I love Tuesday evenings. Why? Because that's when DNJournal releases its weekly sales report. The report includes top sales from Sedo, Afternic, Pool, SnapNames, and more. This week's top sale was AutoLine.com, which went for $42,000 at SnapNames. ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Are Overture inventory numbers being manipulated?
· Domain Sales, Expired DomainsDomain names that get type-in traffic are among the most valuable on the resale market. To calculate the number of type-ins a domain name receives, domain buyers use the Overture inventory tool. By typing in a domain name (including the extension, e.g. ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
GoDaddy launches domain name aftermarket, will auction off expired domains
· Domain SalesIn a move that might send ripples through the domain name aftermarket, GoDaddy has launched a domain name aftermarket for reselling domain names. The biggest news is that it appears GoDaddy is auctioning off its expiring domains through the service, ... Continue Reading4 Comments
OLT.com sells for $93,000
· Domain SalesWhat a week for domain name sales! According to DNJournal 2 three letter domains sold for 5 figures this week. Not only did OLT.com sell for a whopping $93,000, but MGL also sold for $17,500 at Afternic. Another 3 letter domain, ZDU.com, was snapped ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Pope site goes to charity
· Domain Sales, Policy & LawRogers Cadenhead has donated his BenedictXVI.com domain name to charity. My question: will a charity effectively use this domain name? I assume it will try to generate advertising from the domain for funding purposes? Nope. It will just us the domain ... Continue Reading4 Comments
Falling dollar boosts domain name sales outside United States
· Domain SalesThese days you read about high dollar domain name sales every week. The number of 5- and 6-figure domain name sales continues to grow. Although most of this is due to the growing recognition of the value of domain names, another factor is the fall of ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Designs.com sells for $50,000
· Domain Sales5-figure domain name sales continued in droves last week. Designs.com sold in a private sale for $50,000, according to DNJournal. One of the biggest surprise sales was a .TV domain, SMS.tv, going for $18,000 on Sedo. .TV sales rarely break the ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Marchex acquires domain names
· Domain SalesMarchex (NASDAQ: MCHX) has acquired domain names and other assets from Pike Street for $16.5M. You may know of Marchex for their huge domain portfolio purchases in the past. Here's the press release: Marchex Acquires Assets of Pike Street Industries ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Sedo sells 866 domain names in March
· Domain Sales, ServicesSedo released its sales figures for March, and it was a great month! Sedo helped sell 866 domain names, at an average price of $1,495. In total, sales revenue approached $1.3M! Here are some of the notable sales from Sedo in March: Lottery.org ... Continue Reading1 Comment
And the Popesquatting winner is…
· Domain Sales, Policy & LawA number of people registered domain names of potential new Popes. And the person I covered in our previous posting won by registering BenedictXVI.com. According to an article in Wired.com called Picking the Pope's Domain Name, Rogers Cadenhead is ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment