A few years ago when Twitter was on the rise the social media company started imposing limitations on their API. What this meant was that many 3rd party developers found themselves restricted and inevitably they complained. Some people felt strongly that a social media platform should exist that wasn't constrained by commercial requirements and that instead of advertising sales … [Read more...] about Failed Social Media Platform Domain Sells on Sedo for $70k
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Irish Media Covers Domain Sales
Fora, which is run by the same people as "The Journal", published a piece over the weekend on Irish companies and domains.It's not often that the Irish media, either online or offline, covers domains, so it's worth a quick read.The piece talks about how the guy behind IT.ie paid over €10k to acquire the domain in the short domain auction earlier this year. IEDR have not … [Read more...] about Irish Media Covers Domain Sales
Web Summit Acquire The .Com For Undisclosed Sum
Web Summit founder Paddy Cosgrave announced via Facebook and Twitter that the company had acquired websummit.com for an undisclosed sum.Apparently they'd been negotiating the acquisition for the last 5 years.The domain has been registered since November 2001, which is long before Web Summit's first event was held in Dublin.The domain had switched registrars several … [Read more...] about Web Summit Acquire The .Com For Undisclosed Sum
Irish Company Invests 500k In Domain Name
It's not often that I get to write about Irish companies investing in domain names, but apparently today is the day ..Silicon Republic and other outlets are reporting on the acquisition of teamwork.com by Cork company Digital Crew for €500k.They're quoting Digital Crew's Peter Coppinger on the timeline for the acquisition: “Negotiations took over two years … [Read more...] about Irish Company Invests 500k In Domain Name
Domain Guardians Confirm 7 Figure Offer On Australian City Domains
A couple of weeks back Domain Guardians announced they were brokering the sale of several Australian city domains. These weren't the domains associated with small little towns that nobody would have heard of, but a set of high value premium domains including Sydney.com.au, Brisbane.com.au and Melbourne.com.au.Australian media is now reporting that they've received an offer … [Read more...] about Domain Guardians Confirm 7 Figure Offer On Australian City Domains
Sedo CEO To Step Down
Sedo's CEO Tim Schumacher has announced that he will be stepping aside.The announcement came this afternoon via his Twitter account: After 11 years, I will soon retire as CEO of Sedo and transition to the supervisory board. What a change for both me personally and Sedo So who will be taking the reins at Sedo? … [Read more...] about Sedo CEO To Step Down
Get Independent Domain Statistics – For Free!
Some ideas are so incredibly simple, yet they solve a very obvious problem.One such problem is domain name statistics.In this case I'm talking about parked domains. If you buy and sell domains it can help both parties to know how much traffic (and revenue) a domain is actually getting - as opposed to what the seller might like you to think. And of course getting those figures … [Read more...] about Get Independent Domain Statistics – For Free!
IEDR Annual Report 2008 – More Fluff
So what does a ccTLD operator do when they're worried about cashflow?They go off and spend thousands on a glossy annual report obviously!The IEDR's annual report and review for 2008 is the glossiest one they've produced to date. As usual it contains plenty of fluff while ignoring anything of substance.In the Chairman's introductory statement they reveal that:"The board has … [Read more...] about IEDR Annual Report 2008 – More Fluff
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.commundo.comfrenchkissing.netand several others ... If you're … [Read more...] about 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 people working in the adult internet industry. What made this auction a … [Read more...] about Rick Latona Adult Domain Auction Yields Mixed Results