Tag Archives: domain auction

July, 2009

• 30 July

  Hollywood.us sells for £3,455

  In the land of the rich and fame, nothing is too expensive. Bidders apparently felt the same sentiment at a recent domain auction where Hollywood.us sold for £3,455 ($5,700 USD). High as it may seem, the buyer got a great deal. Hollywood.mobi fetched £9,699, or $16,000 USD, at a 2008 …
• 29 July

  Watch out for this domain appraisal scam

  Domain blog The Domains highlighted a domain appraisal scam today all domainers should be aware of. Essentially what happens is a domain owner receives a legitimate-looking email from a prospective buyer. The sender tells the domain holder that he will buy it for a certain percentage of the appraisal price, …
• 28 July

  BodyBuilding.info sells for £8,228

  The .info domain extension usually doesn’t fair well at auction, but today is an exception with the sale of BodyBuilding.info for £8,228 ($14,500 USD). Compare that to BodyBuilding.net, which only fetched £2,785 ($4,750 USD) in 2005. Clearly this is a sign that domains have become much more valuable over the …
• 27 July

  Biblical.com sells for £10k

  Less than three weeks after the sale of Rosary.com for £48,388, another Christian domain has sold. This time it’s Biblical.com for £10,347 ($17,000 USD). Old as it may be, the Bible is still a bestselling book, especially in the Midwest and southern United States. Online versions of the religious text …
• 22 July

  Degreeprograms.com yields £19,193 at auction

  There have been no record-setting domain auctions lately, but several noteworthy sales were made yesterday. Chief among them is Degreeprograms.com, which sold for £19,193 ($31,555 USD). The higher education industry has seen a lot of growth lately, and no doubt that helped fuel the sale of the domain. Another high-price …
• 21 July

  EZMoney.com sells for £13,411

  Last week, EZMoney.com sold for £13,411 ($22,000 USD at auction). Finance and loan-related domains have traditionally always demanded a premium at marketplace, but the fact this name sold for the price of a new car is surprising considering it’s trademarked. This site claims ownership of the trademark “EZMoney.” A quick …
• 20 July

  Mouse.com, Keyboard.com sell for big bucks

  You might not think your keyboard and mouse are worth much, but the related domains are. Crash-strapped Live Current Media, a Canadian start-up that monetizes premium domains, is liquidating some of its cyber real estate. Apparently mouse.com and keyboard.com weren’t good enough to be monetized, so the company told them …
• 15 July

  Hardware.de sells for £91,600, eGo.com for £45,804

  This week has been a busy one for domain auctions. A number of big sales have taken place. Hardware.de, a name that could be used for both home improvement and computer parts, sold for £91,600 ($150,000 USD). Meanwhile, motivational product company Ego Friendly, LLC picked up eGo.com for £45,804 ($75,000 …
• 15 July

  .CM auction results pile in

  It hasn’t been long since Cameroon announced plans to offer its .CM domain to the world at large, but a number of premium names have already sold at auction. So far the highest sale has been Cars.cm for £21,455 ($35,000 USD). The highest sales have all been generic names. Here …
• 9 July

  .CM domains soon to be available for registration

  For years Cameroon’s government leased out the .cm domain to Agoga.com. Because .cm is a common typo of .com, the company set up a system where if you entered any address ending with .cm, it took you to a webpage filled with ads. Agoga made millions from this deal, profiting …