The domain name SmartDate.com sold according to DNjournal.com in May 2009 for $2,000 on Sedo.com. Today comes the news via TechCrunch that the now Paris-based online dating site, raised $5 million in new Series A funding. Back in March 2010 the company got a $2.2 million dollar cash investment which came after a $400K angel investment earlier. So from a $2,000 domain sale in May 2009 the … [Read more...]
Sedo Blacklists Generic’s While Holding Auctions For Trademark Infringing Terms
Sedo has a blacklist of domains. Sedo even uses the email address of Blacklist at Sedo.de to send these notices out: Here is what one of these messages look like: Dear Mr. Admin, We are writing to inform you that Sedo has received a complaint of potential trademark infringement regarding the use of the following domain names in conjunction with Sedo services: kkk.es Due to the … [Read more...]
1st Rule Of Dealing With Domain Offers Is: People Lie
Its great to see my friend and neighbor Sahar blogging again on Conceptualist.com, and today he raised a huge issue of importance to every domainer, misrepresentation of buyers. In his post today, Sahar talks about a domain name that Facebook may have purchased on the cheap based on the buyer misrepresenting himself. We generally receive 10-15 offers a day, everyday so several thousand a … [Read more...]
The “Ultimate Domain Shortener”: B.ly Hits The Auction Market At Sedo & Closes Today
There aren't too many people who visit the Internet regularly that haven't seen or heard of one of the worlds most widely used and popular domain shorteners; bit.ly. Sedo.com is currently holding an auction for the domain name which would be the ultimate shortener of one of the best known and most often used shorteners: B.ly The auction sale not only includes the domain B.ly but also … [Read more...]
DomainSponsor: Over 10 BILLION Visitors So Far In 2010
DomainSponsor.com has been running a "year to date "Unique" Visitor" counter on its site and the clock just hit 10,000,000,000. Ten Billion visitors to Domain Sponsors landing page from January 1- November 7, 2010. That is a TON of traffic. So next time someone questions whether people really type domain names into the address bar of their browser, send them to the Domain Sponsor counter … [Read more...]
Will The Government Spoil The Party For Education Domains?
It will come as no secret to any domainer that education domains are among the highest sort-after domains. The main reason is the money that private for profit online schools are paying for lead generation. However yesterday the South Florida Business Journal reported that the Attorney General of Florida, Bill McCollum has opened an investigation into 5 for-profit universities. A … [Read more...]
SEOmoz.com: Exact Domain Names Are More Meaningful For SEO Than Anything Else, But It May Change.
SEOmoz.com is a bible when it comes to SEO publications and in a blog post today they had some GREAT news for domain owners and a warning that it could change. The post is entitled "Are Exact Match Domains Too Powerful?, Is Their Time Limited? Here are parts of the blog post, but you should definitely check out the full post for yourself. "How big an issue is exact-match domains? Let's … [Read more...]