The domain name League.com was just sold for $40,005 at Go Daddy Auctions. The auction had 143 bids from 23 different bidders. The domain was registered in 1993, it expired on 11/08/2012 and can still be renewed …
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ICM Registry sells office.xxx for $1,650 – Sales for sport.xxx $5,940, sports.xxx $7,260 and win.xxx $4,785 are confirmed
ICM Registry has been offering a list of 1046 .xxx domain names for sale with prices. Last week 19 domains had been sold (or were pending) from the original list. This week 1 more domain …
Read More »trumpet.com sells for $57,500 at NameJet
The domain name trumpet.com sold for $57,500 at NameJet today. The auction had 446 bids from 419 bidders. There were 9 bidders with a $10k bid or higher. The domain name was sold as its reserve was …
Read More »121212.com sits silent while a Sandy Relief concert happens at the Madison Square Garden
The domain 121212.com belongs to a UK company and was registered in 2004. I believe that today was the day that this domain would get the most visitors but instead the domain is inactive. Interestingly …
Read More »Facebook wins UDRP complaint for the domain FacebookEmail.com after 5+ months of waiting
The National Arbitration Forum decision to transfer the domain FacebookEmail.com to Complainant came after more than 5 months since the Complaint was submitted by Facebook. The Complaint was submitted by Facebook on June 28, 2012 …
Read More »Sedo sells 900 domains worth $1.52 million: EndGame.com sells for 80,000 USD and k1.de for 12,000 EUR – Week 4/12-10/12 2012
This week, 900 transactions (928 last week) took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.52 million ($1.7 last week). Only 262 domains (222 last week) were reported by Sedo this week. The other …
Read More »How and why to keep your domain sales private at Afternic and Sedo
Afternic and Sedo publish a weekly report of domain name sales. Private sales don’t appear on these reports. If you have your domain names listed at Afternic and Sedo there comes a time when you …
Read More »NameJet Reserve is gone – It has been replaced by a proper reserve system
In September I complained about the NameJet Reserve at the Namejet auctions. I then asked Namejet to replace this “feature” because using a phantom bidder was not proper auction reserve handling. My support ticket lasted …
Read More »Sedo’s legal liability – Sedo’s control panel parking optimization bug
Sedo has a bug at it’s control panel. Specifically the bug is at domain management and the parking optimization section. It is not possible to make bulk changes in the domain layouts and bulk changes in …
Read More »Average domain prices stay stable – Mean .com price increases – “Buy Now” transactions at all time high – Sedo
Sedo has been consistently producing a quarterly market study since the 2nd quarter of 2009. There are some stats from before but these are not complete. I took all the reports from the past 3 …
Read More »Sedo offers a free $69 brokerage fee and reduced commissions
Sedo is offering a free $69 brokerage fee and reduced commissions on purchases as a holiday gift. If you are using the Sedo brokerage team for making purchases this is a pretty good deal as …
Read More »ICM sells 5 domains for $27,555: Sport.xxx/Sports.xxx sales pending for $13,200 and Thai.xxx sale pending for $8,250
ICM Registry is offering a list of 1046 .xxx domain names for sale with prices. Last week 14 domains had been sold (or pending) from the original list. This week 5 more domains have been …
Read More »Follow your own advice – Even as a spammer
I got the usual spam email for a newly registered domain that I got as a joke. I was sure that this wasn’t a serious inquiry but I opened the email anyway. It came from …
Read More ».xxx anniversary today – Have you renewed your .xxx domains?
It is the first anniversary today since the official launch of the .xxx TLD. Since ICM Registry’s mistake, putting 1000+ premium priced .xxx up for sale just before .xxx turns one, I have reevaluated my investment on …
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