Two character domain bought by end user. Sedo has completed the sale of SC.com for $300,000, and it appears the buyer is Standard Chartered Bank. Standard Chartered provides banking services mostly in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. The Standard ... Continue Reading4 Comments
Reports: NameMedia Lays Off 30
· ServicesUnconfirmed reports suggest domain giant has laid off 30 people. [Updated]Xconomy is citing unconfirmed reports that NameMedia, parent company of Afternic and BuyDomains, has laid off 30 employees. Please note that Xconomy has been unable to confirm ... Continue Reading9 Comments
New Aftermarket Launches with Odd Name and Business Model
· Domain SalesNo, TLDOffers.com won't sell you top level domains. I've written before about new domain name aftermarkets and asked if there was room for anything to compete against the incumbents. Few people think it's possible. Today I saw a press release for a ... Continue Reading11 Comments
Sedo Improves Security of Escrow Process
· Domain SalesOnline account interface makes spoofing more difficult. It has been a while since I've sold a domain on Sedo, so I noticed a new security enhancement today when transferring a domain to a buyer. The security problem was that Sedo's escrow process ... Continue Reading4 Comments
SarahPalin.com Lands on Afternic [Updated}
· Domain SalesAn auction for SarahPalin.com has started on Afternic, although the authenticity has not been verified. An auction for SarahPalin.com has started on domain name aftermarket Afternic.com. The auction will end November 7 and is currently $501 with three ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Afternic Gets October.com Auction at $16,000
· Domain SalesAuction one of the highest on site for a long time. It's been a while since I've been able to write about an exciting auction over at Afternic, but the aftermarket has snagged one with October.com. The domain has a $16,000 bid and an auction has ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
10 Things I’d Do if I Were a New Domainer
· UncategorizedHere are ten things I'd do if I were just joining the domain name industry. I've been in the domain industry for a decade, so I'm stuck with my legacy portfolio to build from. But if I were just entering the industry, here are 10 things I'd do: 1. ... Continue Reading24 Comments
OD.com Sells for $220,000
· Domain SalesTwo character domain sells for six figures. The domain name OD.com has sold for $220,000 at Sedo, according to the "recent sales" section of the site: The whois record for the domain shows that it was previously financed by Domain Capital. The ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Auction Watch: Pizzerias.com at $94,000
· Domain SalesA look at current domain auctions of interest. Moniker's next live domain name auction is this weekend in Chicago at the GeoDomain Expo, but there's plenty of auction action going on right now. The big auction is Pizzerias.com, which has a bidder at ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
OVT Matcher Software Releases Upgraded Version
· Expired DomainsTool for finding domain names with traffic releases improvements. OVT Matcher, a tool that automatically checks lists of domain names for "Overture Scores" from January, February, and March 2007 has released an upgrade. (See OVT Matcher Makes Finding ... Continue Reading5 Comments
