David Clements has left Rick Latona Auctions. By the sounds of things they parted on good terms. It’s unclear what happened, but David’s brother Toby is still with the company. Some more details on Rick’s blog.
Category: auctions
TRAFFIC Las Vegas January 2010
The TRAFFIC conference will be held in the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas from January 21 to 23rd 2010. TRAFFIC, which has been running since 2004, is one of the more popular conference series in the domain industry. 2010 will see the event being held in the US, Europe and Asia –… Continue reading TRAFFIC Las Vegas January 2010
Rick Latona Announces Domains For TRAFFIC Silicon Valley
Rick Latona has made available the list of domains that will be on auction during TRAFFIC Silicon Valley. The list is pretty impressive, but so are the reserve prices! Names on the list include Seoul.com Shows.com (no reserve) Belgium.com French.com Sofas.com Houses.co.uk Palermo.com archers.net The reserve prices vary wildly, from nothing through to over $1… Continue reading Rick Latona Announces Domains For TRAFFIC Silicon Valley
GeoDomain Auction Adds More High Profile Domains
The GeoDomain auction over on Aftermarket.com had some interesting inventory, with names like toweroflondon.com on the table. However the inventory got a lot more interesting in the last 24 hours with the addition of several high value names: ticket.com (starting bids will need to be over $3.3 million) miss.com mundo.com frenchkissing.net and several others …… Continue reading GeoDomain Auction Adds More High Profile Domains
Rick Latona Adult Domain Auction Yields Mixed Results
Domain auctions can be fascinating to watch and predict – though they can be a little dangerous to get involved with. Last night Rick Latona held a live auction with an adult theme. Going under the hammer were a very wide range of not only domain names, but also services (hosting, video editing etc.,) for… Continue reading Rick Latona Adult Domain Auction Yields Mixed Results
Xml.mobi Sells For $430
Short generic domains can be insanely expensive, so it was interesting to see how much xml.mobi would fetch at auction over on Sedo The bidding heated up a bit in the last hour or so, but the domain went under the hammer for a mere $430, which is a lot lower than you might have… Continue reading Xml.mobi Sells For $430
Toys.com Sells To Toys R Us For 5.1 Million
Toys.com has been sold at auction this evening for a staggering $5.1 million! Adam Strong covered the auction live over on Twitter: More coverage over on DomainNameNews.com
Aftermarket Survey Users
Aftermarket.com are currently conducting a survey of their users. If you complete it (and it really does take about 10 minutes) you can enter for a draw to win $500 of credit, which isn’t bad. A lot of the questions relate to how you would like to buy and sell domains via an aftermarket provider,… Continue reading Aftermarket Survey Users
Bido Spam DNForum Users
Image by Getty Images via Daylife While I’ve mentioned Bido in the past, as I thought it was a cool idea, I won’t be in the future. Why not? Because they seem to think it’s ok to send spam to members of DNForum. If you want to market your website spamming people about it is… Continue reading Bido Spam DNForum Users
Bido To Relaunch Next Week
Domain auction site Bido.com, which was forced to close last year due to technical issues, is relaunching next week. The first auction is scheduled for February 19th, with the inventory for upcoming auctions being made available on February 16th. What makes Bido that bit different is their approach. Unlike Sedo and other auction sites which… Continue reading Bido To Relaunch Next Week