This meta registration craze continues to gather momentum. Back on October 11 I did a post taking a look behind the keyword Meta. Some incredible sales have fueled speculation, like MetaXR.com for $60,000, Metapayments.co at $53,450 that one was 9 days old. MetaDating.net was registered at Dynadot two weeks ago and sold for $35,000 at Sedo. metaavatars.net. The name was 122 days old when it … [Read more...]
Radix’s .Store Domains launches #IdeaToStore Contest
Participants stand a chance to win up to $30,000 in cash prizes, a feature on 2 Minute Drill TV Show, 1-on-1 time with Seth Godin, BossBabe, John Lee Dumas; and more. 15th Oct, New York: Radix’s .Store Domains recently announced the launch of its #IdeaToStore Contest at www.ideato.store. Sponsored by Shopify, the contest invites to-be entrepreneurs to share their ideas for starting an online … [Read more...]
Portugal.com met reserve at $350,000 Too high or Too low?
Portugal.com did in fact meet reserve at $350,000 at Sedo's Great Domains auction. If paid for it will be in the top 10 of reported pure country domain name sales. England.com $2M Russia.com $1.5m Britain.com $1m Singapore.com $800,000 NewZealand.com $500,000 Brazil.com $500,000 Iran.com $400,000 Portugal.com $350,000 Malta.com $250,000 … [Read more...]
Portugal.com hits the low end of the reserve range at Sedo, will it sell?
Sedo's Great Domains auction ends today and Portugal.com hit $250,000 the low end of the reserve range. $250,000 - $499,999 is pretty wide. The reserve is not met yet and it will be interesting to see if this one can sell. The highest selling country names of all time are England.com at $2M, Russia.com at $1.5m, Britain.com sold for $1m. Singapore.com sold for $800,000, NewZealand.com and … [Read more...]
Sedo weekly domain name sales led by Actionnariat.com
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and Actionnariat.com led the way at 15,000 Euro, ($17,457). French for shareholding . Reconomia.com was second at $15,000. Another French name the .fr is a developed website. oTouch.com was third at 12,000 Euro, ($13,969). 47 .com sales 20 cctld sales 7 other tld sales Top 3 highlights of public SedoMLS sales are: otouch.com … [Read more...]
Dynadot making a change to the way auctions run
Dynadot has sent out an email about an upcoming change to their auction platform. No longer will there be an end time set after 20 bids in the last five minutes. Message We're writing to inform you of an upcoming change to the way auctions run in our Aftermarket. Currently, when a bid is placed in the last 5 minutes of an auction, the auction time is extended for another 5 minutes. This can … [Read more...]
John Berryhill posts a masterclass on LLL acronyms and the UDRP
A member at Namepros had a question about a recent dilemma they were facing regarding a LLL.co domain name. I have received an email from my registrar about an LLL.co acronym domain, one big multi billionairy company demanded to give them a domain, that this is their TM, although this is a common acronym. Members chimed in with their opinions and then elmoney included the letter from the … [Read more...]