Latham.com sold for $30,300 at Namejet.com Latham is a popular last name which pulls over 7 million results on Google If you do a Google search for "Latham" the first result is for Latham & Watkins, which seems to be a very large international law firm, second is a link to Congressman Tom Latham of Iowa and then to the Latham Hotel, a small hotel in NY. Seems like a lot of money for a … [Read more...]
A Ton Of 3 Letter .Org’s Dropping Today
Its not often that you see a three letter domain drop naturally, and today by my count there are at least 35 of them. These are actual drop domains, so they can be caught by any drop service or even with you own script (if you have one). If you want to go after any of these, you need to backorder them, with your favorite, or all your favorite drop services, like Snapnames.com, NameJet.com, … [Read more...]
Trumpet.com: Back Up On Auction Block At NameJet.com
Trumpet.com appears to be back up on the auction block at NameJet.com The domain which sold for $35,000 at TRAFFIC New York, last September, started with a reserve price of zero. Already 134 people have backordered the domain, although it does not appear to be a "expired" or dropped domain" as it currently has an expiration date of July 2015. So it appears to be a private sale through … [Read more...]
Pool.com Starts Accepting Pre-orders For Domain Extensions That Don’t Exist
Talk about jumping this gun. Pool.com just sent out an e-mail inviting people to place preorders on proposed gTLD's. Problem is none of these extension exist or even have been applied for. As ICANN is still setting up the rules for applications for the new gTLD's, Pool.com is accepting pre-orders on such g'TLD's … [Read more...]
Why Do Domainers Pay More For “Dropped Domains” Than Owned Domains
This is a question that has puzzled me for years. The psychology involved with dropped domains vs. Owned domains. When a domain is in a drop auction at NameJet.com or Snapnames.com it seems everyone is willing to pay more, a lot more, than they would for the same name if it was for sale by the owner. I have never understood why, but I see evidence of it all the time. Take the name … [Read more...]
BSA.com Sells For $18K on NameJet.com
Bsa.com a very good three letter domain sold for $17,850 at Namejet.com despite having 13 active trademarks in just the US database. Other notable domain sales at NameJet.com this week include: healthdrink.com $13,301 autofax.com $12,900 screensaves.com $6,929 vnz.com $5,500 haleiwa.com … [Read more...]
127 Stories Got It Wrong Yesterday
According to Google's count, there were 127 stories published online yesterday about the report from WIPO that "cybersquatting" cases increased 8% last year. As one of the readers to this blog commented yesterday in response to my post, each of these 127 stories made it sound that Cybersquatting was totally out of control based on this 8% increase. Most of the stories like the one by Reuters, … [Read more...]