Four-number domain leads the charts in March. Web.com's aftermarket platforms NameJet and SnapNames tallied up 97 sales of $2,000 or more last month, led by 4349.com at $35,400. Sales of $2,000+ domains totaled nearly $500,000. Some of the other ... Continue Reading2 Comments
NamesCon auction lifts Web.com sales in February
· Domain SalesWeb.com's marketplace sales from February were low, but NamesCon juices numbers. February was a very slow month at Web.com's sites NameJet and SnapNames. If you exclude sales from the NamesCon auction, they had only 44 sales of $2,000 or more totaling ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Top NameJet and SnapNames sales in January
· Domain SalesWeb.com now includes data from SnapNames in monthly report. The domain name industry thrives on data, so I have good news: Web.com is now releasing sales data from SnapNames for sales of $2,000+. The move comes after Web.com acquired the rest ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Shills, Insiders, & Front Runners – 5 Bidding Scandals
· Domain SalesJoseph Peterson reviews domain industry auction bidding scandals to bring context to the NameJet issue that blew up last week. Recently, the domain auction platform NameJet found itself embroiled in a controversy involving "shill" bids. This is by no ... Continue Reading26 Comments
More expired domain changes: Pheenix jacks up prices
· Expired DomainsDrop catching service is increasing prices significantly this week. A lot seems to be going on with drop catching expired .com domain names. Verisign is definitely up to something that is going to change how services capture domains. Now comes news ... Continue Reading4 Comments
.NYC tech domain name auction brings in $29,000
· Domain SalesWeb.nyc pulls in highest bid in latest auction of .NYC domain name.s .NYC held an auction of technology and entrepreneur-themed domain names on SnapNames that concluded yesterday. The headline result was quite a bit lower than previous auctions. 18 ... Continue Reading8 Comments
.NYC and GreatDomains auctions end this week
· Domain SalesAuctions on SnapNames and Sedo conclude later this week. Two online domain name auctions end this week. On Thursday, .NYC's tech-themed auction ends on SnapNames. None of the 26 domains in the auction have bids yet, but I expect lots of activity to ... Continue Reading5 Comments
.NYC tech domain name auction kicks off at SnapNames
· Domain SalesLatest themed auction features tech and entrepreneur domain names. Today marks the official start of the tech-themed auction of .NYC domain names at SnapNames. The auction follows on the heels of a successful .NYC auction at SnapNames for fashion ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
At least 20 of 24 domains will sell today in .NYC fashion auction
· Domain SalesFashion auction ends this afternoon and most domain names will sell. Almost all of the domain names in the .NYC auction on SnapNames that ends today have bids above their reserve. As of 9:30 am EST today, 20 of the 24 domain names have met their ... Continue Reading2 Comments
SnapNames scores DomCollect plus .NYC auction
· Domain SalesSnapNames to help Sedo and .NYC sell domain names. SnapNames announced late last week that it will be helping Sedo sell some of its DomCollect domain name portfolio. DomCollect domains will be auctioned off with new inventory added intermittently. ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment