Sometimes you a domain name climbing up the charts at GoDaddy auctions. Tonight I saw RideTheDucksofSeattle.com up over $3,500. The auction closes tomorrow. It turns out this is the website of a Seattle tour company that had to close due to Covid-19 according to an employee comment here. A reader updated me on the real reason. They didn’t close because of Covid. One of the vehicles the … [Read more...]
DropCatch continues to profit from GoDaddy non paying bidders
Last week I wrote about EveryDaycounts.com a domain name that closed at GoDaddy for $2,601 and then expired because of non paying winner and DropCatch pocketed $3,150. Over the last week I found a couple other names, that followed the same path. OUTTHEREINTERIORS.COM closed at $5,250 on GoDaddy auctions, non paying bidder and DropCatch got $601 for it when it dropped. SafeServices.com … [Read more...]
GoDaddy’s loss is DropCatch’s gain on EveryDayCounts.com
Well this is a weird one, back in May I wrote about everydaycounts.com closing at auction on GoDaddy for $2,601. The domain name was at Tucows not GoDaddy. I would imagine the winner did not pay and the domain was left to expire. So now DropCatch gets the windfall. It's a little higher this time around as the auction closed at $3,150. History on the name Every.Day.Counts was a fashion … [Read more...]
Those Perfect 10 auction proceeds probably should have gone to Giganews
Over the last couple weeks Perfect10.com and PerfectTen.com expired and were acquired at NameJet. Perfect10.com closing at $47,510 and PerfectTen.com closing at $5,308. The former men's magazine went out of business mostly because of lawsuit they lost to Giganews. Giganews published the following on their website back in 2017: We are excited to announce that the United States District … [Read more...]
June .ai auctions led by Steve.ai
This month's .Ai closed on Whois.ai and Steve.ai was the top close at $4,009. There were 3 two letter .ai names in the top 5 along with Chatbot.ai at $2,999. Last week Sit.ai sold for $12,000 after being acquired for $582 in 2019. steve.ai $4,009.00sm.ai $3,384.00chatbots.ai $2,999.00jo.ai $2,024.00oc.ai $2,009.00rep.ai $1,239.00voucher.ai $1,010.00onion.ai $1,000.00hornet.ai $997.00oscar.ai … [Read more...]
PCWeek.com old school tech publication at auction
A piece of old time publishing memorabilia is at auction on GoDaddy and closed 6/1. PCWeek.com. Starting on Feb. 28, 1984, PC WEEK followed the introduction of the early PCs produced by IBM, Compaq, Apple and a host of other manufacturers. The publication would go on to change it's name to eweek and move to eweek.com. The print edition ceased in 2012, "and eWeek became an all-digital … [Read more...]
Former Chinese website 55BBS.com closes at $70,050 on DropCatch
55BBS was a Chinese lifestyle shopping website founded in 2004. It was acquired by CNET in 2008. Reported here CNET (NSDQ: CNET) Networks, in the process of being bought by CBS Corp (NYSE: CBS). is buying Beijing-based 55BBS, a lifestyle and shopping website, for an undisclosed sum. This comes amidst rumors about CNET rethinking its Chinese portfolio, and possibly even disposing it off as … [Read more...]