Mike Mann just posted on his Facebook page a few recent sales from DomainMarket.com and topping the list were 4 .Co domain names totaling $85,000 in sales. In all according to his Facebook, DomainMarket.com posted over $110K in sales in the last two weeks, including the 4 .Co domains "which were a package deal". Congrats to Mike and his team Here are the domains Mike listed as recent … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2011
WebsiteHosting.com Purchased For $190K In January Just Sold For $415,000
A blogger, Mike Jackness, has just written a post about how he just sold the domain name WebSiteHosting.com which he purchased in just January of this year for $190,000 for a whopping $415,000. Since acquiring the domain, he turned down in a style that would make even the Domain King proud offers of $250K and $300K and $401,000 before agreeing to sell the domain for $415,000: "Shortly after … [Read more...]
Afternic Sells $850K In Domains Led By One Of Ours; TheFit.com at $31K
Afternic.com just released its sales for the week ending Sunday May 29th. All reportable domain sales $1k and over totalled $841,000. The top seller of the week was one of our domain names, TheFit.com, that sold for $30,900. QIS.com was a close 2nd at $27,000 with glggroup.com selling for $14,800. Non-com's had a pretty good week as well, with Loan.cc selling for $13,500, Pronto.Net … [Read more...]
My Take On The New Guidebook: ICANN Will Approve The New gTLD Program In Singapore
After reading the new gTLD Applicant Guidebook (AG) that was published today, my feeling is that ICANN will approve the program in Singapore as planned while some of the specific rules in the Guidebook may and probably will change along the way. The newest version of the AG provides no material or substantive changes from the previous version. There is a lot of cleanup going on but no earth … [Read more...]
TMZ: Bravo Coming After The Owner of RealHousewivesofScottsdale.com but Other Housewives Domain Are Parked
According to TMZ.com, Bravo TV wants to shut down live cam website RealHousewivesofScottsdale.com. According to TMZ: "A rep for the reality network fired off a letter on Monday to RealHousewivesofScottsdale.com -- a site that boasts live XXX performances from several "housewives" -- and accused the site of sullying the "Real Housewives" reputation." But the site owner says he is not … [Read more...]
MTV/Sony Launch HypeMusic.com, On A Domain It Bought From BuyDomains.com For $2,688
Today MTV announced the launch of a new music sitecalled HypeMusic.com The domain name HypeMusic.com was purchased last November for $2,688 from BuyDomains.com and was part of our weekly Afternic report. Here is how the whois record read prior to the sale: Administrative Contact: Buydomains.com Inventory Management (brokerage@buydomains.com) +1.7818397993 Fax: … [Read more...]
Apple Confirms iCloud (.com) & Launch Date Is June 6th
In a press release today Apple confirmed its long anticipated service called iCloud" ""Apple® CEO Steve Jobs and a team of Apple executives will kick off the company’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) with a keynote address on Monday, June 6 at 10:00 a.m." ""Apple® CEO Steve Jobs and a team of Apple executives will kick off the company’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference … [Read more...]