Earlier today Sedo issued its 2nd Quarter report.
Afternic DLS service works with registrars to allow customer to buy owned domain names through “Instant Transfer Enabled” partners including: eNom.com, Network Solutions.com, Moniker.com Register.com, Name.com, and BulkRegister.com
Tucows.com will be coming on board in the fall.
“Instant Domain Transfer” makes the aftermarket domain purchase akin to that of registering a new domain as buyers gain immediate control of the purchased name, allowing them to launch their online venture without delays.
“We are delighted to offer domain investors a superior choice for domain sales and parking. This is an exciting time for Afternic. As we build momentum toward a unified aftermarket we believe that we will see even stronger growth in the future, benefitting both domain sellers and domain buyers,” said Jason Miner, Senior Vice President at NameMedia and General Manager of Afternic.
Congrats tot he NameMedia team
add godaddy to this group
Nice bump – shaping up to be a solid year.
I wish they would share how much of that 94% was NameMedia inventory.
You have to ask?
Just want to confirm that it’s north of 70%
I firmly believe (and I mean *firmly* believe) that 2009-2010 was a freak space in time for the domain space, where opportunities arose that hadn’t been available since years prior and in all honesty, probably won’t be available again.
After the 2008 meltdown, there was just so much fear, reckoning, washing-out… A lot of portfolio reorienting went on and in that whole maelstrom, names were clearing pending delete (without any backorders) in 2009 that not even two or three years prior would’ve had multiple bidders and fought over as as pre-releases.
Albeit with a different complexion and not quite as ‘epic’, in my opinion 2009/2010 represented a relevant space in time for domain names. Between the drops and the very good aftermarket stuff that was being panic-sold, it was so juicy… and now, that window appears to have closed.
There were an awful lot of people who were so preoccupied with lamenting over the opportunities that weren’t available to them (as far as what guys like Schwartz and Schilling did in the 90’s and early 2000’s) who wound up flouting on a glaring opportunity that was available to them.
Book it- 2009/2010 was a very relevant year for domain name speculating. If .com domains keep their status as king of the hill, new guys 10 years from now will (and should) view 2009 much how we view 2001.
but not so many high priced domains sales, this year, so far
There going have to grow a lot more to compete against a godadddy imo
Jamie fully agree with
@ LS Morgan
Good post. I agree with what you are saying.
I have been buying actively from 2008 – Today. There were some amazing deals that are starting to dry up.
One real world example.
I won a domain on Snap (direct backorder) in 2009 for $59. I sold it to an end user for $2K+. The buyer let the domain expire and it was caught again by Snap a few days ago. This time the auction had several bidders and it cost $300+ for me to win it.
Bad economies are a great buying opportunities for skilled people.
There were lots of millionaires made during the Great Depression from smart investors buying depressed assets.
Brad
“I wish they would share how much of that 94% was NameMedia inventory.”
Looking at how they are priced it has to be alot, but many of them will also be sales from the domains kept back or grabbed by Name.com, Register.com, Enom.com etc (and soon to be Tucows). They use DLS
The registers are doing far better than they used to that’s for sure…hmmm, what happened to all the big weekly snapnames sales?
My “wild guestimate” is that individual domainers probably don’t even represent 20% in total.
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Bad economies are a great buying opportunities for skilled people.
There were lots of millionaires made during the Great Depression from smart investors buying depressed assets.
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They sure are Brad, the wealthy 1% in America are 25% better off since 2008 and the rest are down 25%…recessions are for the poor.
CashisKing.com …but not for much longer, pop goes the markets
(Here’s a realistic preview of what it will be like)
youtube.com/watch?v=xP6lrplBDgw&feature=related
94% is DLS 3rd party names, not o/o inventory. So we are performing for those listing with us.
With 70+ worldwide partners and an exclusive stable of “Instant Transfer” enabled partners DLS distribution, coupled with an experienced sales force and integrated parking program offering 5% Cash Back is delivering for domain investors.