Sedo.com has brokered the sale of a great domain, Lottery.net for $220,000. The Seller was Frank Schilling's, Name Administration and the buyer was Parthenon Investments/BCM Parthenon which is located in London. Jeffrey Gabriel was the broker which handled the sale for Sedo.com A great domain at a very fair price. We congratulate the seller and the buyer. As a side note the domain … [Read more...]
TRAFFIC Award Nominations Are Opened & Here Are Our Picks For Domain Hall Of Fame & Domainer of The Year
Well as Mr. Schwartz announced earlier today Nominations For TRAFFIC awards including the Domain Hall Of Fame & Domainer of The Year are now opened. (Copy of the notice is below), and will be handed out at the TRAFFIC South Beach show in a couple of months. The Nomination period is short, closing at Tuesday August 17, 2010 at 5PM EST. Last year I was doubly blessed when I was elected to … [Read more...]
Why Is Selling Ads On Trademarks OK For Google But Not For Domainers?
Phil Corwin of the Internet Commerce Association (ICA) wrote an excellent article and published it on the ICA site last night. The article points out what we have talked about for quite a while. There is a huge gap in the trademark law on 2 fronts. The first is he difference between trademark law as applied to domains in the UDRP/WIPO settings, ICANN rules and trademark law as applied to … [Read more...]
Latonas.com One Letter Domain Auction Starts Today
RickLatona.com, auction for one letter domain names starts tonight at 6pmEST. All domains are priced with a starting bid of $2K and although they may not be the greatest extensions in the world, its an opportunity to own a rare one letter domain for just a couple of grand. The auction starts closing on August 19th at 6Pm … [Read more...]
Cruise.Co Sells For $25K
Mike Mann has announced sale of his 2nd .CO premium domain. This time it was Cruise.Co which sold for $25k. A couple of weeks ago Mann announced the sale of Flying.Co for $3,500. Mike is certainly helping to set the resale market for .Co domains. Mann Still has some of the best .Co domain on Earth. … [Read more...]
Quick Poll: Which Domain(s) Priced From $25K-$100K Will Sell At DomainFest
I just ended the week long poll I was running on which domain you thought would sell at the live domain name auction at Domainfest, which will be held in New York on August 18th, of those domain names with a reserve price range of $1M+ Stocks.com lead the way with 32% of you picking that domain as the one that will sell at Domainfest with 23% picking “none will sell”, with XXX.com right … [Read more...]
TechFlash.com: Microsoft News Going Without The Domain Of Its New Site For Men: OnIt
According to TechFlash.com, Microsoft looks like they are go to name their new site for men, ONIT but they don't own the domain name OnIt.com TechFlash writes: "A newly surfaced trademark filing shows Microsoft seeking to register the name "ONIT" for a new website catering to men." "The trademark filing, dated Aug. 4, is clear in describing "ONIT" as "an Internet website portal featuring … [Read more...]