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Wed 1st May 2013
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Go Daddy Auctions sells 39,488 domains in April - Go Daddy Auctions sold close to 40,000 domains last month. Go Daddy has updated its Domain Market Report to reflect April numbers. In total, Go Daddy Auctions sold 39,488 domains during the month. This number is typically revised up after the initial report. In March Go Daddy sold 43,409 domains. The top ten sales last month were: seeq.com $33,000 – bought by a company in stealth mode. Afternic listing. thetoystore.com $18,000 staycation.com $16,667 – a valuable ... read more ...
 
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20 finish user domain sales from Sedo - A list of 20 end user domain buys at Sedo last week. Perhaps the most recognizable end user buyer at Sedo last week was Korbel, maker of sparkling wine. But also take a look at click-to-call.com, which shows a whois address at Sedo’s office in Boston. BlueWave Communications in New York bought BWC.ch for 1,190 EUR. Advertising agency Sonnen Werbung Verlag bought Sonnen.ch for 1,000 EUR. UK company Lifetime Legal bought Executor.co.uk for 12,000 GBP. Herbs company ... read more ...
Tue 30th April 2013
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Afternic.com Sells $1.2MM In Domains Led By Seeq.com For $33K - Afternic.com just released its weekly domain sales for the week of 4/22/13 – 4/28/13. Total domain sales for the week, including confidential sales and sales under $1000, summed to $1,212,847. The highest sale was Seeq.com, which sold for $33,000 which was a BuyDomains.com owned domain. Other reportable high dollar sales were DigiDeals.com for $15,000 and DrugDangers.com for $13,500 which was one of ours. Here is the full list of reportable sales: Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
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RV.com Bought By Good Sam - RV.com was purchased by Good Sam according to a press release out this morning. According to the release Good Sam is “the world’s leading provider of products and services for the RV and outdoor recreation consumer” The domain name was purchased from Dometic Group who according to domaintools.com has owned the domain name since at least 2001. “Launching in August 2013, the new RV.com will be content rich and feature tools and services that the Good Sam Club member base and today’s RVers ... read more ...
Mon 29th April 2013
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Marchex’s Archeo Sells $1.4M In Domains In 4th Q 2012 - Archeo, Inc., a division of Marchex, Inc. ((NASDAQ: MCHX), announced today that it sold 50 domain names totaling $1.4 million dollars in first quarter of 2013. The average price of a domain in the first quarter of 2013 was $27,233 as compared to $27,823 in the fourth quarter of 2012. In November 2012, Marchex, Inc. announced its intention to spin off its domain assets into Archeo, a separate public company that would function as a premium domain and advertising marketplace. The spin-off is expected ... read more ...
 
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7 finish users who bought domains from Marchex final quarter - PG, TomTom among companies that sprung for big ticket domains last quarter. Earlier today Marchex posted its top 20 domain sales for last quarter (sans price tags). As with the company’s prior list of top 500 all time domain sales, the sales were to a mix of end users and domainers/lead gen types. Here are some of the end user purchases last quarter: Procter Gamble bought Swash.com after being found guilty of trying reverse domain name hijacking to steal the domain. Sunripe ... read more ...
 
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Marchex sells 50 domains for $1.4 million – here are a tip 20 - Company reports improved domain name sales compared to previous quarter. Marchex’s Archeo, Inc. sold 50 domains in the first quarter of this year for a total of $1.4 million. Archeo, Inc. is the domain name division of Marchex, which the company hopes to soon spin off into its own publicly traded company. The results were much better than in Q4 2012, when the company sold 31 domains for $863,000. The average price per sale was about the same in both quarters, at ... read more ...
 
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After being found guilty of RDNH, Procter & Gamble pays adult for Swash.com - PG buys Swash.com after embarrassing legal approach. Last month Procter Gamble became one of the largest companies to be found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking after losing a domain dispute for Swash.com. Among the company’s many sins in its UDRP filing was that it provided incorrect sales numbers for its ‘swash’ brand. As it turns out, the company was looking to launch a brand new brand called Swash and wanted to get the domain name. It went about ... read more ...
Sun 28th April 2013
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Philadelphia 76ers buy Sevens.com from Warren Royal for new D-League franchise - Domain investor sells domain name for new development league team. Yesterday the Philadelphia 76ers NBA team announced that it acquired the operating rights for a team in the National Basketball Association Development League. The team will play in Delaware and be called the Delaware 87ers. Their nickname will be the “Sevens”. Just how long have the 76ers been working on acquiring the rights to this D-league team? Well, on November 26, 2012 they registered the ... read more ...
Thu 25th April 2013
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Moms.com sells for $252,000 in Sedo Auction - Moms.com domain name sells for $252,000 in monthly Great Domains auction. The headline domain name in this month’s Great Domains auction at Sedo hit its reserve in extended bidding. Bidding for Moms.com jumped from $175,000 to $249,000 when a bidder placed the latter bid, which was the reserve. It looked like the auction was going to close at that price until another bid was placed in (literally) the last minute. Only two bidders participated once the auction hit ... read more ...
Wed 24th April 2013
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USA Today buys domain for new sports site (and 19 other domains) - USA Today among big name domain name end user buyers last week. This week USA Today launched its new sports site For The Win!, which officially resides at FTW.USAToday.com. But they bought the short URL 4TW.com to forward to it. Here are details on that sale and 19 other end user sales at Sedo last week. Building Supplies Online in the UK bought its acronym BSO.co.uk for 2,499 GBP. pair Networks bought yet another domain on the aftermarket. It paid $1,000 for PairBlog.com. ... read more ...
 
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25 finish user domain sales - Scripps Networks among end user buyers last week. Here are 25 end user domain sales made through Afternic last week. Gibson Research Corporation bought SteveGibson.net for $1,477. The company was founded by Steve Gibson. Vancouver Laptop paid $25,000 for TabletScreen.com. It spent $1,499 for ReplacementScreen.com earlier this year. Global Software in Raleigh, North Carolina paid $2,000 for GlobalSoftwareInc.com. It currently uses GLBsoft.com as its web address. Here’s ... read more ...
 
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Hilco to auction Bargain.com, ETM.com, other domains - Bargain.com, ETM.com, and ServiceMerchandise.com headed to auction block. Hilco Streambank announced that it will auction off a number of domain names, including Bargain.com, next month through its online auction platform HilcoIPAuctions.com. Hilco is well known for auctioning of domain names related to defunct brands, but Bargain.com isn’t such a distressed asset. The domain is owned by FYI Direct, the consumer credit company behind FreeScore.com. It has been marketed ... read more ...
Tue 23rd April 2013
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Sedo Transactions Total Over $1.2 Million - Sedo.com just pubished its weekly report in all 756 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling over $1.2m. Over 40% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales include: ·         Top .coms: farmrealestate.com at 20,000 USD, and indonews.com at 20,000 USD ·         Top ccTLD: låna.nu at 19,300 USD ·         Top “other” TLD: jiandan.net at 5,000 USD, and acorn.org at 5,000 USD Here are the reportable sales:   <![CDATA[]]>Domain ... read more ...
 
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Salesforce launches Social.com - Almost two years after buying domain, Salesforce launches Social.com. Last week Salesforce started forwarding its Social.com domain to one of its sites, but today it formerly announced its new Social.com service. Social.com offers services to advertise on Facebook and Twitter more effectively. It automates how companies find potential customers and market to them via social media. It’s a good use of an expensive domain name. Moniker brokered the sale of Social.com ... read more ...
Thu 18th April 2013
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But.com Sells For $60,000 On NameJet.com - The domain name But.com sold yesterday on Namejet.com for an even $60,000 There were 324 bidders in the auction with 7 bidders willing to pay more than $10K. The domain name has an Estibot.com valuation of $182,000 and a DomainIndex.com valuation of $44,000 The domain was or is for sale on BuyDomains.com for $155,000   Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
Wed 17th April 2013
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Forward U.S. bought domain for $1,500 - New immigration reform group bought .us domain for $1,500 at Sedo. Forward U.S., the new immigration reform group led by companies including Facebook, Google, and PayPal, paid $1,500 for its domain name.The new immigration reform group that Ron Jackson wrote about last week paid $1,500 for FWD.us. That’s just one of the end user sales that Sedo made last week. It had a big week, closing nearly $2 million in sales. Here are some of its other end user sales. SumUp, ... read more ...
 
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What domains Pfizer and 24 others bought final week - Pfizer is among the big companies buying domains last week. Afternic sold slightly less than $1 million worth of domain names last week. Here are some of the end users who bought domains through the service. Czech Republic beverage company The Drinks bought TheDrinks.com for $1,500. Its main web site is TheDrinks.cz. Open Lease Software shortened its web address from OpenLeaseSoftware.com to OpenLease.com for $2,250. Core Merchant, a merchant services company, bought ... read more ...
Mon 15th April 2013
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SnapNames no haven auction ends Thursday - Three auctions are running on SnapNames. SnapNames has three auctions running this month, and the first one ends Thursday. SnapNames’ “April Deals” auction ends Thursday, April 18. The auction includes just 44 domains and all have no reserve (but a $199 minimum bid). So far three domains have bids, including WorkToDo.com, CashCrash.com, and KindGift.com. Most of the domains are brandable, such as BuzzIncome.com, BeyondCeleb.com, and ScienceGo.com. Next, the ... read more ...
Sat 13th April 2013
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Wantable.com Purchased For $47K is Being Forwarded To Wantable.Co - The domain name Wantable.com sold this week on Sedo.com for $47,000 certainly a nice price for that domain. The Domain was purchased by Wantable.co, LLC of Milwaukee Wisconsin . You might thing that it was an “upgrade” acquisition by a .Co site to the .Com. However Wantable.com is being forwarded to Wantable.co We are all used to seeing .com owners buying .co domain names as defensive purchases and then having the .co forward to the .com version but here the .com was the defensive purchase and ... read more ...
Fri 12th April 2013
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Md.org Sells for $555,655 in an All Time Record For Namejet.com - The two letter domain MD.org name just sold for $555,5650 in what we think is an all time record for a sale on Namejet.com Interestingly its one of the only .Org domains to sell in the past two weeks on Godaddy.com or Namejet.com each of which had single letter and single numbered .org domains for sale with what appears to be reserves of $50K each. We are pretty sure that bidding on Md.Org came down to National A-1 which owns Free.com (the Bidders name was Freedotcom) and the group that recently ... read more ...
 
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What domain JetBlue bought and a $120,000 finish user domain sale - JetBlue pays little for a domain, but another end user pays dearly. Sedo’s headline $120,000 sale of ConnectNow.com last week was (of course) to an end user. JetBlue also bought a domain through the service. Here’s a list of end user sales on Sedo last week. American Association of Young People bought yet another domain, Young-People.com, for $1,250. Cargill acquired the domain Cargill.kr for 1,200 EUR. Payment processing company First Data Corporation recently ... read more ...
 
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26 finish user domain sales - Here are 26 sales to end users on the Afternic platform last week. Before jumping into the Afternic end user sales report, take a look at the details behind Afternic’s biggest reported sale of the week. It sold TribalWars.com for $34,910 to the company that tried to take it with a UDRP a couple years ago. Here are other end user sales from Afternic: Quicken Loans bought QuickenRealty.com for $1,277. It recently bought RocketLoan.com for $4,500, too. Prosight Specialty ... read more ...
 
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After losing UDRP, association pays NameMedia $34,910 for TribalWars.com - I bet legal fees were included in this sales price. The top sale on this week’s Afternic domain sales report is TribalWars.com at $34,910, and it’s an interesting one. The buyer, Innogames, has an MMORPG called TribalWars. In 2011 Innogames filed a UDRP against NameMedia (technically against BuyDomains) for the domain. It lost. Now, two years later, Innogames has finally realized that if it wants a good domain is simply needs to pay for it. Innogames has gone ... read more ...
 
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Bidding on MD.org tops $500,000 during NameJet - Two letter .org domain goes sky high. [Update: ‘winters’ one the auction for $555,650] Two bidders are determined not to walk away from a NameJet auction for MD.org without their prize. Bidding for the domain, which will end within a few minutes of either bidder giving up, topped $500,000 at 12:31 PM PDT. Bidders ‘winters’ and ‘freedotcom’ are the only two participating since a $35,000 bid by ‘time25′ at 11:15 am. As for why the domain is worth so ... read more ...