Sep

1

Blog Status

September 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment

There are some decent stories coming up soon on the blog. I know I’ve been MIA, but the blog hasn’t been abandoned. Solving a situation right now and will discuss it soon.

I have some AdSense tips blog posts I had written in late May that I never posted… those should be going up soon. I was going to write a couple of them if they were actually helpful to people, so let me see what people say when I post the (2) that I wrote and see if I can manage to remember what else I was going to discuss.

Other than that, nothing really has been going on… but there is finally a lot more time to go back to my old blogging schedule (yay). More posts are probably going to start next week… but I need to re-tweak the blog first.

Looks like the vacation is officially over ladies and gentlemen. It was fun while it lasted ;).

Aug

13

Domain Sales For The Week - Three Word .com Sells For $260,000!

August 13, 2008 | 3 Comments

So I’m in the middle of writing a unique article and was notified that the latest DNJournal “Top domain sales for the week” list has been released for August 4, 2008 through August 10, 2008. You guys know how much I love these! I’m probably going to start adding more interesting facts when I do these in the future, but I’m just trying to get through with a mini-update before I release the next article.

OK. Here are the top 10:

TripleCreditReport.com - $260,000
Daytona.com - $151,395
TarponSprings.com - $60,000
HomeAccessories.com - $32,287
ChatFree.com - $31,000
Website.org - €20,500 = $30,545
LiveWater.com - €17,500 = $26,075
EventsManagement.com - $25,000
BetTheDerby.com - $25,000
Staffordshire.com - £12,000 = $22,800

My favorite? Website.org for some reason.

Always good to sit and look at how much some websites were sold. You might own another extension and/or some sort of domain in the same niche. I would’ve never expected TripleCreditReport.com to sell for that much… I’m sure the owner of TripleCreditReportS.com is happy with that 6-figure sale!

Back to writing… will hopefully have it up by Friday ;).

Aug

8

.ME Auction Prices - Ridiculous Prices For Some Domains? Toyota.ME at $70,005

August 8, 2008 | 3 Comments

Alright… I’d expect some .ME prices to naturally go for a lot (a couple thousand) and other mediocre names to sell for hundreds… but what the heck is going on? Publicity stunt? Take a look at some of these domains being sold and their current auction price tags:

toyota.me 101 20H 43M $70,005
oglasi.me 80 13H 51M $40,014
insure.me 190 14H 21M $40,006
only.me 63 21H 8M $33,405
aweso.me 59 18H 44M $17,189
match.me 89 18H 43M $16,015
hug.me 112 12H 13M $15,516
skoda.me 71 19H 52M $15,006
korea.me 63 23H 38M $15,005
china.me 98 18H 28M $10,505
recruit.me 43 18H 37M $10,155
rank.me 140 18H 43M $10,005

*Auctions have NOT yet ended.

Toyota.ME going for $70,005. I wonder if TOYOTA is the one bidding on this… NO WAY! They can easily just take their domain since it’s a freakin’ trademark! Oglasi.ME turned out to be “Ads.ME” in Serbian, Crotian, and Macedonian. Interesting that someone would pay $40,000+ for a ccTLD. Why not just try to get Oglasi.ccTLD for Serbia, Crotia, or Macedonia? Maybe .me is just that much more brandable? Who knows. Maybe the current owners don’t want to sell? That’s another possibility.

Domain hack: aweso.ME (awesome) is going for $17,000+. Hrmmm. Skoda.ME also jumps out… $15,000… Not sure if Skoda owns their TM (I’m sure they do, but have never really done any searching regarding the company… which is internationally known).

I’m not saying anything negative regarding .ME (I haven’t bought any and don’t really plan on it), but some of these prices are outrageous for the types of domains that are being purchased. It’s good this TLD is getting recognized, but its purpose is to help the country of Montenegro get online with their own identity. Oh well.

Bored? Take a look at the .ME auctions here.