What was your biggest domain niche mistake? - Have you flushed money down the toilet on themed domain registrations? Yesterday I wrote about how there’s still a sliver of hope for the prefab domain names I registered many years ago. I thought the registrations would pay off, but now I realize it’s going to be a long time (if ever). I’ve made other mistakes with things I thought would be hot but they didn’t pan out. I bought a bunch of Wimax.com domains, only to see Wimax lose out to LTE as a standard. ... read more ...

Mike Mann’s Domain Asset Holdings Sells Almost $300,000 In Domain Names In February - It looks like Mike Mann who founded then sold BuyDomains.com has done it all over again with DomainMarket.com He started Domain Asset Holdings from scratch at the time most thought all the good domains were gone, accumulated over 300,000 domain names again and has built a sales team that sells hundreds of thousands of dollars of domain names a month. Mike Mann has been posting sales data reporting strong sales consistently on his Facebook page for his company Domain Asset Holdings (DAH) I reached ... read more ...

Domain investors bullish on domain values - 66% think values will rise in 2012. 66% of domain name investors think values will increase in 2012 compared to 2011, according to Domain Name Wire’s 7th annual industry survey. That’s the highest percentage since 2008, when 75% were bullish. This year, 25% think values will be roughly the same as last year while 9% think they will fall. What domainers think isn’t necessary a good predictor, however. Much like the stock market, it seems that investor sentiment ... read more ...

Tumblr.com typo will sell for during slightest $24,000 tomorrow - Domain for sale on Sedo gets lots of traffic looking for blogging site. An auction for a typo of popular blogging platform Tumblr.com closes tomorrow, and it currently has a bid of 15,000 GBP (about $24,000 USD). The domain Tubmlr.com switches the b and the m. According to the sales listing page on Sedo it gets close to 8,000 visits per month, obviously due to its similarity to the blogging service. There’s only one bidder on the domain, and it’s possible that ... read more ...

HP buys CloudFolders.com for $3,790 (and 18 other domain sales) - HP buys domain for cloud offering and a look at 18 other end user domain purchases this past week. HP is the biggest name on this week’s end user domain sales report. The company purchased CloudFolders.com for what amounts to pennies (or a fraction of a penny) to the company: $3,790 at Sedo. Interestingly, the company did not also acquire CloudFolder.com (singular). Here are 18 other end user sales, including if they took place at Afternic or Sedo: Injury Care of ... read more ...

Afternic.com Sells Almost $1.4 Million In Domain Names Led by ApartmentListings.com & Tech.Pro - Afternic.com just published its weekly sales of domain names and sold a total of $ 1,374,675. Its reportable sales were led by ApartmentListings.com for $87,500 Interestingly a .Pro took 2nd place with Tech.pro selling for $25,500 This is the 2nd big .pro sale of the year with Go.pro selling for $40K on Godaddy in February. With Sedo.com reported sales for the week that is almost $5 Million in domain name sales in one week just between Afternic.com and Sedo.com As Adam Sandler would say “not too ... read more ...

Sedo Has Its Best Week Of The Year Selling Over 1,200 Domains for Over $3.5 Million Led By kboing.com For $150K - Sedo.com just had a Apple like week, selling over 1,200 domain names for over $3.5 Million dollars in sales In all 1207 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace, totaling over $3.5 million. 31.4% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales include: ·         Top .com: kboing.com at 150,000 USD ·         Top ccTLD: tev.de at 15,000 EUR ·         Top “other” TLD: optionstrading.org at 10,000 USD Kboing.com is being directed to ... read more ...

Which association is many innovative in offered domains? - Four old names and a new one on this year’s list. Which company is most innovative when it comes to selling domains in the aftermarket? 1,152 people shared their thoughts on this question in Domain Name Wire’s annual survey. In first place is Sedo, capturing 37% of the vote. Next up is GoDaddy at 27%. The company has steadily marched up the charts in this category as more and more domainers find ways to both buy and sell on its auction platform. A new entrant ... read more ...

Catching Up With Namejet.com NYC.info; LLLL.com & More - A few interesting sales from NameJet.com in the last few days highlighted by LLLL.com and NYC.info LLLL.com sold for $13,100 LLLL.com is the generic way that domainers describe 4 letter .com Coop.org sold for $9,660 NYC.info sold for $9,100 DefensiveDrivingSchool.com $5,766 UsPresidents.com sold for $5,400 PompanoBeachRealEstate.com sold for $5,098 Pompano Beach is located in South Florida north of Ft. Lauderdale and south of Boca Raton Dexi.com sold for $4,802 Plak.com sold for $3,700 Google+Michael ... read more ...

21 finish user domain purchases in a past week including Fool.com, Novartis - Here are 21 domain purchases made by “end users”. This week’s chock-full end user sales report has 21 end user domain purchases. Notable buyers include Fool.com, Novartis, Southern Company, and The Future Project. All sales were at Afternic unless otherwise noted. Field Fresh Foods, Inc. paid $2,088 for FreshSnacks.com 501c3 The Future Project bought Dream.org for $25,000. Electronics repair company Tekmedia Group, Inc bought TechMediaGroup.com for $1,088. Seattle ... read more ...

Afternic.com Sells $1 Million In Domain Names Led by Dream.Org At $25K - Afternic.com just published its weekly sales report and in all sold just over $1 Million Dollars in domain names. The reportable sales was led by a .Org domain, Dream.org The highest .com sale of the week off the reportable list was JunkDrawer.com for $20K Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...

Sedo.com Sells $2 Million In Domain Names - Sedo.com just released its weekly sales report. In all 946 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace, totaling over $2.0 million. 33.1% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales include: ·         Top .com: smartstop.com at 59,000 USD ·         Top ccTLD: couponcodes.co.uk at 22,000 USD ·         Top “other” TLD: routenplaner.net at 12,000 EUR   Here are the reportable sales:   Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...

Domain Guardians adds domain sales newsletter as it increases brokerage activity - Domain Guardians sees increased demand for domain brokerage. Domain Guardians has added a domain sales newsletter to its mix. The company, founded in part by former Fabulous employees Mike Robertson and Jen Sale, has increased its brokerage activity lately. Last year it sold eSignature.com for $150,000. Domain Guardians’ primary product is estate planning and management for domain name owners. But it has expanded its offerings based on the skillset of Robertson ... read more ...

16 constrained finish user domain purchases - 16 companies buy the right domain in the domain aftermarket. Here’s Domain Name Wire’s weekly look at end user domain sales. All of these sales took place on Afternic unless otherwise noted. The owner of eClassie.com wised up to the radio test and bought eClassy.com for $3,500. Another domain registrant made a smart move by dropping a hyphen. The owner of Fifth-Axis.com bought FifthAxis.com for $2,149.70. Williams Chevrolet Honda Geo of Traverse, Michigan paid ... read more ...

Afternic.com Sells $976,000 Led By Let.com For $100K - Afternic.com just released its sales report for the week and sold $976,000 in domain names. The reportable sales were led by the domain Let.com which sold for $100K The previous owner was Gerard Brady of Ireland the Buyer seems to be Lorne Pascal of France. In Europe the word Let is used in reference to renting Flats or apartments. Here is the list of reportable sales:   Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...

Sedo.com Sells $1.9 Million Dollars In Domain Names - Sedo just released its sale report for the week and in all sold  917 domain names through their marketplace, totaling over $1.9 million. 32% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales include: 7t.com at 17,000 EUR k.to at 40,000 USD  (We told you about this sale on February 8th) lotto.net at 32,500 EUR Here is a list of the reportable sales       Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...

MostWantedDomains.com Brokers a Sale Of Aili.com For $90,000 - A few days ago we referenced in a blog post that we have sold almost $400K in domain names in the first 40 days of the year. Today MostWantedDomains.com is announcing one of those sales, the domain name Aili.com for $90,000 We have owned the domain name for over 7 years and picked it up on a drop for registration fees. We turned down an offer of $40K last year and we received quite a lot of interest in the domain from Asia so its no surprise to the buyer is out of China. Sedo.com brokered the sale ... read more ...

Moniker auction has 29 bids with 3 days to go - Extended auction on SnapNames platform ends this Thursday. Moniker’s extended auction from this month’s DOMAINfest ends on Thursday afternoon. Already 29 of the 324 domains in the auction have received bids. This extended auction is a bit different from previous ones because it has reserves. In the past the extended auctions didn’t have reserves, which effectively meant the company disclosed the reserve price of domains that didn’t sell in the live auction ... read more ...

GoDaddy Auctions sole 38,366 domains final month including Go.Pro for $40k - A phenomenal .pro sale among domain sales on GoDaddy Auctions. GoDaddy Auctions sold 38,366 domain names last month, about 1,000 fewer than it sold in December. That includes the eye popping sale of Go.Pro for $40,000. That’s not a typo. The domain was purchased by a doctor in Maryland. Other top sales for the month include: diy.org $60,000 bestrecipes.com $45,000 uros.com $30,000 quod.com $30,000 10-4.com $16,000 eventguru.com $15,925 retireme.com $15,495 definedbenefitplan.com $15,000 gamebreak.com $12,650 About ... read more ...

DealDash buys gone Swoopo.com domain name (and 22 other finish user sales) - DealDash buys defunct rival’s domain name. Remember Swoopo.com, the auction site where you had to pay for each bid? It shut down amidst controversy, and now a competitor has purchased its domain name via Sedo. UK based DealDash Ltd paid 10,000 euros for Swoopo.com and now forwards it to DealDash.com. This was just one of many “end user” domain purchases over the past week. Here’s a look at 22 others. All took place at Afternic unless otherwise noted. College ... read more ...

Afternic.com Sells $1.06 Million In Domain Names Led By FaceValue.com For $20K - Afternic.com just released their weekly report of domain sales and sold $1,066.41 in domain names. FaceValue.com led the way in reportable sales at $20K. Here is the complete list of reportable sales over $1K. Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...

Sedo Sells $1.73 Million In Domain Names - Sedo.com just published its weekly sales report and in all “894 sales through our marketplace, totaling over $1.73 million” The reportable sales were led by: geb.com at 40,000 EUR Top ccTLD: football-betting.co.uk at 11,800 GBP Top “other” TLD: lotto.info at 19,500 USD 34% of all sales where “Buy it Now” Here is a list of all the reportable sales:   Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...

What domains American Airlines and others bought final week - American Airlines, The Nature Conservancy, New York Life, and other end user domain buys. I tried to do last week’s end user domain sales report during DOMAINfest, but some whois servers didn’t like my mobile connection. So it’s a bit late, but hopefully just as useful. Let’s start off with sales from Afternic. American Airlines bought the name of its Chairman, TomHorton.com, for $1,000. This was a smart move given that the company is about to battle its ... read more ...

HuntingMoon.com Brokers The Sale Of Pornstar.com For $1.5 Million - HuntingMoon.com announced that they have successfully brokered the sale of the website Pornstar.com for $1.5 Million dollars. This sale follows HuntingMoon sale of Eric Borgos’ adult domain portfolio for $1.3 Million. Lets point out right away that PornStar.com is an operating site not just a domain and the sale included all content, affiliates and members. The sale transaction started in 2010 and after a year and a half of payments, the buyer is now taking possession of all of the assets and plan ... read more ...