An auction for Bogota.com ended at SnapNames yesterday for $159,500. Yep, SnapNames. That means that this is an expired domain. Someone lost over $150,000 by not renewing their domain name. One person who was bidding in the auction said it was at ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Wall Street Journal covers domain name industry
· Domain Sales, UncategorizedThe Wall Street Journal Online has a story about the booming domain name industry. As the article explains, the current boom in domains is based on current cash flows, not just speculation. Click here to read the story. ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Bills.com sells for $964,500 (sort of)
· Domain SalesComing off the heels of the Fish.com sale at $1,020,000, the domain community has learned of a letter of intent for the domain Bills.com and associated trademarks. According to a press release, Payment Data Systems, Inc. (OTC BB: PYDS), an integrated ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Expired domain sells for $135,250
· Domain SalesThe Fish.com sale was the big announcement this week. DNJournal is reporting that the actual sale amount for the domain was $1,020,000. Not bad! But even without Fish.com this would have been a heck of a week for domain sales. The one that shocks me ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Fish.com sells for $1M
· Domain SalesFish.com just became the highest announced all cash domain sale of 2005! The domain sold for $1,000,000. Afternic.com managed the sale to the current owner of Dog.com, Horse.com, and Bird.com. Obviously these domains have proven successful enough to ... Continue Reading3 Comments
The latest domain name sales scam – Trademarks
· Domain Sales, Policy & LawMost domain name investors are familiar with the domain name appraisal scam. You get an e-mail from someone interested in buying your domain. When you agree to a price, they ask you to get an appraisal from a particular company so they can be sure of ... Continue Reading11 Comments
Ethos.com sells for $27,778 at Afternic
· Domain SalesEthos.com sold for $27,778 today on Afternic. My guess is that this domain has been picked up by Ethos Water, which was recently purchased by Starbucks. Ethos Water supports bringing clean water to the masses. But they only donate a nickel to the cause ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Refinance.com sells for $706,850
· Domain SalesDNJournal.com has reported that Refinance.com sold for $706,850 at Moniker last week! I wonder how this negotiation went. Usually when you get to that high of a dollar amount you don't bicker about $100s and $50s, but in this case it looks like some ... Continue Reading1 Comment
.Pro domain names attract buyers
· Domain SalesUntil recently .Pro domain names were rare and attracted little buyer activity. This was because of strict requirements for registering these domains, such as showing a license to practice in a particular field (e.g. doctor, lawyer). But the .Pro ... Continue Reading1 Comment
iPodVideo.com Lands on eBay
· Domain SalesOn October 12th I wrote about Apple missing out on registering all extensions of iPodVideo and VideoiPod (see All Video iPod domains registered). The owner of iPodVideo.com has listed the domain on eBay. The seller claims he receives offers on the ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment