The .Org registry released its bi-annual domain name report, "The Dashboard," today and reported a higher growth rate for .Org domain names for the first six months of 2010, than .com or .net. The .ORG domain grew by 7.6%, more than doubling last year's first half gain of 3.2%. This increase in registrations has brought .ORG's total domains under management to 8.5 million. The … [Read more...]
Our Picks From The SnapNames Monthly Showcase Ending Tommorow
Snapnames.com monthly showcase auction for August ends tomorrow at 3:15pm EST. With everyone focused on the Domainfest Show this week in New York, I think this auction has pretty much gone unnoticed. However there are over 200 domains up for auction, with the highest priced domain names in the auction being Prince.com and Conservatory.com, both with a stated reserve range of … [Read more...]
Latonas.com One Letter Domain Auction Starts Today
RickLatona.com, auction for one letter domain names starts tonight at 6pmEST. All domains are priced with a starting bid of $2K and although they may not be the greatest extensions in the world, its an opportunity to own a rare one letter domain for just a couple of grand. The auction starts closing on August 19th at 6Pm … [Read more...]
Quick Poll: Which Domain(s) Priced From $25K-$100K Will Sell At DomainFest
I just ended the week long poll I was running on which domain you thought would sell at the live domain name auction at Domainfest, which will be held in New York on August 18th, of those domain names with a reserve price range of $1M+ Stocks.com lead the way with 32% of you picking that domain as the one that will sell at Domainfest with 23% picking “none will sell”, with XXX.com right … [Read more...]
Namejet.com Allowing BackOrders & Bidding On NameJet.Me
We often criticize the drop services for allowing bidding on well know famous trademarked domain names. Today's I found that NameJet.com is taking backorders on a domain which is pretty amazing, and kind of amusing. NameJet.com is allowing people to backorder, the soon to be dropped domain, NameJet.Me. If Namejet.com is successful in acquiring the dropped domain it will go to auction … [Read more...]
What’s The Most Famous Domain You Used To Own?
Over the years many of us have sold hundreds even thousands of domain names, some of which have went on to become major or quite famous sites. The question for a sleep Saturday morning in the dead of August is which domain did you used to own which has become a major or famous site? This is not what is your best or highest sale, dollar figures are irreverent. Its what domain did you used … [Read more...]
TRAFFIC Show: No Way Zuccarini Domains Will Be Auctioned Off At Our Show
DomainNameWire.com has been writing about the receiver in charge of Zuccarini's domains wanting to auction off the remainder of Zuccarini domains at the TRAFFIC South Beach show. While Zuccarini and the Receiver are fighting it out, the TRAFFIC show organizers have a clear message concerning auctioning off these domains at their event; No Way. No How. Not going to happen. The show … [Read more...]