November was another busy month for domain sales on the global stage.
There were seven reported six figure sales, and a number of ccTLDs that brought in some huge hauls.
We did a little bit of research on some of the more notable sales of the month, and this is what we uncovered.
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Monkey.co.uk hauled in $22,400 this month
What a huge month for reported domain name sales. There were at least six, six figure sales, along with countless names changing hands in the high five figures.
It’s amazing to see the general public’s knowledge and understanding of the value of great domain names grow at an exponential rate. There’s no doubt internet real estate is booming.
Join us as we take a look at some of the top grossing and most obscure domain sales of the month of October.
Courtesy of The Chef Alliance
September was another busy month in the domainosphere. While thousands upon thousands of domain names sell every month, a large number of them aren’t publicly reported.
Lucky for us, there’s a fair amount that are, and lucky for us, we have Ron Jackson of DNJournal.com to bring these sales to us each and every week. Let’s take a look at a few of September’s top sales, as well as a few obscure transactions from the past month.
Jerry Jones, Owner of the Dallas Cowboys
In the interconnected digital era we live in, brand protection is more important than ever. This holds especially true when your brand is a generic term, one with over 1,500 trademark claims in the U.S. alone. The only way to compound that importance is when your brand and logo happens to be one of the most recognizable on the planet.
All of these combined factors didn’t seem to add up in Jerry Jones’ or the Dallas Cowboys‘ heads, as they let a monumental opportunity to lock up the exact match .com of their football squad slip away over what amounted to pennies in the grand scheme of things. Now the Dallas Cowboys must face the consequences of having millions of individuals worldwide exposed to a product that is not representative of their brand (in this case, much the opposite).
Courtesy of GoDaddy.com
As you may or may not have heard, the world’s “number one domain registrar” and one of the Alexa top 100 websites in the world, Godaddy.com, has been down for several hours. Not only that, most of the 35 million websites and e-mail accounts hosted with GoDaddy have been inaccessible as well.
It’s been speculated that the takedown occurred at the hands of a hacker or group of hackers, potentially associated with the infamous Anonymous group. This individual or group unleashed what’s called a DDOS or distributed denial of service attack on GoDaddy. The debacle begs the question: what exactly is a DDOS attack and how does it happen?
Courtesy of CBS News
It was an incredibly busy month in the domain name aftermarket. The last third of August alone yielded seventy sales in the five figure and above range.
Here’s a few that stood out from the crowd.
We’ve gotten to the point where the internet is almost everywhere. At work, at home or in public, the air is teeming with internet connections. There’s so many choices, yet only one lucky connection can be utilized at once: that is until now.
A Kickstarter creation allowing the average Joe to combine the awesome power of multiple internet connections has met it’s goal, and is under development as we speak. Connectify Dispatch aims to speed up our computers forever by intertwining technology available to us today.
August 23rd, 7PM @ The Chloe Mezze Lounge: 1445 Market St. Downtown Denver, 80202
The 2012 Rocky Mountain Domainer Meet-Up is being hosted by myself and industry veteran Michael Law this week in beautiful downtown Denver. Law is the founder of the critically acclaimed domain name news source NameTalent.com. Law owns and operates a number of other internet properties including 3-0-3.com, DomainParagon.com and the Premium Offerings domain brokerage. I’ve been speculating on domains since early 2011, and traveled to South Florida earlier this year to network with some of the most successful domainers in the world.
Law hosted the first ever Rocky Mountain Domain Conference in 2011 and had a sensational turnout, attracting some of the top names in the industry to give their perspective on the state of the domain union. Esteemed editor of DNJournal.com, Ron Jackson covered the event. This year, Law opted to instead hold two shorter domainer meet-ups versus an all-day conference. It’s sure to be a fantastic time.
Some big time domains exchanged hands this month for some big time prices. The seven figure sale of Denver.com sent shockwaves throughout the industry. YG.com, Metal.com and CricketScore.com all sold in July for six figure sums. Here’s a summary of this month’s action.