The first blockbuster deal of the decade. Something that someone predicted to me who had no knowledge over the holiday season. I was having a conversation day after Christmas and someone said to me, "I bet you GoDaddy buys Uniregistry" I said why, they thought with Schilling not as high profile anymore that he would sell out. GoDaddy stock currently 69.89 USD +0.47 (0.68%) GoDaddy is not … [Read more...]
Corp.com possibly the most dangerous domain on the net?
A great article on KrebsonSecurity.com was posted that talked about an early domain investor selling a valuable and potentially dangerous domain name. According to the article Mike O’Connor a gentleman who started regging domains back in 1994 amassed quite a collection. Names such as bar.com, cafes.com, grill.com, place.com, pub.com and television.com. From the article: O’Connor … [Read more...]
After missing on earnings Verisign stock off over 5% today
VeriSign (VRSN) came out with quarterly earnings of $1.31 per share, they missed on Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.34 per share. Last year they had earnings of $1.58 per share a year. These figures are adjusted for non-recurring items. This quarterly report represents an earnings surprise of -2.24%. A quarter ago, it was expected that this internet infrastructure services provider would … [Read more...]
What was the best buy from NamesCon Live Auction?
Now that it's been a week since the NamesCon live auction. Which buy did you think was the best buy? When the auction was going on and I was live tweeting it seemed many thought BeautySpa.com was a great buy. Someone today emailed me they missed the auction as they were out of town. They wanted to know if TravelAgency.com really only sold for $25,000 as they thought it was an unbelievable … [Read more...]
.ME Premium Domains Available for Registration starting March 4th
In a post yesterday .Me said they will be releasing approximately 2,800 premium domains on March 4. This might be a little too late as .me is just another extension in a sea of hundreds. Holding on to premiums this long probably not going to yield the returns the registry anticipated. Roughly 2,800 premium domains will be made directly available for registration to every business and … [Read more...]
Sedo weekly sales led by Chauffage.fr
Sedo released their weekly sales and Chauffage.fr led the way at 62,500 Euros, ($69,006). BitcoinPoker.com was second at $65,000. We all have owned a few 4L.nets that just sit there, this week there were a couple great 4L.net sales, 4L.nets selling more than 3L.net actually. Asmr.net sold for 5,000 GBP, ($6,518). AiTC.net sold for 5,500 Euros, ($6,073). 47 .com sales 22 cctld sales 6 … [Read more...]
Seller of write.com discussed his 6 figure flip
The domain name write.com has had a few owners over the years. The domain is now owned by Brent Oxley and listed for sale. Write.com sold on Snapnames for $60,000 back in 2011. The company that bought the name back then sold the name to a Namepros member for high five figures and that member has now detailed his sale to Brent Oxley for six figures. Member NetworkPearl explained: Hello … [Read more...]