Sedo reviews Nominet?s 2008 Domain Market Report and .uk sales activity on their secondary domain marketplace. Last week Nominet, the registry responsible for the .uk domain extension, released its annual Domain Name Industry Report for 2007. This annual report includes not only information about the .uk domain market but also some very interesting statistics on [...]
Find the domain that is calling your name! Sedo\’s .mobi Auction closes tomorrow at approximately 12 PM EST. Top names like bank.mobi and blackjack.mobi have already met their reserve and other premium names like software.mobi and media.mobi are just shy of their reserve and expected to end in a sale tomorrow. Don\’t miss your chance…
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Sedo announced this morning that they purchased parking company RevenueDirect from registrar Dotster and expanded their partnership with the registrar. From the Sedo Press Release: The acquisition of RevenueDirect’s substantial customer base significantly increases Sedo’s North American market share. In addition to the acquisition, Sedo has formed a strategic long-term partnership with registrar heavyweight and [...]
After a few weaker names in their auction Bido is now re-auctioning the name fixedloans.com today, which originally brought down the one-domain a day auction website. Bido has been under criticism for sending unsolicited messages to DNForum paticipants and industry bloggers. [Update] The name sold for $5,459.00 USD. (c) 2009 DomainNameNews.com NameDrive is introducing 6 [...]
We were liveblogging the Domainer Mardi Gras Aftermarket.com Live Auction. 26 Names had bids before the auction started. Out of the listed 51 domains, 34 sold (66.67% of the inventory) for a total of $439,369.00 with voodoo.com being the highest sale for $300,000 and Heal.tv being the lowest sale for $300. About 40 people were [...]
DomainTools announced today on their blog that the Aftermarket.com auction will feature several New Orleans themed gift packages that will be auctioned along with the domain names today. Proceeds from the auction of these three items will be donated to New Orleans Habitat for Humanity. The auction packages include a variety of merchandise and food [...]
In their latest Industry Brief (.pdf), VeriSign announced it is working with other members of the Internet community to provide a way for people of all languages to navigate the internet. The two most notable methods they are pursuing include implementing international domain names (IDNs) represented by local language characters for ccTLDs and creating new [...]
Bido.com, the social auction platform that grew in popularity for selling one domain per day at a starting bid of only $1 (with no reserve), is set to re-launch tomorrow, February 19, after it was temporarily taken down due to technical problems. Bido was founded on the principal that the domain name industry needs change [...]
Last week Sedo reported an incredible $1 million worth of domain sales. Although the results weren’t quite as high this week, closing at around $800,000, there were plenty of impressive sales including Forums.com for $399,990, Primus.com for $33,000, Statoil.ru for just under $30,000 (23,400 €), EnterpriseGroup.com for $17,500, and Mama.es for $15,000. Check out the [...]