Toys ‘R’ Us is the lucky winner of Toys.com. The domain was bought by the toy store chain in a heated phone auction that took place earlier today at the final bid of $5.1 million. DirectNavigation blogged live from the auction here.
According to Domain Name Wire, the following bidders participated in the auction:
1-800-Diapers
Toys ‘R’ […]
The following no-reserve domain auctions just ended on Sedo's most recent Greatdomains auction:
KXV.com - $3,000
KFQ.com - $3,000
KQH.com - $3,000
KBQ.com - $3,100
SJQ.com - $3,300
JXV.com - $3,600
SOL.com attracted 13 bids, the highest being 15,500 euros, but the reserve was not met. COP.com attracted 3 bids, the highest being $20,500, but the reserve was not met either.
According to […]
Sedo just sent out the following security alert:
We have been informed that due to a security problem at one of our competitors a list of their customer data including plaintext passwords is currently circulating on the web including relevant hacker forums.
Our Security and Compliance Team has found several of our own customers matching the publicly […]
DNJournal's latest Top 20 chart of domain sales prices is shown below.
Fly.com leads the list with an amazing $1,760,000 sale. The domain was brokered by Sedo and bought by TravelZoo, a publicly listed company. TravelZoo plans to use the domain to launch a travel search engine later this month.
Brian Clark, senior vice president and […]
Premium domain names continue to be an outstanding investment. This is nothing new to domain investors, and despite a recent slowdown in the reseller market, the actual numbers confirm that the end user market remains strong.
Looking at DNJournal's List of Top 100 Reported Sales of 2006, 2007 and 2008, the top 100 median sales […]
2008 was a very unique year in the domaining industry. The popularity of domaining continued to rise even as prices dropped. Increasing numbers of end users noticed the value of domains as well and there were quite a few astonishing sales reported throughout the year. At the same time, domain parking came to a virtual […]
The word is out: The domaining bubble has finally burst. Many domainers are short on cash and prices are falling across the board. What created the bubble, how did it end, and is there a way to profit from the slowing economy and financial crisis?
The Components of a Seductive Bubble
A significant percentage of the domaining […]
DNJournal's latest Top 20 chart of domain sales prices is shown below.
Kredit.de (German for "credit" or "loan") leads the list with an amazing $1,169,175 sale. The domain was bought by Unister GmbH of Leipzig, Germany, a company which also owns Geld.de ("money") and Auto.de.
Other noteworthy sales include:
LOTO.com for $91,331 (LOTO is both a typo of, […]
DNJournal's latest Top 20 chart of domain sales prices is shown below.
LowFare.com leads the list with an amazing $365,000 sale, closely followed by Banners.com, which sold for $360,000. Both domains sold on Sedo. Alice.com was acquired by Brian Wiegand and Mark McGuire in a private transaction. They will use the domain for their coming online […]
VeriSign released the latest issue (PDF file) of its quarterly Domain Industry Brief, providing us with an update on the latest domain statistics.
By the end of June 2008, there were more than 168 million registered domains, which represents a growth of 22% over the preceding 12 month period.
In terms of registrations, .com […]