Back on 4/8 I wrote that Toni.com just hit GoDaddy auctions and was already at $21,000 in the first few hours. Many thought the domain would get renewed in the few days where the renewal window was open. The domain was not renewed and closed an hour ago at $42,500. Bidder 6160601 won the name, they got involved at $33,000. Yinan Wang let me know he saw this name in a domain newsletter back … [Read more...]
The curious case of Dustie.com
This one is very interesting. So Dustie Meads posts on Namepros that's her first name, Dustie.com sold for $450 on GoDaddy. She said she had the name listed for $20,000 for many years, not $450. The ironic part about posting on Namepros resulted in seeing that another member Maxtra was the buyer of the name. They had it listed in their sig line and they were being called out as to what … [Read more...]
Sedo weekly sales led by ia.de
Sedo released their weekly sales and ia.de led the way at 55,000 Euros, ($62,056). Lootjes.nl 29,500 Euros, ($33,295) just edged out KPO.com $33,000 for the number two spot. 54 .com sales 22 cctld sales 9 other tld sales Good week for .app with 3 out of the 9 other tld sales, Dubai.app sold for $10,000 to lead the way there. Domain … [Read more...]
Close.io acquires Close.com
Steli Efti made an announcement on the Close.io blog that they acquired Close.com. Regged in 1996 the domain was once used as a startup and raised $250,000 in 2013. The .com crowd will love this statement, Now that we’ve reached a level of maturity and stability in the CRM space, we decided it was finally time to invest in acquiring the .com domain—in part to reconcile that disconnect … [Read more...]
A look at the top 10 .global sales and where they are today
Going to start doing looks at the Non coms and see where the top 10 biggest sales in each extension are currently doing. ( Sales data courtesy of Namebio). First up .Global - It's worth noting not one investor has made any of the top 10 sales, all registry sales.There are 434 .global sales recorded by Namebio, they total $1.9 million. think.global Developed, The B2B Marketplace … [Read more...]
Making an offer on a domain $19.95, The counter offer Priceless
So a member over at Namepros posted that he paid $19.95 to make an offer through Domain Agents on the name Dispensary.best and the counter was $100,000 on his mid three figure offer. Some commenters felt that $19.95 was too much for the domain, to each their own, but my question is would you pay $19.95 to make an offer on a new gtld? … [Read more...]
The battle for Sex.com
David Kushner is out with a new book titled, "The Players Ball: A Genius, a Con Man, and the Secret History of the Internet's Rise." The book takes a look at the battle for Sex.com between Gary Kremen of Match.com fame and Stephen Michael Cohen. Fast Company published an excerpt from the book today, it's a pretty good read and will help you determine if you want to read the book. From the … [Read more...]
