Seven points: Does the constant promotion of Domain Auctions benefit bidders?

These days, domain auction venues really want to ‘milk’ it; advertising auctions for days, and up to the last minute via email campaigns and social media. Obviously, while this is beneficial for the seller and the domain venue, it’s not necessarily good for the bidders. 😉 Here’s a list of seven points, on why we […]

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GoDaddy mails off check for a whopping $0.42 dollars!

Gotta love automation, it’s governed by machines and not human common sense. Then again, a machine is as smart as its creator and programmer, and a check of 42 cents that was mailed off by GoDaddy’s Afternic service is the proof of that. Domain investor Simonas Balnys, displayed his personal check of $0.42 with pride, […]

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False alarm, as ‘stolen’ domain was in fact a great Afternic sale!

Fresh from the “yes!wtf” department, is this funny incident about a panicked domain owner who contacted us earlier today. Bob, who shall remain otherwise anonymous for the sake of saving him the embarrassment, saw one of his domains change hands without his direct involvement. We received an email with the details, and it’s quite clear […]

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GoDaddy grabs hold of Afternic .com

After its recent acquisition of Afternic for umpteen millions of dollars, GoDaddy – the largest domain registrar in the world – has completed the final stage of its asset acquisition. Recent WHOIS lookups placed the domain name Afternic.com in the hands of Domain Administration .com LLC, but this has changed. Apparently, GoDaddy has now completed […]

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Domain drama: $40,000 unpaid bid at Afternic raises forum tempers

Using company credentials, a partner of an Indian social media & web design company placed a $40,000 offer on Afternic; he never followed up with payment once that offer was accepted. Some of you might gasp at the amount involved, as Indian web development companies are known for low cost development, hence their use in […]

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DNJournal awarded a RAVE of ’99’ by the Combined Domain Sales Report

A new web service, called Combined Domain Sales Report has been launched in private beta this week, by domain industry veterans Tom Smith, Dick Jones and Harry Williams. “We were fed up with reading posts by every blogger about how many domains were sold on Sedo, Afternic, Flippa, NameJet and GoDaddy,” said Dick Jones, CTO […]

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Top 10 Ways to respond to a Lowball Offer

As domainers, we receive them all the time: the much-dreaded, despicable, nerve-wracking offers that don’t even take into account the cost of renewing the domain. The Lowball Offers. They arrive via emails, phonecalls or via online venues such as Sedo, GoDaddy, Network Solutions or Afternic. Lowball offers are several zeros short of a full price, […]

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Rick Latona’s great idea spreads across domain auction houses

Affected by the shape of global economy, domain auction houses will now offer direct auctions to other auctions and so forth. As hinted by Rick Latona’s exclusive newsletter – The Latona’s VIP Club Daily Gazette – TRAFFIC domains will now be auctioned at GreatDomains auctions, which themselves will be auctioned at Sedo or Afternic, without […]

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