The news today that Gambling.com is being brokered by Sedo.com with a reserve price of $9 Million, raises the obvious question. Will Gambling.com which sold last time for $20 Million sell for More or Less than Sex.com just sold for at $13 million? You can vote on the poll on the right and place any comments below. … [Read more...]
If Gambling.com Sells For Reserve, It Will be Less Than 1/2 of What It Sold For Last Time: $20 Million In 2006
A bunch of stories are out today about Gambling.com hitting the auction market with a reserve price of $9 Million. What I find especially interesting about the story is that the domain appearently sold for more than twice the current reserve price in 2006. According to the WSJ: ""In May 2005, Media Corp paid $20 Million Dollars cash for gambling.com, ten times the amount it earned the … [Read more...]
Verizon Acquires iPhone Domains Ahead of Early 2011 Launch: Did Verizon Actually Buy The Domains?
According to the blog, 9to5mac.com, Verizon just bought or had transferred to it the domain names iPhoneonVerizon.com and iPhoneforVerizon.com. Verizon has long been rumored to be getting its own version of the iPhone in early 2011, which since launch has only been available in the US at AT&T. According to the 9to5 blog, both domains were previously registered at GoDaddy by a Jack … [Read more...]
Its January 1 & We Are $750,000 In The Hole
We wish you a Happy New Year and now that the clock has hit 1.1.11 its another year and we start it out $750,000 in the hole. We own around 75,000 domains and with a carrying cost of lets just call it an average of $10 a year meaning that we will owe $750,000 in registration fees in 2011. Its a huge nut although some domain portfolio holders have hundreds of thousands or even million or … [Read more...]
Our First Monthly Domain Calendar Finds January Jam Packed With Shows & Auctions
With the new year we thought we would start publishing a blog post on the 30th of every month of a calender highlighting some of the events in the upcoming month in the Domain and Internet world. January is sure jammed packed with shows and auctions. The largest convention in the US kicks the year off as the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) rolls into Las Vegas. Always full of the latest … [Read more...]
Our Fearless Predictions For 2011: For Domain Holders Its Going To Be A Very Good Year
We entered 2010 with much trepidation about what was awaiting us in this year. As it turned out the domain world made it through another year in a bad economy, once again proving that domains are like a commodities, which like gold and silver continued to rise in prices. While unemployment remained high in 2010 (still is) and the real estate market hasn't seen a real recovery yet, there were … [Read more...]
TechCrunch Covers Chef Patrick & His Acquisition of ScienceFiction.com
This morning TechCrunch covered the acquisition and launch of the domain name ScienceFiction.com by "Domain name investor and blogger Patrick Ruddell (aka Chef Patrick)" In an article entitled "ScienceFiction.com Aims To Become The “TechCrunch Of Sci-Fi”" According to the story Chef Patrick bought the domain name off of Domain Capital for $175K after someone defaulted in their … [Read more...]