Sedo.com just announced its weekly sales data ending July 23rd, 2012. In all over $1.5MM of domains were sold. The top seller was Metal.com at $140,000. Other domains topping the list of public sales were ChargePoint.com for $80,000 & Sugar.co for $30,000. In all 834 domains were sold. 43% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Below is the entire list of publicly … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2012
The Top Policy Mistakes ICANN Made In The New gTLD Program
Now that everyone has had time to fully digest the big reveal of the new gTLD applicants and the strings applied for, its time to look at the biggest issues ICANN has created for the domain name system. We are not going to look at mistakes ICANN made in the implementation of the program (such as the TAS debacle) just the fundamental policy mistakes ICANN made in our opinion which are have … [Read more...]
After Successful Beta Period, DomainPower is Now Accepting Wildcard Traffic
According to a Press release going out tomorrow, after a conclusive 30-day test, DomainPower, the flagship monetization platform built by the Domain Holdings Group, is now accepting wildcard traffic, which includes leased subdomains, 404 and Under Construction pages. The … [Read more...]
Rob Grant On The New gTLD’s: “Dot Com will Always Win The Horse Race”
In an story and interview published about domainer Rob Grant a few days ago by whoapi.com, entitled From "Madison Avenue to Adirondacks – domainer millionaire" Rob was asked what he thought of the new gTLD's: "Which new gTLD has the most potential? What’s your opinion on hundreds of new gTLD’s that are lining up?" Rob had to say: ""Only one extension will emerge as the winner. Its the … [Read more...]
TRAFFIC Award Nominations Are Opened & Here Are Our Picks
Its that time of year again where the organizers of the TRAFFIC Conference have opened up nominations for the TRAFFIC award which will be handed out during its conference October 7th-10th 2012 in Ft. Lauderdale. As we have for the last few year, we are going to nominate a few people. For the Domain Hall Of Fame: I'm going with some of my previous picks who all should be in the Domain Hall … [Read more...]
After 10 Years OxfordUniversity Press Files A UDRP On OxfordDictionary.com
A UDRP has just been filed against the domain name OxfordDictionary.com by Oxford University Press which publishes the Dictionary. The domain was first registered in 2002 and is currently under privacy. The domain name goes to a parked page full of references for Oxford Dictionary. Why the publishers failed to take any action for 10 years is anyone's guess. It should be noted that the … [Read more...]
Sedo Report: Total .Co Domain Name Sales $1.64 Million & Average Price of $1,800 is Only 2nd To .Com
Sedo, on the 2nd anniversary of .Co, unveiled a report that highlights the success of the .co extension since its introduction two years ago today, on July 20, 2010. Here are some of the highlights: The total value of .Co sales at Sedo since July 2010 is 1.64 million USD; .Co was the 9th most frequently sold TLD at Sedo in 2011; Since its introduction, .Co has held a strong average … [Read more...]