Over the past week, 481 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1m. 63% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: Top .com: kredit.com at 46,000 EUR Top ccTLD: express.com.mx at 18,500 EUR Top “other” TLD: csgo.net at 7,600 EUR Kredit is not a creative spelling that we sometimes see people use a K in place of C, … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2016
New gTLD .Store Winds Up With 1st day Total Of 22,682
The new gTLD .Store went into general availability (GA) yesterday by Radix, where it could be registered on a 1st come, 1st served basis. After the 1st day of GA including the 600+ registrations by trademark holders in Sunrise and those domain name registered for an extra fee in the Early Access Program, .Store wound up with 22,682 domain names. .Store which has premium registration and … [Read more...]
Dot Club is going to give you a chance to win a premium domain
Starting tomorrow Dot Club will be giving readers of TheDomains.com a chance to win a free premium dot club domain. Each name is a premium name valued at more than $500. One name will be given away each day and will be awarded to the first person to guess the name according to the clue given by the registry. We will do a separate post here on TheDomains.com and you will simply post your … [Read more...]
.Store Over 20K Domain Names Registered
The new gTLD .Store which launched into General Availability today has over 20,000 registrations as of publication. .Store which had over 500 Sunrise registrations by trademark holders, putting it in the top 10 in terms of new sunrise applications, got 10,000 domain name registrations in the 1st 10 minutes of GA. According to Facebook and Twitter posts, .Store has over 20,000 domain … [Read more...]
1st Internationalized Version of .Com in Japanese script コム Is Open For Registration
Verisign (VRSN) the registry for .Com domain names, today has opened the General Registration Period for the first internationalized version of the .com top-level domain (TLD) in Japanese script, .コム, for anyone to register on a first come, first served basis, subject to availability and the applicable registry policies. According to Verisign's Blog: "Today, Verisign is excited to announce … [Read more...]
Registrant of PresidentTrump.com Has Turned Down Five Figure Offers
Fox13News.com out of Tampa did a story on Julie Magill a Tampa resident who deals in real estate. (Tip of the cap to Namepros member NSmith91). Julie made a $9 bet on a hunch three years ago that could pay off big. Julie went and heard Donald Trump give a speech and walked away thinking that Mr. Trump could one day run for President. From the article: Magill has received offers for the domain … [Read more...]
BitTorrent Acquires The Domain BT.co: Had a BIN Price of $75,000
BitTorrent.com has acquired the domain name BT.co. The domain name was listed for sale for $75,000 on Sedo and was owned by the .co Registry, .CO Internet S.A.S. which is owned by Neustar (NSR). The domain just cleared escrow at Afternic, yesterday so it is unclear whether Sedo or Afternic sold the domain and it's unknown if the domain was sold for the asking price or a lower negotiated … [Read more...]