Demand Media Inc., lead by former MySpace.com chairman Richard Rosenblatt, buys eNom. eNom is an ICANN accredited company offering world-class Internet domain name services. eNom currently ranks as the third largest domain name registrar worldwide. Los Angeles-based Demand Media will broaden eNom’s offerings by developing proprietary content tools and technologies, as well as new online advertising opportunities for eNom’s clients.
With the acquisition, Paul Stahura, eNom founder and CEO, becomes president and chief operating officer of Demand Media. Terms of the private sale were not disclosed.
May 8th, 2006
The domain name Sex.net has been auctioned off, and broke the all-time record for a .net sale at $450,000, at the largest live domain auction ever held at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada during T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Conference.
May 7th, 2006
Only three days after the .eu-landrush 1,296,242 .eu domain names have been registered, and the english newspaper The Times reports “UK businesses miss .eu deadline and fall prey to ‘cybersquatters“.
http://status.eurid.eu/
April 9th, 2006
GoldKey announce that the company has been acquired by Domain Services, LLC (a division of YesDirect, Inc.). YesDirect also owns and operates BuyDomains.com, Seeq and the YesDirect Network, with more than 100 category sites. According to an e-mail sent by Theo Antoniou of GoldKey, we can look forward to new enhancements in the coming weeks.
March 18th, 2006
A new tool for finding domains for sale in forum has been launched. Domainershub.com is still in beta and constantly checks all the major domain forums that post domains for sale.
March 14th, 2006
Yesterday eNom announced that the mininum bid for all expired domain auctions will increase to $30.
February 23rd, 2006
A new record for expired domain name auction has been reported by Snapnames. Yesterday Jasmin.com recieved a new owner after a betting fight that ended at the sum of $310,250, and broke the existing all-time expired domain name auction record (A1.com at $260,250).
Domains that were caught during drops in 2005:
A1.com - $260,250
Bogota.com - $159,500
MyPremiumCard.com - $136,250
Voyuer.com - $112,100
Innovations.com - $108,000
February 22nd, 2006
NetNames International Ltd. has launched a search service which check both trademark and domain availability. The service is free of change, but if there is a potential conflict, details of the trademark holder will be available from £19 per keyword.
http://www.netnames.com/
February 19th, 2006
Domain name
|
Price
|
Broker
|
| EnergyWatch.co.uk |
$23,830 |
Private Sale |
| BB.org |
$20,000 |
Private Sale |
| Manufacture.com |
$20,000 |
Private Sale |
BS.net
|
$15,100 |
eBay.com |
| Arbeitsmarkt.de |
$14,293 |
Sedo.com |
| Reloj.com |
$14,250 |
SnapNames.com |
| WebBlog.com |
$14,055 |
Sedo.com |
| Apple.org |
$13,850 |
SnapNames.com |
| Babyfaces.com |
$12,500 |
Sedo.com |
| eCoupons.co.uk |
$11,334 |
Sedo.com |
| KartRacing.com |
$9,333 |
SnapNames.com |
| TravelRes.co.uk |
$8,725 |
Sedo.com |
| PokerGenie.co.uk |
$8,725 |
Sedo.com |
| TPW.org |
$8,650 |
Afternic.com |
| Methane.com |
$8,500 |
Sedo.com |
| FMBank.net |
$8,100 |
SnapNames.com |
| ChessTips.com |
$8,088 |
SnapNames.com |
| KFZ.at |
$7,742 |
Sedo.com |
| OG.org |
$7,600 |
SnapNames.com |
| CharlesSchwabb.com |
$7,600 |
SnapNames.com |
| NFLJersey.com |
$6,721 |
SnapNames.com |
| abiz.com |
$5,105 |
TDNAM.com |
| e-jobs.com |
$4,000 |
Afternic.com |
| homevids.com |
$3,688 |
Afternic.com |
| searchhealth.com |
$3,388 |
Afternic.com |
| t-m.com |
$2,105 |
TDNAM.com |
Source: Afternic.com, DNJournal.com, DomainNameWire.com and TDNAM.com
February 18th, 2006
Kieren McCarthy, a freelance journalist, has signed a publishing contract for a book on the continuing saga of sex.com.
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February 10th, 2006
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