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Demand Media buys eNom

Emil Paulsson — Mon, 08 May 2006 07:01:48 +0000

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.

Sex.net sold for $450,000

Emil Paulsson — Sun, 07 May 2006 16:34:22 +0000

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.

Over 1 million .eu domains registered

Emil Paulsson — Sun, 09 Apr 2006 20:48:23 +0000

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/

Domain Services LLC acquires GoldKey

Emil Paulsson — Sat, 18 Mar 2006 06:34:15 +0000

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.

New tool collects domains for sale from forums

Emil Paulsson — Tue, 14 Mar 2006 19:39:00 +0000

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.

eNom´s Club Drop increase it´s minimum bid - again

Emil Paulsson — Thu, 23 Feb 2006 09:30:57 +0000

Yesterday eNom announced that the mininum bid for all expired domain auctions will increase to $30.

All time high at Snapnames

Emil Paulsson — Wed, 22 Feb 2006 13:17:40 +0000

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

NetNames launch a combine trademark and domain check

Emil Paulsson — Sun, 19 Feb 2006 11:51:10 +0000

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/

Reported Domain Name Sales - Jan/Feb 2006

Emil Paulsson — Sat, 18 Feb 2006 09:23:41 +0000

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

The battle of Sex.com becomes a book

Emil Paulsson — Fri, 10 Feb 2006 20:21:15 +0000

Kieren McCarthy, a freelance journalist, has signed a publishing contract for a book on the continuing saga of sex.com.