AUSTIN, TX - If you are interested in one or more domain names going up for auction starting today, January 30, 2020 between 4:30pm CST- 7:30pm Central Standard Time, a list has been released by Monte Cahn, President of RightOfTheDot for those names which will be included in the live event. If you are not in Austin but still want to bid on domains, RightOfTheDot’s Proxibid system will be the live bidding platform used for the event auction. The remaining names will … [Read more...]
NamesCon Global 2020 Domain Auction to Include Two “Good Cause” Domain Sales
PALM BEACH, FL – If you will be participating in the live domain auction which will take place Thursday, January 30 at the Omni Hotel (Downtown) in Austin Texas, you’ll have the chance to not only scoop up what will likely be some great domain deals, but you’ll also be able to help contribute with two sales having a portion of their proceeds benefiting domainers directions.com and toolchest.com. When the action begins at 4:30 pm Central Standard Time, you’ll want to … [Read more...]
“Cold Email,” Sold “Democracy.com” To Billionaire Owner of Mavericks, Mark Cuban
PALM BEACH, FL – Not that the name needed it, but when an auction for a web address is featured in the New York Times, you can rest assured that it is a pretty desirable name. That’s what happened last month when “Democracy.com” went up for sale in a “sealed auction” where none of the bidders would see the dollar amount of other participating bidders. The auction was originally to close on Oct. 25, 2019 but was then extended to November 7, 2019 based on what was said … [Read more...]
SEDO’s 4 Letter. COM Auction Has Begun; Domains Matches Acronyms for Business
PALM BEACH, FL - SEDO, what seems to be the equivalent of the Multiple Listing Service for domain names has announced that its 4 letter .com domain auction has begun and includes “over 300 domains - like RDBA.com, KLOT.com and BUTL.com” which are available for online bidding. [357 names] The last time I looked at 4 letter .com domain sales it was in 2017 which means its time for another list. That list spanned from BuyDomains.com's sale of GHIH.com for $5,000.00 to … [Read more...]
Auction for Domain Name “Democracy.com” Extended to November 7th Closing
PALM BEACH, NY – If you were interested in the domain name “Democracy.com” which is being auctioned off by Heritage Auctions, you’ve got some more time to scrounge around for cash as the auction has been extended to November 7, 2019 at 5pm (Eastern Time). https://www.ha.com/information/democracydotcom.s Previously the auction was scheduled to close on Oct. 25, 2019. According to Talmage Cooley, entrepreneur, filmmaker and founder of Democracy.com, the auction, … [Read more...]
Just Some Fake Bids; Nothing to See Here; Move Along Now, Please Disperse…
PALM BEACH, FL – This is a pretty interesting story all though it has come and gone just like yesterday’s old news – no one cares, no one is all that surprised, figuring it was non-sense to begin with, next story please. I suggest domain market participants not let it be forgotten and swept under the rug so soon, because it isn't at all good for the domain name industry as a whole - and clearly more should be done about it. Platforms that are used for … [Read more...]
NYT Highlights Sealed Auction of Domain “Democracy.com” Via Heritage Auctions
UPDATE 11/4/2019: Auction for Domain Name “Democracy.com” Extended to November 7th Closing PALM BEACH, FL – What could possibly be better than being the auctioneer of a generic, super premium .com domain name like Democracy.com? Having that same opportunity with it being covered by the New York Times. https://www.ha.com/information/democracydotcom.s That’s what’s happening with Democracy.com, a super premium generic domain name which is being offered for sale in a … [Read more...]
Investor Land Grab Opportunity Arises from Donuts Registry with Reduced Price gTLDs
PALM BEACH, FL –An interesting opportunity has arisen from new domain name registry company Donuts Inc., which operates roughly 240 new generic top-level domains (gTLDs). Although I am less than a huge fan of new gTLDs, there are industry veterans who do in fact use them in certain scenarios of ‘super premiums’, and you’ll have an opportunity to filter through a list of over 1.1 million names (previously on hold) now being released in a price-drop by the … [Read more...]
NamesCon Europe 2019 Live Auction Nets Under $300k in Domain Sales, Total
PALM BEACH – According to industry news website DNJournal.com, the results for the live domain name auction which took place at NamesCon Europe have been released with a total net sales volume of $297,000.00 from 55 domains sold. There are still hundreds of names which remain available online only until the auction ends on July 2, 2019. For a list of the names sold and their prices as reported on DNJournal.com click here. In my opinion, while it’s still 'politically … [Read more...]
Relaunch of Domain Name Auction for NAMESCON 2019 Closes May 14-15th
PALM BEACH – A final chance remains for domains included in the NAMESCON GLOBAL live auction which was held this past January in Las Vegas. According to an email send out last week, the auction will end between Tuesday and Wednesday of next week. Names that are listed for sale include premium domain names such as the two character .com, "XU.COM" and other premium names “IBF.COM”, “COLLEGELOANS.COM”, “SENIORDATING.COM”, “SINGLEMEN.COM” and of course, many … [Read more...]
NamesCon 2019 Domain Auction Returns from Explosive Year of $2.4 Million is Sales
PALM BEACH – What do you do when a live and online auction produces lackluster results? Why, you re-run it again a couple of months later (Just kidding - As soon as I saw the title of the email, Back by “Popular Demand”, I thought, yea right – but NUMBERS my friends, do not lie, and those numbers show that Domaining, is indeed very much alive and well; at least at NamesCon it is.) Yesterday, NameJet.com and RightOfTheDot.com announced via email and a formal press … [Read more...]
Industry Event, NamesCon 2019, Comes to Tropicana Las Vegas, Saturday, January 26
NEW YORK, NY – In another month or so, just after the holidays, domain name professionals, enthusiasts and others in the Internet industry will begin getting ready for another round of the world’s largest domain name conference, NamesCon 2019 in Las Vegas. This year it will again be hosted at the Tropicana Las Vegas, on Las Vegas Boulevard, right where the busy area of the strip begins, but word in and around the Industry is that this will be the final year of the venue being … [Read more...]
Top 100 LLL.net 3 Letter Domain Sales So Far This Year (01/02/2017 – 05/20/2017)
NEW YORK, NY – According to NameBio, there were a total of 846 reported LLL.net domain sales so far this year. The highest reported sales were the domains “dgh.net” for $24,000.00 with the second place name as “cha.net” for $20,000.00. 3 Letter .net domain names are hard to come by and you’ll never see them on sites like ExpiredDomains.net. They are quickly snapped up before they drop completely. Below are the top 100 LLL.net domain sales of this year which reflect … [Read more...]
Top 100 .Net Domain Name Sales So Far This Year (01/02/2017 – 05/28/2017)
NEW YORK, NY - According to NameBio, there were a total of 1,636 reported .net domain sales so far this year. The highest reported sales were 16.net for $60,000.00 with the second place name as esports.net for $50,000.00. It looks like there is still some decent sales on .net domains here and there. 12 of these domain names sold at NamesCon. Below are the top .net domain name sales of this year based on data from NameBio. 42 (nearly half) of all sales which took place … [Read more...]
The Domain Business: An American Dream and Reality of .Com Domaining
Below are some of the best videos on the domain business that I have ever seen. These stories lend credibility to what domainers work towards each day. I’ve been in the domain business for over a decade and I had not seen two out of three of these videos so I am sure there are others who have not seen them either and would love to watch them. These videos articulate the reason that the domain business, a relatively unknown industry, is one of the most exciting and lucrative … [Read more...]