So a gentleman named Martin O'Leary, created a game based on an idea by Holly Gramazio. The site is very simple, it shows two names and it's your job to guess which one costs more? Most of the names I saw were owned by Huge Domains and one of them referring.com was owned by Frank Schilling. I went 8 rounds of the game and it's just meant to be a time waster, (no prizes or … [Read more...]
An interesting way to get people interested in domaining
Sometimes there are no words for a domain investor related video. You just let the cheesy waft over you. So sit back and watch a couple videos and relax. "I would say these videos are not appropriate if you have your children around, nothing terrible, but some language you might not want your kids hearing." Jamie Lewis is an Internet marketer and is the guy behind domainerelite.com. His video … [Read more...]
So $1,999 for 83.com anyone ?
With the help of Josh (legendaryJP) we confirmed that Diana Pitcher did sell DWN.com for 2,999 Euros, this was the suggested price she received when adding her name to Sedo. Domain investors know to skip these suggestions, some use them for comic fodder. But there are real consequences for the rest of the public who have no idea what domain names are worth. I took a look at some other names … [Read more...]
MotorcycleHelmets.com sold by GoDaddy – A look back at the previous negotiation
Michael Berkens purchased MotorcycleHelmets.com back in 2010, and it looks like GoDaddy/Namefind just sold the domain to a buyer using privacy protection at Name.com. The domain was bought in January 2010 at the TRAFFIC Las Vegas Auction. The domain was actually listed with a $50K reserve but immediately after it didn’t meet reserve Mike asked Rick Latona (the auction company) to reach out … [Read more...]
From PenguinSex.com to Harbor.com – Readers Shared Their Top Domains
So we did something last week that TheDomains had never done in it's 9 year existence. We let the readers take over and tell everyone what their best name was and how much they wanted for it. People had the opportunity to post their true thoughts without worry about being bashed. I probably deleted/did not approve 30 comments, which was on the light side, I expected more, especially considering … [Read more...]
The ROTD Domain Auction At Namescon Tops $5.5 Million In Bids
The RightoftheDot.com domain name auction being held live/online on January 11, 2016 has now topped $5.5 Million in Pre-bidding on Namejet.com In all there are 325 domain names with at least one bid and about 250 of those have more than one bid. About 125 domain names will be in the live auction with the rest staying opened for bidding on Namejet.com until January 21st. There are 12 … [Read more...]
DNPric.es Database Of Domain Sales Tops 1M: Total Sales Tops $1.6 Billion
DNPric.es database of domain name sales passed over 1,000,000 historic records. According to the developer of the site, not only it makes DNPric.es, the first one to gather so much public entries in one place, it is also times bigger than any other known data provider. According to the statistics section on the site: "The database has 1,089,771 sales records of 1,015,189 domain names … [Read more...]