The domain name imeeting.com just sold for $47,750 on Sedo. The domain was owned by Rodger Lew in China and is currently under Sedo Escrow. The domain name was owned by a company Meeting Maker, of Waltham, MA let the domain go into pending delete status around April 2012 at Network Solutions and sold on NameJet.com for 15,166 in July 2012. So basically in less than 2 years the domain … [Read more...]
Will the Real Satoshi Nakamoto Please Stand Up
It has been quite a day in the world of Bitcoin as there have been more stories than I can count on Satoshi Nakomoto. The day started early this morning when one of our readers, Tony Lam sent me a piece by Coindesk. Their headline was, "Bitcoin Inventor Satoshi Nakamoto ‘Found’ in California" Nermin Hajdarbegovic covered the story and discussed that Newsweek had tracked down the creator of … [Read more...]
Godaddy Has 40% Of The New gTLD Market; 1and1 For Its $50M Got 12K Registrations
A new site (or at least new to me) is showing the most detailed stats I have seen for new gTLD's. According to ntldstats.com, there are a total of 215,638 new gTLD domain registrations as of 16:30 (time zone not defined) on March 6th. According to the site, Godaddy registered almost 87,000 of the 215,000 new gTLD's giving it a 40% market share. 1and1.com which spent a reported $50 … [Read more...]
Forbes: 5 Mistakes People Make When Setting Up Their Website
John Rampton wrote a piece for Forbes on the mistakes people make when starting their website. Rampton discusses five key points that a lot of web developers and entrepreneurs make. 1. No Business Plan and Marketing Strategy Unlike “Field of Dreams,” if you build, he will not come. And, by he, we mean visitors to your website. Unfortunately, this is a common misconception people have when … [Read more...]
NameJet.com Reports Over $340K In Sales In January
Namejet just released sales information in January 2014 reporting over $340,000 in sales. Only sales of $2K or more are included Domain Name Payment … [Read more...]
Overstock Exceeds $1million in Bitcoin Sales and Projects up to $20 million by the end of the year.
Overstock has topped over $1million in Bitcoin sales in two months. Coinbase.com sat down with Patrick Byrne, CEO of Overstock. The initial projections for sales processed with bitcoin on Overstock.com this year was set at $3-5m, but this figure has since increased dramatically, according to Byrne. The CEO now predicts that Overstock will see a total of $10-15m in bitcoin sales this year, and … [Read more...]
NASDAQ Private Market Launches To Allow People To Buy Shares Of Pre-IPO Companies
The NASDAQ Private Market, LLC announced today the launch of its new capital marketplace for private companies. The NASDAQ Private Market site is at NPM.com NASDAQ Private Market was formed in March of 2013 as a joint venture between The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. and SharesPost, Inc. "Built as a company-first platform on industry-leading technology, NASDAQ Private Market will provide … [Read more...]