auction – Internetblog.org.uk https://www.internetblog.org.uk Web hosting, Domain names, Dedicated servers Fri, 29 Jan 2016 11:05:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.5 https://www.internetblog.org.uk/files/2016/01/cropped-favico-32x32.png auction – Internetblog.org.uk https://www.internetblog.org.uk 32 32 Contests.com Sells for £231,870 https://www.internetblog.org.uk/post/183/contestscom-sells-for-231870/ Thu, 18 Jun 2009 04:35:31 +0000 http://www.internetblog.org.uk/post/183/contestscom-sells-for-231870/
The domain contests.com sold for a whopping £231,870 ($380,000 USD) at auction late yesterday. Starting off at £91,528 ($150,000 USD), the name sold after receiving fifteen bids from three bidders.

What’s interesting about this sale is not the domain, but the owner: Yahoo. Fortune 500 companies do not typically participate in such auctions, but in this case, Yahoo found a good way to reach its target market. The alternative- using it attorneys to broker a sale to another company- probably would have cost the company more in the long run.

Yahoo acquired the name some time ago when it bought Broadcast.com, a web radio provider, in 1999. The name has never been developed.

Source: Domain Name Wire
Photo: Flickr

]]> .CM domains to enter "Sunrise" phase https://www.internetblog.org.uk/post/171/cm-domains-to-enter-sunrise-phase/ Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:06:11 +0000 http://www.internetblog.org.uk/post/171/cm-domains-to-enter-sunrise-phase/ Children in Cameroon
EuroDNS, the domain registrar specializing in .eu, .de, and many other Top-Level Domains has announced the “Sunrise” phase of .cm registration. The company hopes that this limited registration phase will give trademark holders a chance to register and protect their brands before the names are released to the public.

The .cm domain is the official country domain for the Republic of Cameroon in Central Africa. In addition to providing African individuals and companies with a uniquely African ownership stake in the Internet, they will also donat ea percentage of the proceeds to “Flowers in the Desert”, a program that is design to combat poverty in Africa.

The minimum registration term for the “Sunirse” phase is two years. All applicants are required to submit prove of their registered trademark in their application. If one registrant has an older trademark similar to another, the older one will be awarded the domain. The “Landrush” period will follow the “Sunrise” allowing potential registrants to pay a premim fee and participate in an auction. The final phase is the “Go Live” phase, where registration will become open to all.

Source: EuroDNS
Photo: Flickr

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