Domain auction ends with over 50 bids. A dozen bidders placed over 50 bids in an auction at Sedo for 22.com. The end result was a sale for $100,000. Bidding rocketed up to $99,000 with two days to go, and then stalled until the final bid was place ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Median Domain Name Sales Price Down 15%
· UncategorizedMedian price drop not as severe as average. Last week I wrote about Sedo's 2008 Market Study, which showed a 21% drop in the average sales price of domain names to $2,098. I explained that the "average" number doesn't matter, and that we should really ... Continue Reading6 Comments
Low Quality 3 Letter Domain Names Hit Hard Times
· Domain SalesRecent sales at Sedo show scarcity is less important than potential use. Domain names aren't like baseball cards. Just because something is scarce doesn't mean it's more valuable. This week's completed sales of three letter domain names at Sedo ... Continue Reading5 Comments
Domain Auction Watch: DOMAINfest and Sedo
· Domain SalesDOMAINfest silent auction ends Thursday; Sedo auctions heating up. The silent auction portion of the 2009 DOMAINfest Global auction ends Thursday at 3:15 PM EST. The auction includes thousands of low cost domain names, including 3,000 domain names ... Continue Reading1 Comment
PushToAuction.com Sells over $125,000 in Domain Names
· ServicesUnique idea drives hundreds of domain aftermarket sales. It's been about six months since I first wrote about PushToAuction.com, a service that lists domain names that people are willing to send to an auction on Sedo with a $60 offer. The service ... Continue Reading9 Comments
Sedo Releases 2008 Domain Name Market Study
· Domain SalesSales volume up, average price down in 2008. Sedo has released its 2008 Secondary Domain Market Study (pdf), and it provides a wealth of information about the domain name aftermarket. The domain brokerage company sold over $77 million in domains in ... Continue Reading4 Comments
Dollars.com Sells for $388,000
· Domain SalesDomain name with a history sells for lots of "dollars". Sedo has sold Dollars.com for EUR 302,500, which is about $388,000 USD at today's exchange rates. An auction for the domain ended this morning, but the winning bidder is certified and is likely ... Continue Reading8 Comments
Fly.com Appreciates 20% in 10 Years
· Domain SalesSale of $1.8 million not that great of a return. The big domain name news today is the sale of Fly.com for $1.8 million to Travelzoo (NASDAQ: TZOO). That's a big number, especially in today's economy. But it's not a great return for the seller. It ... Continue Reading9 Comments
Top.com Tops $100,000 at Auction
· Domain SalesDomain has met reserve and will sell for six figures. The domain name Top.com has met its reserve at Sedo and is currently at EUR 101,000 ($133,000 USD). 38 bids have been placed. The auction ends January 29 at 7 am EST. The auction should give ... Continue Reading5 Comments
FindaDate.com Finds a Buyer at $31,000
· Domain SalesWeb site tops Great Domains auction. The web site FindaDate.com has sold for $31,000 in Sedo's Great Domains domain name auction that ended earlier today. Here are other tentative sales results that I was able to collect: Starship.com - $22,500 - ... Continue Reading6 Comments