Michael Berkens purchased MotorcycleHelmets.com back in 2010, and it looks like GoDaddy/Namefind just sold the domain to a buyer using privacy protection at Name.com. The domain was bought in January 2010 at the TRAFFIC Las Vegas Auction. The domain was actually listed with a $50K reserve but immediately after it didn’t meet reserve Mike asked Rick Latona (the auction company) to reach out … [Read more...]
Google Acquires Debug.com
Google has acquired the domain name Debug.com The domain name was parked and under privacy at Uniregistry. The domain sold back in November 11, 2006 for $15K and again for $17,000 2 1/2 years later in April 2009. The domain name is now owned by Google under Corporate Registrar MarkMonitor.com … [Read more...]
The most viewed post all time on TheDomains.com
On Sunday TheDomains.com turns 9, we will have some fun posts and prizes on Sunday so make sure to stop by. In the meantime I thought it would be interesting to look back and see which post got the most attention out of 9,667 posts. The post that is number one by a wide margin, is a post written by Michael Berkens on June 24, 2014. "XNXX.com Loses UDRP On XXNX.com" That post received only 8 … [Read more...]
Which industry participant are you most thankful for ?
Happy Thanksgiving to those who are celebrating the holiday today. I thought it would be interesting to see what domain industry participant you are most thankful for. What company does the most to help you be successful in domaining ? The names listed is not an end all be all, so feel free to leave a comment listing a participant not mentioned. Which Industry participant are you most … [Read more...]
At Least 2 .Blog Landrush Auctions Pass $5,000
Auction for .Blog domain names that had more than one order in the Landrush period are now underway at Sedo. To participate in the Landrush auctions you would have had applied for the domain name in Landrush. I'm personally in 7 of the 36 domain names in the .blog landrush auction. Of the 7 domain auctions, two have already exceeded $5,000 with less than a day to go. Weed.blog is … [Read more...]
3,500 Trump .Com & .Net Domains Registered in Last 48 Hours
According to Verisign, the registry for the .Com and .Net domain names, since election day November 8th almost 3,200 .Com and 330 .net domains containing the word Trump have been registered. A lot of domains already are calling for Trump's impeachment, some are boring on criminal as threatening the President elect with violence; some are already indicating the next grounds for protest; some … [Read more...]
AU Publication Says Trump Is the World’s Largest Domain Holder with 3,600 Domains
The Australian publication Channelnews.com.au, just declared Donald Trump as the "World’s Biggest Owner Of Domain Names". Yes according to the story, The Donald only has over 3,600 domain names. My God how did no one in the domain industry recognize Mr. Trump as owning the most domain names in the world with 3,600? In the domain industry we know there are companies that own 1 Million + … [Read more...]