Here’s why you shouldn’t have sellers remorse. With the rapid rise in values for three and four character domain names, I’ve read some commentary from people kicking themselves for selling domain names too soon. Call it seller’s remorse, and it’s a feeling I think we’ve all had. But comparing the price you sold a domain name for and how much you could get for it today is irrelevant. It’s hindsight. Here are three reasons you shouldn’t beat yourself up too much: 1. Even if you held ... read more ...
Wed 25th November 2015
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What domain names eBay, Mastercard and 22 others bought this week - Big brands among domain name buyers at Sedo this past week. Sedo had another strong week for domain name sales with a whopping 1,080 transactions for at total of $1.5 million. Many of these sales were, once again, short letter and numeric domain names sold to people in China. But this column focuses on end users. You’ll read about the domain name eBay paid just $780 for, why a credit union forked out $25,000 for a long domain name, and 22 other end user domain name purchases. Here’s a look at ... read more ...
Tue 24th November 2015
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Sedo Weekly Transactions Total $1.5million led by Aflam.com during $34,000 - Over the past week, 1,080 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.5m. 67% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings.     Highlights of public sales are: Top .com: aflam.com at 34,000 USD Top ccTLD: sponsor.me at 10,000 EUR Top “other” TLD: palm.info at 12,500 EUR New Gtld sales: geneva.consulting    3,000    USDasia.finance    1,088    USDcode.tips    1,000    USD8888.link    888    USD777.click    850    USDtrue.marketing   ... read more ...
Mon 23rd November 2015
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3 Letter .Com hits new auction site during $10 with no reserve - Greg Ricks is betting a valuable domain on getting attention for his own auctions. Domain name investor Greg Ricks has added auctions to his Perfect Name site, and he’s putting up a 3 letter .com domain name at no reserve to draw attention to it. DXC.com is currently in an auction on Perfect Name with a starting bid of $10. Ricks has already sold the domain name 447.net for $5,150 on the platform. Now he’s upping the game. I asked Ricks why he’s using his own auction platform rather than one ... read more ...
Thu 19th November 2015
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Report: 88.XIN Sells for $180,000 - According to a blog post appearing in .XIN registry, the domain name 88.XIN recently sold for ¥1,140,888 at a domain name auction, which is around $180,000 USD. According to the blog post .XIN sold  a total of 9 domain names for 3.14 million yuan which equates to over $523K USD. Other domain name reportedly sold in the auction included 789.xin for 400,500 yuan and 188.xin for 403,800 yuan which comes to around $67k USD each. .XIN is a new gTLD and according to ntldstats.com has almost 90,000 ... read more ...
Wed 18th November 2015
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Booking.com buys .Hotels domain name for $2.2 million - Booking.yeah! Hotel booking company Booking.com has won exclusive rights to run the .hotels top level domain name for $2.2 million. The company was the only applicant for the .hotels domain name. However, .hotels and .hoteis were one of two sets of domains to be considered “too similar” in ICANN’s first pass of string similarity. (Other domain names were trapped through individual string similarity objections.) Therefore, there was a public auction today between Booking.com and Despegar Online ... read more ...
 
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With 24 hours to go, all .Club domains in auction have 2+ bids - .Club auction is sizzling on Sedo. The .Club numeric domain name auction on Sedo is a rare sight: All 37 domain names have bids and will sell when the auction closes tomorrow. In fact, each domain name has at least two bidders, so it’s likely we’ll see lots of activity over the next 24 hours. 666.club leads the pack with 49 bids and a current price of $3,200. I’ve always found this to be an interesting number. It’s a lucky number in China, while elsewhere it is considered the mark of the ... read more ...
 
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What domain names Business Insider and 18 others bought final week - Here are companies that bought domain names last week. Sifting through Sedo’s weekly sales list to find end user domain name sales is becoming a time-consuming task, but it’s good news for Sedo and the domain name aftermarket. The run on short domain names is filling Sedo’s coffers. Last week the company handled an unusually high 807 domain name transactions for an unusually high $2.4 million in sales. Based on the total of public sales, that means the company also handled some high value private ... read more ...