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Thu 28th February 2008
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Big Day for Online Domain Name Auctions - Sedo and Moniker auctions end today. Sedo’s February Great Domains auction and Moniker’s TRAFFIC silent auction both end today. Will the industry be cheering at the end of the day, or will the results be a dissapointment? Pressure is on both companies to perform. Sedo’s auctions start ending at 2PM EST today. Sedo is under pressure to perform after its GeoDomains auction. The GeoDomains auction attracted noteworthy bids, but few domains hit their reserves. ... read more ...
Thu 21st February 2008
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First Light Net Reels In Fishing.org - Fishing and outdoor network understands the power of keyword domains, also finds success with .mobi. First Light Net, A Predatorial Advertising Associates L.L.C. Company, has reeled in a big fish with its purchase of Fishing.org for $38,500. First Light Net is no stranger to the power of generic domains, as I found out in a recent e-mail interview with Michael Hodgdon. The company is also finding success on the mobile web, which should be music to .mobi owners’ ... read more ...
 
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Moniker Auction Nets $4.4 Million, SkiResorts.com sells for $850,000 - Moniker’s live domain auction ends with mixed results. If tonight’s domain name auction was a barometer for the domain industry, we know nothing more than we did before the auction began. The results were, well, mediocre. Before it began, I set a personal range for the auction. Anything less than $4 million would be a failure, anything greater than $6M would be a success. The auction ended up squarely in the middle, with $4.4 million changing hands (including ... read more ...
Tue 19th February 2008
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First Day of TRAFFIC Domain Name Auction Nets $200,000 - The first round of auctions at TRAFFIC concludes with nearly $200,000 in sales. For the first time ever, the TRAFFIC domain conference this week in Las Vegas includes two rounds of live auction. The first round, which took place last night, included low- and no- reserve domains. Moniker tallied $191,550 in sales on 73 names with a median price of $1,050. There were 83 names in the auction. The results looks solid, although many of these domains could have sold ... read more ...
Fri 15th February 2008
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Next Week’s Auctions are Important for Domain Industry - Geodomain and TRAFFIC auctions conclude next week; important for industry. With all of the doom and gloom in the economy and questions surrounding the value of domain names, next week will be an important one for the domain name industry. First, Sedo’s Geodomain auction will end on February 20. The auction has already racked up over $2 million in bids, but none of the big ticket domains have reached their reserves. Iraq.com currently has a bid of 400,000 EUR ... read more ...
Fri 8th February 2008
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MSNBC Reports on a Cruises.co.uk Purchase - Mainstream media has picked up on the sale first reported by DNJournal.com, of Cruises.co.uk by the same company that owned Cruise.co.uk. In an article by MSNBC, they cite it as the largest sale ever of a .co.uk. Good always to see domain sales news picked up by mainstream media outlets. There always so surprised how much domain actually sell for. Actually MSNBC goes as far to say the buyer paid 1.1 Million dollars for an “s”. Since he already owned the singular. What the MSNBC guy doesn’t ... read more ...
Tue 5th February 2008
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CashView Buys Bill.com, Changes Name - Startup harnesses the value of a high quality domain name. I first met René Lacerte at the DEMOfall conference last September. He was officially launching his new company, CashView. The company streamlines the process of accounts payable. “CashView” is a good, descriptive domain name for what the company does. But Lacerte decided he could do better, and recently acquired the domain Bill.com. But the story of how Lacerte got his hands on this premium domain ... read more ...
Mon 4th February 2008
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Rejected: $6M Offer for Cricket.com - Communicate.com rejects $6M for premium domain name. Domain name company Communicate.com (OTCBB: CMNN.ob) rejected a $6M offer for the domain name Cricket.com, according to an article in Kiplinger magazine. The article by columnist Andrew Feinberg picks Communicate.com as a “smart speculation” but also uncovers more details about the growing company. The article is likely the reason Communicate.com’s stock price soared 38% last week to close at $2.70 per share. ... read more ...
Fri 25th January 2008
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February T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Auction Could Be Record-Setting - First cut at premium domain names looks promising. It’s been six months since Moniker and TRAFFIC teamed up to shatter a domain name auction record, selling over $10M in domains in an afternoon. Since that time no auctions have come close to this record. After reviewing the first cut of premium domains for next month’s TRAFFIC conference in Las Vegas, it looks like this one can shatter the previous record. There’s a big caveat though: it depends on the reserves ... read more ...
Thu 24th January 2008
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Bookmarks.com Sells for $300,000 - Bookmarks.com first to crack six figures at SnapNames auction. The second day of SnapNames live auction is underway, and Bookmarks.com is leading the show after 90 lots. The domain started at $250,000 and ended at $300,000. Porn.net has sold for $400,000. I’m watching the auction live through SnapNames live bidding software. Other notable sales include: Actor.net $20,000 Arrange.com $20,000 BankAuctions.com $25,000 Beijing.net $50,000 Boathouses.com $10,000 BusinessDegree.com ... read more ...
 
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For More Domain Sales, Categorize Your Domains - Afternic claims categorized domains 2.8x more likely to sell. If you list your domains for sale on sites such as Afternic and Sedo, you should take the extra time to properly categorize your domains. According to NameMedia, domains on Afternic that are categorized (e.g. “Education”, “Events”) are 2.8 times as likely to sell as domains that are not categorized. This makes sense. When I search for domains to buy at Afternic, I usually browse by the categories ... read more ...
Wed 23rd January 2008
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SnapNames Live Auction Enters Day 2 - First day has solid sales; big ticket domains to be auctioned off today. The first day of SnapNames’ live domain auction at DomainFEST appears to have been a success. The first day included lower priced domains. Big ticket domains — including invitro.com, track.com, and athlete.com — go on auction today. Domain Name News blogged results as they happened yesterday evening. It looks like Alimony.com was the clear winner, taking in $75,000. Butcher.com did ... read more ...
Mon 21st January 2008
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Sport.co.uk sells for £135,000, Casino.co.uk £3.0M - Company acquires domain name for sports portal. British internet media company MediaCorp has purchased Sport.co.uk for £135,000 (approximately $262,000 USD). The company plans to create a sports portal with the site. MediaCorp sold Casino.co.uk for £3.0M in cash last year, with incentives of up to £0.625m if the domain sells well. From what I can tell, this sale has not been reported in the domain name industry and would be the highest ever reported sale ... read more ...
Fri 18th January 2008
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ireport.com Sells for $750,000 - Reported by Mr. Rick Schwartz today on his blog, Rick sold the domains ireport.com and i-report.com to Cable News Network (CNN) for $750,000. CNN has been using the term “ireport” for many months now as a platform for viewers to send in their own video clips of “new” stories. We congratulate Rick and CNN on the transaction. This sale, combined with Oak Hills annouced investment in Oversee.net, and the 1.2 Million dollar auction held by Moniker.com, all this week, shows continued strength ... read more ...
Thu 17th January 2008
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CNN Buys iReport.com for $750,000 - Rick Schwartz sells domain name to media company. Rick Schwartz has sold the domains iReport.com and i-Report.com to Turner Broadcasting System, parent of CNN, reports DNJournal. The purchase price was $750,000. The outspoken Schwartz, the self-proclaimed “Domain King”, is known for his bullish view on domain names and for creating the popular T.R.A.F.F.I.C. domain conferences. CNN has an iReport program where individuals can submit video news. iReport was ... read more ...
Thu 10th January 2008
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DomainTools Auction Sells $30,000 in Domains - Bidders absent during online live auction. DomainTools‘ January auction has concluded with lackluster results. Based on sales completed during the live portion of the auction, I calculate $31,800 in sales with a median price of $1,000. Domains are still available for purchase, however, and the number will increase before everything is said in done. Already a couple late bids have been received. So what went wrong? 1. It was put together too late. The call for ... read more ...
Mon 31st December 2007
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Iran.com May Sell for $735,000 - Domain name Iran.com at auction for $735,000; one suitor so far. The domain Iran.com is up for grabs at Sedo after receiving a $735,000 offer. The auction runs through January 4 and the reserve has been met. If the sale closes this will be a heck of a way to kick off the 2008 year in the domain industry. According to DNJournal, Iran.com sold for $400,000 in June of 2007. Iran is an important country, but it’s not the only geography domain to sell for big money ... read more ...
Wed 19th December 2007
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Most .mobi Domains Won during Sedo Auctions are Out of Compliance - A review of auctions won at first .mobi domain auction shows most are out of compliance. When mTLD, the registry for .mobi domains, hooked up with Sedo to auction off premium domains, they probably had no idea how successful it would be. Successful, that is, in terms of sales prices. But there’s another side of the coin, and that is compliance with mTLD’s auction rules. Participants in the auctions are bound by several rules, including: The Website may initially ... read more ...
Tue 18th December 2007
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Hold a Records: .Mobi Auctions Voided - .Mobi registry voids latest Sedo auction, will re-run in January. First, there was the euphoria from .mobi fans. The December .mobi auction at Sedo closed with major records: Music.mobi sold for $616,000 and Games.mobi sold for $401,500. But then the griping began. Constantine Giorgio Roussos said he was the rightful winner of Music.mobi at $66,000. Sedo’s servers had slowed to a halt in the last few minutes of the auction, which kept many bidders at bay. Sedo ... read more ...
Thu 13th December 2007
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Adultfriendfinder.com Sold - Penthouse Media Group, bought a Palo Alto company, Various, which owns and operates more than 25, mostly social networking sites, including adultfriendfinder.com (adult social networking site), amigos.com, (Latin Dating Site) indianfriendfinder.com, guanXi.com (social networking site in china), bigchurch.com (a christian focused social networking site), and Dine.com (restaurant review site), for a total of 500 million dollars in cash and securities.   The sites of Various, have a combined membership ... read more ...
 
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Auction Watch: Poker Domain Hits $87,500, Moniker Auction Ends Today - Spanish language domain has one bidder; auction ends Saturday. An auction for Poquer.com, which means Poker in Spanish and Portuguese, ends on Saturday at Sedo. The domain has attracted one bidder for EUR 60,000, which translates to roughly $87,500 USD. I did some fact checking with a friend from Brazil who speaks Portuguese. Although poquer literally translates to poker, he said it’s not used that way much in practice. People prefer to call it poker with a ... read more ...
Fri 7th December 2007
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Music.mobi “Winner” Vows Lawsuit Against Sedo - After auction extended, former “winner” feels cheated. Constantine Giorgio Roussos thought he was the winner of Music.mobi in yesterday’s .mobi auction at Sedo. He bid $66,000. The auction ended and he received an automated invoice from Sedo. He then received a “personal” e-mail from a Sedo employee (which also may have been automated). But then something happened. Sedo extended the auction due to a server slowdown in the final minutes of the auction. Instead ... read more ...
Thu 6th December 2007
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Grandpa.com Sells for $55,000 to Lead WebmasterWorld PubCon Auction - Live Moniker auction sells $245,500 in domains. Moniker’s live auction at WebmasterWorld PubCon brought in $245,500 in sales. 60 lots sold with a median price of $1,100 and an average price of $4,092. Grandpa.com was the top winner, raking in $55,000. Other notable sales include: FamilyServices.com $45,000 MortgageRates.org $17,000 BlindDating.com $14,000 ComputerDiscounts.com $10,000 SEONews.com $8,750 CommuterFlights.com $8,000 DisabilityPolicy.com $7,000 BadCreditSolutions.com ... read more ...
Wed 5th December 2007
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DomainTools Announces Next Auction - Live online auction will take place January 3. DomainTools announced its next live auction today on its blog. The auction will utilize improved auction software similar to the software used at the recent Domain Roundtable conference. This auction won’t be tied to a conference, and the timing is rather odd — January 3rd. Many people are still on vacation. Even though they can login from their computers to bid, this is a tough time to hold an auction. There are ... read more ...
 
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Music.mobi Sells for Record $616,000 - Record Sedo auction sells over $1.5M in .mobi domain names. dotMobi fans are cheering today after Sedo concluded its most successful .mobi auction to date. According to an unofficial tally from Domain Name Wire, the auction cleared $1.5M in sales. The highest sale was Music.mobi, which sold for an astonishing $616,000. Games.mobi sold for $401,500. Compare this to the record sale prior to this event, Flowers.mobi for $200,000. With prices this high, major investors ... read more ...