The Live Moniker TRAFFIC auction just concluded with a total of $2.1 Million dollars in sales. The domain Ad.com, lead the pack selling for $1.4 Million, after having a reserve range of just $250K-$500K. It appears the domain was purchased by Directi. The next highest priced domain sale was bottledwater.com, for $45K, Athletic.com came in at $40K, and then Vixen.com at $32K. In all … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2009
Why Minnesota’s Action Today May Not Work
According to a press release today, The Minnesota Department of Public Safety (DPS) Alcohol and Gambling Enforcement Division (AGED) served written notice to 11 national and regional telephone and Internet service providers (ISPs) instructing them to prohibit access of all Minnesota-based computers to nearly 200 online gambling websites. Written notice was served to AT&T Internet Services, San … [Read more...]
**Updated** Our Picks From The Moniker Slient Auction
Moniker.com is holding its silent auction as part of the TRAFFIC show. There are over 5,500 domains in the silent auction, that's a lot of inventory. The silent auction will be held through SnapNames.com. Bidding closes on May 7 at 3:15 EST, 12:15 PST, and are subject to all of SnapNames.com normal bidding rules. We went through the extremely long list and picked the gems out for you, … [Read more...]
How Much Is a 17 year Old Domain Worth & How Would You Like To Own It?
Your eyes are not deceiving you. The question is how much is a domain with a creation date of 3/27/1992 worth to you? The domain is reticular.com and its up for auction on Godaddy's expired domain auction. So what does reticular mean you ask? According to Wikipedia: """The reticular formation is a part of the brain that is involved in actions such as awaking/sleeping cycle, and … [Read more...]
Rick Latona Live TRAFFIC Auction Nets $375K
The Rick Latona Live Auction from the TRAFFIC show just finished and grossed about $375K in sales. No big surprises on domains that sold. Shows.com which we predicted $125K for, sold for $102K making it the highest priced sale. SmartPhones.com sold for $95K. The combo of Mortuary.com and Mortuaries.com which we predicted would sell did for the reserve of $25K. FLR.com which was … [Read more...]
Next Big NameJet.com Domain: Toxic.com
The next big dollar domain to hit NameJet.com is Toxic.com (also Toxic.net). The backorder deadline is April 30th and there are already 175 bidders in the auction. With all the talk of toxic assets and the economy, the domain is certain timely. The domain is at $4,000 pre-auction. … [Read more...]
Our Picks and Pans From The Moniker TRAFFIC Auction
Moniker will be holding a live auction from the TRAFFIC show in California Tomorrow, Wednesday April 29th, at 3pm PST, 6pm EST. Remote bidding will be permitted through Snapnames.com, for those not in attendance or for those just wanting to bid online rather than by raising your paddle. Overall the list is quite good but here are our favorites (except for the ones we are planning on bidding … [Read more...]