A couple of days ago I mentioned there were 3 public auctions closing at 2am Eastern time on Sunday. These were three letter .coms, ZTD.com, UDA.com and BPS.com. Only one met reserve and that was BPS.com. ztd.com $9,588 not met uda.com $17,600 not met BPS.com $51,000 met at $50,000 I emailed Michael at Namebio for BPS.com so it can be listed. I am surprised that ZTD.com could not do better … [Read more...]
Not the best time to auction off valuable domain names
You usually don't see three 3L.coms closing at once on GoDaddy auctions, yesterday SWP.com was a public auction that met reserve at $14,500 and I saw it at $15,500 but did not see the close as my browser crashed. This was a public auction so there is no record on Namebio. Tomorrow there are three separate 3L.com public auctions, UDA.com, BPS.com and ZTD.com. Looking at the histories here it … [Read more...]
Here we go again – The Curious case of 6666666.com
So this time last year I was talking about the big closing price on 6666666.com (7 sixes) for $99,999 on GoDaddy expiring auctions. Later that same day, Joe Styler posted that they walked back some of the bids, after backing out 35 bids and removing 3 bidders, the auction closed at $71,000 as a new bidder came in at the end and bid $71,000. So I kept asking on Namepros if this sale got paid … [Read more...]
YMCDN.com closes at $127,801 on GoDaddy – Will it get paid?
YMCDN.com closed at $127,801 on GoDaddy Auctions on Wednesday. The domain has a big link profile. Looking at Majestic.com: Information Homepage TitleN/ACrawled URLs333Indexed URLs15,672Educational Ref. Backlinks3,044Governmental Ref. Backlinks698Educational Ref. Domains479Governmental Ref. Domains128 External backlinks Fresh … [Read more...]
GoDaddy Launch Event with Ayesha Curry
GoDaddy had a big day today announcing their latest initiative GoDaddy Websites + Marketing. Interestingly websitesplusmarketing.com has been regged since 2013 by someone else. With Websites + Marketing, GoDaddy introduces GoDaddy InSight, a smart technology that delivers tailored guidance, helping entrepreneurs answer the question "what should I do next" to achieve their goals. GoDaddy … [Read more...]
GoDaddy reports earnings and dives 5% in after hours before rebounding
GoDaddy (NYSE:GDDY) reported earnings today, this coincided with the news that CEO Scott Wagner would be stepping down and being replaced by Aman Bhutani, who most recently served as president of Brand Expedia Group. The stock was up on the day but took a dive in after hours trading once the earning were reported. Excluding one-time items, the company posted earnings of 1 cent, below … [Read more...]
ReviewMe.com closes at $61,500
So a couple of days ago it was FlyMe.com closing at $14,283 on DropCatch, and Wednesday we had ReviewMe.com close at $61,500 on GoDaddy. This name was purchased in 2006 for $10,000. It became a live website that paid bloggers to review websites. Lynn Terry from ClickNewz.com published an article years ago on how the site worked at the time. From the article: How It WorksOnce your blog … [Read more...]