Although it was a slower week at Sedo, with only three domains closing over $30,000 USD, there were still a number of impressive results with numerics, generics, .info, and “tube” domains all making their mark. Take a look at the entire list of over 100 sales after the jump… ...

AboutUs, a website wiki service that receives over 7 million hits per month, has secured $2.5 million worth of financing from Voyager Capital whose managing director, Erik Benson, also opted to join its board. AboutUs is a 3-year-old business startup with an early record of success. The company is a...

It has been a busy holiday season - so we ended up putting the last two Sedo weekly sales lists into one. There have been a number of impressive sales from December 22-January 5 including… nudetube.com for 167,500 USD 25.com for 124,555 USD basket.com for 88,888 USD 94.com for 81,000 USD ton...

It’s time for another weekly summary of Sedo’s domain sales. This week features Riva.com selling for 200,000 USD, Crab.com closing at 92,000 USD, and Casas.net reaching 87,000 EUR. But there’s much more after the jump! Domain name Price Currency Translation .COMs ...

OpenSRS has announced that their Expired Domains Program will be ending on January 6, 2009, due to a decrease in ad revenues and an increase in the cost and complexity of the program. Once the program ends, the following changes will be implemented immediately: Customized headers on expired domains...

After some questionable sales reporting last week, Sedo has implemented an updated reporting tool for completed domain sales in their marketplace. This, along with a recent GreatDomains‘ auction, has led to a much larger list than usual that includes a handfull of domains that should have been...

Joichi Ito, the CEO of Creative Commons and a close friend of Elliot Noss, has been appointed to the Board of Directors at Tucows. “We are honoured to have one of the most influential leaders in the global Internet community join our Board,” said Noss, the President and CEO of Tucows. &#...

According to Scotsman.com, there is a strong backing for Scotland to create a domain extension that is separate from the rest of the United Kingdom. In March of this year the TimesOnline reported that Alex Salmond, the First Minister of Scotland, lodged a formal request to change the country’s...

Frank Schilling’s  Name Administration Inc. was able to defend it’s right of ownership for the domains Joystick.com and PCJeux.com after a French company filed a dispute through the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). Although the panel concluded that the complainant failed...

DOMAINfest Global is just around the corner and Moniker is reviewing all the submitted domains for the industry’s largest live and extended domain auctions. Some of the early contenders to be featured in the official catalog include: Nachos.com UnderGarments.com ParentalControl.com ScienceFic...

Sedo’s weekly sales list was highlighted by kredit.de selling for 892,500 Euros (1.13M USD). This same sale was reported on DNN nearly one month ago along with amarillo.mobi and tse.mobi, which were both listed on the weekly sales ending November 10. Other impressive sales this week include sc...

The domaining message boards have been buzzing ever since a purported domain thief created a website to offer his long list of stolen domains for sale.  The purported thief, sometimes referred to as Omid J, has been tracked down by other domainers in the past but he hasn’t typically been as b...

The Wall Street Journal recently published a story by Carl Bialik discussing the growing popularity of numeric domains and why they are increasing in value. According to Bialik, the future is bright for numeric domains for several reasons: No need for translation between countries… Some numbe...

DomainSponsor, the organizer of DOMAINfest Global, has published the official agenda for 2009 event which will take place at the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel in Hollywood, California, from January 28-30, as well as the pre-event Boot Camp on January 27. The Boot Camp is intended for beginner or inter...

On November 17 I was surprised to see only one Sedo sale above $15,000 - this week there was only one above $10,000! Aside from GiftIdeas.co.uk selling for $37,950 USD and ten .mobi domains selling for over $1,000, nothing really stood out. It got me wondering, with so many things going on last week...

Last week there was only one Sedo sale beyond 15,000 EUR - this week there were seven with EverestBets.com, Internet.eu, Glow.co.uk, haarverlaengerung.de, mijn.nl, ggg.fr, and FlashPlayer.de all reaching the mark. Check out the full list after the jump. Domain name Price Currency Type Trans...

After news hit that they were running low on cash, Live Current Media (OTCBB:LIVC), a developer of numerous high-profile e-commerce websites, was able to raise $1.06 million by selling 1.63 million units through private placement at $0.65/each. Investors - including Live Current CEO and chairman, Ge...

Here is this week’s sales list from Sedo. There are a few repeats from what was reported last week, but still some very impressive results. Three letter domains led the way with abl.com selling for 50,000 USD and giw.com selling for 13,500 EUR, a couple rarely reported ccTLDs made the list wit...