Toys.com will be auctioned again; Faculty Lounge will be stalking horse bidder. Domain Name Wire has learned that the sale of Toys.com has been halted by the bankruptcy court and the domain name will be auctioned again. Faculty Lounge, the company ... Continue Reading9 Comments
Judge: DONE Ventures’ Domain Purchase is Done Deal
· Domain SalesBankruptcy judge approves sale of domain names to DONE! Ventures. Earlier today, U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge Brendan L. Shannon handed down an order affirming the sale of a number of eToys' domain names to DONE! Ventures. The domains included in the ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Old Media Fail
· UncategorizedOld media reporting on Toys 'R' Us acquisition of eToys: FAIL. I've been known to defend "old" media. Bloggers seem to think they can replace the old school media, but I disagree. How many blogger are on the ground in Iraq? Oh yeah, they're just ... Continue Reading10 Comments
Toys R Us Confirms $2.15M eToys Acquisition
· Domain SalesCompany confirms what we already thought. It was fairly clear that Eagle, LLC was connected to Toys 'R' Us during the eToys bankruptcy auctions. Toys 'R' Us confirmed the suspicion today in an Associated Press article. The article says the ... Continue Reading8 Comments
Goldberger on Toys.com Team, eToys.com Buyer Remains Mystery
· Domain SalesFollow up to yesterday's auction story. I spent several hours yesterday reading through bankruptcy documents before breaking the news about a major domain name auction in Delaware on February 4. Since then I've read more documents to try to piece ... Continue Reading15 Comments
Toys.com, Birthdays.com, Hobbies.com Sold at Auction
· Domain SalesMillions of dollars in domains sold at auction. The biggest domain name auction of the year took place yesterday, but you probably haven't heard about it. And Oversee.net, parent company of Moniker, was a bidder, not a seller. Yesterday at 10 am ... Continue Reading41 Comments