A couple weeks ago we wrote about Travel.Agency being back on Flippa and one bid that met reserve at $2,999. The auction closed at $4,051 but it did not sell as the winning bidder apparently has had their account suspended. There were only 2 bidders: Bidding History Bidder 1 ( suspended ) $4,051 8 days ago Highest Bid Bidder 2 ( new ) … [Read more...]
Namejet.com Reports $332K In Domain Sales In August 2017
Namejet.com just reported its sales for August 2017. Only sales over $2,000 are included and only domains that were paid for in August are included In all 65 domains made the list. There were three domains that sold between $26K-$28K; Ditan.com at $27.821; LFN.com at $27,599 and emojis.com at $26,100 In all only 7 domains sold in the 5 figures Here are the … [Read more...]
Was TrumpForPresident.com worth $1,526?
The 10 year old domain TrumpForPresident.com closed at $1,526 yesterday afternoon. Only 7 bidders participated in the auction which GoDaddy valued at $3,548. The domain had been under privacy for years, the last known registrant was a Jeff Nesler who seems to dabble in political domains, he owned Politics2012.com at the time and Politics2016.com, 2012 was caught by DropCatch and is now a parked … [Read more...]
Will seller take a loss on Travel.Agency?
In one of the more publicized new gtld auctions back in 2016, Ali Zandi sold Travel.Agency on Flippa for $9,999. There was a big discussion about the sale on Namepros, 79 posts deep. The winner of the auction was playing with fantasy money. Roman Edmond won $3million in the FanDuel 2015 World Fantasy Football Championship. It seems now that the buyer is looking to sell the name after holding … [Read more...]
NameJet July sales led by Inmuebles.com
NameJet released their July sales and inmuebles.com was the top sale at $55,200. Spitfire.com was number two at $42,800. 3L.com always a popular category, took 4 out of the top 10. 3171.com was the top selling numeric at … [Read more...]
Simple question – Are you planning to still do business with NameJet
Obviously the biggest story in domaining this week was NameJet. There was some shady behavior uncovered, there were some that jumped to conclusions that may have proven to be premature or wrong. I tend to agree with Shane Cultra when he said the industry needs NameJet. The industry needs well run, properly monitored auction sites. Now some called for a blackballing of those dealing with NameJet … [Read more...]
Our Post About Namejet’s PR On Shill Bidding From 2009: “What Happened At SnapNames Could Not Happen Here”
I was looking back through some posts over the years that we wrote relating to the SnapNames bidding Scandal and found this one which I wrote arising from a from November 2009 press release by Namejet. Our post was entitled "Namejet Plays The “This Can’t Happen To Us” Card & That’s Troubling". We cautioned Namejet that "Shill bidding" could take many forms and it was the time to be … [Read more...]