Internet Business

Dnjournal reported that jobs.ca sold for US$600,000. Whilst that may sound a lot, it is certainly a domain with a lot of potential. The domain was purchased by ogopogomedia.com I would have thought that a company that could afford US$600,000 for a domain could afford a better branding for their main site. They are apparently [...]

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This was one of the more impressive domain auctions I have seen at snapnames.com Dreamlife.com selling for US$171,750 at snapnames, my first impression was, whoever paid that much for this domain must be bonkers, well turns out it was bonkerstwo, the undefeated king of domain auctions who has access to what seems like an unlimited [...]

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Also on this weeks dnjournal sales chart, connected.co.uk was reported to have been sold for 80,000 pounds which is equivalent to around $159,400 US dollars.  Personally I think they payed too much, but the buyer netbasic from the UK appear to be quite a professional outfit and I am sure they will recoup their costs. [...]

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According to the weekly dnjournal sales report, the domain iran.com was sold for US$400,000.  The domain was purchased by Rick Latona of digipawn.com. Now my first reaction was, that is not a domain that I would personally pay US$400,000 for, it is not exactly a top holiday destination at the moment. But if you look [...]

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Read about this at Frank Schilling’s blog, it appears Mike Mann bought the domain seo.com the absolute ultimate domain for anyone in the seo industry. This is one domain that I would really like to own, as I am sure thousands of others would as well.  Not sure what the actual price paid for this [...]

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According to a post at domainnamewire, moniker sold domains at an auction totalling US$4.3 million.  Families.com was the highest selling domain at US$650,000. Greeting.com sold for US$350,00 although I think greetings.com would be worth more. The domain that struck me as being a bargain was et.com at $225,000. Apart from being short for extra terrestrial [...]

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Dnjournal reported the final exchange of three high value adult domain names which were sold via moniker at the internext adult expo. Interracialsex.com sold for US$150,000 handjob.com sold for US$90,000 and kinkysex.com sold for US$88,500. Proof that there is still a lot of money being made in the online adult industry.

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According to the dnjournal weekly sales report, the tandberg.com domain sold for US$1.5 million to a company that had a revenue of US$131 million in the fourth quarter of 2006.

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The first domain registrar Network Solutions, registrar to some of the best domains on the internet, according to techcrunch was reportedly acquired by a private equity firm General Atlantic. Whilst the price has not been officially disclosed, it is rumored to be around US$800 million.

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According to the dnjournal weekly sales report,  the domain joystick.com sold for US$65,000 which is a low price to for the number one sale for the past week.  The domain was sold at snapnames.com and the buyer was nameadmininc.com from the cayman islands. The overture tool is currently not working, so not sure what the [...]

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