There are a few domain gifts that I'd rather not get for the holidays. Last month I wrote about great gifts for domainers. With Christmas just a week away, I thought I'd point out a few gifts not to get your fravorite domain name friend. 1. A $100 ... Continue Reading10 Comments
Archives for 2007
Sedo Continues International Expansion with UK Office
· ServicesCompany adds another international office. Domain name aftermarket and parking company Sedo announced it is opening an office in the United Kingdom. The office will originally be located in Reading, Berks. It will relocate to London in ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Auction Watch: Poker Domain Hits $87,500, Moniker Auction Ends Today
· Domain SalesSpanish 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 ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Striking Writers Use Domain Name to Lampoon Studios
· UncategorizedWriters acquire .com version of studios' domain name. The writers strike in American continues. Man, do I miss my nightly dose of The Daily Show and Colbert Report. But crack one up to the writers for ingenuity. A group of striking writers has ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Article: Domain Parking “Parasitic”
· Policy & LawArticle calls parked domains parasitic, but doesn't explore the alternative. In a recent article at Times Online, Jonathan Weber says that parked pages, by their definition, are parasitic: If you type in "debts.com" for example, you get a site ... Continue Reading6 Comments
Random Thoughts About Domain Names
· UncategorizedHere are things I've been thinking about lately. I think about domain names every day. Here are things I've been thinking about lately... There are a lot of live auctions going on. It's hard to keep tabs on all of them. Moniker has one at least ... Continue Reading4 Comments
Music.mobi “Winner” Vows Lawsuit Against Sedo
· Domain SalesAfter 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 ... Continue Reading19 Comments
Grandpa.com Sells for $55,000 to Lead WebmasterWorld PubCon Auction
· Domain SalesLive 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 ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Music.mobi Sells for Record $616,000
· Domain SalesRecord 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 ... Continue Reading18 Comments
iREIT Leaves Internet Commerce Association
· Policy & LawCompany that helped found organization pulls out amid legal battles. iREIT, owner of hundreds of thousands of domain names, has left the Internet Commerce Association, according to DNJournal's latest newsletter. iREIT effectively founded the ... Continue Reading1 Comment