Category: domain aftermarket

Failed Social Media Platform Domain Sells on Sedo for $70k

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… Continue reading Failed Social Media Platform Domain Sells on Sedo for $70k

Irish Media Covers Domain Sales

Ireland red grunge round vintage rubber stamp.Ireland stamp.Ireland round stamp.Ireland grunge stamp.Ireland.Ireland vintage stamp.

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… Continue reading 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… Continue reading 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… Continue reading 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… Continue reading Domain Guardians Confirm 7 Figure Offer On Australian City Domains

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… Continue reading 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… Continue reading 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.com mundo.com frenchkissing.net and several others …… Continue reading GeoDomain Auction Adds More High Profile Domains

Exit mobile version