These domain names will be put to goo use. DNW's weekly end user sale report is back. Most notable on this week's list are purchases by a publicly traded REIT as well as Ziff Davis. All sales took place at Afternic except RoyalKey.com at ... Continue Reading5 Comments
$2.6 Million Social.com Sale Could Make Moniker Auction a Big One
· Domain SalesPending sale would give Moniker one of its biggest auctions ever. I've been tracking the potential sale of Social.com for a couple weeks now. The domain name was listed in Moniker's live domain name auction for Barcelona (which actually ended up ... Continue Reading11 Comments
Gary Chernoff Sells AdNet.com for $60,000
· Domain SalesChernoff strikes again. Gary Chernoff has made another big domain name sale with AdNet.com for $60,000. The updated whois information shows that RevNet bought the domain name. RevNet bills its business as the "Worlds 1st On-Demand Data Monetization ... Continue Reading6 Comments
Sedo Reports Strong Sales Including Closing of Gambling.com for $2.5 Million
· Domain SalesA big week with a seven figure sale. Sedo had a strong sales week, headlined by officially closing Gambling.com for $2.5 million. But this sale wasn't the only one the company had to cheer about as the week included many good five figure sales. One ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
ZeniMax Buys Rage.com for Upcoming Rage Video Game
· Domain SalesVideo game creator shoots bullseye with domain name purchase. A long awaited video game has a new home on the web - Rage.com. ZeniMax Media Inc. purchased the domain name from a man in Great Britain for $49,999, and is now forwarding the domain name ... Continue Reading5 Comments
Mint.com Mints Millions for Domain Seller
· Domain SalesMint.com domain name sale worth about $2 million. Mint.com Domain Name sale about $2.MHite Capital sold the Mint.com domain name to the recently sold finance web site for equity a few years ago. It has paid off, according to an article by Michael ... Continue Reading14 Comments
Moviles.net Domain Name Sells for $35,000
· Domain SalesSpanish language domain name tops Sedo's weekly charts. It's an interesting week when Sedo's top domain name sale is only 25,000 EUR (about $35,000 USD). It's even more interesting when that domain name is a Spanish language .net. But this past week ... Continue Reading4 Comments
Patent Filed for Domain Name Securitization
· Domain SalesPatent would allow for securitization and trading of domain name portfolios. Gregory Manriquez and Stevan Lieberman of NameDrive have filed a patent for domain name securitization. The patent was filed in November 2008 and published yesterday. The ... Continue Reading17 Comments
Let’s Increase the Size of “For Sale” Signs
· Domain SalesParked pages need to evolve into domain sales machines. It's common wisdom that putting a notice on your parked domain name that it's for sale likely decreases your pay-per-click click through rate. That's part of the reason any "for sale" notices on ... Continue Reading9 Comments
Survey: Sedo Top Online Domain Sales Site
· Domain SalesNo surprise in online domain sales category. Once again, Sedo has taken top honors for "Best Online Domain Name Sales Site" in the annual Domain Name Wire Survey. 48% of respondents to the fourth annual survey selected Sedo as the top site, roughly ... Continue Reading5 Comments