The NameJet/Snapnames November sales report was released and Wanda.com was the top sale at $83,817. UML.com was second at $21,400. Loxo.com was third at $18,056. There were three 3L.com sales and thirteen 4L.com sales. There were eleven numeric … [Read more...]
How ICANN can intervene in the .org sale
Milton Mueller wrote a piece worth reading over at InternetGovernance.org about the .org sale. Mueller spells out what ICANN could do to intervene. ICANN can intervene ICANN will probably pretend that it has no ability to intervene in this process, but that is clearly not true. The Registry Agreement for .org gives PIR the delegation via a succession of presumptively renewable ten-year … [Read more...]
Sedo weekly sales led by BRgroup.com
Sedo released their weekly sales and BRgroup.com led the way at $30,000. Potenzmittel.de was second at 19,000 Euros, ($21,051). German word dealing with potency it looks like, related to erectile dysfunction. Aera.co was third at 14,500 Euros, ($16,068) 38 .com sales 22 cctld sales 7 other tld sales Domain … [Read more...]
Warned.com was not a garden variety “pricing mistake”
Four days ago I wrote an article about Warned.com and the buyer being told the price was not correct. The sale was not going to complete and the buyer refunded. The buyer stated they paid x,xxx for the domain name Warned.com, a domain name owned by Frank Schilling's Name Administration Inc. The price may have been $2,000 and I say that because another member on Namepros said they saw the … [Read more...]
882.cc closes at $42,500 highest reported 3N.cc sale ever if it’s paid
Surprisingly there have only been 31 reported 3N.cc sales. 882.cc closed at $42,500 today on GoDaddy auctions and will be the highest sale ever. The previous top sale 722.cc sold for $15,800 and is a Chinese casino website. Top 5 722.cc15,800 USD2016-02-27DropCatch636.cc15,000 USD2018-09-26GoDaddy837.cc15,000 USD2017-10-20NameJet718.cc13,250 USD2019-02-17GoDaddy271.cc12,499 … [Read more...]
Bogus news sites making big money with fake views
BBC.com published a story on websites that are using well known names like Forbes and BusinessInsider.com to make ForbesBusinessInsider.com. The maker of the ForbesBusinessInsider.com site actually replied back to the BBC and said it was a test to find ways of increasing search engine optimisation. There are some other sites listed that seem to have a ton of page views. The BBC actually … [Read more...]
Buyer of Warned.com told the sale was a mistake
We see these things from time to time, remember DomainNames.com purchased for $2,577 by Yinan Wang and then Network Solutions said, yeah, NO! Yinan went on to purchase DomainName.com and DomainNames.com was sold at NamesCon for $370,000 by Uniregistry. A member at Namepros detailed his purchase of Warned.com More info will be added later, but I will share main points now: 1. Today I … [Read more...]