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The Domains
Namejet.com Reports Almost $2.8 Million In Sales For February 2016
Namejet.com has posted its February 2016 sales data . In all Namejet.com sold 287 domain names for $2k and above for a total of $2,787,626. To be included in the report the domain must have sold for $2,000 or more and have been paid and closed before...
Discussion
Namejet.com Reports Almost $2.8 Million In Sales For February 2016
Namejet.com has posted its February 2016 sales data . In all Namejet.com sold 287 domain names for $2k and above for a total of $2,787,626. To be included in the report the domain must have sold for $2,000 or more and have been paid and closed before...
Discussion
March 3, 2016, 2:30 pm
The Domains
Sedo Transactions Total $1.2M; 61% Were Buy It Now
Over the past week, 698 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.2m. 61% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: Top .com: vkn.com at 24,900 USD Top ccTLD: weltlitera...
Discussion
Sedo Transactions Total $1.2M; 61% Were Buy It Now
Over the past week, 698 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.2m. 61% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: Top .com: vkn.com at 24,900 USD Top ccTLD: weltlitera...
Discussion
March 3, 2016, 2:02 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy’s annual report re-confirms $35.5 million price for Berkens’ portfolio
Company paid about $500 per domain to acquire Michael Berkens’ domain name portfolio. GoDaddy filed its annual report with the SEC today, and it confirms (or re-confirms) that the company paid $35.5 million to acquire Michael Berkens’ dom...
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GoDaddy’s annual report re-confirms $35.5 million price for Berkens’ portfolio
Company paid about $500 per domain to acquire Michael Berkens’ domain name portfolio. GoDaddy filed its annual report with the SEC today, and it confirms (or re-confirms) that the company paid $35.5 million to acquire Michael Berkens’ dom...
Discussion
March 3, 2016, 1:05 pm
Domain Shane
DSAD.com: Domain Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Thursday, Mar 3rd
Some decent names on the list today. I have to admit I have been concentrating on adding more keywords to my portfolio lately. Josh has been teaching me a lot about his brand name strategy and what’s been working for him. I h...
Discussion
DSAD.com: Domain Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Thursday, Mar 3rd
Some decent names on the list today. I have to admit I have been concentrating on adding more keywords to my portfolio lately. Josh has been teaching me a lot about his brand name strategy and what’s been working for him. I h...
Discussion
March 3, 2016, 10:06 am
Domain Shane
AUCTION RECAP, 2nd of March 2016
The Daily recap of Shane’s Auction Picks, the 2nd of March 2016 Auction Quick Recap Busy day at work today, sometimes it sucks getting up in the middle of the night to go on calls and sometimes the calls just suck, but most of the time it&...
Discussion
AUCTION RECAP, 2nd of March 2016
The Daily recap of Shane’s Auction Picks, the 2nd of March 2016 Auction Quick Recap Busy day at work today, sometimes it sucks getting up in the middle of the night to go on calls and sometimes the calls just suck, but most of the time it&...
Discussion
March 3, 2016, 9:52 am
Domain Shane
Emergence of Quad-Premium LLLL.coms – With Oliver Hoger and Jack Kalfayan
Back on June 30th, 2015 I featured an article written by domain investor Oliver Holger about why LLLL.com with No Vowels or V should be worth 2.5 times what they were at that point in time. More than half the comments at that time said th...
Discussion
Emergence of Quad-Premium LLLL.coms – With Oliver Hoger and Jack Kalfayan
Back on June 30th, 2015 I featured an article written by domain investor Oliver Holger about why LLLL.com with No Vowels or V should be worth 2.5 times what they were at that point in time. More than half the comments at that time said th...
Discussion
March 2, 2016, 11:40 pm
Domain Shane
Flippa – A Look Forward: L7.com Hits Reserve. Vodkas.com, DigitalMedia.com, More
Reserve Met and Will Sell L7.com – Unbelievable name to come up at no reserve. The name was around $5k over the weekend, and it’s gone up 7x since then and is still moving higher. The last four LN.com domain sales listed on NameBio range ...
Discussion
Flippa – A Look Forward: L7.com Hits Reserve. Vodkas.com, DigitalMedia.com, More
Reserve Met and Will Sell L7.com – Unbelievable name to come up at no reserve. The name was around $5k over the weekend, and it’s gone up 7x since then and is still moving higher. The last four LN.com domain sales listed on NameBio range ...
Discussion
March 2, 2016, 10:10 pm
The Domains
Market Recap 3/2/16 Rightside up 2% – Tucows off 3%
Maeket Recap 3/2/16 Quiet day where most stocks were up or down half a percent. Rightside (NAME) was up 2.2% which equates to .19. Tucows (TCX) was down 3% where Endurance Intl (EIGI) was up over 3% Alphabet Inc GOOGL 739.48 -2.69 (-0.36%) Godaddy In...
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Market Recap 3/2/16 Rightside up 2% – Tucows off 3%
Maeket Recap 3/2/16 Quiet day where most stocks were up or down half a percent. Rightside (NAME) was up 2.2% which equates to .19. Tucows (TCX) was down 3% where Endurance Intl (EIGI) was up over 3% Alphabet Inc GOOGL 739.48 -2.69 (-0.36%) Godaddy In...
Discussion
March 2, 2016, 9:53 pm
Domain Shane
Namejet Sells $2.7 Million in Domains in February with Lawn at $240K
Another great month for Namejet and they keep their hold as the top auction house for keyword domains. As expected the three letter and short domains dominated the charts. Here is the list of the domains that sold over $2,000 and yes I wi...
Discussion
Namejet Sells $2.7 Million in Domains in February with Lawn at $240K
Another great month for Namejet and they keep their hold as the top auction house for keyword domains. As expected the three letter and short domains dominated the charts. Here is the list of the domains that sold over $2,000 and yes I wi...
Discussion
March 2, 2016, 8:50 pm
The Domains
Are Domains The New Bitcoin?
One of those in the domain industry whose opinion I greatly respect, Alan Dunn, has made a lot of inroads in equating the value of domain names to commodities at least when it come to those “Chinese Domains”; ultra short domai...
Discussion
Are Domains The New Bitcoin?
One of those in the domain industry whose opinion I greatly respect, Alan Dunn, has made a lot of inroads in equating the value of domain names to commodities at least when it come to those “Chinese Domains”; ultra short domai...
Discussion
March 2, 2016, 8:31 pm
