Patrick Ruddell who writes the very popular domain blog, ChefPatrick.com, has been hired by Moniker.com as a "Domain Sales Specialist". Patrick will be brokering domain sales for Moniker.com as well as getting more end user domains into their live and online auctions. Nice to see Moniker hiring a domainer to fill the position. For all of his loyal readers, the Chef will continue to blog, … [Read more...]
Quick Poll: What Was The Best Buy From The Sedo .TV Auction?
We just put up a poll for your pick of what the best buy from the .TV Sedo auction was. This time you can vote for 2 on the right hand side. Any comments or other nominations you can place below. … [Read more...]
Sedo .TV Auction Ends With $800K In Sales: Our Winners & Losers
The Sedo .TV auction just ended after about 2 1/2 hours of extended bidding when loans.TV sold for around $14K. Business.TV lead the pack and broke the six figure mark selling for just over $100K. Learn.TV sold for $40K+ Job.tv and jobs.tv sold for $20k+ each. The big losers were the Geo's, with Japan.TV and Germany.TV selling for just around 10k each. Another surprise for me was … [Read more...]
The Big Sedo .TV Auction Ends Tomorrow & Every Domain Has A Bid
The Sedo .TV auction closes tomorrow, April 8th at noon EST and every one of the 114 domains has a bid. As of the time of publication, 81 domains have met reserve while 34 have not. In all there are just about $200K in bids. It will be interesting to see what amount this auction brings in. My guess is $800K. You can place your guess below for bragging rights. Here is the list of … [Read more...]
HitWise: Yahoo Search Market Share Going Back Up
According to Hitwise, Yahoo market share of search results rose to more than 15% in March from 14.6% the previous month. Google had 69.97% of all U.S. searches, down slightly from February's 70.95%. Bing had a 9.62% market share, down from 9.70% the previous month. This is the first increase for Yahoo in a LONG time. … [Read more...]
Flying.com Sold For $1.1 Million
According to a press release today, UsedAirplanes.com has completed the purchase of Flying.com for $1.1 Million: """UsedAirplanes, Inc., the parent company of UsedAirplanes.com, announced today that they have completed the purchase of the domain name Flying.com for $1.1 million. The first (beta) version of Flying.com will be launched on June 1, 2010 to display all of the used airplanes … [Read more...]
.CO LandRush & Pre-Registration Are Open At GoDaddy & Other Registrars W/ Different Prices
The Land Rush period for the .CO extension starts on June 21st and application are already being accepted at least at 3 registrars. The Landrush is going to be a bit pricey. There are 10 registrars in total that will be allowed to sell .CO domains and each can have slightly different pricing. For Landrush which is opened to everyone, each registrar is charging a non-refundable application … [Read more...]