The domain name registrar Hexonet just announced they are starting a backorder service for dropping new gTLD domain names starting on May 1st for Donuts and Rightside strings. Prices vary by the string and domain names that have more the one backorder will go to auction Here is the announcement: HEXONET's is activating Backordering for all Donuts and Rightside TLDs (400 TLDs in total) … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2016
Sedo Weekly Transactions Total $3million led by MikiHouse.com
Over the past week, 579 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $3m. 63% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: Top .com: mikihouse.com at 224,224 USD Top ccTLD: itjobs.eu at 55,000 EUR Top “other” TLD: alago.net at 7,000 … [Read more...]
More Avatar Movies Coming? Domain Registration & Purchases Point to Avatar 3 & 4
Avatar directed by James Cameron was released in 2009 and generated around $2.8 million in box office receipts has a sequel planned for release in 2018, Avatar 2. Yesterday some domain registrations and purchases show that there maybe another couple of sequels in the works. Brand protection company MarkMonitor.com acquired the domain names AvatarThree.com, and Avatar4Movie.com, from third … [Read more...]
677.com sells for 3.75 million Yuan ($577,125)
The domain name 677.com was reported as sold Ename.cn. The domain sold for 3,750,000 Yuan. ($577,125). The thing that was interesting about the sale was that the domain is being used for an ongoing business. Ename said the following, 作为这批域名中唯一的三数字域名,677.com属于ABB型,具有“乐趣趣”等谐音。2012年域名投资人郑磊曝料称以6位数的价格将此域名出售。2013年该域名又被曝出或以6位数的价格易主。 … [Read more...]
Market Recap 4/25/16 Tucows off 2%
Market Recap 4/25/16 No real big moves today, Tucows (TCX) gave back some of it's recent gains and was off 2%. Verisign (VRSN) was up three quarters of a percent. Alphabet Inc GOOGL 742.21 +4.44 (0.60%) Godaddy Inc GDDY 30.28 +0.08 (0.26%) Rightside Group Ltd NAME 8.72 +0.06 (0.69%) Minds + Machines … [Read more...]
Come on Down and Play The Domain Game
Michael Sumner from Namebio released a new app yesterday called the Domain Game. Description Train your gut instincts on domain name values by playing The Domain Game by NameBio.com. We'll show you real-life domain name sales, including the dates and venues where the sales took place, and you guess the price range for each sale. NameBio is a searchable database of more than $1.3 … [Read more...]
Facebook Refuses To Take Domain Back from Registrant
Here is an odd one. Facebook filed a complaint with U.K. Internet authority Nominet over thefacebook.co.uk. The registrant Steven Cameron said he did not register the domain name or have anything to do with it. According to an article on Bognor.co.uk, Mr. Cameron did offer to give Facebook the domain but Facebook refused it, opting for an official ruling from Nominet. From the … [Read more...]