Last week Moniker.com held a live auction at DomainFest Ft. Lauderdale and tomorrow, May 20th at 3:15pm EST the extended auction from the show will close on SnapNames.com. As usual all of the Live auction domains that didn't sell are back, like jeans.com ($2M starting bid) and Hobbies.com (min bid at $353K) as well as hundreds of other new domains. We went through the list and picked out … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2010
ICM Tells ICANN To SH*T Or Get Off The Pot on .XXX: But Is It Too Late?
Now that the comment period for the .XXX extension has closed, the ICM Registry sent a letter to ICANN asking them to make a decision on the extension. In the letter ICM states in part: """ICM, having been a respectful and diligent member of the ICANN community, and having invested many millions of dollars and a full seven years in trying to bring .XXX to fruition, calls upon the Board to … [Read more...]
Will Moniker.com Sell Another Million Dollar Domain Today?
In the Moniker showcase auction ending today, the domain name Quotes.com has a $1M bid. While the domain has not hit reserve at $1M, it maybe one of those domains that sell shortly after the auction as Slots.com did last week. If so it would mark the 3rd Million dollar sale for Moniker in just about a week, giving a real shot in the arm to the industry. We will keep you updated … [Read more...]
A First For Me: I Push A Sedo Offer To Auction
When it comes to pushing a Sedo offer to an auction, I was a virgin until now. For the first time, I pushed an offer I received from Sedo.com to auction with the $offer serving as the starting bid. I have gotten quite a few offers from Sedo in the past six months, resulting in a few sales and a lot of no sales. When I got an offer through the Sedo.com platform for the domain, … [Read more...]
eMarketer: Internet Ad Spending To Increase 11% This Year: Search To Increase 16%
eMarketer today revised its forecast on 2010 online ad spending upwards According to eMarketer’s, US spending on online advertisements will reach $25.1 billion, up from $22.7 billion, or an increase of 11%. In December 2009, eMarketer called for only 5.5% growth. “As Google makes gains, so does a large slice of online advertising,” said David Hallerman, eMarketer senior analyst and author … [Read more...]
.Me Auctions Return To NameJet
NameJet.com has announced another group of registry and privately owned .Me domains that will be heading to auction. The domains start at either $69 or $99 and the backorders must be placed, a week from today, on May 24th to participate in the auction. The auction features a lot more first and last family names as well as some call to action type words. Here is a complete list: … [Read more...]
Our Picks From The SnapNames Monthly Showcase Auction Ending On Tuesday
SnapNames.com monthly showcase auction for May will close Tomorrow Tuesday May 18 at 3:15pm EST in accordance with its normal closing procedures. The auction features "Money & Finance" domains. There are about 650 domain in the auction. Here are our picks which we think are the best buys and/or most interesting domains in the auction: socialsecuritylawyers.info No … [Read more...]