Moniker founder says Oversee.net contract with Google violated in Moniker acquisition. Monte Cahn has filed a response (pdf) to Oversee.net's motion to dismiss certain claims he brought against his former employer. One of the more interesting claims ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Monte Cahn Adds Allegations to Complaint Against Oversee.net
· Domain RegistrarsCahn adds allegations and drops one claim. Moniker founder Monte Cahn has filed an amended lawsuit against Oversee.net, which purchased Moniker in 2007 from Seevast. Cahn sued Oversee claiming that he was not properly paid under a $13 million ... 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
My Picks for the Moniker Extended Auction Ending Wednesday
· Domain SalesThe good and the bad in auction ending tomorrow. The DOMAINfest Barcelona extended Moniker domain auction on SnapNames with nearly 500 domain names concludes Wednesday. Domains range in price from no reserve to nearly $6.5 million for ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Moniker Auction Sells Another 5 Domains Plus Data.com
· Domain SalesHouses.co.uk leads premium domain name auction. Moniker's "make up" auction from last week's Barcelona conference has found a home for five more domains on top of the multi-million dollar sale of Data.com to Salesforce.com. Data.com was pulled from ... Continue Reading7 Comments
My Picks for Moniker Premium Auction Ending Wednesday
· Domain SalesSome picks -- including some big ones -- for Wednesday's auction. Moniker's premium domain name auction, which was moved to an online-only event after technical problems in Barcelona last week, ends on Wednesday at 3:15 PM ET. As with recent ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Technical Problems Postpone Moniker Auction
· Domain SalesAuction postponed after web sites go down. If you tried to reach most of Oversee.net's web sites this morning -- Oversee.net, SnapNames, or Moniker -- you probably ran into difficulty. The timing couldn't have been worse for the company, which was ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Publicly Traded UBM Adds Data.com to Moniker Auction
· Domain SalesData.com to highlight upcoming live domain name auction in Barcelona, Spain. [Update: Salesforce.com bought the domain name ahead of the auction.] Publicly traded media company UBM plc has added its Data.com domain name to Moniker's upcoming live ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Observations from Moniker’s Live Auction
· Domain SalesWhy sales were low and what it says about the current state of domain name auctions. Moniker's live auctions (low & no reserve and premium) last week sold just over $400,000 of domain names. The top seller was Won.com at $115,000. This is ... Continue Reading8 Comments
Moniker Auction Bulks Up By Slimming Down
· Domain SalesFewer domains, better quality on tap for next live domain auction. This headline may seem contradictory. But it aptly describes the change Moniker has made with its live auctions of late, and it's very apparent with February's DOMAINfest ... Continue Reading4 Comments