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.AU Domain Auction Closes Today!

time August 27th, 2010 by author David Goldstein

The Netfleet domain name auction of a number of premium .AU domain names closes Friday afternoon Australian time at 15:00:00 Australian Eastern Standard Time. … more

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Domain Name Sales on Summer Hiatus

time August 23rd, 2010 by author David Goldstein

Domain Name Journal logoDomain name sales appear to be taking a summer hiatus with only one domain name sale topping the $100,000 mark in the two weeks to 8 August in Domain Name Journal’s list of top reported sales. … more

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Moniker DOMAINfest NY Sales Total $1.8m

time August 19th, 2010 by author David Goldstein

Moniker logoMoniker’s live auction at DOMAINfest New York concluded yesterday (18/8) and including the sale of TShirts.com and the four associated names (which were removed from the live auction, and sold for $1.265 million) the sales tally is $1,801,900. … more

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Moniker Brokers Sale of 5 T-Shirts For $1.265m

time August 18th, 2010 by author David Goldstein

Moniker logo[UPDATED] Moniker.com announced they have successfully brokered the sale of five t-shirt-related .COM domain names for $1.265 million. … more

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Sedo Dominates Weekly Sales Chart in Week of Low Value Sales

time August 14th, 2010 by author David Goldstein

Domain Name Journal logoSedo took 18 of the top 20, and all of the top ten, positions in the Domain Name Journal sales chart for the week to 25 July, although there was only one sale above $100,000 for the week. The top sale was 029.com, selling for $110,000. … more

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Stocks.com, Cable.com, Rate.com and Other Premium Domain Names Headline Live Auction at DOMAINfest New York

time August 14th, 2010 by author David Goldstein

Moniker logoMoniker/SnapNames have released the final live auction catalogue for the Live Auction at DOMAINfest New York with some quality domain names up for grabs including XXX.com, BigApple.com, Physicians.com, stocks.com and LocalNews.com. The Moniker auction will occur on Wednesday, August 18, 2010 from 16:00 to 19:00 and will be followed by the Moniker auction of the premium names Following the Moniker auction, SnapNames will host an online auction that will run through to Wednesday, August 25 at 17:00. US Eastern time. … more

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No Surprises As Sedo Finds Domain Market Grows Steadily in Q2, 2010

time August 9th, 2010 by author David Goldstein

Sedo logoOffer-Counteroffer sales are the most prominent type of sales, .COM is the most popular top level domain, .DE is the most popular country code domain while .FR domains have the highest average sale value are the highlights from over 11,000 domain names sold through the domain marketplace and monetisation provider, Sedo, according to their latest quarterly report. … more

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Non-.COM Domains Make Inroads Into Top Sales for Week

time August 9th, 2010 by author David Goldstein

Domain Name Journal logoThere were more non-.COM domain names in the weekly Domain Name Journal top 20 list in the week to 18 July than .COM names for the second consecutive week, the first time this has happened in the seven years in which DNJ has been compiling its weekly list of reported domain name sales. In both weeks there were 11 non-.COM domains and obviously nine .COM domains. … more

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Freemarket and Fiction Top Reported Weekly Sales

time July 30th, 2010 by author David Goldstein

A slow week for domain name sales saw no sales above the $100,000 mark in the week to 11 July according to Domain Name Journal’s list of reported sales. The top sales for the week were freemarket.com and fiction.com who sold for $93,000 (sold through Sedo) and $90,000 (private sale brokered by Moniker) respectively. … more

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Gambling is Big Money as OnlineCasino.dk Sold for $580,000

time July 23rd, 2010 by author David Goldstein

Online gambling is big business. This year the domain name slots.com has been the biggest sale to date, sold for $5.5 million to Bodog Antigua. Other big gambling-related domain name sales were poker.org selling for $1 million and poker.ca for $400,000. Now OnlineCasino.dk has sold $580,000 making it the ninth biggest reported sale to date for 2010. … more

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.CA Gambling Domain Tops Weekly Sales List

time July 23rd, 2010 by author David Goldstein

Domain Name Journal logoSlots.ca topped the Domain Name Journal weekly list of top reported domain name sales, selling for $206,906 through a private sale brokered by Moniker Brokerage, in the week to 4 July. … more

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XXX.COM For Auction With $7m Reserve

time July 21st, 2010 by author David Goldstein

The XXX.COM domain name is up for sale at the forthcoming with a reserve price listed as $5m and up, although the reserve appears to be $7m according to a posting on Elliot’s Blog. The timing is interesting with the SEX.COM also up for sale. … more

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Overstock Buys O.CO for $350,000 in First Big Premium .CO Sale

time July 20th, 2010 by author David Goldstein

Overstock.com announced it purchased the domain name O.CO from .CO Internet, the official .CO registry for $350,000. The new domain name is intended to enhance Overstock.com’s brand recognition and retention, align with current marketing initiatives, and make it easier for shoppers to find the company’s products and services online. … more

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BoardGames.com Heads Weekly Sales Charts

time July 18th, 2010 by author David Goldstein

Domain Name Journal logoBoardGames.com headed a quartet of six-figure domain name sales in the week to 20 June according to Domain Name Journal’s list of top reported sales. The domain name was sold for $450,000 in an auction by Moniker at DOMAINfest Ft. Lauderdale. The remaining three six-figure sales were all sold by Sedo 027.com, Pengyou.com and Pengyou,net all selling for $100,000. … more

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Domainer Income Platform Publicly Available With Benefits For All Domainers

time July 6th, 2010 by author David Goldstein

After many years of investment in time, energy and even some money, Simon Johnson has announced that his personal baby, Domainer Income, has gone public allowing others to profit from his years of research and experience to make money from trading in and monetising domain names. … more

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