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Tue 26th October 2010
Fri 22nd October 2010
RickLatona.com Brokers The Sale Of CD.com Right Before TRAFFIC Auction - RickLatona.com brokered the sale of the domain name CD.com, a domain that was scheduled to be auctioned off at TRAFFIC but was pulled at the last minute from the catalog.
Although due to a NDA the sales price cannot be released, the domain when it was scheduled to be in the auction had a reserve price of $500,000.
This is at least the 3rd time the domain has sold in the last 4 or so years
The domain sold at the TRAFFIC Las Vegas domain auction in 2006 for $275,000 and subsequently sold in 2008 in ... read more ...
Thu 21st October 2010
Zoom.com Sells For $345,000 of Stock - According to a press release tonight, a public company, Zoom Telephonics, Inc. (ZMTP) , announced that it has sold the domain name Zoom.com to another public company Zoom Technologies, Inc. (ZOOM).
Also included in the sale are “certain trademark rights”.
The Seller gets 80,000 shares of Zoom Technologies common stock which closed at $4.27 a share yesterday, making the selling price of Zoom.com $344,800.
However the stock received for the domain will be restricted as detailed below, ... read more ...
Sex.com Will Be The Most Expensive Domain Name Ever Sold -
In my book, $13 million is the top sale of all time.
When the Central California Bankruptcy Court approves the sale of Sex.com for $13 million cash later this month, it will be the most expensive all-cash domain name ever sold and publicly disclosed.
Some may debate this. Some may say Insure.com at $16 million was higher. Or Insurance.com at $35.6 million. But I disagree. These purchases had to do with the existing organic traffic and search rankings of the properties. ... read more ...
Wed 20th October 2010
Sex.com Sells For $13 Million Pending Court Approval - According to court documents filed yesterday, the domain name Sex.com has a pending sale, subject to court approval for $13 Million Dollars.
The case is in the US Bankruptcy Court for the District of California.
The proposed buyer is Clover Holding Limited.
The parties are asking for a court hearing to be held no later than October 27th, 2010.
The domain was brokered through Sedo.com.
The broker handling the sale on behalf of Sedo, Jeffrey Gabriel had no comment.
The domain of course had a storied ... read more ...
Sedo and Afternic Report Domain Name Sales -
A sales update from the top two domain name marketplaces.
I’m a bit behind since I’ve been a TRAFFIC Miami all week, but I do have some sales to report courtesy of Sedo and Afternic.
Sedo’s top sale was Cursos.com for $150,000. Cursos means “courses” in Spanish. The company also had some good ccTLD and other sales.
The top five .com sales for the week are:
cursos.com 150000 USD
liveup.com 11500 USD
prova.com 10000 USD
zelte.com 9900 EUR
treatacne.com 8000 USD
Top ... read more ...
Sex.com Domain Name to Sell for $13 Million -
Court filing shows proposed $13 million domain name sale.
Over the past few weeks I’ve been checking the Escom bankruptcy court docket twice daily for an update to the Sex.com case. Earlier today the court posted a proposed order (pdf) for the sale of Sex.com for $13 million. The buyer is Clover Holdings Limited.
The sale was handled by Sedo, which worked to broker a sale of the domain name on behalf of Sex.com owner Escom, which had been pushed into bankruptcy. ... read more ...
Sun 17th October 2010
Scoop: Afternic Will Change Game This Week with eNom and Moniker Partnerships -
Big announcements coming this week that will change the domain aftermarket.
The business of selling domain names to end users will forever be changed before the end of this year.
Domain Name Wire has learned that this week Afternic will announce it has inked agreements with both eNom and Moniker to be Premium distribution partners. They will join Network Solutions and Register, giving Afternic deals with 4 of the top 10 registrars for premium distribution. Afternic ... read more ...
Sat 16th October 2010
Afternic Drops Basic Listings, Offers Commission Discount for Parked Domains -
Listing level and commission changes at domain marketplace.
Afternic has revamped its web site and made changes to listing options and commissions.
Afternic previously had three listing options, one of which merely listed domains on Afternic. Now there will be two options: Afternic DLS Network and Afternic DSL Premium.
DLS Network gets your domains listed on 20 domain reseller sites, reaching 25 million prospective buyers monthly. DLS Premium gets you two more ... read more ...
Thu 14th October 2010
Domainer Personal Portfolio Auctions during Sedo -
There’s a personal portfolio auction going on right now with some great values.
Here’s something I wasn’t aware of: Sedo will run a portfolio auction for you through it’s auction system. That is if you have good domains at a good reserve.
For an example, take a look at the Richard Whitney Portfolio Auction going on right now. Look quickly, because it ends at 12:30 EDT today.
Whitney’s auction has a number of good deals that are (currently) priced very ... read more ...
Reel.com Bankruptcy Auction Plan Submitted to Court -
Domain name headed to auction block soon.
Bankrupt entertainment company Movie Gallery has submitted its plan to the court to auction off intellectual property assets including Reel.com. Movie Gallery operated the Hollywood Video rental chain as well as Game Crazy.
The intellectual property sale will be handled by StreamBank, LLC. According to StreamBank, LLC, the reel.com domain name:
This domain and trademark originally served as a movie review site, online store, ... read more ...
Tue 12th October 2010
Moniker Prague auction Ends Wednesday, Monthly Auction Kicks Off -
One big domain name auction ends and another begins.
Moniker’s extended auction from DOMAINfest Prague ends Wednesday, and SnapNames’ October Showcase Auction is underway and includes 16 three letter .com domain names.
The extended auction includes 890 domain names with starting bids and reserves ranging from $300 up to $6,470,590 for WorkatHome.com. A handful of domains have bids, most notably supplement.com for $61,330. AppetizerRecipes.com has a $3,050 ... read more ...
Wed 6th October 2010
Live Current Sells Canadian.com for $60,000 -
Company sells another gem from its portfolio.
Live Current Media has sold another domain name to improve its cash position. The company just sold Canadian.com through Sedo for $60,000. The company has been selling off its portfolio of premium domain names over the past few years to raise much needed cash. It’s also dealing with a proxy battle between the former president and current CEO.
The Canadian.com sale didn’t top Sedo’s list for the week. Those honors ... read more ...
Tue 5th October 2010
Experian Picks Up CreditReport.com, CreditScore.com, and MyCreditScore.com in 9 Figure Deal -
Experian picks up prized domains in acquisition.
Credit information company Experian picked up a few killer domains a couple weeks ago, but I haven’t seen anyone in the domain industry write about it yet.
Experian bought Mighty Net Inc, which owned the domains CreditReport.com, CreditScore.com, and MyCreditScore.com, in a deal worth $207.5 million.
This is certainly more than just a domain name deal. Mighty Net has 680,000 U.S. subscribers to its credit monitoring ... read more ...
Thu 30th September 2010
[UPDATED] FB.com Domain Name Sells…to Facebook? -
FB.com domain name sells. Likely buyer: Facebook.
American Farm Bureau has sold the domain name FB.com, as George Kirikos noted this morning on Twitter. The domain names whois record now points to a division of Mark Monitor, which manages domain names for Facebook.
So did Facebook buy the domain name? I’ve contacted both American Farm Bureau and Facebook for details.
A PR representative for American Farm Bureau told me he’s not sure how much the organization ... read more ...
Wed 29th September 2010
Expert Discusses How to Sell Developed Web Sites -
Thought I would stop by and read Andrew’s article and comments, and I am impressed by the insightful comments this has instigated.
I would like to address the comments from Jeff and others relating to valuations below.
But first, I want to establish that while I do have expertise and years of practical experience buying, selling and brokering website businesses and premium domain names, I am by no means admitting to be a stellar public speaker! I appreciated the opportunity to connect ... read more ...
Tue 28th September 2010
Amazon.com Gets Patent for Selling and Leasing Domain Names -
Amazon granted patent for domain name marketplace.
Amazon.com subsidiary Amazon Technologies, Inc. was today granted U.S. patent number 7,805,379 for “Method and system for leasing or purchasing domain names”.
This patent, which was applied for in December 2007, seems to conflict with a number of existing domain name marketplace and domain monetization technologies that were commercially available at the time the patent application was filed.
One conflict in particular ... read more ...
$500k IPO.com Sale One of Many Big Sales during Sedo This Week -
IPO.com headlines strong week for domain marketplace.
Sedo had a great sales week including the sale of IPO.com that Michael Berkens wrote about on September 22. But that wasn’t the only notable sale the company brokered.
In second place was AirTickets.com at $80,000 followed by ResumeWriting.com at $66,000.
ResumeWriting.com appears to have been sold by Frank Schilling’s Name Administration. But the buyer is peculiar. The current whois shows that EditMeNow.com, ... read more ...
NameMedia sells VSAT.com for $61,600 -
Four character domain name appears to go from end user to end user.
NameMedia, which operates Afternic and BuyDomains, has brokered the sale of VSAT.com for $61,600. Historical whois records show the seller is Metro Communications Company, Inc of Illinois. The buyer is using whois privacy, but VSAT.com is now forwarding to VSAT.eu, the site of Elektrikom Satellite Services.
Other notable .com sales include:
lakegeorgehotels.com $18,000.00
collectionsagency.com ... read more ...
Thu 23rd September 2010
New Domain Auction Service BoxCar.com Launches -
New domain name auction platform launches.
DomainConsultant.com has launched BoxCar.com, a new domain name auction site.
The service is very different from typical marketplaces such as Afternic and Sedo. It focuses on auctions only and you can list lots instead of just single domains. It’s also highly flexible, allowing you to set your own bid increments, buy-it-now option, reserve prices, etc.
BoxCar.com also shuns the typical commission-based fee structure ... read more ...
Wed 22nd September 2010
Sedo.com Brokers The Sale Of IPO.com For $500K - Talk about a killer domain at a great price, Sedo.com has just completed brokering the domain name IPO.com for $500K.
Jeff Gabriel and Matt Rosebrook co-brokered the domain on behalf of Sedo.com
Personally I think its one of the better buys of the year.
I know the IPO market has been soft through the recession but we all know at some point in the next year or two this sector of the market is going to come back strong and its a category killer.
Congratulations to the buyer and the seller.
In case ... read more ...
Tue 21st September 2010
HP Puts Digital.com Domain Name on a Auction Block -
Digital.com goes up for sale.
Technology giant HP is offering the domain name Digital.com for sale, but it’s going to cost you.
The domain name has been listed in Moniker’s upcoming live domain name auction taking place in Prague October 6. Reserve price: somewhere between $1 million and $5 million.
HP got the domain name when it acquired Compaq.
Moniker will auction off 80 other domain names during its DOMAINfest conference live domain name auction.
Among ... read more ...
Mon 20th September 2010
Aftermarket.com Gears Up For Launch -
New ideas come to online domain sales.
Aftermarket.com is getting closer to its relaunch as an online marketplace for buying and selling domain names. In general the marketplace will be similar to what you have come to expect from Sedo and Afternic, but with some twists:
Private auctions – you can hold your own private auction with up to 100 guests
Domain data – pull DomainTools data directly into your listing
Escrow – escrow will be handled through Escrow.com
Aftermarket ... read more ...
Importers.com Sells for $165,000 -
Company offloads key web site and domain name.
Live Current Media has concluded the sale of Importers.com for $165,000, Domain Name Wire has learned.
In the company’s most recent 10-Q filed with the Securities Exchange Commission, the company alluded to a domain sale that included 3 payments:
On April 6, 2010, the Company entered into an agreement to lease one of its domain names to an unrelated third party for $165,000 less $15,000 in commission. The terms of ... read more ...
Fri 17th September 2010
Ontario.com Domain Name Sold for 6 Figures -
Canadian province domain name sells.
Justin Godfrey of DIS, Inc tells Domain Name Wire that he has sold the domain name Ontario.com for an undisclosed six figure amount. Ontario is the most populated province in Canada with over 13 million residents. Toronto is located in Ontario. Given the size of Ontario, I suspect the deal was fairly substantial.
The domain name was sold to a domain investor, but the whois hasn’t been updated yet to reflect the buyer’s identity.
Godfrey ... read more ...