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Sedo's Weekly Sales List lead by Mathgames.com @ 36,238 GBP and cocina.es @34,000 Eu. Each week, Sedo seems to have an increase in alt Tld's. Some nice buys include
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Ok, so maybe he may not be the future of domaining, but my son has decided to attend Villanova this fall. Jeff, who has attended numerous domain shows, had a
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SnapNames.com and its parent company Oversee.net today announced they have filed suit against Nelson Brady in federal court in Oregon. The company said that Brady, a former SnapNames VP, used the false name Hank Alvarez to improperly bid in certain SnapNames auctions. The suit seeks to recover $33 million from Brady.
I was surprised and saddened to get today's news that innovative domain auction service Bido.com is closing down effective tomorrow (May 5). Sahar Sarid & Jarred Cohen built a unique sales platform with some cool social media twists, but in the face of a brutal recession and heavy competition they finally threw in the towel.
GeoDomain auction is coming to an end today at 3:15pm EST.
So far there are 22 bids on 14 different domain names. To place a bid and check out the 800+ domain names up for auction visit SnapNames.com.
Once the auction is over I will post the results right here.
I've been using BuddyPress for an upcoming domaining project of mine and I ran across a tricky problem when creating my custom BuddyPress child theme.
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So here it is: the TOP story of the day – "Bido is ceasing operation as of May 5, 2010. All transactions and accounts will be gracefully finalized and closed." End of quote from Bido website. I will not deliberate on why Bido failed and if I liked it or not – you can read
This week's Sedo sales chart is lead by the sale of MathsGames.com, which sold for 36238 British Pound, which is approximately $55,000 USD. Other sales of note are:
sayso.com for $15,000 USD
pornroulette.com for $11,251 USD
evangelist.com for $11,000 USD
hcd.com for $10,100
inshallah.com for $10,000
cocina.es (kitchen in Spanish) for 34,000 Euro (...
The GEO Domains Auction on Snapnames ends today in under two hours. So far 16 of the 805 domains have received bids and many domains at a $200 minimum bid are still open for bidding.
Here are the current bids:
Domain
Current Bid
Bidders
greenwichvillage.com
$10,500.00
1
businesstravelers.com
$5,840.00
1
lowpricedflights.com
$1,151.00
1
i...
According to a twitter message by Bido.com the auction website is shutting down effective tomorrow, May 5th, 2010.
Bido is ceasing operation as of May 5, 2010. All transactions and accounts will be gracefully finalized and closed.
The company was originally founded in 2008 and then purchased dnZoom. Co-Founder Ron Jackson of DNJournal left the...
SnapNames, and its parent company, Oversee.net, announced today that they have filed suit against Nelson Brady in federal court in Oregon (Portland district).
Brady, a former employee of SnapNames improperly bid in certain SnapNames auctions using the bidder alias "Hank Alvarez" or "halvarez". The company also claims that Brady also embezzled fund...
Three member panel agrees that case was brought in bad faith.
Kevin Ham's Vertical Axis, along with domain name lawyer Ari Goldberger, has successfully defended the domain name AdventureRV.com in a UDRP decision. The panel also found complainant CNRV, Inc. guilty of reverse domain name hijacking in bringing the case.
The three member panel was spl...
Online domain marketplace sets new bar with Q1 sales.
Domain name marketplace Sedo sold a record number of domain names in Q1. The company sold 11,942 domains in the quarter compared to 10,070 domains in the fourth quarter of last year, and growth of 29% compared to Q1 2009.
The company also saw a shift in
A dozen picks for today's auction.
GeoDomain Expo's online domain name auction held in conjunction with Snapnames ends today at 3:15 pm EDT.
There are 805 domain names in the auction and so far 10 domains have met their reserves. The highest bid is $5,590 for BusinessTravelers.com.
I have filtered the list and
Domain name auction site Bido is closing down.
Domain name auction site Bido is closing. The company announced the move on twitter moments ago:
Bido is ceasing operation as of May 5, 2010. All transactions and accounts will be gracefully finalized and closed.
I confirmed the closure with the company. Although representatives would not
Lawsuit filed against former employee over bidding scandal.
Snapnames and its parent company Oversee.net have sued Nelson Brady, the former employee allegedly at the center of a massive bidding scandal last year. The company is seeking $33 million in damages.
In a media statement, the company said:
"Oversee will be demanding millions of dollars ...
Lawsuit sheds more light on bidding scandal.
Earlier today Snapnames and parent company Oversee.net filed a lawsuit against former employee Howard Nelson Brady, Jr. for his alleged scheme of shill bidding and embezzlement.
Much has already been disclosed about Brady's alleged conduct, but the lawsuit (pdf) provides more details of his alleged dec...
I haven't really heard the term "all the good ones are gone" much lately but maybe that is because people are starting to find the domain name aftermarket and the millions of domain names that are owned by somebody but many now know the fact that they can purchase a "pre-owned" domain name.
Add in the
According to a message on Bido.com today, it appears the site is closing shop tomorrow.
This comes as a little bit of surprise but not totally.
I am sorry to hear of this news but it seems the site has had a hard time of making things work after going away from the niche they started with,
The domain name Grapple.com has sold at Sedo.com for $34,000 USD with whois records changing to a Mark Taylor of Bellevue, WA.
I am not 100% sure if GrappleFruits.com was the buyer or not… but they are located in WA as well. It could just be a coincidence that they are both located in Washington but
Many times I see advertisements and I think… sure, that is true… well, saying true Sarcastically because you have proof otherwise!
So if you are a company like Chitika and run an ad like this with ProBlogger.net Darren Rowse stating "Chitika is my No. 2 source of revenue after Google Adsense" as I saw displayed on
Here is another great article written by our guest author, Kabir.
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Kabir Bedi is the senior web consultant at LeXolution IT Services, a professional web designing company based in India. He leads a team of professional web developers to create
I think I share quite a bit of information about my business with people who read my blog. In my own opinion, it's one of the primary reasons why people return to my blog daily, as I am not only talking about doing things, but I am actually doing the things I talk about.? Basically
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I just received word from Oversee.net informing me that the company has filed a lawsuit against Nelson Brady in federal court in Oregon. Back in November of 2009, the company reported that an employee was caught shill bidding on the Snapnames domain auction platform under the "halvarez" bidder id. The lawsuit seeks over $33 million
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If everything goes well as planned, India will be ready to have internationalised domain names (IDN) on the internet in seven Indian languages ? Hindi, Bangla, Punjabi, Urdu, Tamil, Telugu and Gujarati ? by next year. The department of information technology (DIT), Government of India will submit its proposal by next month to The Internet
Google Acquires BumpTop, Android 3D Coming?3D Cell Phone Domain Name '3dCellPhones.net' is available for sale on Sedo auction. Reserve is met. Submit bid: 3dCellPhones.net!
Domain Search - Sedo.comSeveral 3D domain name auctions are currently running on Sedo. Click headline for active 3D domain auctions in play or Click here for showcase.
We are continuing to test various formats over at Latona's and one of those tests has been to run a small .TV auction.
All of the names selected have standard renewal fees. To repeat, there are no premium renewal fees on any of these names.
The reserves are also all low at only $49.
The auction ends in
Our T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Milan extended auction is live! It'll run for a week, ending at 6 pm EST next Tuesday.
I know I shouldn't pick favorites but if I had to, it would be hear.com. The reserve has lowered yet again for this extended auction and it is really now a bargain.
Financing is available on all 400
The domain name Slots.com is reportedly going to be auctioned off on SnapNames.com in a dedicated auction that will start as early as tomorrow.
The auction was according to press releases going to be auctioned off on April 28th but never took place.
It seems that Oversee.net snagged the domain for its SnapNames.com auction platform.
Although the ex...
In a statement just released buy Oversee.net they have filed suit against after Nelson Brady, otherwise known as Hank Alvarez, seeking damages in excess of $33 million dollars.
Here is the offical statement:
"SnapNames, and its parent company, Oversee.net, have filed suit against Nelson Brady in federal court in Oregon.
Brady is a former employee w...
Another great generic domain and another seven figure sale, as Moniker.com tells me tonight the brokered the domain, Photo.com for $1.25 Million.
These bang on category killers are hard to beat and always seem to sell.
We congratulate the Seller and Buyer.
And doesn't suck for Moniker.com either.
It was during a TRAFFIC auction that Sahar came up to me with the idea of a one domain a day, domain auction.
So when I say it the idea of Bido was born during a TRAFFIC auction that's exactly what happened.
As the TRAFFIC auction was going, Sahar sat next to me, in the auction room
All you need is a web cam and a microphone. Every day the web still AMAZES me. The opportunities online are get me up in the morning and keep me up almost till it’s time to get up again!
From the treasured archives of 2000 chatboard and 10 years of renewals you could of saved had you listened. But you didn't and continue to buy useless extensions today. Unlike others I can even name them because they choose not to advertise here."Someone mentioned long domain names...??If voice recognition ever becomes widespread (a big if),?long p...
SO INSTEAD of being "Cheap", take that same money that you would have PISSED away in the REAL world and give yourself the running start that you deserve. Like I say...work smarter...NOT harder.??Rick Schwartz posted the following originally in November 1998.......I hope mit formats properly. ????This is my 20/20 hindsight guide to making money on ...
What do you do when your domain name has been stolen but you lack the requisite trademark rights to recover the domain via a domain arbitration under Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) or a lawsuit under the Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection...
The great people over at .me are putting together another great auction hosted at snapnames.Take a look at the press release.
GET YOUR ?CALL-TO-ACTION? .ME DOMAIN AT AUCTION TODAY
42 Unique Domain Names Available via Moniker & SnapNames Showcase Auction Series
PODGORICA, Montenegro ? May 04, 2010 ? Beginning today at Noon ET, an auction for s...
Today is a sad day for me and many other Domainers who found-out that Bido will be closing-down starting tomorrow. As someone who uses this service daily I can say that this came as quite a shock to me and I'm already feeling the early symptoms of Bido-withdrawal.
I had the chance to spend time with
I was in a dry spell for buying names but picked up 3 very good plant names to add to my portfolio and VERY excited because they are major names and all under $100.? Will pay back in one month.? Good week already.? Now on to the dropping names.
Sack.net A simple 4L dot net that
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I want to personally thank my blog for connecting me with almost every domainer I know in the industry.? When I started my first domaining blog discredit.org, I had no idea how valuable such a resource would be.? Even with a blog name like discredit I was able to meet a few domainers which were
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