According to DNJournal first quarter 2010 sales report, total dollar volume was down 18% from same quarter 2009. While overall volume was down, the median sales price show a slight improvement over both 1Q-2009 and last 4Q-2009.
The median sales price reported in 1Q 2010 was $2,643 as compared to 4Q-2009 that number was $2,610 and 1Q-2009 it was $2,600. This suggest that the overall domain values have held up with slight improvement over the past 12 months.
ICANN has announced this week that COO (Chief Operating Officer) Doug Brent will leave ICANN at the end of July 2010; he has worked with the organization since January of 2007.
Doug is stepping down due to family reasons and has described the resignation as ‘difficult’. Doug and his family moved to Los Angeles to be closer to the ICANN headquarters, his family has decided the new location is not for them.
Sedo has recently announced the sale of Gifted.com for $94,000. Gifted.com was purchased by The Hut Group, a company based in the United Kingdom. The Hut Group was founded …
Software.de recently sold through Sedo for 235,025 EUR, or about $315k USD. The new owner has not yet been disclosed, as the domain is still …
Toys.com was sold through Bankruptcy Auction for $5.1 million dollars in March, 2009.
If CreditScore.com was sold for more than $5.1 million dollars, it places the domain at the number one spot for domain sales in 2010 and makes it one of the highest domain sales, ever.
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) unveiled a new logo for their organization on the 26th April to correspond with a new direction they are taking for the 21st century.
The new logo is said to represent the iconic WIPO headquarters building in Geneva.
The color blue represents WIPO and the relationship they have with the United Nations.
UsedAirplanes.com has purchased Flying.com for $1.1 Million.
The new owners of Flying.com are currently developing the site to be launched on June 1st, 2010. The website will be used to display used airplanes and aircraft from UsedAirplanes.com. Flying.com currently states that it is “in the process of developing the first community and social media based portal for flying.”
The UDRP is the procedure that is used when someone wants to complain about the rights to a domain.
While it was established by ICANN, there are several companies that share the disputes.
Each of those companies select a panel to study each case and make a decision.
However it seems that at least one of these companies may not be totally fair.
With the .com turning 25 years old this months a peek at the oldest currently registered .com domain names along with the registration dates, according to VeriSign.
DOMAIN NAME DATE
symbolics.com March 15, 1985
bbn.com April 24, 1985
think.com May 24, 1985
mcc.com July 11, 1985
dec.com September 30, 1985
The website, MakeUp.com recently sold for a seven figure price to makeup company L’Oreal; the domain was transferred to L’Oreal USA Creative, Inc. in early March.
Personally I think the generic domain name sold relatively low.
L’Oreal is already one of the worldwide leaders in the makeup and beauty industry and acquiring this domain name will increase the success of an already successful company.
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