Toys ‘R’ Us is the lucky winner of Toys.com. The domain was bought by the toy store chain in a heated phone auction that took place earlier today at the final bid of $5.1 million. DirectNavigation blogged live from the auction here. According to Domain Name Wire, the following bidders participated in the auction: [...] Continue reading →

The following no-reserve domain auctions just ended on Sedo's most recent Greatdomains auction: KXV.com – $3,000 KFQ.com – $3,000 KQH.com – $3,000 KBQ.com – $3,100 SJQ.com – $3,300 JXV.com – $3,600 SOL.com attracted 13 bids, the highest being 15,500 euros, but the reserve was not met. COP.com attracted 3 bids, the highest being $20,500, but [...] Continue reading →

Sedo just sent out the following security alert: We have been informed that due to a security problem at one of our competitors a list of their customer data including plaintext passwords is currently circulating on the web including relevant hacker forums. Our Security and Compliance Team has found several of our own customers matching [...] Continue reading →

DNJournal's latest Top 20 chart of domain sales prices is shown below. Fly.com leads the list with an amazing $1,760,000 sale. The domain was brokered by Sedo and bought by TravelZoo, a publicly listed company. TravelZoo plans to use the domain to launch a travel search engine later this month. Brian Clark, senior vice [...] Continue reading →

Premium domain names continue to be an outstanding investment. This is nothing new to domain investors, and despite a recent slowdown in the reseller market, the actual numbers confirm that the end user market remains strong. Looking at DNJournal's List of Top 100 Reported Sales of 2006, 2007 and 2008, the top 100 median [...] Continue reading →

Premium domain names continue to be an outstanding investment. This is nothing new to domain investors, and despite a recent slowdown in the reseller market, the actual numbers confirm that the end user market remains strong. Looking at DNJournal's List of Top 100 Reported Sales of 2006, 2007 and 2008, the top 100 median [...] Continue reading →

2008 was a very unique year in the domaining industry. The popularity of domaining continued to rise even as prices dropped. Increasing numbers of end users noticed the value of domains as well and there were quite a few astonishing sales reported throughout the year. At the same time, domain parking came to a virtual [...] Continue reading →