.Auction which goes into general availability next Wednesday December 10th, Sunrise period just ended for trademark holders and wound up with 228 Sunrise registrations. Major League Baseball, including many of its member teams applied for a over 1/4 of all .Auction domain names. The NBA registered a few domain names and the NHL which we have seen register a lot of Sunrise domains in some … [Read more...]
Archives for 2014
Are Ad Agencies and Marketing Professionals Proficient in the Domain Game ?
Dima Beitzke the chief sales officer at Sedo wrote a piece for iMediaconnection.com that asked if ad agencies and marketing professionals are equipped to play the domain game ? The article did not get much engagement with only 4 twitter shares and 2 fb likes, there were no comments. It would have been nice to see some interaction between those out there putting campaigns together, with someone … [Read more...]
.Co.Com Namejet City Auction Closes With Over $22K In Sales Led By NYC.co.com For $4,245
The .co.com city domain name auctions closed on Namejet.com late week and the total sales were $22,419. The domain name that sold for the highest amount was not surprisingly nyc.co.com which sold for 4,245.00 Newyorkcity.co.com sold for $1,109 Back in June the co.com registry released a list of premium domain names which can be found here: The registry tells me that many keyword … [Read more...]
Highest Reported.Mobi Domain Sale In Almost 5 Years: Olamobile Buys Ola.Mobi For $15k
The domain name Ola.mobi just crossed the Sedo.com sales wire selling for $15,000. According to Estibot.com its the highest reported sale of a .Mobi domain in almost 5 years. The domain name Ola.mobi was purchased by Olamobile Cyprus Limited whose website is at olamobile.com. The last reported .mobi domain name to sell for more than Ola.Mobi, was … [Read more...]
Frank Schilling Wins UDRP On TableForTwo.com; Complainant Didn’t Like The 89K Price
Frank Schilling's Name Administration won a UDRP on the domain name TableforTwo.com who was defended as usual by John Berryhill. The complaint was brought by Julie Wampler of Washington, D.C. back on September 15th who runs a blog at TableForTwoBlog.com and got a trademark on the term TABLE FOR TWO on March 13, 2013. The Domain Name TableForTwo..com was registered on September 8, … [Read more...]
Econsultancy Takes A look at whether the new gtlds help you rank higher in search
Marcus Tober wrote an article this morning on Econsultancy.com about whether or not new gtlds help you rank higher in search ? I read econsultancy.com regularly so I as interested to see them covering the new gtlds. Marcus pointed to the fact that Google has categorically denied that there would be any rankings benefit from using the new domain extensions. He also notes the October 2012 EMD … [Read more...]
Invest.com Sells For Over $5 Million Dollars
According to the forexmagnates.com, the domain name Invest.com has been sold for more than $5 Million dollars to the VC firm Singulariteam headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel and will be used for a Forex trading site. Singulariteam, is described as being a "super angel investor", and Moshe Hogeg’s, its Managing Partner & Chairman, is also known for having invested $200,000 in the messaging … [Read more...]