Sedo.com Sells GEB.com For 40,000 Euro’s - The domain name GEB.com just sold on Sedo for 40,000 Euro’s or around $50K. The seller appears to be a Gerard Brady. The domain is currently at Escrow.com awaiting transfer Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...

Occupy.com domain name sells - Domain has new owner but identity is unknown. Occupy.com, which was pitched for sale to the Occupy Movement last year, has sold. It’s not clear who purchased the domain name since its whois record is protected by whois privacy. But the buyer definitely wants to capitalize on the movement. It started a logo design contest on 99designs that states: This logo will live on occupy.com and @occupy on twitter. It will go on billboards, on TV, in magazines, on sidewalks, ... read more ...

Inside The Numbers: Sedo 2011 Sales Report Covering $85 Million Dollars In Domain Sales - Sedo.com published its 2011 domain name Sales Report (pdf) Here are some of the more interesting numbers out of the report: “In total, there were 39,951 domains sold across Sedo’s Domain Marketplace in 2011″ The total sales volume was $84,431,965. “80% of sales revenue consisted of confidential sales” “47% of traded domain names during 2011 were sold at prices at or under $500.” Only 6% of sales were $10K or more. “44% of all sales were .com domains” “18% were .De domains (of ... read more ...

Sedo.com Sells $1.68 Million In Domains Led By Sofi.com At 45K - Sedo.com just released its weekly sales list. In all Sedo.com sold 939 domain names totaling over $1.68 million with 34% of them being “buy it now” sales. Sofi.com led all sales at $45K followed by Naturkraft.de selling for around $30K Here are the reportable sales: Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...

GAYS.DE buys GAY.DE & Gay.At For $218,000 -

Via: thedomains.com

GoDaddy joins SedoMLS network - Sedo gets a big win with GoDaddy partnership. The world’s largest domain name registrar has joined the SedoMLS network, giving more exposure to domain owners selling their domains through Sedo. Domains that are listed on Sedo with a fixed price will automatically show up when a GoDaddy customer searches for the exact domain name. This will be possible because the domains are listed on GoDaddy auctions, and GoDaddy now shows auction listings when someone searches ... read more ...

BowlingBalls.com domain name sells for $225,000 - Chernoff hits a strike with latest domain sale. Garry Chernoff has completed another big domain name sale, this time selling BowlingBalls.com for $225,000. The buyer knows a thing or two about bowling balls. Nick Melnikoff has bowled in PBA tours and owns Bowlers Paradise, a web site that sells bowling balls and accessories. Chernoff told me the deal was brokered by Andrew Hunovice. I can’t find any notable price comps for domain names about bowling, but this is ... read more ...

One Of The Top Spanish .Com In The World Just Changed Hands: Viajes.com (Travel) - One of the top Spanish .com in the world just changed hands yesterday. The domain name Viajes.com which is Spanish for Travel has been transferred by Domain investor Christian Chena to World Internet Projects, of Barcelona Spain. Chris is a very successful domain investor especially in Spanish domain names. Ron Jackson, did a cover story on Chris on DnJournal.com a few years ago which you can check out here. We don’t have any details of the deal but we congratulate everyone involved. Google+Michael ... read more ...

Moniker publishes final DOMAINfest auction list - Two more valuable domain names added to auction. Moniker has published the final list of domains for next week’s live domain auction during DOMAINfest, as well as the online auction to follow. Bargain.com and Democracy.com have been added to the auction. Bargain.com’s reserve is north of $750,000 while Democracy.com is available for somewhere between $100,000 and $250,000. Bargain.com is owned by FYI Direct, the company behind credit score monitoring site FreeScore.com. ... read more ...

LeadRefs.com helps we find buyers for your domains - Free service finds potential buyers for your domain names. Sure, you can sit on your domain portfolio and wait for the right buyer to come along. But you’ll sell a lot more domains if you actually try to sell them. The big challenge is finding qualified buyers for your domains. That’s a problem that LeadRefs.com is trying to solve. Just plug in a domain name and it searches for potential buyers of your domain name. For example, plug in TradingDerivatives.com and ... read more ...

Tucows business can now list domains in AfternicDLS Premium - Potential inventory boon for Afternic. Customers of Tucows can now list their domains for sale on AfternicDLS at the Premium level, Afternic announced this morning. This means customers can list their domains with “buy now” prices and they can be sold through AfternicDLS’ instant transfer process. Tucows had previously offered the ability to buy domains from AfternicDLS on its platform, which includes OpenSRS and Hover. But they couldn’t sell their domains ... read more ...

Sedo clarifies inventory levels and a cost comparison with Afternic - Sedo publishes fact sheet about its promotion and pricing levels. I have to admit I’ve been a bit confused by the various listing levels now offered at Sedo, especially when it comes to the SedoMLS system. Sedo has published a new fact sheet that compares the levels, and it makes more sense to me now. Here’s the basic gist. There are three levels: Sedo, SedoMLS Basic, and SedoMLS Premium. If you list your domains on Sedo, regardless of the options you choose the ... read more ...

Best Buy buys PhoneFreedom.com and other finish user domain sales - A big retailer makes a small domain purchase. Electronics retailer Best Buy is the biggest name on this week’s end user domain sales report. The company paid $2,588 for PhoneFreedom.com through Sedo. This domain is intuitive for one of the largest mobile phone sellers. The rest of this week’s end user domain sales took place through Afternic: Skydex, which makes materials to mitigate shock and blasts (think military uses), bought BlastMitigation.com for $2,500. PowerSoak, ... read more ...

Afternic.com Sells $1 Million In Domain Names - Afternic.com just reported its sales for the previous week and sold $1,008,482 As far as the reportable sales go, they were led by ClubClass.com which sold for $16K and AMSE.com which sold for $12,888.   Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...

Sedo.com Sells $1.36 Million In Domains Led By NeoMobile.com For $58K - Sedo Just released its weekly sales report and sold 861 domain name for a total of $1.36 Million Dollars The reportable sales were led by NeoMobile.com for $58,500 The buyer of Neomobile.com is most likely  NeoMobile Commerce Company out of Italy.   Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...

QE.com hits haven and other Moniker auction insights - Three domains have already hit reserve ahead of auction, and CA lists five domains for sale. Next week DOMAINfest comes to Santa Monica, California. That means it’s time for another Moniker premium domain auction. As it has done recently, the company is holding “pre-bidding” on a number of domains that will be in the auction. Already QE.com has hit its reserve with a $57,500 bid. That means the domain will sell for sure at next week’s auction. A couple other ... read more ...

The Story Behind The $280K Sales Of 45.com: The Seller Got The Domain As Collateral For A $15K Loan - In December the domain name 45.com sold for $280,000 Today the NorthJerseyNews.com told the story behind the sale including how the seller of the domain name, Glen DiGirolamo got the domain as collaterial for a $15K loan. Its an usual story of how a professional pool player got the biggest payday of his life by selling a domain name. Here are some quotes of Mr. DiGirolamo from the story which you should read in full. “”The story behind DiGirolamo’s recent quarter-million-dollar windfall is ... read more ...

Sedo offered Zimbabwe.com during a fragment of the former price - Domain priced at least 60% below its sale price in 2007. I was just reading Elliot’s post about the latest Sedo Great Domains auction, and one domain caught my eye. Zimbabwe.com is for sale with a reserve range of $25,000 to $50,000. Even at the top end of this range, the owner is taking a 60% haircut from when it sold for $130,000 back in 2007 (also on Sedo). The domain has been listed for sale in numerous auctions since then, often times for more than the $130,000 ... read more ...

Afternic.com Sells $1.2 Million In Domains - Afternic.com sold $1.2 Million in domain names this week. The reportable sales for the week were led by Local360.com for $51K.   Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...

NameJet bought the domain for only $600 - Popular expired domain service paid a measly 600 bucks for its brand. Even domain marketplaces have to buy their own domain names. A notable case was when thought Convergence’s Aftermarket.com paid $125,000 to pick up its name at auction. Drop catching service NameJet paid decidedly less: just $600. The company bought the domain name in September 2007 on Afternic. YummyName’s Bill Sweetman stumbled on this sale when doing some research. You can see historical ... read more ...

Switch a word sequence in a domain, compensate 17x - Company pays 17 times as much for “opposite” domain compared to its company name domain. This week’s end user sales report has an interesting pair of domain sales. The purchases come courtesy of a Delaware company called 360 Local, Inc. The company bought bought 360local.com and local360.com. You might think the former name is most important for the company given it exactly matches the company name. But it managed to buy 360local.com for only $2,995 while paying ... read more ...

SOPA.com goes adult for sale for $50,000 - SOPA.com domain name getting its 15 minutes of fame. The domain name SOPA.com has been listed for sale at Latonas.com for $50,000. There’s no hotter topic on the internet right now than the Stop Only Piracy Act (SOPA). In fact, earlier today I emailed the owner of the domain to ask him how much traffic he was getting. I heard back from the owner but not with traffic data. I’m sure interested parties can get the data from the sales venue. [Update: the owner showed ... read more ...

Sedo.com Sells $1.5 Million in Domains Led By ICN.com For $60K - Sedo.com just released it weekly report and they sold 880 domain names for a total of $1.5 Million dollars. ICN.com led the way selling at $60K then one of our domains newyorkapartmentsforsale.com for $42K Here are the reportable sales: Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...