The domain name vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv.com which has been registered for 4 years can soon be yours. The domain name that was registered in 2008 is now in pending delete. With just 62 "v" its rare that such a domain name becomes available and I'm expecting a slew of unsolicited email's coming my way on this domain this week. The domain name drops on … [Read more...]
After Blowing Through $40 Million, Cash4Gold.com Is About To Be Sold In Bankruptcy Court For $440K
According to Fortune, the company Cash4Gold.com which raised at one point $40 Million in Venture Capital funds is about to be sold, domain and all for around $440,000. The company which had a Super Bowl ad in the 2009 game featuring MC Hammer (who also had some famous financial difficulties) is about to be sold to Direct Holdings Americas, the parent company of Time-Life (which is not … [Read more...]
Walmart Picks A .Co For Its New Store, Goodies.Co & No It Doesn’t Own the Matching .Com
Walmart Stores, a division of Walmart (WMT) has just launched a new shopping site at Goodies.co. And no Walmart doesn't own the Matching .Com. The store which launched in "Exclusive Beta" this week, has unique product offering. Sign up for $7 a month and you get samples of new food products, you participate in surveys which earns you points to buy full sized versions of the product you … [Read more...]
The Future Of Geo Domains: Chicago.com Makes $125K In 1st Year Of Selling SubDomains & Email Addresses
I had a chance to sit down with Josh Metnick who owns Chicago.com and started selling subdomains & email addresses ending in Chicago.com. In the first year, sales of subdomains and vanity email addresses using Chicago.com generated some $125,000 in revenue with virtually no marketing. Josh shared the numbers with TheDomains.com exclusively: ""Chicago.com is going well -- our first … [Read more...]
BindersOfWomen.com Hits eBay.com: Starting Bid $19K
BindersofWomen.com has hit eBay.com with a starting price of $19,000. We received a message from the owner of the domain alerting us to the auction. This domain name name is a shorter version of the hottest political domain of this week, Bindersfulofwomen.com which we wrote about several days ago as being registered by a Democratic Super Pace 90 seconds after the phrase was uttered by Mitt … [Read more...]
CNN Reports A Democratic Super PAC Registered A Domain Name Of A Phrase 90 Seconds After Romney Said
CNN just publish a story about a Democratic super PAC., American Bridge 21st Century registered the domain name bindersfullofwomen.com in "less than two minutes after the instantly viral phrase left Mitt Romney mouth on Tuesday night's" debate The story quotes Chris Harris, the PAC's communications director as saying: "We bought it because we could tell it would be a memorable moment from the … [Read more...]
Move, Inc. Buys Relocation.com For $11.5 Million Cash
Move.com just bought Relocation.com For $11.5 Million cash. Although Relocation.com is a business not just a domain, we would make the argument that the site Relocation.com would not have gotten to where it is today without the domain name. The buyer Move.com is owned by a publicly traded company, Move, Inc. (Nasdaq: MOVE) Move, Inc. also owns Moving.com Go ahead and tell me that … [Read more...]