According to a press release, another good short .com just got gobbled up by an end User. The domain name Refi.com was just acquired by Semper Home Loans, an Inc. 5000 company, for an undisclosed sum . "The Refi.com website will be a customer-focused site, where potential homebuyers can learn more about mortgages, real estate market trends, new legislation affecting real estate finance, … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2011
FriendFinder Pulls Down FacebookofSex.com
FriendFinder Networks, Inc., has pulled down the site FacebookofSex.com over which Facebook filed suit over two weeks ago. The domain name now goes to a page saying the "site has been deactivated and if you are an existing member you can log in". I'm not sure where the log in will take you because I'm not a member, but maybe someone out there can let us know. FacebookofSex.com is ranked … [Read more...]
Sedo.com To Hold 1 Character .CM Domain Name Auction Starting May 12th
Sedo is going to hold a domain auction of 1 character .CM domains from May 12th to May 19th. All the domains have a reserve range of $1-$499. Here is the … [Read more...]
DogTag.com Sells For $28K on Sedo.com
The domain DogTag.com has just sold on Sedo for $28,000 This seems to be a pretty big topic with many retail sites selling customized dog tags. Mydogtag.com gets over 4,000 visitors a month according to Compete, DogTagsonline.com which gets over 13,00o visitors a month, custommilitarydogtags.com get over 3K visitors a month, armydogtags.com which gets over 1K visits a month. Interestingly … [Read more...]
AlthingsD.com: Apple Buying iCloud.com, The Story is True
AllthingsD.com has confirmed with the Seller of the domain name, the Sweden-based computing company Xcerion has sold the domain iCloud.com to Apple. This confirms the story reported by GigaOm first reported Thursday, "though the Seller declined to say whether its rumored $4.5 million price tag was accurate." Apple has not always bought the matching domain for its products and still does not … [Read more...]
.Co Registry: Not At A Million Registrations Yet
I have confirmed with the .Co registry that they have not hit One Million registrations. An article published by Elespectador.com, a couple of days ago, stated that the .Co registry had hit the One million domain registration mark. However that article is in error. The .Co registry just put out a statement: "Holy smokes! In the last couple of hours I have been swamped with emails … [Read more...]
Verisign Reports: Domain Name Registrations (.com & .net) 108 Million Up 9%; Revenue Up 12%
After the market closed today VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN), reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2011. VeriSign, Inc. reported revenue of $182 million for the first quarter of 2011, up 2% from the prior quarter and up 12% from the same quarter in 2010. Verisign reported net income attributable to Verisign stockholders of $41 million and earnings per share … [Read more...]