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Domain Auctions

October 17, 2013December 15, 2009 by brooke

You can purchase domains via various domain auction sites, these websites make it easier to buy and sell domain names.

A drop registrar is a domain name registrar who registers expiring domain names, to sell at auction, as soon as the registration expires. To participate in a drop registrar auction you need to register your interest prior to the beginning of the auction.

A domain auction site allows a customer to purchase a previously registered domain, which suits their needs, from an owner who wishes to sell their domain name. A domain auction site allows sellers to list multiple domains, easily and conveniently, on the one website.

Louis Vuitton Files a WIPO Case For Domain Name

October 17, 2013December 9, 2009 by brooke

Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy (LVMH), in particular Louis Vuitton Malletier, commonly known as Louis Vuitton or LV for short, recently filed a complaint with WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center for the domain: go-vuitton.com

LV is a large international French fashion and luxury brand, with well know famous Trade Marks. Louis Vuitton specializes in leather handbags, shoes and accessories.

You want more money ? Develop the domain

October 17, 2013December 8, 2009 by maxime

Usually domain parking brings only a very low amount of money every month. If you are lucky, this amount may cover the registration fee, but this is not always the case.
You then have a decision to make:

NameDrive Releases NDX 6 Months Sales Figures

October 17, 2013December 7, 2009 by David Warmuz

Since launching in May 2009, 4526 domains totaling $4.64 million have been sold and successfully transferred using NDX Market’s brokerage and sales platform.

Name Drive reported that 24 different TLDs have been sold on NDX Market. The dominant TLDs were .com and .de domains, making up 40% of the sales between them.

DomainWatch Raises Minimum Bid Prices

October 17, 2013November 30, 2009 by David Warmuz

Effective as of 1 Dec 2009 DomainWatch.com.au the Australian drop domain service that competes with drop.com.au has advised that the New Minimum Bid is going to …

Have you defined a strategy ?

October 17, 2013November 19, 2009 by maxime

Each and any domain name can be worth something. Also, over time, the domains will be worth more as the scarcity will increase: there are more and more people online everyday and less and less available domains.

There are probably two main strategies for you to profit from this increase in value:

Domain Sales Stay Strong in 2009

October 17, 2013November 19, 2009 by nancy

As the recession continues to plague most sectors of the economy, domain sales continue strong for 2009. The top 10 largest domain sales of 2009:

Domain Name Sold	Sales Price	When Sold
Toys.com	$5,100,000	March 15, 2009
Candy.com	$3,000,000	June 9, 2009
Fly.com	$1,760,000	February 3, 2009
Auction.com	$1,700,000	March 24, 2009
Ticket.com	$1,525,000	October 14, 2009
Call.com	$1,100,000	September 1, 2009
Webcam.com	$1,020,000	June 9, 2009
Server.com	$770,000	August 4, 2009
Luck.com	$675,000	October 14, 2009
Exterminator.com	$600,000	October 14, 2009
Christian.com	$600,000	Spetember 8, 2009

Insure.com

October 17, 2013November 18, 2009 by brooke

Insure.com has recently sold for whopping US$16 million recently! This is a huge increase from 2001 when it was sold for $1.6 million. Involved in the US$16 million transaction is the domain name and the website itself.

Any combination of letters can be worth something

October 17, 2013November 16, 2009 by maxime

All domain names have potential. Any domain can, at some point, mean something to someone. And that someone may be willing to pay lots of money for it.
A good example are brand names: everyday new businesses are formed and brands created. So a good sounding domain with no meaning may become a brand in the eyes of the marketer of a big company.

Fabulous Acquires Domain8.com.au Drop Service

October 17, 2013November 13, 2009 by David Warmuz

Dark Blue Sea the parent compnay of the well know domain parking company Fabulous just acquired the very successful Australian Drop Domain Service Domain8.com.au

Similar to the SnapNames service, Domain8 run by George Pongas, took over where DomainWatch.com.au another Australian Drop Service started. Domain8 was both a registrar and a drop domain catch service, butonly the Drop service was acquired.