NameJet, the domain name auction house, sold 1038 domain names for $2,000 and over in 2012 for a total value of $4,569,141 USD. NYE.com was the top domain with a selling price of $175.500. This …
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Not everything is about .COM
.COM is king but not everything is about .com. There are still many opportunities in other gTLDs and ccTLDs. I had an intense 24 hours in domaining and my day didn’t involve too much of …
Read More »Melbourne IT DBS: .Com likely to continue to dominate domain disputes as new gTLDS loom
Melbourne IT Digital Brand Services released a report on domain name disputes this Thusday February 7, 2013. The report shows that .com is likely to continue to dominate domain disputes as new gTLDS loom. Melbourne …
Read More ».net price increases to $5.62 on July 1, 2013 and at $8.20 until 2017
Verisign announced today that the .net registry fee will be increased from $5.11 to $5.62. This price does NOT include the $0.75 ICANN fee. So the actual wholesale fee paid by the registrars will be …
Read More »Registry .com price stays at $7.85 – .com owners save 1B dollars – Renew a .com for 6 years, get 1 year for free…
On November 30th Verisign, Inc., the registry operator for .com, got it’s contact renewed for another 6 years. The U.S. Department of Commerce approved the renewal of Verisign’s agreement with the Internet Corporation for Assigned …
Read More »Back to the future – 1988.com sells for $20,499 at NameJet
The domain name 1988.com sold for $20,499 at NameJet yesterday. It was one of the busiest auctions I have seen lately with 347 bids and 299 participating bidders. There were 6 bidders with a bid …
Read More »Don’t make the wrong choice again!
I am watching the tennis US Open tournament, the last grand slam of the year. I am a big tennis fan and I watch as much as I can on TV despite the time difference …
Read More »Sedo offers domains for sale while trying to disguise an adult domain
Sedo offers a few premium names exclusively for sale. You see the domains when you log in to Sedo. Here are the domains with Sedo’s pitch next to them and with some related sales. Meetings.com …
Read More »Sedo sales analysis (plus comparison with Afternic)
Sedo.com’s reportable .com only sales were $606,516 USD spread over 160 domain names for the past two weeks: 7/01/12-7/15/12. These sales are of course only the reportable domain name sales. It seems that the most …
Read More »There is a “www” problem under.gTLDs
I saw the under.me ad featuring Bar Refaeli just everybody else. I have not invested in .me at all but it was very impressive. The only thing is that I was kind of shocked at …
Read More »Afternic.com sales analysis (.com only)
Afternic.com reported $2.5 million in sales for the past two weeks: 6/25/12-7/08/12. The reportable .com only sales were for $1,215,724 USD spread over 519 domain names. It seems that the most expensive sales have the …
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