In what I consider to be a pretty positive artcile on the industry, the Miami Herald Published a story covering the Domainfest auction. Always good to see the mainstream media covering the domain industry. … [Read more...]
Pizza.net Hits the Auction Block At TRAFFIC Vancouver
MediaOptions.com announced today that they have been selected as the exclusive broker for the domain name, Pizza.net and that the domain will be auctioned off by RickLatona.com at TRAFFIC Vancouver Expected auction reserve range looks to be $200K-$350K. Here are some interesting tidbits about the domain, from MediaOptions: · In the 1995 award winning movie “The Net” starring … [Read more...]
Sedo 1st Q: 12,000 Domain Names Sold; $23 Million in Sales
Sedo.com released its 1Q Domain Market Study for the 2010 yesterday. Some of the highlights: Sedo, saw an 18.6% increase in the number of sales in 1Q 2010, compared to Q4 2009. "Overall, 11,942 domains changed hands for $23,177,253". "This marks Sedo’s highest quarter for domain sales since 2008." ".com remains the most popular top-level domain extension, accounting for more than … [Read more...]
When It Comes To Predicting Auction Results, This Week, You Guys Suck
We ran two polls over the past couple weeks, one for the auction of Slots.com and one for the Domainfest Live auction. You guys suck. Out of 196 votes on the Slots.com auction only 13 of you correctly predicted that the domain would sell between $5M-$7.5M and only 22 predicted the domain would sell for over $5M at all. Yikes. For Domainfest over 25% of you didn't think any of the … [Read more...]
Official DomainFest.com Results; Almost $2.4M In Sales
Moniker.com has just released the official results from today's DomainFest.com auction. Although some have reported that TreasuryBonds.com and Hobbies.com sold under reserve, that does not appear to be the case. dating.com $1,750,000 boardgames.com $ 450,000 therapists.com $ 50,000 antidepressant.com $ … [Read more...]
DFG UPDATE: Dating.com Sold For $1.75 Million, BoardGames.com For $450K
While the live auction from DomainFest Ft. Lauderdale is still going, so far two of those category killer domains have sold. Dating.com just sold for $1,750,000 and BoardGames.com sold for $450K a little while ago. The bidding got as high as $2M on Jeans.com, but no sale. You can see the final results of our poll, which I closed for voting right before the auction started. So far you … [Read more...]
Its All About .Me, As SnapNames Auction Pulls In $150K
The .Me auction of registry owned domains concluded yesterday on Snapnames.com and they have just published the final results. The auction I think can only be described as quite successful In all 35 domains sold for a total of just short of $148,913. Trade.Me and Click.Me lead the way. Here is the complete list: … [Read more...]