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Domain Name Wire
The Real Story Behind the $700,000 RunningShoes.com Sale
The ups, downs, and persistence of acquiring RunningShoes.com. Some domain name purchases are easy. Others are a series of ups and downs and lengthy negotiations. The latter describes Chesterfield, Mo-based Cat5 Commerce’s purchase of RunningSh...
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The Real Story Behind the $700,000 RunningShoes.com Sale
The ups, downs, and persistence of acquiring RunningShoes.com. Some domain name purchases are easy. Others are a series of ups and downs and lengthy negotiations. The latter describes Chesterfield, Mo-based Cat5 Commerce’s purchase of RunningSh...
Discussion
April 27, 2011, 10:40 am
Domain Name Wire
First Tequila.co, Now Vodka.co Sells for Five Figures
Second premium liquor keyword in .co sells in as many weeks. Sedo has brokered the sale of Vodka.com for $10,000 to the same person who bought Tequila.co for $14,500 just a week ago. Of course Vodka.com was one of the most expensive domain names ever...
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First Tequila.co, Now Vodka.co Sells for Five Figures
Second premium liquor keyword in .co sells in as many weeks. Sedo has brokered the sale of Vodka.com for $10,000 to the same person who bought Tequila.co for $14,500 just a week ago. Of course Vodka.com was one of the most expensive domain names ever...
Discussion
April 27, 2011, 9:53 am
The Domains
Sedo.com Sells Xout.com for $55K, TotalMovie.com for $40K & EKKO.com For $20K
Sedo.com has posted a few nice sales today Xout.com has sold for $55,000 So what is Xout? Seems to be a odor eliminator product sold in Australia so it can well be seen as a upgrade from a com.au domain to a .com TotalMovie.com s...
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Sedo.com Sells Xout.com for $55K, TotalMovie.com for $40K & EKKO.com For $20K
Sedo.com has posted a few nice sales today Xout.com has sold for $55,000 So what is Xout? Seems to be a odor eliminator product sold in Australia so it can well be seen as a upgrade from a com.au domain to a .com TotalMovie.com s...
Discussion
April 27, 2011, 9:23 am
Domain Shane
Wednesday’s Big Daily Domain Auction and Drop Picks
Damn host WAS DOWN AGAIN all day yesterdat. Media Temple is struggling something awful but I’m sticking with them. Why? Because they treated me right when I was getting hit with Digg and Reddit years ago. For $20 they could handle tens of thous...
Discussion
Wednesday’s Big Daily Domain Auction and Drop Picks
Damn host WAS DOWN AGAIN all day yesterdat. Media Temple is struggling something awful but I’m sticking with them. Why? Because they treated me right when I was getting hit with Digg and Reddit years ago. For $20 they could handle tens of thous...
Discussion
April 27, 2011, 2:14 am
Domain Name Wire
Panabee Helps Brainstorm Domain Names – But User Beware
Panabee is a good domain name generator but users should beware that some suggestions are bad ideas. There are a lot of domain name and brand name generators on the web but most of them stink. So it was refreshing to come across Panabee.com today. En...
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Panabee Helps Brainstorm Domain Names – But User Beware
Panabee is a good domain name generator but users should beware that some suggestions are bad ideas. There are a lot of domain name and brand name generators on the web but most of them stink. So it was refreshing to come across Panabee.com today. En...
Discussion
April 26, 2011, 10:47 pm
The Domains
Cnet.com: Unlike Seized Cars & Jewelry, The Government Will NOT Sell Seized Domains
Its a questions that many have been asking ever since the first domain seizures, what will happen to the seized domains? When the government seizes a drug dealer’s car, after legal means to challenge the seizure expire, it puts the car up for a...
Discussion
Cnet.com: Unlike Seized Cars & Jewelry, The Government Will NOT Sell Seized Domains
Its a questions that many have been asking ever since the first domain seizures, what will happen to the seized domains? When the government seizes a drug dealer’s car, after legal means to challenge the seizure expire, it puts the car up for a...
Discussion
April 26, 2011, 6:50 pm
Elliot's Blog
Sedo Closes Nearly $440k in .com Domain Sales Last Week
Sedo closed approximately $440,000 in .com domain sales last week (according to my currency conversion calculations). Leading the way was Instyler.com, which sold for €50,000, which is roughly $73,000 at a $1.46 conversion rate to USD. Fiver.com...
Discussion
Sedo Closes Nearly $440k in .com Domain Sales Last Week
Sedo closed approximately $440,000 in .com domain sales last week (according to my currency conversion calculations). Leading the way was Instyler.com, which sold for €50,000, which is roughly $73,000 at a $1.46 conversion rate to USD. Fiver.com...
Discussion
April 26, 2011, 5:46 pm
Domain Name Wire
Did Fiverr.com Just Upgrade Its Domain Name to Fiver.com for $70k?
Domain broker sells Fiver.com for $70,000. Fiverr.com — a site where people offer to do a bunch of different things for $5 each — may have just upgraded its domain name for 14,000 $5 bills. The popular site has a cool idea but a bad domai...
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Did Fiverr.com Just Upgrade Its Domain Name to Fiver.com for $70k?
Domain broker sells Fiver.com for $70,000. Fiverr.com — a site where people offer to do a bunch of different things for $5 each — may have just upgraded its domain name for 14,000 $5 bills. The popular site has a cool idea but a bad domai...
Discussion
April 26, 2011, 5:36 pm
Elliot's Blog
Afternic Closes Just Under $500k in .com Sales Last Week
Afternic DLS closed a little over $472,000 in publicly reported .com sales of $1,000 or more last week. The three most popular sales categories last week were recreation, business and computers, which accounted for 1/3 of the sales. Three of the week...
Discussion
Afternic Closes Just Under $500k in .com Sales Last Week
Afternic DLS closed a little over $472,000 in publicly reported .com sales of $1,000 or more last week. The three most popular sales categories last week were recreation, business and computers, which accounted for 1/3 of the sales. Three of the week...
Discussion
April 26, 2011, 5:13 pm
The Domains
Afternic.com Sells $520k In Domains Led By Immerge.com For $9k
Afternic.com just released its sales for the week ending Sunday April 24th. All reportable domain sales $1k and over totalled $520k. The top seller of the week was Immerge.com at $9,000 followed by Nishinomiya.com at $7,588. Here is the full l...
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Afternic.com Sells $520k In Domains Led By Immerge.com For $9k
Afternic.com just released its sales for the week ending Sunday April 24th. All reportable domain sales $1k and over totalled $520k. The top seller of the week was Immerge.com at $9,000 followed by Nishinomiya.com at $7,588. Here is the full l...
Discussion
April 26, 2011, 4:56 pm
