Another Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda: How Getting 15K For Pepe.com May Have Hurt a Little

March 11, 2010

I don’t know the seller of Pepe.com and I don’t know what they paid for it…but I do know human nature. When you sell something to someone and they immediately turn it around for a huge profit, you kick yourself. You don’t really care that you didn’t have the contacts, the ability, or even the [...]

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Today’s DDD: Daily Domain Drops

March 11, 2010

Ahh, nothing like the combination of upping the mileage for marathon training (now at 50 miles a week), springtime at the nursery, and two new online projects, to wear a person out. There have been some GREAT plant domains dropping lately but not a ton of good names today. Picked up GoldIris (d com) a [...]

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Huffington Post Gets In On Top Domain Name Story

March 11, 2010

With the buzz circulating around the upcoming Sex.com sale, mainstream press is picking up the story of “the world’s most expensive domains”. Several people contacted us to tell us about CNN running the Sex.com domain sale on the ticker this morning.
Now HuffPo is getting in on the story with their take on the top domain [...]

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DM2, The Conference: Sold Out

March 10, 2010

The conference portion of Domain Madness 2 has quickly sold out – although that is more because of the very limited number of spaces.
Most of last year’s attendees will be with us and we invite all of you to join us online for our live auction finale at the Palms on March 23rd.
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Looking for Users That Click Ads Twice As Often? Find a 2-11 Year Old

March 10, 2010

Domainers and website owners have known it for years, young kids have no idea what is a paid ad and what is just a link. Studies over the last 10 years have pointed to data showing they will click at much higher rates than other age groups. According to the latest data from video ad [...]

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This is Why I Don’t Mess With IDNs

March 10, 2010

I don’t have enough space on my desk for the keyboard
This is Why I Don’t Mess With IDNs originally appeared on Domain Shane on March 10, 2010.

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Retweet.com Sells for $250,000

March 10, 2010

As reported by Mashable Retweet.com Sold for $250,000 on the Flippa.com market place. After receiving bids by 34 bidders up to $202,000, a new bidder joined the auction and bought the site domain for its listed BIN (buy it now) price of $250,000. The identity of the buyer has yet to be revealed.
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Got an Offer? History Says Push it to Auction

March 9, 2010

Our recent call for submissions got me thinking about when might be the right time to offer up a domain in a public auction. What would be the single premo moment to put it out, get it promoted, make everyone ‘aware’ of its presence and price and value?
In my experience with public auctions, I think [...]

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Sedo Weekly Sales Chart topped by Guagua.com for $100,000 USD

March 9, 2010

Sedo sold Guagua.com (several meanings possible) for $100,000. Other notable sales include risultati.it (Results in Italian) for 32,000 Euro (appx. $43,000) Gastronomie.com (gastronomy in German) for 35,000 Euro (appx. 47,500 USD) and Pepe.com for $45,000. According to Domain Name Wire, the domain name had been bought by Francois of Domaining.com on Bido for $15,000 just [...]

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I Sold a Domain…at a Rest Stop

March 9, 2010

If you skip through the articles archived here on the site, you’ll find we have tried to be open and straightforward about auctions and the auction process. We’ve attempted, on several occasions, to add some insight to bidding and buyers, results, selections and submissions.
In terms of submission, the subject here, there is an odd variable that [...]

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