Afternic has sold Vertigo.com for $50,000. The domain had received previous bids of up to $10,500, but on May 19 Vertigo Software decided to seal a deal and bid $50k. Vertigo Software is a Microsoft-based development and consulting company. This is ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Vertigo.com sells for $50,000
· Domain SalesTypo.com
· UncategorizedForbes.com has an interesting story about the domain market that interviews iREIT. Sadly, the headline of the article, Typo.com, is grossly negligent. The article mentions typo domains for a sentence or two, but the rest is about acquiring great ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Learning more about Parked.com domain parking
· ServicesParked.com is grabbing attention as a new alternative in the crowded field of domain parking. I recently asked Donny Simonton, CIO of Parked.com, a few questions about what makes the service different from the competition. (The parking service was ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
WirelessPhone.com ends soon
· Domain SalesAn auction for WirelessPhone.com sits at $52,500 with under a day to go. Domain market Afternic has been marketing the domain in a special 30 day auction. The auction ends tomorrow afternoon. The domain scores a very nice 1,826 in Overture with its ... Continue Reading3 Comments
New York wants to regulate domain names
· Policy & LawIn a move that flies in the face of established international guidelines, the New York Senate is pushing through a bill that would forbid registering the name of a living person with the purpose of selling the domain to that person. The New York ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Pulling back the sheets on GoDaddy
· Domain RegistrarsGoDaddy's IPO filing shows us what's going on at the world's largest domain registrar. I speculated about GoDaddy's imminent IPO back in December of last year. Now we all know the company is going public. I just spent a good amount of my afternoon ... Continue Reading7 Comments
Give parking companies a chance to optimize
· ServicesDomainers should test domains with parking companies for at least a month to achieve valuable results. When I first started parking a couple dozen names at Parked.com a couple weeks ago I was dissapointed with the RPM. But my results have improved ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Diamond.com sells for $7.5M
· Domain SalesDiamond.com and related intellectual property was purchased by internet jeweler Ice.com for $7.5M. This major deal is unique because the price of the domain and intellectual property were separate from Ice.com's purchase of Diamond.com's inventory and ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
.Tel approved
· Policy & Law.Tel sponsor Telnic says ICANN has approved the new TLD. On the surface this is one of the worst new domain names to be approved -- let alone suggested. As I wrote last month: This idea makes sense for one group only: the registry that will make ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Domain Registry Support doesn’t know when to stop
· Policy & LawOne of the biggest domain scammers, Domain Registry Services, will eventually run into the law. Domain Registry Services is known for sending out misleading notices such as: FINAL NOTICE OF DOMAIN EXTENSION. yourdomain.us "has now become available ... Continue Reading3 Comments