The RightoftheDot.com domain name auction on the 4.cn platform as part of the Domainfest.asia conference generated over $871,000 in sales. All sales were led by a three number .com, 586.com which sold for $416,000 The two next highest sales, zhou.com and 8.xyz were both listed at no reserve. Several of the domain name sales occurred, as they often do after the domain auction concluded … [Read more...]
Last Call: 6 Number .Com’s: Less than 8K Left Out of 1 Million
If you're considering registering any 6 number Ccom domains (NNNNNN.com) I'm going calling "Last Call'. As of publication less than 8,000 NNNNNN.com remain available for registration. The possible number of 6 numbered .com domains is 1,000,000 including the dreaded number 4 and zero. We would expect all of these domain name to be registered by the end of the weekend. There is a huge … [Read more...]
Bloomberg: “Candidates Continue to Miss Obvious Domain Registrations”
Bloomberg just published another post on presidential candidates and the domain names they failed to register. In a post BNA.com calls out Jeb Bush for failing to register the matching domain of his "new campaign slogan--“Jeb Can Fix It!” "Jimmy Flanagan, a 2014 candidate for the Austin, Texas, City Council, had registered the domain name out from under the candidate." "Bush isn’t … [Read more...]
RightofTheDot/Namescon Domain Auction Is Opened for Submissions
RightoftheDot.com is holding a live and online auction with Namejet.com from the Namescon conference. RightoftheDot.com has now formally opened up submission for the auction. We are looking for great domain names, especially one word .com and new gTLD'sm along with short domains in all extensions, along with brand domains, category killers, Geographic domains. Domains should have a low … [Read more...]
Report: Vegas.com Bought LasVegas.com in 2005 For Up To $90 Million Dollars
George Kirikos spotted an SEC document showing that Vegas.com purchased LasVegas.com in 2005, for what could be up to a $90 Million Dollars. "In June 2005 , VEGAS.com, LLC entered into an agreement for the purchase of LasVegas.com on the following terms: The agreement specified that a $12,000,000, one-time payment be made upon execution of the agreement along with monthly payments of … [Read more...]
Former VP of ICANN Hired By Facebook For “New Domain Name System Strategy & Management Team”
Denise Michel who was formerly with ICANN as VP of Strategic Initiatives and Advisor to the President, has been hired by Facebook to work on Facebook's new "Domain Name System Strategy and Management Team" which she says "will help improve the global framework for domain names, IP addresses, numbers and related elements." Denise "will be working across Facebook departments and collaborating … [Read more...]
There Goes Another Two Letter .Com To China: Telepathy Sells WG.com
The domain name WG.com has sold to a Chinese buyer. WG.com was owned by Nat Cohen's Telepathy.com and is now over at GoldenName.com (4.cn) Earlier today we reported that the domain name Ak.com appears to have sold as the site where the domain was listed for sale at just short of $5 Million dollars was updated to note that the domain had been sold. A couple of readers to thedomains.com … [Read more...]