The dispute.com sale did not go through at $65,000 but rather $38,000. The unfurling of the story and subsequent comments on DomainInvesting.com tell a lot. It also seems that GoDaddy needs to make some changes. Joe Styler who works for GoDaddy left a comment: The reason for default was not that there were not legitimate bids. We are pretty good at making sure that the bids are good on our … [Read more...]
Did the .net holder just pay $20,000 to get the .com?
KruegerGroup.com has had a lot of owners that kept giving up on the name. The name was owned by a Timmy Krueger from Corona del Mar Properties. The domain was left to expire in 2011 after being registered for just one year. Then along comes Mike Mann's DomainMarket.com and hand regs it 3-31-2011. He must have sold it to Krüger GmbH & Co. KG. The name expired in 2016 and was acquired by … [Read more...]
iBanks.com takes another price cut
iBanks.com has been around the block, the domain closed today on GoDaddy auctions at $4,550. This is the second time the name has taken a price cut over the last decade. The name registered in 1997 sold on Sedo for $38,000 on 4-3-2008. Then on this day 3 years ago the domain closed at $7,877, now to be fair it did not change hands, I have emailed Michael Sumner as he might want to remove that … [Read more...]
Sedo weekly sales led by a 5 way tie at the top
Sedo reported their weekly sales and a group of names tied for the top spot. OpenWeb.com, MedicalCRM.com, Caliva.com, Camisetas.com.br and USbetting.net all sold for $15,000 in a light week for domain sales. The usbetting story is an interesting one. This week's sales underlies a lot of the confusion and frustration many domainers have. After looking at the .com list, I am sure many will say … [Read more...]
Dispute.com closes at $65,000
Dispute.com closed at $65,000 and the winner of our closest guess post was GreenJobs. Green Jobs says July 29, 2018 at 9:15 am (Edit) Good legal name… $60k. A donation will be made in Adam's name for $25 to Elliot's Pan Mass Challenge. Dispute.net closed on Wednesday at $2,275. Dispute.org closed Thursday at $5,050. A lot of people expected the domain to get renewed, … [Read more...]
Escrow.com launches Escrow Pay
Escrow.com is launching a new application called Escrow Pay. A streamlined payment system for any website. According to the release Escrow Pay™, is a streamlined checkout payment system for buying and selling cars, boats, airplanes, domains and anything of value, in one line of code. With no minimum fee and prices as low as 0.89%, Escrow Pay is the ideal solution for any website, mobile … [Read more...]
Sucky Domain Names
Someone over the weekend asked me if I thought they should get their name + sucks.com? I didn't think they needed it and certainly don't need to spend the money securing a .sucks domain. It did get me to looking at industry participants and see if they decided to go the nameSUCKS.com route. RickSchwartzSucks.com was registered in 2000 and points to … [Read more...]