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02/28/2009 12:07 AM

Toys.com sells for $5.1 million in heated domain auction

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’ [...]

02/26/2009 05:13 PM

LLL.com Domains Reach New Low

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 [...]

02/05/2009 01:33 PM

Security Alert from Sedo

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 [...]

02/04/2009 11:25 PM

Fly.com sells for $1.76 million

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 [...]

01/31/2009 03:53 AM

In 2008, Premium Domain Values Dropped By 11% While End User Sales & Development Increased By 76.42%

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 [...]

01/05/2009 04:32 AM

2008: A Year That All Domainers Will Remember

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 [...]

11/27/2008 05:27 PM

"If Only I Had Been Around in 2008"

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 [...]

11/27/2008 05:02 AM

Kredit.de sells for $1.17 million

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, [...]

11/12/2008 04:20 PM

LowFare.com Leads Domain Sales Charts

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 [...]

09/11/2008 11:47 PM

The Latest Domain Statistics

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 [...]

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