OK domainers it time to go back to the basics. You can only sell a domain once. If you agree to sell a domain and the buyer pays you, you have a done deal. You have to transfer the domain or you can be sued. and Yes e-mail's count. It Seems obvious to me but, I realized this was not the case with many domainers, when our good friend George Kirikos alerted me to the story that the … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2010
The Miami Herald Covers .Mobi & Concludes: “Names Are Now All But Worthless”
Domain Names are in the news again over at the Miami Herald, which covered them for a second time in a month (They wrote a story on DomainFest as well). This time its the .Mobi extension that get covered by the south Florida publication. Once again the domain king, Rick Schwartz is quoted extensively, this time in regards to his record setting purchase of Flowers.mobi for $200K back in … [Read more...]
Are .MX Domains Worth Anything?
Ok so I'm the first to admit when it comes to ccTLD's, I'm far from an expert and have very few ccTLD domains. However I know what I see. Over the last couple of weeks, I've had the opportunity to watch some Sky TV (equivalent to Directv or Dish in the states) out of Mexico. Sky has some US programming like ESPN, but all the commercials are from Mexico for a Mexican audience (of course … [Read more...]
Investments.Net To Sell Today For North Of $25K
A nice .net domain Investments.net, (we do not own it) has hit reserve and is going to sell north of $25K today at Sedo.com. The current high bid on this domain is $25,250 and the next bid going to have to be $26,350. Its a great .net and we will let you know how it turns out. … [Read more...]
So Who Own The Oil Spill & Oil CleanUp Domains
Well its been over a month since the what looks like what will go down as the worst ecological disaster in US History (so far) started. I thought it would be interesting to see who owns some of the most relevant domain names. You might be surprised that some of the most relevant domains we're registered long ago. OilSpill.com was registered in 1998 and is currently owned by Frank Donato … [Read more...]
Apple Overtakes Microsoft In Market Cap For The 1st Time
Apple passed Microsoft in terms of market cap for the 1st time yesterday. As of the end of the day on Wednesday, Apple has passed Microsoft in terms of market capitalization, with a value of roughly $222 billion--about $3 billion ahead of Microsoft. Apple's share price closed at $244.11, down $1.11 (0.45%) for the day. Microsoft, closed at $25.01, down $1.06 (4.07%). Based on those … [Read more...]
Quick Poll: How Much Will E.Co Sell For?
I'm sure you read yesterday, that the .Co registry is going to auction off the domain E.CO through Sedo at Internet Week June 7th - June 10th. Keeping in mind that the auction is being marketed to a wide non-domainer audience and that the 100% of the proceeds go to charity, what do you think the domain will sell for? E.Biz sold for $66K during the Sedo auction of single character .Biz … [Read more...]