Back in 2016 we started a series here that looked at the best and worst about companies in the domain industry. Over the last 30 months a lot has changed at many companies so we are revisiting the good, the bad and the ugly. Each post will deal with just one company, readers are encouraged to share their positive and negative experiences. Suggestions for improvement are also … [Read more...]
Defunct news site Examiner.com now heating up at GoDaddy expired auctions
The expired auction for Examiner.com is already flying, closing in on $70,000 with over a week to go. From wikipedia: Examiner.com was an American news website based in Denver, Colorado, that operated using a network of "pro–am contributors"' for content. It had various local editions with contributors posting city-based items tailored to 238 markets throughout the United States and parts of … [Read more...]
BPS.com closes at $51,000 in late night auction on GoDaddy
A couple of days ago I mentioned there were 3 public auctions closing at 2am Eastern time on Sunday. These were three letter .coms, ZTD.com, UDA.com and BPS.com. Only one met reserve and that was BPS.com. ztd.com $9,588 not met uda.com $17,600 not met BPS.com $51,000 met at $50,000 I emailed Michael at Namebio for BPS.com so it can be listed. I am surprised that ZTD.com could not do better … [Read more...]
Not the best time to auction off valuable domain names
You usually don't see three 3L.coms closing at once on GoDaddy auctions, yesterday SWP.com was a public auction that met reserve at $14,500 and I saw it at $15,500 but did not see the close as my browser crashed. This was a public auction so there is no record on Namebio. Tomorrow there are three separate 3L.com public auctions, UDA.com, BPS.com and ZTD.com. Looking at the histories here it … [Read more...]
Allstar.com expired and over $18,000 already
The domain Allstar.com is poised to be a big auction at GoDaddy. The domain name has quite the history. 1996 2000 In 2002 another change 2003 The site continued to run for years and then began forwarding to AllstarSportsbook.com in 2012 The domain was owned by Harlequin Holdings Limited, these are the same people who purchased Dating.com for $1.75 million back in … [Read more...]
Fashion.com domain will be sold at auction this autumn
There is a press releases out today that Fashion.com one of the most valuable .coms on the net will be auctioned off. You see the news on Fashion.com as well as the press release below. Nice to see a lot of fanfare around one name at auction, not lost in the sea of competing names and diluted attention spans. Tip of the cap to Lox Here is the press release: On the final day of Paris … [Read more...]
Here we go again – The Curious case of 6666666.com
So this time last year I was talking about the big closing price on 6666666.com (7 sixes) for $99,999 on GoDaddy expiring auctions. Later that same day, Joe Styler posted that they walked back some of the bids, after backing out 35 bids and removing 3 bidders, the auction closed at $71,000 as a new bidder came in at the end and bid $71,000. So I kept asking on Namepros if this sale got paid … [Read more...]