Over the past week, 580 transactions took place on Sedo's marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.4m. 60% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Sedo will no longer be reporting sales under 2,000 which I am sure will disappoint some. Here was the quote: Please note inclusive of this report and going forward the minimum price displayed will be 2,000 … [Read more...]
Archives for December 2015
Google Adds abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwx.com to its Collection Of Alphabet Domains
Google has just added another "Alphabet" domain name to its collection buying the domain name abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwx.com. The domain name was most recently owned by the The Giardino Law Firm, Inc of San Antonio and by a domainer in Tennessee before that. The domain has an original creation date of 2003. The domain name is another Google acquisition since acquiring abc.xyz for its … [Read more...]
Did the Other Shoe Just Drop? Chinese are Buying English Word Domains Too
Raymond published a post today on TheDomains.com, on the sales report from the first ever live domain auction at the Chinese Domain Festival and China Digital Asset Investment Summit which generated some 150 million RMB in sales. The official exchange rate is 1 RMB is equal to $.15 USD so the live auction generated $22.5 Million in sales. For me the biggest news out of the auction is that … [Read more...]
Chinese Live Auction Nets over 150 Million RMB ($23.1 mil)
The first ever Chinese Domain Festival and China Digital Asset Investment Summit live auction concluded with 150 million RMB in sales. The full list is below with all amounts in Chinese RMB, 1 RMB = .1542 USD. Auction No. | Domain Name | Price in RMB 1 | 1212.com | 1,800,000 2 | zhu.com | 2,200,000 3 | 1117.com | 850,000 4 | qc.cn | 1,500,000 5 | wrj.com | 610,000 6 | beijing.cc | … [Read more...]
Digital media is on track to overtake television
Barron's took a look at advertising for 2016, while 2016 is projected to be stronger than 2015 it could come in below initial expectations. Traditional ad sales are continuing to move lower and digital may be off slightly. From the article: Still, digital media is on track to overtake television as the No. 1 media category for the first time, reaching $68 billion in advertising revenue in … [Read more...]
Sedo has watched buy it now go from 2% to 56%
Sedo put together a graphic in their latest newsletter that chronicled buy it now sales. 2008 saw buy it now at just 2% now they are at 56% with numbers over 65% in recent weeks. Debates go back and forth about whether or not to list your names at buy it now or make an offer. There are pros and cons for both. The biggest con for buy it now is you will never hit that outlier homerun. You … [Read more...]
BY.com Added To Namescon Auction; Get’s $500K Bid: My Interview W/ The Owner
The two letter domain name BY.com has just been added to the RightoftheDot.com domain name auction as part of the Namescon conference. The domain name already has gotten a bid of $500,000 on Namejet.com in pre-bidding. No only is BY.com become the 4th two letter .com in the auction, but it joins AT.com as the second two letter domain that is a word. I had a chance to chat with the owner … [Read more...]