Afternic.com just published its reportable weekly domain sales for the week of 9/23/13 – 9/29/13. Total domain sales for the week, including confidential sales and sales under $1000, summed to $1,296,502. All sales were led by one of our domains, (Worldwide Media, Inc. d/b/a MostWantedDomains.com) Emancipated.com which sold for $30,000 Here are all reportable … [Read more...]
Godaddy Acquires Online Invoicing Company Ronin, Its 5th Acquistion in 15 Months
GoDaddy, today announced the acquisition of Ronin, an online invoicing company marking the fifth in 15-months, which includes Outright, M.dot, Locu and Afternic. The acquisition, made quietly in April, has been fully integrated into GoDaddy Online Bookkeeping – providing a full-service solution for any small business looking to simplify and organize their finances and get back to … [Read more...]
Cognac Maker REMY MARTIN Loses UDRP On TheRemyMartin.com: Domain Holder Is Saved By Social Networks
E. REMY MARTIN & C° of Cognac, France, just lost a UDRP on the domain name TheRemyMartin.com to a "Remy Martin" of Palm Desert, California who appears to have represented himself. The one member panel found that the domain holder did not register the domain in bad faith despite the fact that the domain was inactive and was being held to develop a blog of restaurant … [Read more...]
500.co Makes Over $44 Million In Additional Seed Funding
According to VentureBeat, Accelerator program and investment group 500 Startups which proudly uses the domain name 500.co, just announced $44.1 million in new seed fund today, the second the group has raised since launching. The second fund is also substantially higher than its initial $29.6 million fund from 2011. "As for 500 Startups, the group typically invests $25,000 to $250,000 in … [Read more...]
Applicant Auction Announces Next Private New gTLD Auctions To Be Held On Oct 21
Applicant Auction announced today that is would be holding its third set of new gTLD private auctions. The Third Applicant Auction is scheduled to be held on October 21. If you would like to particpate in the next round of Applicant Auction you will have to commit to the auction and return all the signed contracts by no later than Friday, October 11. "In the 1st two Applicant Auctions … [Read more...]
GovernmentShutdown.com Guy Was Smart Enought To Register It In 2007, Isn’t Smart Enough To Turn It On
Well unless you live in a cave, and even if you do live in a cave its pretty hard to miss the news that the US government has been to some extent shutdown. So while we try to stay politically neutral lets look at the best domain names that would cover this crisis, The domain name GovernmentShutdown.com is pretty hard to beat for a bang on .com covering the subject that has been in the news … [Read more...]
Sedo Transactions Total $1.4 Million; Moneta.com For $150K; LT.org For $26K
Over the past week, 746 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.4 Million This amounts to $51.2 Million in year-to-date sales revenue. Over 45% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales include: · Top .coms: moneta.com at 150,000 USD · Top ccTLD: gta-worldmods.de at 15,000 EUR · Top “other” … [Read more...]