Notable Domain Sales

22 Year Old Sells His 2 Year Old Blog For $15 Million

22 Year Old Sells His 2 Year Old Blog For $15 Million

Posted on October 7, 2008 in: Advertising, Current Events, Domain Sales, Marketing, Notable Domain Sales, Traffic, Web Development

Johns Wu, 22, is one happy blogger today.  He has sold his 2 year old banking blog, Bankaholic.com for $12.4 million to Bankrate.

They have agreed to pay Johns an additional $2.5 million if…

The Greenest Domains on Earth: A Look at Premium “Green” Dot Coms

The Greenest Domains on Earth: A Look at Premium “Green” Dot Coms

Posted on August 21, 2008 in: Current Events, Domain Industry, Domain Investing, Humor, Notable Domain Sales, Parked Domains

Green.com | For Sale | Registered in 1999

The Green.com website currently resolves to a glorified “domain for sale” landing page which I believe is using some Jedi mind tricks.  Below the fold…

Action.com Sells for $230,000 and a .CA Breaks Into the Top 10

Action.com Sells for $230,000 and a .CA Breaks Into the Top 10

Posted on July 30, 2008 in: Current Events, Domain Industry, Notable Domain Sales, TLDs

A few quick updates before I lead you to the DNJournal sales report:

I’m back from a great family vacation in Texas and have a ton of work to catch up on, bear with

Bido Successfully Auctions First Domain on Launch Day

Bido Successfully Auctions First Domain on Launch Day

Posted on June 19, 2008 in: Domain Industry, Domain Investing, Domain Sales, Notable Domain Sales

Bido.com a unique new domain auction marketplace has launched today. Bido will be hosting a single high-quality domain name auction per day with expert commentary and research.

First Auction a Success

CBS Buys CNET Along with Some of the Most Valuable Domains in the World

CBS Buys CNET Along with Some of the Most Valuable Domains in the World

Posted on May 16, 2008 in: Current Events, Domain Sales, Notable Domain Sales, Search Engines

“CBS is making a major Internet and news powerplay, acquiring CNET for $11.50 per share (44% more than CNET is trading at) for a total of $1.8 Billion. Acquiring CNET and its $406…

Before Apple’s iPhone there was iPhone.com

Before Apple’s iPhone there was iPhone.com

Posted on May 8, 2008 in: Current Events, Domain Investing, Notable Domain Sales

The blogger behind ThinkingSerious.com, Elmer Thomas, happened to run into the original owner of iPhone.com at Starbucks; see the video interview below.

Michael Kovatch started an internet company in 1993 and was inspired by…

TRAFFIC Orlando Master Auction Catalog Published

TRAFFIC Orlando Master Auction Catalog Published

Posted on May 7, 2008 in: Available Domains, Current Events, Domain Investing, Notable Domain Sales

Moniker has published the TRAFFIC East live domain auction inventory! Over 2,700 domain names will be included in the live and extended online auction.

Download the Auction Inventory Catalog (Excel)

TRAFFIC East Live Domain Auction

TRAFFIC East Live Domain Auction

Posted on May 3, 2008 in: Current Events, Domain Industry, Domain Investing, Domain Sales, Notable Domain Sales

The TRAFFIC East live domain auction in Orlando, Florida is expected to feature hundreds of premium quality domain names. Over 110,000 domain names have been submitted for review. The highest quality names will be…

CNN Reports New World-Record $10 Million Domain Sale

CNN Reports New World-Record $10 Million Domain Sale

Posted on March 11, 2008 in: Domain Investing, Domain Sales, Notable Domain Sales

Big news in the domain industry today! Clek Media Inc. announced today via CNN Money that it has brokered the world-record sale of the domain Fund.com for an all-cash transaction of $9,999,950!

The buyer…

Looking Back on DomainFest 2008

Looking Back on DomainFest 2008

Posted on January 26, 2008 in: Current Events, Domain Industry, Domain Sales, Notable Domain Sales

DomainFest Global 2008 was a fantastic and life-changing experience. I attended several enlightening sessions on domaining, legal matters and the future of our industry. I made more direct connections with professional domainers, organizations and…

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