CreditScore.com – Top Selling Domain for 2010

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CreditScore.com was purchased by Mighty Net, Inc. owners of CreditReport.com for an undisclosed amount, although it was stated that the price surpassed the amount that Toys.com sold for in 2009.

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.

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Flying.com sells for $1.1 Million

flying.jpgUsedAirplanes.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.” 

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Is UDRP really fair and unbiased ?

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.

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25 Oldest Currently Registered .Com Domain Names

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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

 

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MakeUp.com Seven Figure Sale

makeup.gifThe 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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ccTLDInvestors.com – New Online Magazine Dedicated to ccTLD Investing

cctldinvestors_125_125.pngMorgan Linton founder of Linton Investments LLC has just announce the launch of, ccTLDInvestors.com, an online magazine dedicated entirely to investing in Country Code Top Level Domains (ccTLDs).

See my earlier post with top sales like Credit.fr $851,875 and Free-SMS.de for $162,150 already this year.  In 2009 ccTLD sales doubled making it the quickest growing segment in the Domain Investing space.

Read more at ccTLDInvestors.com .

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Guns.com Sells for $800,000 -Among YTD Top Sellers Chart

According to Ron Jackson at DNJournal, Moniker competed the sale of Guns.com for $800,000 March 10.

Guns.com is third followed by Poker.org and Credit.fr in biggest sale overall this year.

Poker.org              $1,000,000

Credit.fr                 $851,876

PartySupplies.com $360,000

Biking.com            $250,000

Boating.com          $250,000

Metal.com             $165,000

Free-SMS.de         $162.150.

Website.de            $141,610

 

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