5G.ORG closed at $6,150 on GoDaddy yesterday. The domain was previously sold for $7,500 in 2013. The domain name was under privacy at GoDaddy and parked at Sedo up until expiration. Historical Sales 7,500 USD on 2013-06-26 at Sedo In 2013 5G was a future standard, today all the buzz is about 5G. 5G - Wikipedia 5G is the fifth generation wireless technology for digital … [Read more...]
What was the best buy from NamesCon Live Auction?
Now that it's been a week since the NamesCon live auction. Which buy did you think was the best buy? When the auction was going on and I was live tweeting it seemed many thought BeautySpa.com was a great buy. Someone today emailed me they missed the auction as they were out of town. They wanted to know if TravelAgency.com really only sold for $25,000 as they thought it was an unbelievable … [Read more...]
Add.com sells for $800,000 to lead NamesCon Live Auction
Add.com stole the show at NamesCon live auction. The name sold for $800,000. Offices.com sold for $260,000. The two LL.coms did not meet reserve. 74 out of 136 lots sold. There were no new gtld sales but to be fair there were only a few in the auction. I was live tweeting and we had a lot of people commenting and asking questions I posed on some names. Futons.com did not sell at … [Read more...]
882.cc closes at $42,500 highest reported 3N.cc sale ever if it’s paid
Surprisingly there have only been 31 reported 3N.cc sales. 882.cc closed at $42,500 today on GoDaddy auctions and will be the highest sale ever. The previous top sale 722.cc sold for $15,800 and is a Chinese casino website. Top 5 722.cc15,800 USD2016-02-27DropCatch636.cc15,000 USD2018-09-26GoDaddy837.cc15,000 USD2017-10-20NameJet718.cc13,250 USD2019-02-17GoDaddy271.cc12,499 … [Read more...]
November 2009 the scandal that rocked domaining – A look back
A decade ago it was the scandal that rocked the domain industry, the Snapnames Halvarez bidding scandal. Mike wrote The 5 Most Surprising Things That Came Out Of The SnapNames Scandal Michael Arrington wrote at TechCrunch: SnapNames: Apologies Shouldn't Be Conditional, Especially When You Steal From Customers Mike again posted 12,000 Auctions, 8,900 Bidders and 350,000 Bids: We Conclude … [Read more...]
4600.com closes at $68,000 and another interesting 4N.com story
4600.com expired at GoDaddy auctions and just closed at $68,000. This sale should go through at some price at least it can't be renewed. Back in September 4065.com closed at $14,294 but apparently some people didn't pay and the name was eventually settled at $504. Someone I know confirmed the non paying bidders and must have shared it with Namebio. The name sold back in 2009 on the cheap too, … [Read more...]
The HD bot and GoDaddy Auctions
It's no secret to anyone active in the expired auction scene that Huge Domains and their bot are a big deal on GoDaddy auctions. A thread titled, HUGE DOMAINS SNIPING GODADDY CLOSEOUTS got things going on Namepros. The thread has 21,000 views and 430 replies. It's a long read and an informative read, if you have not read it you should bookmark it. Today Namepros member Dave put forth an … [Read more...]