DNJournal'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
GoDaddy changes waiting period for TDNAM expiring domains
· Expired DomainsGoDaddy has apparently changed its waiting period after expiring domain name auctions end before you take ownership of the domain. In a press release the company said the waiting period is only 2 weeks after the domain auction ends. This is much shorter ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Riding on Expiring Domains – my opinion
· Expired Domains, Policy & LawIn a recent article posted on CircleID, author "Talented Fool" writes about registrars taking over domains when they enter the expiration grace period in an article titled "Riding on Expiring Domains". These registrars replace the domain owner's site ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Domain name price comparison
· Domain Registrars, Expired Domains, ServicesWhat's the cheapest registrar for .com domain registrations? What about .org? What's the cheapest way to backorder domain names? You can find out at Midano.com. Midano.com is a price comparison engine for domain name services. It's like ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Baseball domain names
· Domain Sales, Expired DomainsMajor League Baseball playoffs are about to start. Have you invested in baseball domain names? Here are some you can add to your collection: Available at ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment