Sedo reported their weekly sales and NFC.com led the way at 68,200 Euros, ($77,036). eKing.com sold for $28,000 while STO.org sold for $25,000. Have.Fun sold for $11,500. Kinship.co sold for $11,000 to lead cctld sales. 38 .com sales 15 cctld sales 7 other tld sales Domain … [Read more...]
Over 1 million websites seized by ICE in an operation spanning the globe
On the ICE.gov website the organization reported the seizing of more than 1 million domain names that were infringing on intellectual property and selling counterfeit items. From the release: WASHINGTON – More than 1 million copyright-infringing website domain names selling counterfeit automotive parts, electrical components, personal care items and other fake goods were criminally and … [Read more...]
Efty powers up domain payments potential with new tech from Escrow.com
Efty and Escrow.com announced a new payment integration system. Doron Vermaat who most domainers know both as co-founder of Efty and the published of DNGeek.com wrote, "With Escrow Pay, we remove a lot of friction from the escrow process because buyers are now redirected to a wizard on Escrow.com where they can complete an escrow transaction in a few easy steps." Full Release: SAN FRANCISCO, … [Read more...]
Blast from the past – Mike Mann on CNNfn circa 2000
Here is a blast from the past of Mike Mann at the time representing his RareNames.com on CNNfn. The segment was Entrepreneurs only. It's interesting to hear the commentator's questions about domain names and see how new this all was back in 2000. Mike starts talking 1 minute in. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIRzyrGWjf4 … [Read more...]
One clusterf*ck of a transaction
So there is one helluva back and forth about a deal gone awry on Namepros. But it didn't just go awry in one place and tears at the constructs of many beliefs people have about different parts of the domain industry. I remember during the CQD.com episode many people asked me, "Doesn't using escrow protect me from buying stolen domains?" Short answer, NO! Platforms will protect … [Read more...]
You have to pay attention to what time you close your auction
When running an auction you need to be meticulous about a lot of things. From marketing the auction, to look at competing inventory closing around the same time, to the time when the auction will close. The time an auction closes is very important, I see people closing auctions on GoDaddy at 2 am on a weekend and wonder why even bother? I just happened to be getting ready to go to bed 5 a.m. … [Read more...]
Sedo weekly sales led by Kush.com
Sedo released their weekly sales and Kush.com led the way at $500,000. Sales volume picked up for .com this week with 59 sales, we had been coming in at 39 to 42 lately. 59 .com sales 16 cctld sales 7 other gtld sales .App took 2 of the 7 other tld sales. Brand.App sold for 5,000 Euros, ($5,685). Domain … [Read more...]
