When sex.com sold for a reported, but never confirmed, $14million back in 2006, everyone thought it was the end of a (very) long story.
After all this domain history is so complex that even a book has been written on it!
It looks like the story is not complete yet.
Poker.org Sold for $1 Million
Sedo recently brokered the largest .org sale to date for A-1 National Advertising. Poker.org was sold to PokerCompany.com for $1 million. Prior to this, the highest sale of a .org was $198,000 for engineering.org, followed by sexe.org for $151,400. The … Read More
AlexanderMcQueenFashions.com for sale on eBay
Alexander McQueen, a top English fashion designer known for his amazing designs passed away on February 11th, 2010, aged 40. On the same day as his death the domain name InMemoryOfAlexanderMcQueen.com was registered and then placed on eBay for US … Read More
MTV Domain Names Dispute
Low cost domains can be high value
One recommended strategy is to focus on mid to high cost domains and sell them in the long term for a very high amount of money. After all, your only yearly cost is a few dollars. However, it can be … Read More
Stricter .CN Regulations Lead to Registration Drop
CNINIC (.CN Registry) has recently introduced stricter regulations for registering .CN domains. As a results, some Chinese businesses and website owners are looking elsewhere when registering domain names. The new regulations require that .CN domains be registered with the Chinese … Read More
Off To Domainer Mardi Gras
The domain conference schedule has been crazy with back to back events. From TRAFFIC in Las Vegas to DOMAINfest in Santa Monica and now getting ready for the Domainer Mardi Gras conference in New Orleans. These past two weeks has been an incredible experience making new friends, … Read More
Watch your TLD’s when buying domains
New TLD‘s are continually being added and it can be easy to get caught up in these. A generic name, such as ‘shoes.com’ can prove to be a good investment but a domain of another TLD, such as shoes.do or … Read More
.mobi
.mobi is a sponsored TLD which provides the Internet to mobile phones. .mobi domains are made to be viewed on mobile phone screens. .mobi registry is sponsored by Nokia, Samsung, T-Mobile, VISA, Vodafone, Afilias, Ericsson, Microsoft, Google and other international … Read More
ActiveAudience Becomes SmartName
The domain parking service, ActiveAudience recently moved all its services and users to SmartName. For previous ActiveAudience users, this means access to many more features (check out activeaudience.com for details). ActiveAudience users can use their existing login details to use … Read More
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