Tag Archives: sales

Wed 3rd September 2008
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.Me Domains to be Auctioned during TRAFFIC - Marry.me, Kiss.me among domain names to be auctioned at this month’s TRAFFIC conference. Following very strong results from its online auction of .me domain names, the .me registry will release the first set of withheld domains at this month’s TRAFFIC conference in Brooklyn. The registry withheld 2,500 catchy and generic domains to sell directly. Among the domains to be auctioned include: Love.Me Buy.Me Date.Me Meet.Me Ask.Me Show.Me Kiss.Me Rent.Me Watch.Me Marry.Me Loan.Me Play.Me The ... read more ...
Fri 29th August 2008
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Dot.Asia Domain Auction Results - .Asia sunrise auctions are over with solid results. I haven’t written much about .asia, a new top level domain. Perhaps it’s because I think it’s a silly domain (coming soon, .SouthAmerica!). So I missed the conclusion of the .asia sunrise period auctions earlier this month. Here’s a look at the top sales: discover.asia $112,111 sex.asia 83334 buy.asia 73000 sexshop.asia 53607 gold.asia 46602 models.asia 41009 homes.asia 40000 gifts.asia 38003 book.asia ... read more ...
 
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Be Wary of Used.com and Penny.com Auctions during Sedo - “Meet the seller” shows these auctions may be bogus. I was excited to see that Used.com and Penny.com were on auction at Sedo today. These are both six figure domains. But my excitement was tempered after looking at the “meet the seller” data on the auctions. “Meet the seller” is a new feature Sedo introduced this week. It allows you to see details about the seller of a domain, including their country, when they joined Sedo, and a rating of their activity. ... read more ...
Wed 27th August 2008
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Competition Works: Moniker Changes Auction Terms - Moniker shortens length of exclusivity period and changes auto-renew clause. In an e-mail announcement sent to customers, Moniker announced it is changing the exclusivity period for domains submitted for its live and silent auctions. These changes are likely due to increased competition at upcoming auction events, including five separate auctions taking place at TRAFFIC in Brooklyn next month (although only two are accepting submissions from domainers). The new period ... read more ...
 
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Rick Latona Auction to Be Simulcast on Web; Other Updates - Auction at TRAFFIC conference will allow for remote bidding. Rick Latona announced that his auction at next month’s TRAFFIC conference will be simulcast on the web. The auction will use Proxibid, which Latona calls the “biggest and best online auction company in the business.” Latona’s auction will include his own domains, including some real winners such as SecurityAlarms.com, LotteryNumbers.com, and Cyberspace.com. It is unclear how the reserves and pricing ... read more ...
Mon 25th August 2008
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Sedo Revamps Offers Page and Process - Domain aftermarket adds new features for buying and selling domain names. Domain name aftermarket Sedo has revamped how domain details pages look to personalize transactions. The changes add information about the seller of the domain, including how much activity the seller has participated in as a seller on Sedo. This is helpful for domain buyers tired of placing offers and not receiving a response. Once negotiations begin between seller and buyer, the seller will ... read more ...
Fri 22nd August 2008
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How to Edit Domain Submissions to TrafficZ Auction - If you submitted domains to the TrafficZ/Aftermarket.com auction at TRAFFIC, here’s how to add descriptions to each of your domains. If you’ve already submitted domains to the TrafficZ auction taking place at TRAFFIC next month in New York, you should consider adding descriptions to each of your domains. (If you haven’t yet submitted domains, here’s a quick tutorial.) The process for adding descriptions is fairly simple. Log in to your auction manager at ... read more ...
Thu 21st August 2008
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Moniker SES: Steals of a Year - If you didn’t bid in Moniker’s SES auction, you missed out on some great deals. If you haven’t already heard, Moniker’s live auction at Search Engine Strategies in San Jose was a flop. It’s just further proof that selling domains to non-domainers (unless they are into adult) is a challenge. The official tally on Moniker’s web site is about $16,000 in sales. It doesn’t include a sale of Groceries.us which appeared sold in the auction for $4,000 but ... read more ...
Wed 20th August 2008
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Bido.com Crashes Again - Bido crashes during second auction for FixedLoans.com. Sahar Sarid’s blog posts tell it all. Yesterday his post was titled “Bido is Down, But Not For Long!”. Today’s post: “Bido Auctions No More (For Now)“. For the second straight day, Bido crashed during the auction for FixedLoans.com. I had reasonable success logging in and watching the auction for the first 50 minutes, but then I just got a blank screen after that. When I was finally able to access ... read more ...
Tue 19th August 2008
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Bido: FixedLoans.com Auction and New Chat Feature - Domain sold at previous TRAFFIC auction on the block at Bido, Bido Chat in the works. Bido’s auction on Wednesday will be for FixedLoans.com. This will be an interesting auction to watch because the domain was sold at a TRAFFIC conference in 2006 for $10,000. Some may view this auction as a test of Bido’s clout in the domain auction business, but it could really go either way. If it sells for more than $10,000 it could be because fixed loans are getting a ... read more ...
 
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Sedo Sells JTR.com for $60,000 (Updated) - Three character domain name leads sales chart for Sedo this week. Domain brokerage Sedo has sold JTR.com for 60,000 EUR, or about $90,000 $60,000. [Updated 8-20-08: The information received from Sedo mistakenly listed the domain sold at 60,000 EUR rather than the correct $60,000 USD.] This is a solid three character domain name with many acronyms. Sedo also concluded a good Great Domains sale, Doctor.net for 21,760 EUR. These two sales were in Euros, which has ... read more ...
Tue 12th August 2008
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Sedo Completes Website.org Sale for 20,500 EUR - .Org, .info lead sales at Sedo this week It’s not often that a domain name sales venue’s top sale is a .org or .info domain name, but that was the case this week at Sedo. The company sold Website.org for 20,500 EUR (roughly $30,000 USD). The company also completed its sale of Printer.info for $21,500. That particular domain was sold at auction a while back but the transaction was just completed. Its top .com domain sale was LiveWater.com at $17,500 EUR, which ... read more ...
 
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.Me Auctions Getting Out of Hand; Brazilian Buys Toyota.me - Why are .me domain auctions going so high? And why so many trademark domains? Auctions for .me domain names continue, but we’ve already seen some eye popping sales. Even more peculiar is the number of trademarks going for big dollars. Toyota.me is the big one you’ve been reading about. It sold for $90,025. The whois record for Toyota.com Toyota.me now shows a Brazilian man Georg Kohler as the owner. I hope he has some sort of connection to the car company ... read more ...
Fri 8th August 2008
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BJ.com Sells for $200,000 - Domain sells at InterNext Auction this afternoon. Perhaps the adult entertainment industry is seeing an uptick in business as the economy heads the other way. Moniker’s live adult domain name auction at InterNext in Hollywood Florida is underway and it has already sold more money worth of domains than the company’s last auction through about 2/3 of the domains. BJ.com sold for $200,000, Shemales.net sold for $60,000, [redacted].net $90,000, and Sluts.net $58,000. ... read more ...
Thu 7th August 2008
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OD.com Sells for $220,000 - Two character domain sells for six figures. The domain name OD.com has sold for $220,000 at Sedo, according to the “recent sales” section of the site: The whois record for the domain shows that it was previously financed by Domain Capital. The new owner in whois is Yusuf Okhai. Examples of other two character domains that have sold for over $200,000 include: On.com $635,000 LI.com $500,000 AZ.com $500,000 ME.com $460,000 UI.com $275,000 CD.com $275,000 AR.com ... read more ...
Wed 6th August 2008
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How To: Submit Domains to TrafficZ Auction - With the exception of some branding issues, submission process is easy. I just finished submitting a half dozen domains to TrafficZ’s first live auction to be held at the TRAFFIC conference next month in Brooklyn. The submission process is done completely via a web based system and is easy to follow. In fact, the only confusion you might encounter is branding. You’ll probably think of this auction as the TrafficZ auction. TrafficZ is part of Thought Convergence. ... read more ...
Tue 29th July 2008
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Sedo Sells InsuranceLeads.com for $50,000 - Another strong week for Sedo sales. Sedo finalized the sale of InsuranceLeads.com last week for $50,000. The leads business is huge, and insurance leads are one of the most popular categories. Leads companies gather leads from search engine marketing (including PPC) and affiliate networks and resell these to insurance agents, repair companies, real estate agents, etc. I think this will be a solid buy for ITSOL, a California-based leads company. An example of a ... read more ...
Mon 28th July 2008
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.Me Domain Name Auctions to Last a Loooong Time - Bids in final 24 hours extend auctions by 24 hours. I haven’t been paying much attention to the .me domain name auctions, but Michael Berkens has. Some of the domains are being bid up rather high, including Insure.me (135 bids, $26,130), Hug.me (74 bids, $13,016), Secure.me (93 bids, $7,540) and Portland.me (230 bids, $6,151). When will the auctions end? It could be a very, very long time before we find out. You see, the .me auctions get extended if there are ... read more ...
Wed 23rd July 2008
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The Domain King Strikes Gold Again: Property.com sole to Foreclosure.com - Rick Schwartz just announced that he has sold Property.com to Foreclosure.com Although price and terms we not disclosed we would expect that it was a very lucrative deal for Rick and I’m sure that he is going to retain a interest in the new venture. Rick continues to lead the industry with ground breaking deals. This is really a great story because property.com, is a domain that Rick acquired just a few years ago for $750K. This domain was available to anyone for the $750K including myself at the ... read more ...
 
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Moniker Sends Silent Auctions to SnapNames - Move will increase audience for silent auction domains. Moniker announced that it will now use the SnapNames platform for auctioning domains in its silent auctions. Previously, silent auctions were held on Moniker’s online platform which required a separate login and access code. By moving to SnapNames, silent auction domains should get more attention and ultimately sell for more. Other benefits include: -SnapNames customers will no longer have to login to multiple ... read more ...
Tue 22nd July 2008
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Bido.com Sells Dickinson for $12,000 - Bido has sold its most expensive domain to date. Upstart domain auction house Bido has sold Dickinson.com for $12,000, a record for the site. Originally billed as a geo-related domain name, Dickinson.com was listed in the “Family names” category on Bido. I don’t think it’s a particularly strong geo domain given the cities in question, so I agree with this move. The final sales price was in line with my expectations. The auction attracted more attention ... read more ...
Mon 21st July 2008
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Revolution.org Sells for $120,000 - Sedo sells one of biggest .org domains ever. Domain brokerage Sedo has sold Revolution.org for a whopping $120,000. According to NameBio.com, the only .org domains to have sold for more are Date.org ($150,349), Sexe.org ($151,400), and Engineering.org ($198,000). The new whois record for Revolution.org is privacy protected. The seller was a South Korean man. Sedo closed some other spectacular deals over the past week. It sold Voitures.fr for 50,000 EUR ($79,000 ... read more ...
Fri 18th July 2008
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How to Solve Auction Submission Bias with Financial Incentives - Solving Submission Bias with Financial Incentives Long time users of Craigslist bemoan that there’s so much spam on the site. Google for “craigslist submitter” and you’ll see ads for software that will automatically submit ads to Craigslist every few minutes. But there’s a simple solution to this problem: if Craigslist charged 25 cents per ad submission, the volume of spam would drop overnight but the volume of legitimate submissions would hardly change. When ... read more ...
Thu 17th July 2008
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Rick Latona Enters Live Auction Circus - Latona latest to throw hat into TRAFFIC conference auction hoopla. Rick Latona has announced on his blog that he will be auctioning domains at September’s TRAFFIC conference in New York. Latona joins Moniker and Thought Convergence (TrafficZ) at the conference, and up to two other auctioneers. In his post, titled “Go Big or Go Home”, Latona writes: I’ve become the largest individual reseller and broker of domains in the business because I’m a domainer ... read more ...
Wed 16th July 2008
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DnJournal.com: Domain Values holding the possess in Bad Economy - You should all check out today’s lowdown from Ron Jackson on DNJournal.com. He basically compares domain sales figures from last year to this year to date and concludes: “””””That the domain aftermarket has been holding its own while the real estate and credit markets are collapsing around us.”””” Good work as always Ron and great news for the industry Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...