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Elliot's Blog
Sedo Records Nearly $700k in Sales
Sedo sent its weekly sales report for last week, and it closed around $700,000 in sales. The reason I use an estimation is because the company mixes in EU and British Pounds in its sales list, making it a bit difficult to calculate an exact number in...
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Sedo Records Nearly $700k in Sales
Sedo sent its weekly sales report for last week, and it closed around $700,000 in sales. The reason I use an estimation is because the company mixes in EU and British Pounds in its sales list, making it a bit difficult to calculate an exact number in...
Discussion
August 23, 2011, 5:29 pm
The Domains
Sedo.com Sells $730K In Domains Led By ZY.com For $106K
Sedo.com just released its sales list for the week ending Monday August 22nd. All reportable domain sales totalled $729,561 USD. The top seller of the week was ZY.com at $105,999 followed by Marketport.com for $19,000. The complete sale list i...
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Sedo.com Sells $730K In Domains Led By ZY.com For $106K
Sedo.com just released its sales list for the week ending Monday August 22nd. All reportable domain sales totalled $729,561 USD. The top seller of the week was ZY.com at $105,999 followed by Marketport.com for $19,000. The complete sale list i...
Discussion
August 23, 2011, 5:27 pm
Domain Shane
NetQuote.com Just Became the Highest Price Ever Paid for a Domain Name at $40.9 Million Beating Sex.com
Some are going to immediately scoff at the price as merely an accounting price, as NetQuote.com was a fully functioning business and not just a domain name. But if you go over the SEC filings of Bankrate.com‘s recent purchases you&r...
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NetQuote.com Just Became the Highest Price Ever Paid for a Domain Name at $40.9 Million Beating Sex.com
Some are going to immediately scoff at the price as merely an accounting price, as NetQuote.com was a fully functioning business and not just a domain name. But if you go over the SEC filings of Bankrate.com‘s recent purchases you&r...
Discussion
August 23, 2011, 4:27 pm
Domain Name News
SEC Filing reveals BankRate.com’s Domain Acquisitions
BankRate.com’s Premium Domain Acquisitions in 2011 have been revealed in a recent SEC filing totaling over $90 million USD. TrouveMedia.com(?) – $230,000It doesn’t clearly state the domain name in the filing. “Approximately $3...
Discussion
SEC Filing reveals BankRate.com’s Domain Acquisitions
BankRate.com’s Premium Domain Acquisitions in 2011 have been revealed in a recent SEC filing totaling over $90 million USD. TrouveMedia.com(?) – $230,000It doesn’t clearly state the domain name in the filing. “Approximately $3...
Discussion
August 23, 2011, 3:27 pm
The Domains
Looks Like Bankrate.com Is A Huge Domainer Spending Over $90 Million In Domains
According to some SEC filings it appears Bankrate.com apparently is becoming a major domainer having spent over $90 million dollars in domain names. Actually the total amount spent was Over $170 million but $90 million is what they allocated to the c...
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Looks Like Bankrate.com Is A Huge Domainer Spending Over $90 Million In Domains
According to some SEC filings it appears Bankrate.com apparently is becoming a major domainer having spent over $90 million dollars in domain names. Actually the total amount spent was Over $170 million but $90 million is what they allocated to the c...
Discussion
August 23, 2011, 3:15 pm
Elliot's Blog
BankRate Reports Over $169 Million in Domain Name Acquisitions
I received an email with a link to a SEC filing from BankRate, which provides details into its recent acquisitions, which identifies over $169,000,000 in domain name acquisitions. The company specifically identifies what it spent on the domain names ...
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BankRate Reports Over $169 Million in Domain Name Acquisitions
I received an email with a link to a SEC filing from BankRate, which provides details into its recent acquisitions, which identifies over $169,000,000 in domain name acquisitions. The company specifically identifies what it spent on the domain names ...
Discussion
August 23, 2011, 3:13 pm
Elliot's Blog
New York City Earthquake Update
Apparently there was an earthquake in DC this afternoon, and it was felt up in New York City and Boston. I was at a lunch meeting with a domain investor friend in town for Affiliate Summit, and we didn’t feel anything. When I left the restauran...
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New York City Earthquake Update
Apparently there was an earthquake in DC this afternoon, and it was felt up in New York City and Boston. I was at a lunch meeting with a domain investor friend in town for Affiliate Summit, and we didn’t feel anything. When I left the restauran...
Discussion
August 23, 2011, 2:46 pm
Domain Name Wire
Hover’s Implementation of Afternic Domains is Well Done
Simple and effective integration of domains for sale. A lot of large domain name registrars offer Afternic‘s “Premium” inventory to customers. Each registrar integrates it differently and some do it better than others. I just checke...
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Hover’s Implementation of Afternic Domains is Well Done
Simple and effective integration of domains for sale. A lot of large domain name registrars offer Afternic‘s “Premium” inventory to customers. Each registrar integrates it differently and some do it better than others. I just checke...
Discussion
August 23, 2011, 12:40 pm
The Domains
.APP Project Launches & Is Pre-Selling Domains To Fund The Application Fee
A new group of App developer have stepped up and accounced plans to apply for the .APP new gTLD and is going about raising the money for the application in a very unusual manner. According to the site to promote the application: “.app Project&r...
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.APP Project Launches & Is Pre-Selling Domains To Fund The Application Fee
A new group of App developer have stepped up and accounced plans to apply for the .APP new gTLD and is going about raising the money for the application in a very unusual manner. According to the site to promote the application: “.app Project&r...
Discussion
August 23, 2011, 11:23 am
The Domains
Guy Who Registered AmywinehouseFoundation.com: I Am Not A Dickhead
Yesterday we wrote about Mitch Winehouse who announced plans for the Amywinehouse Foundation before securing domain name. Mitch called those who registered the domain a “dickhead” for doing so Today Martin McCann, the man who allege...
Discussion
Guy Who Registered AmywinehouseFoundation.com: I Am Not A Dickhead
Yesterday we wrote about Mitch Winehouse who announced plans for the Amywinehouse Foundation before securing domain name. Mitch called those who registered the domain a “dickhead” for doing so Today Martin McCann, the man who allege...
Discussion
August 23, 2011, 10:28 am
