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The Domains
NameJet.com Reports Over $500K in Sales In December 2015
Namejet.com had over $500K in reportable sales in December. For a domain name to make the list the domain had to sell for $2,000 or more in December and be paid for by the end of the month. 5 of the 6 top sales went to 3 character domain names. In al...
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NameJet.com Reports Over $500K in Sales In December 2015
Namejet.com had over $500K in reportable sales in December. For a domain name to make the list the domain had to sell for $2,000 or more in December and be paid for by the end of the month. 5 of the 6 top sales went to 3 character domain names. In al...
Discussion
January 4, 2017, 10:10 pm
The Domains
The Domain King Is Now The King Of Deplorables
Rick Schwartz, who is know as and has a US trademark on the term “Domain King” is now certainly the King of “Deplorables” In the 2016 President election the term “Deplorables” gained amazing traction after Hillary ...
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The Domain King Is Now The King Of Deplorables
Rick Schwartz, who is know as and has a US trademark on the term “Domain King” is now certainly the King of “Deplorables” In the 2016 President election the term “Deplorables” gained amazing traction after Hillary ...
Discussion
January 4, 2017, 8:59 pm
Domain Name Wire
Toby Clements is back, and this is what he has to say
Toby Clements hopes to reboot after running into financial trouble. Last week David Clements announced changes to his domain brokering service Brannans to focus on only bigger ticket domain names rather than daily newsletter sales. As part of this, h...
Discussion
Toby Clements is back, and this is what he has to say
Toby Clements hopes to reboot after running into financial trouble. Last week David Clements announced changes to his domain brokering service Brannans to focus on only bigger ticket domain names rather than daily newsletter sales. As part of this, h...
Discussion
January 4, 2017, 7:09 pm
Domain Shane
AUCTION RECAP OF JANUARY 3, 2017
A comprehensive look at the final auction prices, closeouts and more from the auction list posted on January 3, 2017. If there is an asterisk (*) next to a price, it means that the name was at auction from a private seller (rather than an ...
Discussion
AUCTION RECAP OF JANUARY 3, 2017
A comprehensive look at the final auction prices, closeouts and more from the auction list posted on January 3, 2017. If there is an asterisk (*) next to a price, it means that the name was at auction from a private seller (rather than an ...
Discussion
January 4, 2017, 4:56 pm
Domain Name Wire
comScore gets Reverse Domain Name Hijacking win
Canadian firm tries to take away comScore’s Markescore.com domain, but fails miserably. It’s not often that you find a large company like analytics service comScore on the receiving end of a UDRP. But the company was recently forced to de...
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comScore gets Reverse Domain Name Hijacking win
Canadian firm tries to take away comScore’s Markescore.com domain, but fails miserably. It’s not often that you find a large company like analytics service comScore on the receiving end of a UDRP. But the company was recently forced to de...
Discussion
January 4, 2017, 4:39 pm
Domain Name Wire
End user domain sales up to $133,000 (and one by Barack Obama)
A pharma company spends $133,000, and Barack Obama’s Organizing for Action buys a three letter .us domain. December is usually a good sales month but the latter half is also affected by the holidays. This week Sedo sent us two weeks of of sales...
Discussion
End user domain sales up to $133,000 (and one by Barack Obama)
A pharma company spends $133,000, and Barack Obama’s Organizing for Action buys a three letter .us domain. December is usually a good sales month but the latter half is also affected by the holidays. This week Sedo sent us two weeks of of sales...
Discussion
January 4, 2017, 4:23 pm
Domain Name Wire
Pheenix increases expired domain backorder prices
Price will go up another $10 this month. As the arms race for catching dropping domain names escalates, expired domain catcher Pheenix is raising its prices. The company announced that the price of “gold” .com backorders will increase to ...
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Pheenix increases expired domain backorder prices
Price will go up another $10 this month. As the arms race for catching dropping domain names escalates, expired domain catcher Pheenix is raising its prices. The company announced that the price of “gold” .com backorders will increase to ...
Discussion
January 4, 2017, 2:22 pm
The Domains
The Top 5 for 1-3-17
The Top 5 is a daily look at the top 5 sales from the previous day. These are sales recorded by Namebio. The first business day of the new year showed modest sales/closes. The top transaction was ScarletLetter.com at $3,250. The domain was registered...
Discussion
The Top 5 for 1-3-17
The Top 5 is a daily look at the top 5 sales from the previous day. These are sales recorded by Namebio. The first business day of the new year showed modest sales/closes. The top transaction was ScarletLetter.com at $3,250. The domain was registered...
Discussion
January 4, 2017, 1:57 pm
Domain Shane
DSAD.com: Domain Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Wednesday January 4th
The staycation ended for me yesterday. It was probably the best 10 days off I’ve ever had. My wife and daughter were both off and we stayed at home for 10 days and just goofed around. A movie here a football game there...
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DSAD.com: Domain Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Wednesday January 4th
The staycation ended for me yesterday. It was probably the best 10 days off I’ve ever had. My wife and daughter were both off and we stayed at home for 10 days and just goofed around. A movie here a football game there...
Discussion
January 4, 2017, 10:29 am
Domain Shane
Domain Flips (Drove.com, Cuz.net) and Flops (JX.de, HomeLearning.com)
Below is another look at a few recent domain flips and flops, with data courtesy of NameBio. Flips Drove.com sold for 18,500 USD recently at Sedo, vs 12,000 USD on 2008-07-16 at Afternic. Not a great return at 30% after commission over 8 years. New o...
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Domain Flips (Drove.com, Cuz.net) and Flops (JX.de, HomeLearning.com)
Below is another look at a few recent domain flips and flops, with data courtesy of NameBio. Flips Drove.com sold for 18,500 USD recently at Sedo, vs 12,000 USD on 2008-07-16 at Afternic. Not a great return at 30% after commission over 8 years. New o...
Discussion
January 3, 2017, 10:49 pm
