In a tweet a few minutes ago Media Options announced they acquired MJ.com to add to their growing Ganjapreneur network. Congratulations to Andrew. For those who may not be familiar MJ is used in some circles to refer to Marijuana/Mary Jane. Plus you never know if one day Michael Jordan comes a calling he has the bankroll to pay maximum end user price. MediaOptions is proud to say it has … [Read more...]
.BUZZ Registry To Release 924 Previously Reserved For Normal Reg Fees: Here is The List
The .Buzz registry announced that is will rolling out of a select number of previously reserved .buzz domain names, which will become available in June. “In all 924 of our previously reserved domain names will become available to the public for registration at standard pricing, on a first-come first-served basis" The names are expected to be available on June 17, 2015. Included in the … [Read more...]
Name Jet Reports $355K In Sales For May 2015: Of Top 16 Sales 12 Were LLL.com or NNNN.com
Namejet.com just issued its monthly report for May 2015 reporting over $355,000 in domain name sales all of which are the result of domain auctions. As usual, only domain names that sold for $2,000 or more are included and payment had to be received by the end of May to be included Out of the top 19 spots 3 domains were LLL.com domains and 9 were NNNN.com domain names Here is the … [Read more...]
Search Engine Journal: If The .Com You Want Isn’t Available; Find Another .Com
Searchenginejournal.com, just wrote a post asking What is "The Best Domain Extensions When a .COM is Not Available" and seems to conclude it's another .com ""What do you do when the domain name or suffix you want is not available?"" "You may want to evaluate whether another gTLD (generic top-level domain) would work. The core group of gTLD’s is comprised of the com, info, net, and org … [Read more...]
Apple Loses Trademark Case in the Philippines
PhoneArena.com reported that Apple lost a trademark case in the Philippines. Apple was not applying for a tm but rather objecting to a tm filing from Solid Broadband who was looking to get a tm for my|phone name. PhoneArena.com wrote: When Solid Broadband attempted to trademark the my|phone name in the Philippines, Apple objected saying that it was "confusingly similar" to the iPhone and was … [Read more...]
DomainAgents.com Launch Domain Market Place With Low Sliding Commission Rates & 10% BIN Rate
DomainAgents.com just announced it has opened up it's own marketplace with a sliding scale commission rates on negotiated sales, which I believe are the lowest in the industry and a 10% flat rate on Buy It Now Priced (BIN) domain names. ""There are 2 separate commission scales depending on the type of sale: Negotiated or Buy … [Read more...]
Sedo Weekly Sales Total $1.1million led by AoAo.com at $49,900
605 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.1m. 58% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Top Sales by Category: Top .com: aoao.com at 49,900 USD Top ccTLD: optimize.me at 8,000 USD Top “other” TLD: a5.net at 20,000 USD Always been a fan of LLTV names and it was nice to see LNTV.com sell for $30,000. Dot Club put up 3 new gtld … [Read more...]