Lots of companies are paying to get a better version of their domain name. Of the forty reported sales at Uniregistry over the past two weeks, I was able to connect 17 of the purchases to end users. Many of these are upgraded domain names that are ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Paula Deen spends $27,900 on domain name for new venture (end user sales)
· Domain SalesCelebrity chef among end users who bought domain names last week. Celebrity chef Paula Deen, who experienced a spectacular fall from grace last year over her prior use of racial slurs, is making a comeback with Paul Deen Ventures. She's launching a ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Forward U.S. bought domain for $1,500
· Domain SalesNew immigration reform group bought .us domain for $1,500 at Sedo. The new immigration reform group that Ron Jackson wrote about last week paid $1,500 for FWD.us. That's just one of the end user sales that Sedo made last week. It had a big week, ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Over 50 end user domain sales including Paramount Pictures’ $65k purchase
· UncategorizedEnd users close deals before the new year. A lot of small businesses buy domain names toward the end of the year. One reason is they want to get the purchase on this year's books. That's what one buyer told me the last week of December -- "I'll do it ... Continue Reading11 Comments
33 end user domain sales: TrendMicro, Tufts, Shutterstock, and more
· Domain SalesBig companies, small companies, and universities make domain purchases. A broad mix of end users made domain purchases this past week. Afternic The proprietor behind the BetterBaseball.com baseball equipment site expanded with ... Continue Reading7 Comments
21 end user domain sales (including some big buyers)
· Domain Sales21 end user domain name sales from the past week. This week's end user domain sales report includes a shop that's probably at your local mall, a big online university, and cosmetics giant Loreal. Afternic Thomson Reuters bought SJNK.com for ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
What domains a Kickstarter success, Christie’s and University of Oklahoma bought this week
· Domain SalesCompany that raised $70k on Kickstart buys its company domain name. This week's end user domain name sales report includes some big names. Auction house Christie's bought an Andy Warhol domain name, University of Oklahoma bought a four letter acronym, ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
.TV and .Me among two dozen end user domain sales this week
· Domain Sales.tv, .me, and a slurl. This week a .tv and a .me domain were amongst the best end user domain name sales. But before we get into this week's normal end user sales report, I want to call out a Slurl. Divorce Detox bought the domain name ... Continue Reading2 Comments
12 interesting end user domain sales from the past week
· Domain SalesThese domain names will be put to goo use. DNW's weekly end user sale report is back. Most notable on this week's list are purchases by a publicly traded REIT as well as Ziff Davis. All sales took place at Afternic except RoyalKey.com at ... Continue Reading5 Comments
Union pays for VeriGreedy.com and 14 other end user domain sales
· Domain Sales15 end user domain purchases in the past week. Communication Workers of America bought the clever domain VeriGreedy.com last week to take a jab at Verizon. It looks like the domain owner wasn't very greedy, too. Here are details on that sale and ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment