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Gambling.com Reserve Price Set to $9 Million USD?
As reported in November, Media Corp is planning to sell their domain Gambling.com with the help of Sedo in order to fund further acquisitions. According to The Times (paid access) it appears that the reserve has now been set at $9 million USD, which ...
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Gambling.com Reserve Price Set to $9 Million USD?
As reported in November, Media Corp is planning to sell their domain Gambling.com with the help of Sedo in order to fund further acquisitions. According to The Times (paid access) it appears that the reserve has now been set at $9 million USD, which ...
Discussion
January 4, 2011, 2:12 pm
Domain Name Wire
TechCrunch Interviews Sex.com Buyer: 125k Visits a Day
Robin Wauters tracks down Clover Holdings Limited. TechCrunch writer Robin Wauters has tracked down and interviewed the mystery buyer behind Clover Holdings Limited who paid $13 million for Sex.com last year. But we still don't know who the buy...
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TechCrunch Interviews Sex.com Buyer: 125k Visits a Day
Robin Wauters tracks down Clover Holdings Limited. TechCrunch writer Robin Wauters has tracked down and interviewed the mystery buyer behind Clover Holdings Limited who paid $13 million for Sex.com last year. But we still don't know who the buy...
Discussion
January 4, 2011, 12:03 pm
Domain Shane
Great News For Business: Debit Card Fees May Drop 82% in June
One of the largest costs for me as a small business owner are my credit card fees. Over the last year our businesses received as much as 80% of all our revenues through credit cards. As consumers demand more points and freebies, the cost is passed ...
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Great News For Business: Debit Card Fees May Drop 82% in June
One of the largest costs for me as a small business owner are my credit card fees. Over the last year our businesses received as much as 80% of all our revenues through credit cards. As consumers demand more points and freebies, the cost is passed ...
Discussion
January 4, 2011, 11:58 am
The Domains
If Gambling.com Sells For Reserve, It Will be Less Than 1/2 of What It Sold For Last Time: $20 Million In 2006
A bunch of stories are out today about Gambling.com hitting the auction market with a reserve price of $9 Million. What I find especially interesting about the story is that the domain appearently sold for more than twice the current reserve price in...
Discussion
If Gambling.com Sells For Reserve, It Will be Less Than 1/2 of What It Sold For Last Time: $20 Million In 2006
A bunch of stories are out today about Gambling.com hitting the auction market with a reserve price of $9 Million. What I find especially interesting about the story is that the domain appearently sold for more than twice the current reserve price in...
Discussion
January 4, 2011, 11:49 am
The Domains
MediaPost: ?Long Tail? Advertisers Are Back
MediaPost.com just published a post entitled Long Tail Advertisers Are Back”. The blog post which cited a report by Kantar Media said: “”While much of the 2010 ad expansion has been coming from the biggest advertising categories ...
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MediaPost: ?Long Tail? Advertisers Are Back
MediaPost.com just published a post entitled Long Tail Advertisers Are Back”. The blog post which cited a report by Kantar Media said: “”While much of the 2010 ad expansion has been coming from the biggest advertising categories ...
Discussion
January 4, 2011, 11:14 am
Domain Name Wire
Lazy Complainants Lose Two Cases to Serial Cybersquatter in One Week
If domain name is registered before a trademark is filed, complainants need to provide good evidence of common law rights. So you're legal counsel for a company that feels that someone is cybersquatting on your trademark. That someone is “...
Discussion
Lazy Complainants Lose Two Cases to Serial Cybersquatter in One Week
If domain name is registered before a trademark is filed, complainants need to provide good evidence of common law rights. So you're legal counsel for a company that feels that someone is cybersquatting on your trademark. That someone is “...
Discussion
January 4, 2011, 10:10 am
Elliot's Blog
Report: Gambling.com Reserve Price $9M
A few weeks ago, I learned that Gambling.com was put on the market, and Sedo was named the exclusive domain broker for this category defining domain name. According to an article in Bloomberg this morning, the price of the domain name has been releas...
Discussion
Report: Gambling.com Reserve Price $9M
A few weeks ago, I learned that Gambling.com was put on the market, and Sedo was named the exclusive domain broker for this category defining domain name. According to an article in Bloomberg this morning, the price of the domain name has been releas...
Discussion
January 4, 2011, 10:08 am
Domain Name Wire
Sedo Ups Personal Brokerage Fee to 15%
Fees increase today, but only for small subset of sales. Today Sedo will increase its fee on personally brokered domain name sales to 15% from 10%. This fee increase only applies to sales that involve a human broker and does not apply to self-serve s...
Discussion
Sedo Ups Personal Brokerage Fee to 15%
Fees increase today, but only for small subset of sales. Today Sedo will increase its fee on personally brokered domain name sales to 15% from 10%. This fee increase only applies to sales that involve a human broker and does not apply to self-serve s...
Discussion
January 4, 2011, 9:56 am
Domain Shane
Tueday?s Daily Domain Name Drop and Auction Picks
Don't you love reading stories about the guy that hand registers a name and then sells it for $300,000. Larry does it all the time and it drives me even more. Not because of the huge profits but because of the sale. I love to hear stories of...
Discussion
Tueday?s Daily Domain Name Drop and Auction Picks
Don't you love reading stories about the guy that hand registers a name and then sells it for $300,000. Larry does it all the time and it drives me even more. Not because of the huge profits but because of the sale. I love to hear stories of...
Discussion
January 4, 2011, 3:20 am
The Domains
Sedo Increases Sale Commission From 10% to 15% : For ?Domain Sales By Our Sales Team? Without Notice
Thanks to a reader who noticed that Sedo.com is raising their commission rate 50%, from $10-$15 effective TOMORROW. Changes to Sedo?s domain brokerage service prices on January 4, 2011 “”"Sedo is committed to helping individuals and busin...
Discussion
Sedo Increases Sale Commission From 10% to 15% : For ?Domain Sales By Our Sales Team? Without Notice
Thanks to a reader who noticed that Sedo.com is raising their commission rate 50%, from $10-$15 effective TOMORROW. Changes to Sedo?s domain brokerage service prices on January 4, 2011 “”"Sedo is committed to helping individuals and busin...
Discussion
January 3, 2011, 8:35 pm
