Moniker Adds Name Media, DDN Domains to Marketplace - Moniker Marketplace now has 3M domain listings. Moniker has announced the addition of domains from Name Media and Domain Distribution Network (DDN) to its Marketplace and domain search results. With the addition of these listings, Moniker’s Marketplace now has over 3,000,000 domains. Moniker’s Marketplace was soft-launched at the end of 2006. Since then, Marketplace has been the site of Moniker’s silent domain auctions. By joining Name Media’s network ... read more ...

Moniker Releases Initial TRAFFIC Domain Name Auction List - List includes 3800 domain names ranging from no reserve to over $5M. Moniker released a tentative list of domain names to be auctioned at T.R.A.F.F.I.C. East, which kicks off October 9 in in Hollywood, Florida. The list of about 3,800 domain names includes both those that will be in the live auction and the ensuing silent auction. FantasySports.com has the highest reserve at over $5M USD. Other big ticket domains include Computer.com, Polls.com, and Taxes.com. ... read more ...

Iraq is For Sale (Well, a Domain Name during least) - Iraq.com is up for sale, current bid over $500,000. The domain name Iraq.com is up for auction at domain name aftermarket Sedo, and is currently bid up to the equivalent of $560,000 USD. Eight bidders have staked a claim, but the reserve price hasn’t been met. On the plus side, you don’t have to set foot in Iraq to own a piece of the country by buying this domain. Unfortunately, buying Iraq.com doesn’t come with any oil rights. The domain is owned by KuwaitNET ... read more ...

Will TigerDirect Flip Computer.com? - Domain may be on auction block at TRAFFIC East Auction. This is bad news for the domain industry. Rick Schwartz, the face behind the domain industry’s popular T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conferences, sent an email this morning saying that Computer.com will be featured in the next Moniker auction at TRAFFIC East in Miami next month: The auction will have some GREAT domains and we are hoping for another record setting event. One domain that may get some interest is Computer.com ... read more ...

Afternic Refreshes Web Site - Domain aftermarket simplifies home page, targeting featured listings and auctions. Domain name aftermarket Afternic, a Name Media site, has simplified its home page design. The new design is simplified and focuses on featured listings and domain auctions that are ending soon. The site draws users’ attention to the benefits of Afternic, and drives them toward registering or signing in to their account. The previous design had up to five sets of domain listings: ... read more ...

Salesforce.com Buys Force.com Domain Name - Salesforce.com, known for its CRM application, changes brand to Force.com with domain purchase. Salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM) is now branding itself as simply “Force.com” with the acquisition of the domain name. According to a search of Whois history at DomainTools, the domain was transferred to Salesforce.com between July 24 and July 26 of this year. The seller was Gordon Force of San Jose, California. The branding change was necessary because the company has ... read more ...

Televisions.com Sells for Six Figures - NameDrive brokers sale of premium domain Televisions.com. Domain name parking and sales company NameDrive has brokered the sale of Televisions.com for a substantial six figure price tag, Domain Name Wire has confirmed. Jakob Knightly, VP Sales – North America for NameDrive, confirmed the sale in writing and indicates it is one of the largest scales brokered by NameDrive to date. The company has brokered over $10M in domains (including portfolios) in 2007. Tom Carr ... read more ...

dotMobi to Auction Premium Domain Names Through Sedo - dotMobi will auction premium domains including ATM.mobi and Cars.mobi through domain aftermarket Sedo. dotMobi announced today that it will auction a number of premium domains through Sedo. dotMobi’s “Premium Names” consist of 5,500 commonly used words that dotMobi set aside rather than releasing for general registration. A number of those domains will be included in Sedo’s auctions. The first Sedo auction will start on September 26, the one year anniversary ... read more ...

AfternicDLS: 10x More Likely To Sell - Domain Name Wire explores how to take advantage of AfternicDLS and if it helps sell domain names compared to the regular listings on Afternic. When NameMedia bought Afternic, I figured they weren’t just going to add the domain aftermarket to their portfolio of sales channels. They had plans to enhance Afternic and use it as an onramp to the parent company’s sales prowess. Shortly thereafter, Afternic announced AfternicDLS, an expanded promotion service that allows ... read more ...

AZ.com Gets $500k Bid Ahead of Auction, Rebate(s).com Sells for $1.0M - Final tally $3,643,128 worth was sold. 165 out of 450 names or 37% 47150.com $21,250 Ahora.com $31,000 AirbrushSupplies.com $2,000 AirIonizer.com $2,050 Albinos.com $31,500 Answer.net $15,000 AntiLock.com $1,400 AntiPiracy.com $10,100 AntiTobacco.com $2,100 Army.org $99,000 ArmyBrat.com $3,500 AZ.com $500,000 BakeryFoods.com $1,000 BakerySale.com $1,000 BankLocator.com $6,000 BcTours.com $2,778 Blackjack101.com $1,050 BridalRegistries.com $8,000 BrokerageAccounts.com $5,400 BudgetProperty.com $8,450 CaliforniaDoctor.com $5,000 CameraPhotos.com $1,000 CareerResource.com $7,500 CarManufacturers.com $5,000 CarpetInstallations.com $5,000 CasinoPokerOnline.com $1,000 Castillo.com $35,500 CelebrityCouple.com $3,300 CharlotteHousing.com $1,000 CheapGadgets.com $5,600 Chinaware.com $7,500 ChristianSoul.com $1,100 cMail.com $10,000 Cohabitant.com $2,050 CoinStores.com $6,900 CommercialPainter.com $4,000 CompanyManager.com $1,000 ConsumersGuide.com $66,750 Convulsion.com $2,500 CouchLand.com $1,000 CreditSurvival.com $1,250 CurlyFries.com $3,250 Customers.eu $1,000 DailyFeeds.com $4,600 DayTradingSchool.com $1,500 Defectors.com $2,200 Dine.mobi $5,000 DirectorySearch.com $7,000 DomainList.com $7,100 Dreaming.com $35,750 DropCatcher.com $14,500 DrPoker.com $3,000 DrugRefills.com $5,000 eDoll.com $1,350 EmptyJar.com $1,000 EscrowFee.com $3,050 EssentialVitamins.com $1,600 Event.com $165,000 FederalStudentLoans.com $50,750 FieldGoals.com $1,550 FigureSkater.com $8,000 FinancialCounseling.com $7,550 FineCars.com $30,000 FitnessDating.com $4,000 FoodConsultant.com $3,000 FoodContents.com $1,000 ForeignCurrencies.eu $1,000 ForexCalculator.com $2,050 Free-Credit-Report.com $28,250 FreeHealthInsurance.com $25,000 FreeNameSearch.com $2,500 FunDate.com $5,100 FuneralArrangements.com $9,500 GameRules.com $12,000 Gastronomy.com $15,000 GayDiscos.com $1,000 GirlsBags.com $1,100 GoodCar.com $3,700 GoodHotels.com $35,000 GreatBands.com $3,300 Growers.com $25,000 Hastily.com $1,000 HawaiiDoctors.com $3,000 HikerWorld.com $1,050 HippieClothing.com $3,500 HollywoodHousing.com $1,050 HorseMedication.com $1,100 Hot.tv $35,000 HotDestinations.com $3,400 HummerRentals.com $5,100 ImageBuilder.com $2,200 InternetHub.com $5,000 Invention.com $500,000 IpodNews.com $1,000 JacksonvilleHousing.com $1,000 JapaneseAutos.com $6,100 JayD.com $2,050 KidCrazy.com $1,250 LadyShaver.com $1,000 LaserPens.com $9,000 LatestPolls.com $2,150 LawRecords.com $1,800 LeaseTakeovers.com $1,000 LetsPlayPoker.com $2,250 LoanProperty.com $7,050 Locals.org $9,100 LocationMap.com $3,000 Loudon.com $6,200 LowestCost.com $25,000 LowPriceFlights.com $4,100 LuxuryGift.com $10,000 MackDaddy.com $4,300 MakeMoneyOnline.com $95,000 MathSites.com $1,600 MedicalClaimBilling.com $1,000 MedicalInjuryLawyer.com $2,450 messenger.eu $5,400 MusicReleases.com $5,000 NewYorkSource.com $2,000 p4.com $30,000 p6.com $27,000 Paper.info $5,000 PayRates.com $25,000 PersonalsSite.com $1,000 PhoneSmart.com $5,200 PhotographyGear.com $3,300 PictureConverter.com $1,050 Poker.in $60,000 PortlandHousing.com $2,050 PrisonGuard.com $8,000 r11.com $1,000 Rebate.com $1,000,000 RecordingStudios.com $25,000 SanfranciscoPersonals.com $1,000 SanjoseHousing.com $1,050 SecureLending.com $3,900 SecureProxies.com $3,500 SecureVoip.com $5,000 SeoHints.com $2,150 Shedding.com $4,300 SkiTrainers.com $1,300 Slightly.com $3,000 Southerner.com $6,100 SpaceDesigns.com $1,100 SpaHoliday.com $5,600 SpanishGold.com $6,800 SpokaneHousing.com $1,000 StockTradingAccount.com $1,000 StoreBargain.com $1,000 StreetTruck.com $4,000 Stronger.com $25,000 Suspects.com $10,500 TaxRefundLoans.com $7,600 UltraDisk.com $1,250 UniversityPersonals.com $4,300 UsedMotorcycle.com $39,000 VacantHouse.com $1,050 Vaccinated.com $3,000 VictorianPaintings.com $3,500 Voys.com $4,000 WebGeeks.com $20,000 WebSupport.com $20,000 WrestlingFans.com $6,300 xCode.com $5,000 YourDomainName.com $12,250 ... read more ...

CreditCards.com Files for IPO - CreditCards.com has filed to raise up to $115M in an initial public offering. Earlier this morning, CreditCards.com, an online credit card portal that built its business around a valuable domain name, filed to raise up to $115M in an initial public offering. Although the exact valuation of the company is not yet known, the company’s S-1 filing with the SEC validates my previous assumption that the 2006 purchase of the company was north of $100M. In October ... read more ...

Moniker Silent Auction Kicks Off - Auction features over 2,000 domain names. Moniker’s second Internext Expo domain name auction, geared toward adult webmasters, pulled in close to $700,000 in sales during the live auction. The silent auction has started and ends Thursday. Over 2,000 domains are available for purchase in the silent auction. The auction isn’t limited to adult domains. I picked up some steals in the last Internext silent auction, including ExhibitBooths.com and CarAdapters.com. ... read more ...

Gibraltar.com To Sell for $360,000 or More - The domain name Gibraltar.com has received a $360,000 offer at domain name aftermarket Sedo. Gibraltar.com has received a bid for $360,000 at Sedo and the reserve has been met. This domain was auctioned in Sedo’s first Great Domains auction, but like many domains in that auction the reserve was not met. Apparently a buyer stepped up to meet the seller’s reserve. Gibraltar is a small British overseas territory that has been in dispute over the centuries, with ... read more ...

R.H. Donnelley Acquires Business.com for $345M - Local business directory publisher buys company, edging out other suitors including News Corp. Business.com, a web advertising and directory business, has sold for $345M in cash and “deferred purchase consideration” to R.H. Donnelley (NYSE: RHD). R.H. Donnelley is a yellow pages and local search company. The Business.com acquisition is a way for the company to diversify. As I pointed out earlier, this is not just a transaction for the domain name Business.com. ... read more ...

Travel.info Sells for $116,000 - Sale is highest ever reported for .info domain. Domain aftermarket Sedo has brokered the sale of Travel.info for $116,000, the highest amount ever reported for a .info domain name sale. The buyer of the domain is using Moniker’s whois privacy service. A notice on the web page states that it is being redesigned. The domain hopped around between a couple sellers over the past few months, but the owner who made the record breaking sale is Jian Wang of East Star Corp. ... read more ...

First GreatDomains Auction Off to Solid Start - Bidding for top names is fierce; few reserves met Sedo’s first live domain auction at GreatDomains is under way and is off to a great start. Among the domains grabbing attention are Gibralter.com at $75,000, StockQuotes.com at $150,000, and Whisky.com at $125,000 (owned by the Castello brothers). Only two domains — Territory.com ($4,101) and Tai.com ($21,500) — have met their reserves as of Friday morning. Due to publicity from one of the sellers, the reserves ... read more ...

First GreatDomains Domain Name Auction Starts Thursday - Online auction to feature premium dot.com domains. Sedo acquired GreatDomains last month and immediately announced plans to use the site for premium auctions. Its first premium auction will start this Thursday, July 19 at 2:00pm EST. GreatDomains’ premium auction events will be held once per month and last seven days. Hopefully Sedo will be able to parlay its success with Sedo auctions to GreatDomains, especially with its emphasis on premium domains. Domain ... read more ...

Affiliate Summit Domain Auction Fizzles - Leonard Holmes of ParkQuick reports on the Affiliate Summit auction. I picked up a bargain domain at the Affiliate Summit domain auction last night. A few others did also, but I imagine that more than a few sellers were disappointed. Affiliate Summit has more attendees than TRAFFIC, but fewer of them are domainers or CEOs with deep pockets. It was evident from the beginning of the auction that domains would be going relatively cheap. GasolinePrices.org went for ... read more ...

Majority of Domain Names are Purchased as Investments - Most big ticket domain purchases are by investors hoping to flip the domain or cash in on pay-per-click revenue. Many high dollar domain sales are reported each week, but who is buying all of these domains? This is an important question to answer in order to understand the future of the domain name aftermarket. Domain Name Wire just concluded a study of high value domain name sales on the aftermarket and determined that 65% of domains are purchased by investors and ... read more ...

Domain Roundtable Sets Ground Rules for Domain Name Auction - Live auction this August will feature 450 domains. Jay Westerdal, President and CEO of Name Intelligence and promoter of the Domain Roundtable conference, announced plans for a live auction at next month’s Domain Roundtable conference. Last year’s conference had only a small silent auction. This year the silent auction will be nixed in favor of a 450 domain live auction. Domains submitted to the auction will be ranked using an algorithm and the top 450 will ... read more ...

Chinese.com To Sell for Over $275,000 - Chinese.com has hit its reserve in a Sedo auction and will sell for over $200,000. The generic domain name Chinese.com has met its reserve at a Sedo auction and will close the morning of July 3. The current high bid is 217,500 EUR, or $293,000 USD at today’s exchange rate. 23 bids have been placed and the auction has been viewed over 7,000 times. Although Chinese.com is the biggest auction at Sedo right now, the aftermarket has a number of other noteworthy auctions. ... read more ...