Mike Mann tweeted out about two different sales that were both acquired in 2005. Mann actually purchased both of these name on the same day and for the same price. He held both for 13 years. BetterFuture.com was sold for $65,000 and ChooseLife.org for $8,500. BetterFuture.com has not updated whois with new buyer yet. Jason Reid looks to have purchased ChooseLife.org. Sold … [Read more...]
CQD.com owner should be following the playbook used by MLA.com
With all the discussion and things brought to light with the CQD.com case, I took a look back at some domain thefts that were covered by publications outside the domain industry. The Huffington Post took a rather bleak stance with the following headline, "When Hackers Steal A Web Address, Few Owners Ever Get It Back" Jonathan Askin, a technology law professor at Brooklyn Law School, was … [Read more...]
The continuing saga of CQD.com
A couple weeks ago I wrote a piece about the CQD.com ordeal, a post that has become one of the all time forum reads. Since then the thread has really heated up with a lot more evidence coming out and a lot of detective work provided by some members such as TheLegendaryJp, Grilled, Silentptnr, etc... The gist of the story is that James Booth paid $25,000 plus escrow for CQD.com, the domain … [Read more...]
Sedo weekly sales led by Handle.com
Sedo released their weekly sales and Handle.com led the way at 77,500 Euros, ($95,080). HawaiianIslands.com was number two at $15,000. 49 .com sales 15 cctld sales 5 other gtld sales A lot of brandables, some of the made up kind like Pilki.com at $7,700 and Katchi.com at $7,500. Those names both might have some non English meanings. FC.group sold for $10,000 and … [Read more...]
NameJet March sales led by Bey.com
NameJet reported their March sales and Bey.com led the list at $31,000. Optimization.com came in second at $27,700. 102 sales 2 three letter.com sales 17 numeric sales 7 three character .com sales ML.net was the highest non com sale at … [Read more...]
A couple interesting sales around a couple hotly debated topics
A couple of interesting sales on a Saturday night caught my eye. Two topics that are hotly debated, while checking Namebio it seems that Communism.com sold for $10,099 and Guns.tv sold for $10,000. I know the seller of Guns.tv, longtime Namepros member Makis.TV. Congrats to him. The name has moved to private, it was regged back during the great .tv landrush in 2010. Communism.com still … [Read more...]
Milo Yiannopoulos is moving on from Hatred.com
The domain Hatred.com famously sold to Milo Yiannopoulos for $150,000 last year, it seems Milo never updated the whois so it made it look like Richard Dynas was still the owner. Richard expressed his frustration that Milo never changed the whois, which as we all know happens with some end users. Seems like Milo has changed course and will not be using Hatred.com but rather expressed interest in … [Read more...]