Domain Sales

It’s been a busy week on the domain auction block. One of the higher sales of this week is BookHotels.com, which sold for €50,000, or £43,039 ($71,205 USD). This price makes BookHotels.com the most expensive hotel domain on record. The previous record holder is ResortHotels.com, which sold for $58,830 in …

As ICANN continues to flex its muscles, combating domain tasting, silencing critics, and revoking accreditation from naughty registrars, many domain name registrars are apparently feeling a little uncomfortable about their understanding of ICANN policies. So, what is the treatment for post domain accreditation depression? Counseling is the answers, of course. …

Microsoft is a company that needs no introduction, but for those who have been under a very low-tech rock for the past 20 years, they are the dominating software force in the PC market. Their operating system, Windows and their office suite are used on the majority of the world’s …

Like many countries, Guatemala does not allow registrations on its .gt domain. Instead, registrants can choose between .com.gt, .net,gt, and other second-level names. The country has decided to change the rules, however, and will start accepting top-level registrations on the .gt domain. The new registration option will be available by …

On June 1, 2009, Air France Flight 447 created a new page in history when it crashed off the coast of Brazil on its way to Paris. Eager to cash in on public interest, domainers flocked to register any domain bearing the flight’s name. Many were surprised to find out, …

Zeal.com sold to a developer last week for right around £30,597, or $50,000 USD. Zeal refers to a “passionate devotion to or interest in a cause or subject,” so the name has a lot of potential applications. In addition, NewYorkMortgage.com went for £7,955 ($12,877 USD) at auction. New York is …

As if the .ae top-level domain craze could stand to get more sensational, Michael Reed, a businessman from the United Kingdom, is complaining that the UAE domain regulator, .aeDA unlawfully took back a domain he had legitimately registered. The domain in question is Irena.ae. Reed owns a 12-year-old trademark for …

.DJ is the ccTLD for Djibouti, a small African country southeast of Somalia. With only 11,000 Internet users, the extension is scarcely used at all, and now a company is trying to market the name to DJs across the globe. As is the case with .eco, I don’t see much …

In what is clearly an exceptional yet not completely unique type of case, the WIPO has ruled against a legitimate trademark holder in a domain dispute. Runway Beauty Inc. filed a complaint against Errol Hernandez, who registered and parked runwaymagazine.com, runwaymagazine.net, and runwaymagazine.org. The website opens to a portal stating …

Summer may be winding down, but any time is a good time to sell a domain. Below are some recent domain auction results for your perusal. These aren’t six-figure sales by a long shot, but it’s important for a domainer to keep tabs on the entire industry. The average domain …