Chile Name Market Shakes Up
February 28, 2010 by domainqueen
Filed under Domain News
The serious earthquake in Chile has seen a dramatic rise in domain name purchases in the last 24 hours since the earthquake in that country. Perhaps catching those who hesitated buying Haiti names too long, the Chile relief effort and search engine tornado is happening now. Those owning Chile names and geo related domains might auction them now for highest potential value.
Sun / Oracle to Enter Domain/Hosting Industry
February 28, 2010 by domainqueen
Filed under Domain News, General
Word on the wires is that the new compendium of Oracle after swallowing Sun is giving birth to a great new brainchild. This new bonanza is a crashing spear into the world of domaining; A new domain name registrar and hosting company that will blow the socks off current market leaders (rhymes with Schmoe-daddy). Sparcstations off the forward bow!
No name has been chosen by Sun/Oracle yet, but super secret teams in Cupertino and Mountain View are already clashing over turf. The technical entity will not be in violation of any super secret hosting or redundancy agreements because the new spinoff corporate entity will be a separate company. Sweet! The domainer’s mouth waters at the possible debut deals offered….
Domainers in the know and technical cognoscienti scoff that nobody can toppled the Danica-fronted Big Daddy. But hosting service watchers have heeded the firestorm of complaints that “Schmoe-daddy” customers have. Buying the registrar is the nice part, some domainer running an ICANN-powered fruit stand will make a tidy bundle.
(from Domainowl.com)
Most expensive .eu domain names in the past
February 28, 2010 by Domain News
Filed under Domain Sales
Recently there were a few x,xxx range .eu domain sales and that made me look at previous sale history of .eu domain names.
I have listed most expensive .eu domain sales in the past (reported sales).
Domains |
Prices Sold |
| Hotels.eu | $ 329,509.00 |
| Shopping.eu | $ 196,803.00 |
| Games.eu | $ 95,850.00 |
| Apotheke.eu | $ 81,070.00 |
| OnlineCasino.eu | $ 46,748.00 |
| Blackjack.eu | $ 45,000.00 |
| Telefonbuch.eu | $ 37,800.00 |
| Russia.eu | $ 34,320.00 |
| GPS.eu | $ 33,480.00 |
| Slots.eu | $ 31,200.00 |
| Internet.eu | $ 26,250.00 |
| Money.eu | $ 20,005.00 |
| Blog.eu | $ 19,170.00 |
| TTS.eu | $ 17,625.00 |
| Vouchers.eu | $ 14,751.00 |
| Cool.eu | $ 14,300.00 |
| Einfamilienhaus.eu | $ 14,219.00 |
| yq.eu | $ 13,917.00 |
| schmuck.eu | $ 13,603.00 |
| Series.eu | $ 13,539.00 |
| Tax.eu | $ 12,530.00 |
| Digital.eu | $ 11,200.00 |
| Oncology.eu | $ 10,575.00 |
| EuroPalace.eu | $ 10,500.00 |
| uc.eu | $ 9,658.00 |
| InternetCasinos.eu | $ 9,607.00 |
Metal.com sold for 165,000 dollars
February 27, 2010 by Domain News
Filed under Domain Sales
It is interesting to see a six figure domain sale at Sedo domain marketplace and the domain being sold is Metal.com. Metal.com is sold for $165,000 and the domain would be a great acquisition if the buyer is an end user.
The domain has been registered since 1995 and currently it is at Godaddy. The price is fair price for both the buyer and seller, in my opinion. When I looked at the stats for the keyword, I found out that there are around 1 million exact searches per month for the keyword in Google and it is not surprising the domain is going for a six figure.
BigDaddy.com sold for $20,000
February 26, 2010 by Domain News
Filed under Domain Sales
When I saw the domain sale of bigdaddy.com for $20,000, I was thinking whether it was sold at that price due to the success of Godaddy. The domain was sold via Sedo domain marketplace. The domain was first registered in 1998 and it is around 12 years old domain.
But when I research about the keyword, I found out that “Big Daddy” was a film made in 1999 and that the keyword “big daddy” was searched many times a month (over 160,000 EXACT searches per month) in Google. There are over 4 million google search results for the keyword “big daddy”.
Just “look up” the domain sale of Lookup.com
February 25, 2010 by Domain News
Filed under Domain Sales
The domain lookup.com is sold for $17,500 and I think the domain is very much brandable and may be used for a phone directory, a reference site or a dictionary website or even as a whois site. The domain was sold via Sedo domain marketplace and the domain was first registered in 1997 and it had been registered at Fabulous.
When I look at the stats, I found out that there are over 24 million google search results and there are around 20,000 EXACT searches per month for the keyword “look up“.
It is a great domain and if the buyer is an end user, he or she would love it.
CashUSA.com sold for $100,000
February 25, 2010 by Domain News
Filed under Domain Sales
It was interesting to see the domain sale of CashUSA.com for $100,000 and the domain sale was reported by Dnjournal.com. The domain sale was via AfternicDLS and it was registered first in 1997 and my impression was that it was sold to an end user.
When I researched more about “CashUSA” keyword, I found out that there are a few companies/sites related to the keyword “CashUSA”.
e.g. cashnetusa.com , instantcashusa.com, cashusaonline.com, getcashusa.net, cashusabaltimore.com, 500fastcashusa.com, autocashusa.com etc..
There are nearly 82,000 google results for “cashUSA” and over 36,000 for “Cash USA” keywords. There are 1,000 EXACT searches per month for the keyword “Cash USA” and CPC (cost per click) is around $6 per click.
I believe it was a really nice domain sale for the seller.
Communic8.com sold for $10,000. Why?
February 24, 2010 by Domain News
Filed under Domain Sales
When I saw the domain sale of communic8.com for $10,000, I could not understand why it was sold at that price. The domain, communic8.com was sold at Sedo domain market place. My initial impression was that the domain was sold to an end user. I researched about “communic8” keyword and there is comm8.com website which is the site of Communic8 Ltd. The company is based in Folkestone, Kent. There are also communic8 Telecom and a few other communic8 related businesses.
There are only around 500 searches for the keyword “communic8″ a month in Google.
It was an interesting domain sale.
Video Domains Continue Brisk App development
February 23, 2010 by domainqueen
Filed under Domain Sales
Guinness World records has purchased a video site to upload videos and create a media channel for its fans. Bragster.com is an example of an app site developed for a big ticket buyer. And so the video hosting world sees yet another ‘tube channel take off. Tufts University now takes Youtube videos as applications, and American Express sparked a viral hit on their website with an article how to make your personal business into a Facebook site. Is there room for one more media portal that hosts video? Ning, are you listening?
Rollingstone.com Gets NetSolled
February 23, 2010 by domainqueen
Filed under Domain News, General
The active magazine with the avante garde approach to rock music and intrepid journalism may be missing their domain name. According to the WHOIS their name is paid up until 2011. So why has the RollingStone.com website become a Network Solutions domain parking page? Those one million viewers a month may have click elsewhere for a while. A word to the wise, a lost 404 opportunity is a lost squeeze.
