We hear about domain auctions on a daily basis, but rarely does one get the chance to see such an event live. The video above shows the sale of Ad.com during T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Silicon Valley in April. The winning bidder was Divyank Turakhia, who paid £946,137 ($1.4 million USD) for the …
August, 2009
June, 2009
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4 June
Candy.com Sells for £1.8 Million
Candy.com has been sold by domainer Rick Schwartz to Melville Candy Company for £1.8 million ($3 million USD), an announcement on the seller’s blog stated yesterday. Melville Candy Company, a small Massachusetts confectioner, will use the domain to as a retail outlet for candy owned by a new company, G&J …
May, 2009
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8 May
TRAFFIC Silent Auction Ends
A ten-day silent auction at Moniker ended yesterday afternoon at SnapNames.com. The online event, which started in late April at TRAFFIC 2009, saw the sale of 1718 domains, bringing in £1.7 million ($2.6 million USD) worth of revenue to the owners. This is the same silent auction where Ad.com sold …
April, 2009
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30 April
Ad.com Sells for £946,137 at T.R.A.F.F.I.C.
Yesterday, domain purveyor Moniker held an auction at T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Silicon Valley, a domain name convention held April 27-30 in Santa Clara, California. More than 1200 domains were sold during the three-hour live event. Most notably, the two-letter domain Ad.com was sold for £946,137 ($1.4 million USD). The buyer, Divyank Turakhia, …