Afternic.com just published its report of domain name sales totalling $1,043,592 for the week ending November 11th, 2012. The publicly reportable sales were led by NationLine.com for $11,375 followed by YaThink.com at $10,000. Below is the complete list of publicly reportable sales: .com … [Read more...]
Sedo.com Transactions For The Week Total $2.2 Million
Sedo just posted its weekly report for the period ending November 12th, 2012. In all, 919 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totalling over $2.2 million. Over 42% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales include: Domain … [Read more...]
Takeout.com Wins UDRP & Gets A Finding Of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
A three member UDRP panel just rejected the complaint brought by Tarheel Take-Out, LLC of Chapel Hill, North Carolina against Versimedia, Inc. of Wilton, Connecticut, on the domain name takeout.com and found the complainant was guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking. "In its trademark application, filed roughly six years after Respondent registered the generic or commonly descriptive term … [Read more...]
Priceline Buys Kayak.com For $1.8 Billion
Priceline.com bought Kayak.com for $1.8 Billion dollars today in cash and stock just four month after becoming a public company. Priceline will pay $40 a share for the company, a 29% premium to its closing price of $31.04 Thursday and 54% more than its initial public offering price in July of $26 a share. Kayak reported$224 million in revenues last year, and processed 302 million users … [Read more...]
Afternic.com Sells $1.18MM In Domains Led By CarTransport.com At $85K
Afternic.com just published its report of domain name sales totalling $1,181,186 for the week ending November 4th, 2012. The publicly reportable sales were led by CarTransport.com for $85,400 followed by GoPure.com at $19,000. Below is the complete list of publicly reportable sales: .com … [Read more...]
Verisign Makes Statement On .Com Contract & Shares Are Up 10%: “Verisign Expects to Continue to Run The .com Registry”
VeriSign, Inc. ( NASDAQ : VRSN ), just issued a statement on the status of the .Com contract and shares of the company are up 10%. In essessence Verisign stated that the contract review is a normal part of the process, that the Department of Justice has substantially concluded its own review process and that Verisign "Expects to Continue to Run The .Com Registry" Here is the … [Read more...]
Shares Of Verisign Are Still Dropping
With the .Com contract still hanging in the wind at the DOJ, share of Verisign (VRSN) continue to fall. Shares of Verisign are currently trading below $37 a share, or at $36.88 which is a new post earning report low. Prior to Verisign earnings report last week and word that the .Com contract which was approved by ICANN back in June without much of any discussion, was held up at the … [Read more...]