Jew.us sold for $29,500, the highest "New TLD" sale ever publicly disclosed to DNJournal. Jew.us topped the previous high of $28,086 set by NewYork.info. This sale was big enough to compete with .com domains in the DNJournal sales charts this week. ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
SnapNames DNS Hacked
· Expired DomainsThe nameserver where expired domain heavyweight SnapNames resides was temporarily hijacked Wednesday night. Depending on how the nameserver was cached at your ISP, you may have seen a page like this. The page showed an Iranian flag with the sentence ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
FlashGames.com sells for $226,950
· Domain Sales, Expired DomainsAnyone looking for a sign that 2006 will be a good year for domain investors need look no further than this week's DNJournal sales chart. The year started off with a bang as a two word domain FlashGames.com pocketed $226,950 at Moniker. Moniker also ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Enom adds “premium names” to auctions
· Expired DomainseNom has joined a number of domain backordering services that now highlight high quality expiring domains. When users of eNom's Club Drop system login, they can now view a list of "Premium Domains" as designated by eNom. eNom uses "proprietary tools" ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Earth.com sells for $800,000
· Domain Sales, Expired DomainsDNJournal's final sales chart of 2005 includes the sale of Earth.com for $800,000. Combined with the previously announced Annuity.com sale at $600,000, 2005 went out with a bang. This year saw 9 announced domain name sales of $500,000 or ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
ASB.com sells for $50,000
· Domain Sales, Expired DomainsDomain buyers didn't let the holidays slow them down, according to the latest sales figures from DNJournal. The biggest sale of the week was consummated at Sedo, which sold ASB.com for $50,000. That's a solid number for a three character .com. ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Someone lost a $250,000 lottery ticket
· Domain Sales, Expired DomainsIf you had a lottery ticket worth $250,000, would you just toss it in the trash? If you had a nice car worth $250k, would you abandon it on the side of the road? That's basically what the previous owner of A1.com did. The domain expired and was ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
2006 Domain Name Survey
· Domain Registrars, Domain Sales, Expired Domains, Policy & Law, Services, UncategorizedDomain Name Wire is doing a study of the domain name market and where we're headed in 2006. Please take a few minutes to complete our survey. Survey results will be provided free of charge at the conclusion of the survey period. If you have a domain ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Sega risks losing domain name
· Expired DomainsSega, maker of popular video games like Sonic the Hedgehog, has let one of its game's domains expire, as pointed out at Joystiq. Shenmue.com expired on Nov 19. The domain was registered through NetSol, so if it isn't renewed it will drop through ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
GoDaddy’s Domain Name Aftermarket adds features
· Domain Sales, Expired Domains, ServicesGoDaddy faced lots of criticism when it first launched its domain name aftermarket service, TDNAM. One of the major problems was the long and indeterminate wait period for receiving domains after you won (see GoDaddy aftermarket - I finally got my ... Continue Reading1 Comment
