Tag Archives: sales

Thu 22nd October 2009
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Sedo 1 and 2 Character .De Domain Name Auction Ends Today - .De auction ends today. Sedo’s one and two character .de domain name “pre-auction” ends at noon Eastern today. .De is the country code for Germany, and is arguably the most successful country code domain name on the web. .De registry DENIC is releasing one and two character domains, as well as other domains that previously were not allowed to be registered (such as those containing only digits). It announced the change on October 15, leaving just a week for ... read more ...
 
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WhyPark Hosting Charity Domain Name Auction - Domain company organizing online auction for charity. Domain parking alternative WhyPark is hosting a charity domain name auction with a twist — the single highest bidder gets to pick which charity receives the proceeds. The five day auction will run December 7th and end December 11th and contain about 50 domain names. When the auction is over, the one person who placed the highest winning bid across all auctions will get to choose the charity to receive the proceeds ... read more ...
 
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.De Domain Name Auction Melts Sedo’s Servers - .De auction traffic halts auction. Massive traffic for Sedo’s .de “pre-auction” has taken the site down. A message on the site reads: Due to the extremely high participation in the .De Pre-Auction Sedo?s website was temporarily down. We have decided to extend the auction until 8:00 PM CET. If necessary we will extend the auction later than this time to accommodate additional bids. Presumably that means 8:00 PM ET. Actually they mean Central European Time, but ... read more ...
 
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TV.de Auction Ends Over $400,000 - TV.de leads .de domain name pre-auction. When .de registry DENIC starts releasing previously unavailable domain names tomorrow, you can bet a lot of Sedo’s partner registrars will be hammering the registry for TV.de. A “pre-auction” for TV.de closed at 279,499 EUR, which is about $419,000 USD at today’s exchange rates. The auction is still ongoing as I write this (thanks to Sedo’s web site failing under the bidding activity), but only one character .de domain ... read more ...
Wed 21st October 2009
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Moniker to Auction Off 1 and 2 Character .Biz Domain Names - More .biz domains heading to auction next week. Following on the Neustar’s successful auction of one and two character .biz domain names on Sedo, the company has inked a deal to sell a number of domains through Moniker. The domains will be auctioned at next week’s TRAFFIC conference in Brooklyn, as well as in Moniker’s extended online auction following the event. Sedo’s auction included only one character domains, as Neustar was still seeking proposals from ... read more ...
Tue 20th October 2009
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Understanding Simultaneous Bidding Threads during Sedo - Multiple bidding threads may cause confusion. It sure seemed that there was a glitch in Sedo’s system. I started receiving offers for one of my domains listed at Sedo — TaxiScreen.com — last week. The offers were small, and I countered with a reasonable asking price. But something was weird. After the potential buyer offered a few hundred dollars, I received an email informing me that a bid had been received. I logged in to check it — and it only showed ... read more ...
Mon 19th October 2009
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Resumes.com Domain Sells for $400,000 - Broker makes another blockbuster sale in Resumes.com. Sedo has brokered the sale of Resumes.com for $400,000. The domain is currently in Sedo’s brokerage account, so it is unclear who the buyer is. Potential buyers include resume services and online job boards. The domain was originally registered in 1993. We’ll keep you posted as we find out who the buyer is. Here are Sedo’s other notable domain name sales for the week, including the first handful of ... read more ...
Fri 16th October 2009
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In Domain Auctions, Less is More - Offering fewer domains can result in more sales. This month’s SnapNames showcase auction ended with only twelve domain sales for a total of $44,149. That’s a dismal 4% sell through rate. Why did the auction perform so poorly? There are a number of possible reasons, but I think one is that there were too many domains in the auction. Previous SnapNames monthly auctions have had fewer than 100 domains; this one had about 300. Given all of the online auctions ... read more ...
Wed 14th October 2009
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Moniker Trims Silent Auction List for TRAFFIC Auction - Moniker shrinks silent auction, online finance auction ends tomorrow. Responding to complaints about the unwieldy number of domains in its last major silent (extended) domain auction, Moniker has cut the list from about 5,000 to 1,800 for this month’s auction. I’m not sure if the list is small enough even at 1,800, but it’s definitely a move in the right direction. The live auction will feature 187 domains and will take place on Wednesday, October 28. Top ... read more ...
 
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AP Buys Domain Before Launching News Registry Service - News cooperative buys domain for launch of initiative. I often times write about companies that announce a new product before securing rights to the corresponding domain name. So it’s always nice to see when a company does secure a domain in anticipation of a launch. This one comes courtesy of Rob Sequin, who read an article about the Associated Press creating a system to detect unauthorized use of its content: The AP already plans to roll out a system, called ... read more ...
 
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Dropbox Buys Dropbox.com Domain Name [Updated] - Dropbox.com now forwards to GetDropbox.com. TechCrunch noticed that popular web backup tool Dropbox has acquired the domain name Dropbox.com, which forwards to its web site GetDropbox.com. Hopefully this will be a lesson to web startups to not be stingy with their initial domain purchase, as it costs them lots more money in the long run. Dropbox’s parent company had sued to get the domain name, but recently dismissed the case. That likely means the two parties ... read more ...
Tue 13th October 2009
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French Domain Name Mutuelle.fr Sells for $115,000 - .Fr domain takes top honors on domain sales list. The French country code domain name mutuelle.fr, which means “mutual” as in mutual insurance company, has sold for 78,001 EUR at Sedo. That’s about $115,000 USD at today’s exchange rates. The mutuelle.fr sale was the biggest by far for the week at Sedo, perhaps because some of the biggest buyers were hanging out in Key West. Here are some other notable sales completed at Sedo over the past week: .com activecare.com 13,000 USD localtube.com 11,000 USD mypsoriasis.com 11,000 USD isban.com 10,500 EUR blossomlearning.com 10,000 USD game-shop.com 10,000 GBP candyapple.com 8,000 USD familysafety.com 7,800 USD adfactory.com 7,000 USD parkstreet.com 6,500 USD ilsportal.com 6,000 USD gamblingcard.com 5,500 USD klaas.com 5,500 EUR crazyringtones.com 5,100 USD bradfordnews.com 5,000 USD effectix.com 5,000 USD intreo.com 5,000 USD findairfare.com 4,600 USD bikebay.com 4,250 EUR namebook.com 4,000 USD datacite.com 4,000 USD entradasbaratas.com 4,000 EUR Cheap ... read more ...
Mon 12th October 2009
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NameMedia Scores with Ticket.com, Luck.com, and WV.com - NameMedia turning in some blockbuster sales. What’s going on at NameMedia, which runs BuyDomains and Afternic? They usually sell domains for under $5,000. Sure, they sell some more expensive ones, but we rarely hear about them. The first bombshell was the sale of Ticket.com for $1.525 million. Personally, I don’t understand why this domain is worth so much, but my hats off to the sale. (Tickets.com is worth a lot, but Ticket.com is worth much less). Then the ... read more ...
Thu 8th October 2009
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Ticket.com Sells For $1.525 Million On Afternic.com - Afternic.com just announced they have sold the domain Ticket.com for $1,525,000. The domain is owned by BuyDomains.com Another huge seven figure sale for the industry. It will be the 5th highest domain sale on Ron Jackson DNJournal year to date chart for 2009. According to the announcement: “””Ticket.com was promoted through the AfternicDLS global distribution network. The agreement was finalized with the assistance of a BuyDomains Sales Executive.””” Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
Wed 7th October 2009
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Another Six Figure Domain Sale: Freelancer.com - According to TechCrunch.com,  an Australian company that’s been offering freelance jobs online since 2004, using the domain GetAFreeLancer.com, recently acquired the domain Freelancer.com for “a six figure sum”. The domain according to the article was purchased from a private individual who used to run a magazine called Computer Freelancer. So although we don’t know the exact price of the domain,  we can add another good domain to the six figure sales list for this year. Google+Michael ... read more ...
 
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GetAFreelancer Upgrades domain to Freelancer.com - Work exchange web site improves its image with new domain name. GetAFreelancer, a service exchange for freelance programmers, web designers and copywriters, has upgraded its domain name to Freelancer.com, reports TechCrunch. The purchase price was in the “six figures”. Although GetAFreelancer.com isn’t nearly as good as Freelancer.com, the company was still able to create a good business, scoring over one million registered users to date. ... read more ...
Mon 5th October 2009
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RSS.com Leads Sedo’s Sales for Week during $125,000 - Good values in six figure domain names as RSS.com sells. RSS.com took home the top prize this week at Sedo, with the domain name selling for $125,000. TheDomains reports that the buyer is Ron Sheridan, one of the earliest employees at Oversee.net. Sheridan left Oversee earlier this year. This is another example of the good values available for high end buyers right now. The domain was originally listed at $750,000 before being dropped substantially. Big price ... read more ...
Fri 2nd October 2009
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Industry Veteran Ron Sheridan Buys RSS.com From Sedo For $137,500 - Ron Sheridan, formerly with Oversee.net, announced today that he has completed the purchase of the domain name RSS.com for $137,500, including commission, from Sedo.com. The asking price of the domain, RSS.com which I believe was as high as $750K, was dropped to $250K on July 10, 2009 and then to $125K on September 14, 2009. Ron Sheridan says that he, along with Phil McKegney, plan on developing the domain, and while they are  “not prepared to reveal the precise nature of what we will soon be ... read more ...
Wed 30th September 2009
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e.Biz Sells for $66,001 - e.Biz steals the show at successful one character .biz auction. It’s no surprise that e.Biz was the top selling domain name in Sedo’s one character .biz domain name auction. But $66,001? That will certainly turn a lot of heads. Especially since the winner could have picked the domain up for a few hundred dollars and a commitment to develop/market it had it gone through .biz registry Neustar’s RFP process. About 20 bidders participated, but just two bidders ... read more ...
 
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Sedo to Release Domain MLS in 2010 - Sedo creating network to provide more exposure to domain name listings. [UPDATE: Sedo actually introduced its MLS platform earlier this year and I wrote about it here. Sedo’s recent marketing email about SedoMLS is that all Sedo customers will get access to sell domains on it sometime in 2010. Currently, only certain partners and large portfolio holders are able to use SedoMLS. I have updated the story accordingly.] Domain broker Sedo will introduce expand its ... read more ...
Tue 29th September 2009
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NameMedia Sells Flying.com, Racks adult $600k Domain Sales - NameMedia has another strong sales week. NameMedia, which sells domain names through BuyDomains and Afternic, had another big week with over $600,000 in sales. It sold Flying.com through its BuyDomains platform. The sale price of Flying.com was not disclosed, but Jets.com sold for $375,000 a couple weeks ago at Sedo. The company’s median .com sale was $1,062 with an average selling price of $1,479. The median non-.com sale was $800 with an average sale of $1,328. ... read more ...
Mon 28th September 2009
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AdMedia.com: Another Play on Ad.com? - The Ad.com saga gets more interesting. Sedo has completed the sale of AdMedia.com for $50,000. This is a curious sale because of what is now up at AdMedia.com: Zoom in on a couple key elements, including the logo and copyright notice: It sure looks like whomever has created this basic web site at AdMedia.com is trying to make a play on Ad.com, the disputed trademark that has caused some million dollar heartache. There’s very little information about AdMedia.com ... read more ...
Thu 24th September 2009
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e.Biz and x.biz Off to Strong Start in Domain Name Auction - One character .biz domain name auction off to strong start. An auction for one letter and one number .biz domain names at Sedo is off to a strong start. After just a day of bidding, e.biz leads the pack at $6,201 with 17 bids. X.com biz is close behind at $5,000 with four bids. It appears that all domains have a reserve of $5,000, and only e.biz and x.biz have met their reserves so far. However, many other domains are getting close, including u.biz and 1.biz. The ... read more ...
 
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Selling Your Domain Names Fast – Good Tips - NameMedia presentation is worth watching. This week NameMedia presented a webinar “How to Sell your Domain Names Fast, and for Maximum Value.” The webinar is now available for playback on the Afternic web site. I just watched the thirty minute webinar, expecting it to be one big pitch for NameMedia. And although that’s certainly there, the webinar has some good data and information. If you don’t know much about Afternic and BuyDomains, I recommend watching ... read more ...
Tue 22nd September 2009
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AreaRugs.com Sells For $400k - According to a press release today the domain AreaRugs.com was purchase for $405,000. More great news for the domain industry. Here is the press release: AreaRugs.com has new ownership, having been bought by a group of investors for an astounding $405,000 for just the domain. Randy Ward, President and CEO, AreaRugs.com Inc., says, “Our goal is to be the number one shopping destination online for area rugs. We feel we have assembled a great team to accomplish that.” Even in the desolate economy, ... read more ...