In the Moniker showcase auction ending today, the domain name Quotes.com has a $1M bid. While the domain has not hit reserve at $1M, it maybe one of those domains that sell shortly after the auction as Slots.com did last week. If so it would mark the 3rd Million dollar sale for Moniker in just about a week, giving a real shot in the arm to the industry. We will keep you updated … [Read more...]
A First For Me: I Push A Sedo Offer To Auction
When it comes to pushing a Sedo offer to an auction, I was a virgin until now. For the first time, I pushed an offer I received from Sedo.com to auction with the $offer serving as the starting bid. I have gotten quite a few offers from Sedo in the past six months, resulting in a few sales and a lot of no sales. When I got an offer through the Sedo.com platform for the domain, … [Read more...]
eMarketer: Internet Ad Spending To Increase 11% This Year: Search To Increase 16%
eMarketer today revised its forecast on 2010 online ad spending upwards According to eMarketer’s, US spending on online advertisements will reach $25.1 billion, up from $22.7 billion, or an increase of 11%. In December 2009, eMarketer called for only 5.5% growth. “As Google makes gains, so does a large slice of online advertising,” said David Hallerman, eMarketer senior analyst and author … [Read more...]
.Me Auctions Return To NameJet
NameJet.com has announced another group of registry and privately owned .Me domains that will be heading to auction. The domains start at either $69 or $99 and the backorders must be placed, a week from today, on May 24th to participate in the auction. The auction features a lot more first and last family names as well as some call to action type words. Here is a complete list: … [Read more...]
Our Picks From The SnapNames Monthly Showcase Auction Ending On Tuesday
SnapNames.com monthly showcase auction for May will close Tomorrow Tuesday May 18 at 3:15pm EST in accordance with its normal closing procedures. The auction features "Money & Finance" domains. There are about 650 domain in the auction. Here are our picks which we think are the best buys and/or most interesting domains in the auction: socialsecuritylawyers.info No … [Read more...]
For Sale: One Slighly Used Auction Platform & The Domain Bido.com: Deadline Tuesday
As you know the auction platform Bido.com closed down a couple of weeks ago and the assets of the platform including the domain name Bido.com (plus 82 other related domains), the software code, the user list, the website, the vanity toll free number 1-800-611Bido, and twitter account@Bido all comes with. I've been told that they currently have an offer in "the mid-six figures" and will be … [Read more...]
Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About .CO; Our Exclusive Interview With The CEO Juan Calle
With the LandRush for the .Co just a little over a month away, we got this exclusive interview with Juan Diego Calle who is the CEO of .CO Internet S.A.S., the company which is operating the registry for the ccTLD. Juan, thanks for taking the time to educate myself and my readers on the .CO extension. 1. Tell us a little about yourself and your career background. A: I was born in … [Read more...]