The 10 year old domain TrumpForPresident.com closed at $1,526 yesterday afternoon. Only 7 bidders participated in the auction which GoDaddy valued at $3,548. The domain had been under privacy for years, the last known registrant was a Jeff Nesler who seems to dabble in political domains, he owned Politics2012.com at the time and Politics2016.com, 2012 was caught by DropCatch and is now a parked … [Read more...]
Will seller take a loss on Travel.Agency?
In one of the more publicized new gtld auctions back in 2016, Ali Zandi sold Travel.Agency on Flippa for $9,999. There was a big discussion about the sale on Namepros, 79 posts deep. The winner of the auction was playing with fantasy money. Roman Edmond won $3million in the FanDuel 2015 World Fantasy Football Championship. It seems now that the buyer is looking to sell the name after holding … [Read more...]
NameJet July sales led by Inmuebles.com
NameJet released their July sales and inmuebles.com was the top sale at $55,200. Spitfire.com was number two at $42,800. 3L.com always a popular category, took 4 out of the top 10. 3171.com was the top selling numeric at … [Read more...]
Simple question – Are you planning to still do business with NameJet
Obviously the biggest story in domaining this week was NameJet. There was some shady behavior uncovered, there were some that jumped to conclusions that may have proven to be premature or wrong. I tend to agree with Shane Cultra when he said the industry needs NameJet. The industry needs well run, properly monitored auction sites. Now some called for a blackballing of those dealing with NameJet … [Read more...]
Our Post About Namejet’s PR On Shill Bidding From 2009: “What Happened At SnapNames Could Not Happen Here”
I was looking back through some posts over the years that we wrote relating to the SnapNames bidding Scandal and found this one which I wrote arising from a from November 2009 press release by Namejet. Our post was entitled "Namejet Plays The “This Can’t Happen To Us” Card & That’s Troubling". We cautioned Namejet that "Shill bidding" could take many forms and it was the time to be … [Read more...]
Are you satisfied with NameJet’s changes?
NameJet put out a press release tonight, letting everyone know what changes they plan to make. Are you satisfied by the their announcement or what else would you like to see? Are you satisfied with NameJet's announcement? Yes No quiz generator Shill Bidding Update And Platform Improvements Friday, July 21, 2017 Jacksonville, FL Our thanks … [Read more...]
Namepros member questions if people are bidding on own auctions at NameJet?
WebQuest started a thread at Namepros that is picking up steam fast. The topic is on people bidding on their own names at NameJet. Once in awhile I see people bidding on their own domains at NJ. I would think it would be frowned upon. Today's seems more obvious than normal. Or am I missing something here? Airlinejobs.com owned by Andy Booth at Booth.com and high bidder is BQDNcom (James … [Read more...]