We reported on December 12th that The Pirate Bay had moved to the country code of Peru (pe). Well now they have moved to the country code of Guyana (gy). Digital Trends and Torrent Freak covered the change. Here’s what a Pirate Bay insider had to say about the matter when speaking with TorrentFreak. “We have some 70 domain names left, so eventually we will find one that sticks. A few domains … [Read more...]
Once One of The Biggest Gambling Sites Generating Billions, BetonSports.com Sells For $4,900
BetonSports.com was once one of the biggest gambling sites on the Internet generating Billions of dollars in revenue. Today it was on the Godaddy.com/Afternic.com list selling for just $4,900 According to wikipedia.org BetonSports plc Which operated under BetonSports.com, was "one of the biggest players in the United States online gaming market, drawing in several billion US dollars in … [Read more...]
Zynga Drops 130 + Names
Zynga dropped about 130 names that were either going to be projects that never came top fruition or were just protection names in alt extensions. Some of the names included: Hospitalville.info is an interesting one as Zynga has branded many games around Ville, they never owned the .com which is actually expired itself and is on Go Daddy … [Read more...]
20% of The Domain Name Conferences.com Sold For $50,000, All In Bitcoins
Josh Metnick who is best known in the domain world as having owned Chicago.com, just purchased a 20% interest in the domain name Conferences.com for $50,000, and in what maybe a first, the purchase price for the %20 interest was paid entirely in Bitcoin (BTC) The domain name Conferences.com is owned by another top domain investor, Merlin Kauffman. Josh tells me that he has been in … [Read more...]
The Pirate Bay is Sailing Toward A World Where The Domain Name is irrelevant
The Pirate Bay has had to sail the high seas of the DNS many times throughout its existence. Recently the site has moved from .SX (Sint Maarten) to the .pe extension (Peru). The Pirate Bay has told TorrentFreak.com that they will soon no longer have the need for a domain name and thus make the confiscating or blocking of a domain completely futile. From the article: Currently under … [Read more...]
From a $25K Domain Sale To $18 Million In Funding, One Of Our Domain Sales; Raise.com Is On Fire
Techcrunch.com just covered Raise.com, a domain name that I sold at a live Moniker.com/TRAFFIC auction many years ago for $25,000. The company has gone from the $25K purchase to raising over $18 Million in VC money. ""Raise.com is one of the fastest-growing startups in the Chicago region. While we were able to reach founder George Bousis today to confirm the raise, the company prefers to … [Read more...]
Oink.com With Trademark Sold For $57,500
TechCrunch.com is reporting that Virtual Piggy, a payments service aimed at minors is today rebranding as Oink after buying the domain, trademarks and social marks from Milk (not Google) for $57,500. Founder and CEO Jo Webber is quoted as saying "the company found that 66% of it users were already over the age of 13, “Piggy” sounded too infantile but “Oink” lets them retain some of the branding … [Read more...]