Over the past week, 650 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1m. This amounts to $60,. Million in year-to-date sales revenue. Over 49% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales include: · Top .coms: routes.com at 50,000 USD · Top ccTLD: mozart.co at 21,000 USD · Top “other” TLD: … [Read more...]
Archives for November 2013
.Luxury Selects Namejet.com/Afternic.com For Sunrise Landrush Auctions & Premium Name Sales
Luxury Partners, LLC, which own the new gTLD .LUXURY has selected NameJet and Afternic to manage the Sunrise, Landrush and Premium Name selection and sales. Godaddy.com which recently purchased Afternic.com, is currently taking pre-registrations of .Luxury domain names starting at $799.99 a year. Here is the rest of the press release: "The .LUXURY gTLD provides a brandable platform to … [Read more...]
Frank Schillings Name Administration Sells 88888.com For $245,000
DomainNameSales.com has brokered the sale of the domain name 88888.com for $245,000 The domain name was owned by Frank Schillings Name Administration. This domain was suppose to be included in the DomainNameSales.com report we posted earlier, but they mistakenly left it out of the report. That would bring up DomainNameSales.com for the week of Nov. 13th to Nov. 26th up to $800K At … [Read more...]
Godaddy/Afternic Sell $1,685,659 In DomainNames Led By HeritageHome.com For $25K
GoDaddy and Afternic’s reported weekly domain sales for the week of 11/18/13 – 11/24/13 of $1,685,659 All sales were led by HertiageHome.com which was sold for $25K by Frank Schilling's Name Administration who also had the 2nd highest sale of the week with RealEstateSecrets.com which sold for $17,500. TheKingdom.com a nice "the" domain sold for $11,610 A few product domains like … [Read more...]
DomainNameSales.com Reports $555K In Sales For Last Two Weeks Led By Novio.com For $45K
DomainNamesSales.com reported $555,582 in reportable sales handled by the brokerage team for the two week period ending today. DomainNameSales.com does not track or report on “self brokered” sales made by their customers without the help of the brokerage team. Here are the sales from November sales from Nov. 13th to Nov. 26th All sales were led by Novio.com which was owned by Frank … [Read more...]
Federal Judge Rules Domain Names Are Not Property Under Virgina Law
A Virgina federal judge has ruled that domain names are not property under Virgina Law. The case is ALEXANDRIA SURVEYS, LLC, , v. ALEXANDRIA CONSULTING GROUP, LLC, (ACG) Civil Action No. 1:13-CV-00891, United States District Court, E.D. Virginia, Alexandria Division and was handed down by District Judge LIAM O'GRADY The case was an appeal from a Bankruptcy court decision, which involved a … [Read more...]
If A New gTLD Applicant Used His $185K To Buy Bitcoins Instead His Investment Would be Worth $30 Million
Back in May 2012 when the application period for a new gTLD's closed, the application fee was $185,000 per new gTLD string. At that time the value of a Bitcoin was trading at around $5.00. Instead of applying for a new gTLD string for $185,000 what if the applicant would have bought 37,000 Bitcoins, at $5 each. How much would have that $185,000 investment be worth today? Just about … [Read more...]