Sedo.com announced today that brokered the sale of the domain name Me.Me to Yahoo!. The domain name was previously owned by the .Me Registry. Yahoo! has acquired the domain name to enhance the brand of its social networking site, meme.yahoo.com, which allows users to connect and share their common interests. “Thanks to Sedo’s services and the consultation of Sedo broker, Jeff … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2010
SnapNames.com To Hold A .Me “Catch Phrase” Auction: Auction.Me, Trade.Me, See.Me Change.Me, Use.Me + More
SnapNames.com will be holding an online auction of .ME Catch Phrase Domains starting on May 4th and ending on May 11th. To date the catch phrases have done much better in the resale market than the personal names. Earlier this month the sale of Call.me for 20,000 Euro's ($27k) was announced. Of course Date.me still holds the record at $70K. Some of the domain to be included in this … [Read more...]
“I’m Not One of Those Evil Typo Dudes” Says The Guys Sued By Microsoft for $2.4 Million
Here's the case of a non-domainer that has been sued by some of the biggest companies in the world for registering variations of their trademarks and seems not to be a bit bothered by the whole thing. Meet, Alf Temme, the owner of a California company that sells an exercise machine for $14,615. In March, Microsoft filed a lawsuit against him and his son Lars over 24 domain names, such as … [Read more...]
After Spending $9 Million Trying To Get The .XXX Extension, ICM Goes On The Offense
The President of the ICM Registry, Stuart Lawley posted an open letter on Circle ID, clearly going on the offense in its bid to get the contract from ICANN to run the proposed .XXX registry. The open letter is addressed to "ICANN and the Internet Community", and is republished below: ICM first applied to run the registry for the .XXX extension in 2000, reapplied in 2004 and is currently … [Read more...]
WTF: GDB.org Sells On NameJet for $13K, Aiba.com For $8K?
The domain name gdb.org sold today on Namejet.com for a staggering $12,906. Close behind in 5 figure sales were katherine.com at $18,150 and Perfecta.com at $10, 200. Aiba.com also sold for 8,100. Bigprizes.com went for $4,700. All WOW. I'm not to proud to admit it. GDB.org for $13K? I don't get it. Aiba.com for $8K? I don't get it. Perfecta.com for $10K I get and … [Read more...]
Quick Poll: Which Domain Is Worth More Sex.com or Dating.com?
One of the readers of the blog suggested I ask this question in light of Moniker.com press release today saying that the domain name dating.com would be included in the Domainfest Ft. Lauderdale Auction. As you know Sex.com is now subject to a bankruptcy proceeding. One of the part owners of the company that owns the domain Sex.com has stated that the domain is worth $50 Million. Others … [Read more...]
Moniker Finally Starts Accepting Pre-bidding For Its Live Domain Auctions As Bidding Opened For DomainFest Ft. Lauderdale
Well its taken many years but finally Moniker.com looks like they are going to start open their live domain auctions up for pre-bidding, starting with the Ft. Lauderdale DomainFest one day event and auction on May 13th. This is how it will work according to the press release: ""Pre-bids can be submitted on any domain listed in the auction until May 13 at noon US Eastern time." ""The … [Read more...]