A couple a interesting auctions concluded today and another couple just started on Sedo. Marathon.net sold for $15K and a there was a rare .asia sale with Credit.Asia Selling for $7,500. The auction for the domain name Clothing.Net just started and has already hit the reserve price of $40K with over 6 days to go. The auction for the domain, TVS.org just also started and has already met … [Read more...]
Archives for November 2010
From A $2K Domain Purchase in May 2009 To $8 Million In Funding: SmartDate.com
The domain name SmartDate.com sold according to DNjournal.com in May 2009 for $2,000 on Sedo.com. Today comes the news via TechCrunch that the now Paris-based online dating site, raised $5 million in new Series A funding. Back in March 2010 the company got a $2.2 million dollar cash investment which came after a $400K angel investment earlier. So from a $2,000 domain sale in May 2009 the … [Read more...]
SmartName Starts Rolling Out New Landing Pages & Revenue Goes Up
Pretty much every domainer is familiar with Smartname.com landing pages, which often feature a picture of a women on the page with a lot of links and topics on the page. Here is a what a typical SmartName.com landing page looks like here and here and here. Over the last week or so, SmartName. Com has been rolling out some new landing pages with a whole different look and feel. Here are a … [Read more...]
NameJet .Pro Auction Fails To Impress
The NameJet.com registry owned .Pro domain name auction came to a close yesterday with most domains not even hitting reserve. Domains that I have on my report as selling include SSL.pro which seems to lead the pack at only $2,600, Ask.pro was a close second at $2,400, Tea.pro sold for $1,700 and the bargain of the auction (IMHO) Dui.pro sold for a meager $1,100. Other domains such as Dog.pro … [Read more...]
Sedo Blacklists Generic’s While Holding Auctions For Trademark Infringing Terms
Sedo has a blacklist of domains. Sedo even uses the email address of Blacklist at Sedo.de to send these notices out: Here is what one of these messages look like: Dear Mr. Admin, We are writing to inform you that Sedo has received a complaint of potential trademark infringement regarding the use of the following domain names in conjunction with Sedo services: kkk.es Due to the … [Read more...]
Overstock Sued By 7 California DA’s “For At Least $15 Million” For Misleading Consumers
Overstock.com has been in the domain news quite a bit recently for its acquisition of o.Co as well as considering changing all of its non-US sites to o.Co. Overstock was back in the news yesterday, but the news was not good. A group of 7 district attorneys in Northern California filed a 33-page complaint in Alameda County Superior Court late Wednesday, arguing that Overstock.com should pay a … [Read more...]
AllThingsD: Is Google Going To Buy Groupon.com For $3-$4 BILLION Dollars?
According to AllThingsD.com, Google is in negotiations to buy Groupon.com and is offering "well above what Yahoo offered earlier this year for the company". Yahoo according to AllThingsD, Groupon "turned down a bid from Yahoo in the $2Billion - $3 Billion dollar range earlier this year". "Groupon, whose revenues are reportedly upward of $50 million a month" Other possibly buyers for the … [Read more...]