Archive for June, 2008

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Sedo Sales of the week up to June 23rd

Monday, June 30th, 2008

Selected Sedo sales of the week till June 23rd after the jump. Domain name Price Currency Translation Type blonde.com 99000 USD alpari.com 65000 USD nwn.com 22500 USD brillen.com 10600 EUR [...]

Don t Panic. Now is the Time to Invest.

Saturday, June 28th, 2008

Much like in the stock market, the time to buy in the domain market is when domains are “on sale.”
Fear. Worry. Panic.
Those are common words to describe the U.S. stock market these days. And it’s becoming the word of the day in the domain name market.
Over the past few weeks I’ve shifted much of [...]

NameJet.com - Employees Not Allowed to Bid

Saturday, June 28th, 2008

There’s a bit of controversy swirling around the expiring domain name after-market as reports of “insider bidding” have been raised at NamePros and DomainNameWire.com. According to DomainNameWire the topic of NSI and Enom employees bidding at NameJet was discussed with an employee over the phone. Enom Sr. VP Taryn Naidu informed DomainNameNews.com that this [...]

Early Domain News And Stuff For 06/26/08

Friday, June 27th, 2008

20 web domain name to go for 1m Dot TK - Free domain names with no strings attached Stuff: Yahoo’s board doing a heck of a job, Yahoo says Google, @ 10 years, is looking for more Microsoft’s war against Google Ticketmaster looks to master ticket resale domain [...]

Sedo and Pool Explain Employee Policies for Bidding

Thursday, June 26th, 2008

Sedo has strict policy on domain speculation, Pool outlines rules.
Many people (63 comments and counting) have commented on Domain Name Wire’s article about GoDaddy letting its employees bid on domain name auctions on its site. Several readers e-mailed requests for information on other companies’ policies. Here’s what I’ve found:
Sedo - Sedo places perhaps [...]

NameJet.com - Employees Not Allowed to Bid

Saturday, June 21st, 2008

There’s a bit of controversy swirling around the expiring domain name after-market as reports of “insider bidding” have been raised at NamePros and DomainNameWire.com. According to DomainNameWire the topic of NSI and Enom employees bidding at NameJet was discussed with an employee over the phone. Enom Sr. VP Taryn Naidu informed DomainNameNews.com that this [...]

ICA Establishes Its Presence In Europe

Saturday, June 21st, 2008

The Internet Commerce Association (ICA) has announced, with the support of EuroDNS, it will start a sister organization in Europe. The Internet Commerce Association-Europe (ICA-EU) will be located in Luxembourg, providing ICA with a better opportunity to represent its members throughout the region. Domainers’ investments are being challenged from all directions - whether its a [...]

Domain Name Wire Reader Feedback

Friday, June 20th, 2008

Feedback will help shape the future of Domain Name Wire.
I’d like to personally thank everyone who provided feedback to Domain Name Wire through the survey over the past couple weeks. The feedback is extremely valuable and will be incorporated into the site.
Most people said they wouldn’t change a thing, but several people made constructive [...]

Bido Domain Auction Preview

Wednesday, June 18th, 2008

As announced earlier, Bido, the low-reserve one domain a day auction, is set for launch tomorrow, June 18th. Sahar Sarid, Dan Kimball and Sean Stafford were so kind to walk us through the site. The main features of the new site are: 1 domain auction per day 7 days a week Starting at 1pm [...]

Tucows Will Use Afternic To Auction Expiring Domains

Monday, June 16th, 2008

Tucows has chosen Afternic as their exclusive partner for auctioning their daily inventory of expiring domains. When Tucows decided to end their in-house drop auction, there were questions regarding where they would send their domains. After some investigative work by DotWeekly and an official announcement on the Afternic frontpage, the answer is now clear. [via [...]

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