Pool has announced today another two wins in Europe. They’ve been contracted to handle the auctions for both .wien (Vienna the capital of Austria) and .tirol (Tyrol, which is a region in Austria). They previously announced they’d been selected by . شبكة.(dot Shabaka) and DNS Belgium for .brussels and .vlaanderen. The two Austrian “geo” TLDs will be… Continue reading Pool Wins More Contracts In Europe
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DNS Belgium Chooses Pool.com
DNS Belgium, which is running both .brussels and .vlaanderen have announced their choice of auction provider. They’ve chosen Canadian company Pool.com to handle their domain name auctions for situations where there are more than one applicants for the same domain: During the first phase (‘sunrise 1’) brand owners, authorities, companies and associations can register a… Continue reading DNS Belgium Chooses Pool.com
Right Of The Dot Partner With Escrow.com To Offer New TLD Private Auction Solution
If you have a look at the new TLD applications you’ll quickly see that there are quite a few in competition with each other. ICANN will be sorting out some form of “draw” to see who goes first and there’s also going to be objections, string contention and government “advice”. But one of the things… Continue reading Right Of The Dot Partner With Escrow.com To Offer New TLD Private Auction Solution
190 Premium .Me Domains Up For Grabs
Brands and Jingles are running a special auction over on Sedo for 190 premium .me domains. The starting prices range from $149 to $999, which is pretty low for names that were picked up during the landrush. Interestingly a lot of the names will have a couple of years left on them, which is a… Continue reading 190 Premium .Me Domains Up For Grabs
Megaupload.net Sells On Sedo
From the “kind of weird” department Sedo has sold the domain megaupload.net for 8500 euro according to a report Megaupload.com is still offline The .net wasn’t being used for anything seemingly and is not connected in anyway with the more (in)famous .com
Want a Short Domain? Check Out The .Pro Auction
I’d be the first to admit that I wasn’t exactly enamoured with .pro as an extension due to the registry rules. It seemed to have been setup to serve the US market solely and even then only a small subset of the US would even have been able to deal with the registration requirements. In… Continue reading Want a Short Domain? Check Out The .Pro Auction
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.com Live Auction TRAFFIC Down Under
Aftermarket.com’s live auction for TRAFFIC down under is taking place today. Unlike SnapNames’, Aftermarket.com’s system is 100% browser based and cross-platform, so there are no real barriers to sale ie. if you’ve got a computer, a ‘net connection and the money, you can bid on domains and spend money. As the auction is being held… Continue reading Aftermarket.com Live Auction TRAFFIC Down Under