A well-publicized auction of 86 .us domains ended today and yielded some pretty poor results. Only 29 of the names (34%) sold, in part because of sellers who overestimated the value of their names and set obscenely high reserve prices. The only real winner of the lot is flights.us, which …
July, 2010
July, 2009
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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 …
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3 July
American company turns to .us domain for new site
In most countries, use of ccTLDs is common practice. Despite the wide availability of the .us domain, most American companies choose to stick with the tried and tested .com. Go America, a publicly traded communications company, decided to take a different route. The company recently renamed itself Purple Communications and …