Over the past week, 705 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1,3m. This amounts to $56m in year-to-date sales revenue. Over 47% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. All sales were led by Baristas.com which sold for $45,000 through SedoMLS that came through GoDaddy. The domain was sold by Frank Schilling's Name … [Read more...]
Archives for October 2013
Godaddy/Afternic Weekly Sales Total $1.7 Million
GoDaddy and Afternic’s reportable weekly domain sales for the week of 10/21/13 – 10/27/13 summed to $1,696,432. All sales were led by suvidhaa.com for $28K The buyer appears to be Suvidhaa.in out of Mumbai. I really like thediary.com at $1,300 Total Sales: $1,696,432 .com … [Read more...]
WOW: ICC Upholds Community Objection Of SportsAccord To Famous Four’s App For New gTLD .Sport
The ICC has Upheld the Community Objection of SportAccord against the application of Famous Four for the new gTLD .Sport SportAccord is also an applicant for the new gTLD .Sport, actually the only other applicant for .Sport so what this ruling means if it stands, is that Famous Four's application for .Sport will be rejected and SportAccord will wind up with the new gTLD .Sport. The ICC panel … [Read more...]
GoDaddy signs its 1st Registry-Registrar Agreement with New gTLD .UNO: Paid Pre-Registrations Start In Nov
According to a press release we just received, Dot Latin LLC announced today that the world’s largest domain registrar, GoDaddy, has signed the Registry-Registrar Agreement for the .UNO domain extension, specifically designed for the Hispanic and Latino communities, worldwide. .UNO is the first global web … [Read more...]
UPDATED: Samsung Rolls Out Ad Campaign On TogetherWeRise.co With Lebron As Part Of $100M NBA Deal
Samsung has rolled out a new Ad campaign to celebrate the start of the NBA season on the domain name TogetherWeRise.co With Matching Twitter Hash Tag The features Lebron James as the Miami Heat are seeking a three-peat as NBA champs. The site allows you to upload a selfie on ToghetherWeRise.co and the site has pictures of people that have already uploaded pictures. Pictures can also be … [Read more...]
SlamStrategy: Risk Vs Reward of Owning A New gTLD
In a blog post written by Lauren Pitman for slamstrategy.com.au, looks at the perception that all new gTLD applicants that they will be profitable, its an very interesting post and though its worth a read: "It’s estimated that you would need about $50,000 a year to cover your costs of running a new gTLD. So as long as the applicants felt that they could cover those costs with a minimum number … [Read more...]
Confirmed: 1and1.com Has Spent Over $50 Million On Television Ads; But Are They Over?
Fairwinds Domain Strategy Blog has confirmed was we have been suspecting, that 1and1.com has spent more than $50 Million dollars on its television advertising campaign promoting pre-registrations for the new gTLD program. ""Web hosting company 1&1 has spent over $50 million on TV, print, and online marketing for new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) and has increased its web traffic by 200% … [Read more...]