Big Day at NameJet NameJet is having a big day today with many domains exceeding $5k in sales prices before the end of bidding.
(Below are current bids at time of posting)
BarbecueTools.com - $7,400
Beds.net - $7,433
BabyGuide.com - $8,101
Safa.com - $5,700
There are several more domains that exceeded $1k+ and you’ll see those hit the database wi...
NameBio - 5/6/2008 3:35:29 PM
Loan.biz - Closes at $11,350 It took until the last 5 minutes of auction to start the bidding war, but it came in fiercely. Finaly the domain name Loan.biz closed at $11,350. Selling just below the top listed domain in our database (sport.biz at $13,603).
There is one small issue. It was pointed out to me earlier in the day that
NameBio - 5/5/2008 3:44:30 PM
Loan.biz - Coming to a Close on NameJet One of the ultrapremium keywords is making its way to the close of auction. Only a few hours remain before the domain name finds a new owner. Out of all of the major keyword domains, this is one of the top in nearly any TLD. This will set an interesting prescedent for the .biz TLD
NameBio - 5/5/2008 1:13:23 PM
Godaddy removes the 60 day lock Its being reported on NamePros that Godaddy is no longer locking domains from transfer after a push. Typically, Godaddy required that domains that were pushed bteween Godaddy accounts be locked for 60 days. As of today, that has been removed. Hopefully this action will reverberate between the registrars and the 60 day lock will be
NameBio - 5/4/2008 10:14:24 PM
.biz Generics, dropping like flies The .biz TLD went live on March 23, 2002. Thats when the best keywords were taken like sex.biz, poker.biz, ect. Its not suprise that each year around this time, .biz domains seem to be dropping like flies. Many of the original registrants forget to renew or simply dont want to. Over the past few days
NameBio - 5/3/2008 7:04:41 PM
Open Letter to Network Solutions and NameJet Dear Network Solutions and NameJet,
Today a domain name from a former Network Solutions customer was auctioned off on the NameJet platform. The domain name is a very common racial slur, SandNigger.com. It is a domain solely of hate and refers to people of Middle Eastern and Arabic descent.
In an effort to promote tolerance and decenc...
NameBio - 5/1/2008 4:55:02 PM
Domains of Hate Sell Too Today at NameJet, the domain name SandNigger.com is ending at auction. The expression refers to someone of middle eastern or Arabic background. Its a clear “hate” domain and is incredibly offensive to anyone familiar to the term. So what does that mean for its saleability? Its currently at $370 with less than an hour rema...
NameBio - 5/1/2008 2:42:36 PM
Poker stilll a hot Keyword AllStarPoker.com just continues to rise on NameJet (currently at $5,743). Something that makes me a bit nervous about this domain is the clear TM issue. It is confusingly similar to the very popular poker site: PokerStars.com. Regardless it is a nice sale for a 3 keyword domain name.
NameBio - 4/28/2008 3:15:54 PM
Escrow.com - New Loophole? I use Escrow.com for most of my larger transactions. I like to deal with a company I can get a hold of during business hours on the phone. Ive never really had an issue with any transactions until today. I had pushed a domain name to a customer last week, and she had yet to
NameBio - 4/28/2008 1:57:30 PM
Godaddy Updates their Push Function No longer do you need to fill in the new registrants information when trying to push a domain name at Godaddy. Now you simply need the account number and email of the individual you are pushing to. It was about time Godaddy completed this upgrade, as most registrars have simplified the process. Considering I have
NameBio - 4/24/2008 8:49:22 PM
When to Press Release, and when not to. A few nights ago, I received a press release announcing that the White House domain was for sale. Curiously I read further, thinking WhiteHouse.com was what was being sold. A brief look into the press release determined that the domain name was WhiteHouseUSA.com. I thought how silly that someone would pay for a press release,
NameBio - 4/24/2008 12:45:41 PM
Network Solutions and Customer Service One of the oldest registrars also happens to have the most incompetent customer service reps. Not that they are not friendly or polite, but their lack of understanding in regards to their own products is frightening. I cringe whenever I need to speak to someone there as I always have to explain how things work.
NameBio - 4/22/2008 1:37:31 PM
One of the iReit names finds a new home As we reported a few weeks ago, iREIT sold quite a few domains below market value. One of those names was Robbin.com, a popular first name. That name was immediately submitted to the DomainTools auction and today fetched a sales price of $4,300. After commission and cost, the seller will net $3,370 in profit in
NameBio - 4/21/2008 6:46:39 PM
Retire.net fetches $23,500 at DomainTools Auction We are approximately 1/3 of the way through the DomainTools live auction in San Francisco, and so far we already have a great .net sale to report. Retire.net fetched $23,500 in bidding.
Also - 330.com managed to top out at $23,000 which is also a great price.
We are seeing better bidding then we had in the
NameBio - 4/21/2008 4:06:49 PM
Selling to the Advertisers Often times for the middle of the road domainer (As I consider myself) you have ups and downs in the industry. One month you’ll do several large sales and the next the ocean will be dead as a door nob. Ive found that changing strategies and exploring different directions often helps, and teaches you new
NameBio - 4/19/2008 10:29:20 PM
SoldierOfFortune.com - Scores Big at NameJet SoldierOfFortune.com completed its auction today at NameJet, with a final bid of $,9,700. The popular phrase was brought to the public eye in the 1955 movie (with the same title) starring Clark Gable. There is also a magazine publication; Soldier of Fortune which is purportedly aimed at the target demographic for Mercenaries. Althoug...
NameBio - 4/19/2008 3:32:22 PM
Tucows Admits to Warehousing Domains If you ever wondered if registrars keep some of the expiring domain names, there is no question anymore. Tucow’s General Manager Bill Sweetman admitted on DotWeekly.com that Tucows does in fact hold back some of their expiring domain names, for Tucow’s portfolio.
“Not all of the expired names end up in the Tucows au...
NameBio - 4/17/2008 12:53:23 PM
The Swing of things: LLLL.com’s Since the new year, four lettered .com domains have been really gaining. Domains which not long ago could have been hand registered were now being sold at after market for upwards of $65-75 dollars. Markets often correct and within the past few weeks it has been evident that these domain names are dropping back down
NameBio - 4/17/2008 12:21:00 PM
Dotster to Give away free Domain Registrations Dotster has announced a happy hour promotion set for tomorrow (April 17th at 4pm Eastern). They will be giving away 500 .com / .net / and .org domain registrations on a first come first serve basis - 1 per customer.
Mark your calendars for the start of Happy Hour this Thursday April 17 at 1 pm
NameBio - 4/17/2008 2:34:10 AM
Food Poisoning and FoodPoisoning.com My apologies for having not posted in a few days. On April 14th I came down with some heavy duty food poisoning and I was out of commission for about 48 hours. As horrible as I felt, I searched online for any kind of home remedies, or anything that might help with the sickness. I
NameBio - 4/16/2008 1:03:15 PM
NameJet Backorder Sniping A new strategy is emerging at NameJet. A common practice on Ebay - Auction Sniping, is beginning to develop for backorders. Auction Sniping is where a bid is placed at the very last second of the auction. It gives that bidder the last chance to win the item, without having any other bidders the luxury
NameBio - 4/14/2008 2:59:03 PM
Hyphenated Domains Getting some Love Domain names containing hyphens have always had a poor stigma attached to them. Most domain resellers stay far away because the lack of demand from end-users to use these type of domains and /or the fear of developing on them and having traffic bleed to the non-hyphenated version. However, in the past year, many domainers
NameBio - 4/14/2008 12:29:47 PM
Calling all Coders A project we have been working on for sometime has just been delayed unfortunately due to the firing of one of our developers. The project was being created using Ajax, and is basically 85% done. There are functionality issues that our developer was never able to resolve and some design issues that need to be
NameBio - 4/14/2008 12:08:41 PM
Inquiry and Response I do a lot of acquisitions through direct contact with original owners of domain names. Ususally, I recieve one of the following responses to my inquiry emails:
“Yah I could be interested in selling, what do you have in mind?”
“Yes, the domain is for sale, $150,000″
…………… (no res...
NameBio - 4/13/2008 1:19:53 PM
Aged Domains for Sale These are exclusively listed on my blog and pricing is good through this weekend. Thanks for looking:
Domain Name: RefinanceMe.com
Creation Date: 12/1/1998
Expiration: 11/30/2008
Keywords: Refinance + Me
Price: $500
Domain: MDBE.com
Registrar: Network Solutions
Registration: 3/13/1991
Expiration: 3/14/2009
Age: 17 Years Old
Price: $2...
