Over the past week, 458 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1 Million dollars 60% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings which I believe is a record high for Sedo or anyone else in the industry Highlights of public sales are: · Top .coms: restaurantuniforms.com at 20,000 USD · Top ccTLD: etfs.de at 11,900 EUR · Top “other” TLD: joins.net … [Read more...]
Archives for 2014
Women.com Named By Inc.com As The #1 Startup In Los Angeles To Watch in 2015
Inc.com, just published a story on the 7 startups in Los Angeles to watch in 2015 and Women.com came in at number one. "The startup scene in Los Angeles (and Santa Monica) has got the name "Silicon Beach" due to the massive number of tech startups that call the nation's second largest city home. The spectacular exits of both Maker Studios ($950 million to Disney) and Oculus ($2 billion to … [Read more...]
NetworkWorld: Companies Switching Back To .Com After Seeing Their New Domains Fall Flat
A really interesting story just got published by NetworkWorld.com, entitled "Companies are movin' on up to .com domain names" with the subtitle "More businesses are investing in the tried-and-true .com after seeing their efforts with new domain names fall flat." "I’ve noticed a number of companies movin’ on up to prime online real estate by switching from one of the many alternative domain … [Read more...]
Another No Trademark UDRP Claim Denied Without Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
In yet what is becoming a long line of cases, a UDRP panel summarily dismissed a case against the owner of the domain name RockGaming.com which was registered over 10 years ago back on November 18, 2004 The complaint was brought by Rock Gaming LLC of Michigan who alleged in its complaint that it had "trademark rights in ROCK GAMING" However on this issue the one member panel of Debrett G. … [Read more...]
Tucows Looking to buy up to $8million worth of shares in modified Dutch Auction
Tucows Commences Dutch Tender Offer Tucows announced today that it is commencing its "modified Dutch auction Tender Offer" (the "Tender Offer") to repurchase a number of its common stock not to exceed an aggregate purchase price of $8.0 million, as previously announced on November 12, 2014. The closing price of Tucows common stock on the NASDAQ on December 5, 2014 was $17.45. Under the Tender … [Read more...]
Namescon Registrations Pass 500; Double From Last Year At This Time
According to the conference organizers, NamesCon has broken 500 pre-registered attendees which is double the number of attendees registered at this time last year. NamesCon will be held in Las Vegas January 11th-14th at the Tropicana Hotel and Conference Center. The NamesCon seems to be on track to exceed 800+ attendees this year. RightoftheDot.com will be holding a live and online domain … [Read more...]
If You Want One More Problem.com Its At $30K At NameJet.com With a Day To Go
Boca Raton's own Ariana Grande has been burning up the music charts with the song "Problem" for most of the year. If you have been living off the grid and haven't' heard the song or worse if you haven't watched the video here is a little early Christmas present. Anyway on the domain name front, Problem.com is at auction at Namejet.com. The domain name auction closes tomorrow and bidding … [Read more...]