Defeated.com: Previously sold domain dropped

Posted by DomainGang on October 19, 2022, at 9:01 am

Defeated.com is a dictionary domain that was registered in 1998 and 20 years later it was sold at NameJet for the sum of $4,557 dollars. At least, that’s what data from NameBio says and we cannot confirm that. The domain name Defeated.com was parked with PPC ads or ad portals most of its life and […]

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Haber10.com: Massive #Turkish news gazette #domain dropped inexplicably

Posted by DomainGang on October 10, 2022, at 3:50 pm

Haber10.com was a Turkish news gazette that remained active online between 2004 and 2022. The news flow of Haber10 consisted of Turkish political news, social news, and sports, with a peppering of support to the government. Registered in 2004 the domain became host to popular content as captures from August 2004 show. Online newspapers are […]

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Monedo.com: Failed fintech’s domain finds home at Media Options

Posted by DomainGang on October 3, 2022, at 3:40 pm

Monedo.com RIP, long live the new Monedo.com! German fintech startup Monedo closed down shop in 2020 and two years later its domain name expired and dropped. Following a three day auction at DropCatch, the domain Monedo.com found a new owner that paid the $1,550 dollars already. The domain is now parked at Bodis. Media Options, […]

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Skroutz.com: Why did this #domain name auction close at $6,001 dollars?

Posted by DomainGang on October 2, 2022, at 5:39 pm

The domain auction for Skroutz.com closed at DropCatch today. The final bid was $6,001 dollars, a seemingly extraordinary amount for a domain that doesn’t mean much. The winner was account holder “Dropper” at DropCatch. We’ve seen domain auctions, such as that for fallen company, Monedo.com, sell for much less, so why did Skroutz.com sell for […]

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Monedo.com: German bankrupt fintech’s #domain dropped

Posted by DomainGang on September 29, 2022, at 2:39 pm

Monedo, once Germany’s largest fintech startup, filed for insolvency proceedings and went bankrupt in 2020. Founded in 2012 by Alexander Müller and Sebastian Diemer, the company faced problems due to the Covid-19 pandemic, despite having raised half a billion dollars in funding previously. Monedo was already struggling due to high default rates on the loans […]

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Medal.com: Ultra premium #domain name the victim of corporate mergers

Posted by DomainGang on August 16, 2022, at 4:37 pm

Medal.com, an ultra-premium domain name originally registered in 2003, has dropped again. Formed in 2015, Medal, Inc. provided medical, health, and fitness content online. The company offered clinical information, records, data security, structure, identity, and transfers, as well as export in different format for health payers, care providers, and individuals. They acquired the domain name […]

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DayTraders.com: Latona’s $80k sale is now a dropped #domain auction

Posted by DomainGang on August 3, 2022, at 12:19 pm

DayTraders.com, a domain once sold via the Latona’s auction/brokerage, did not survive the renewal process. This great domain about “day traders” was registered in 1996, presumably to target a specific group of stock and option traders. Day trading is a form of speculation in securities in which a trader buys and sells a financial instrument […]

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Vivisimo.com: Former search engine tech #domain sold in auction

Posted by DomainGang on July 25, 2022, at 3:55 pm

Vivisimo was a privately held technology company in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, specializing in the development of computer search engines. In May 2012, Vivisimo was acquired by IBM for an undisclosed amount, to promote its “big data” technology. The company’s domain, Vivisimo.com, was registered in 2000 and was under the protective eye of CSC Corporate Domains. Fast-forward […]

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Tem.com: Holy crap, another LLL .com just dropped!

Posted by DomainGang on July 23, 2022, at 11:29 am

It’s insane that premium, three letter .com domains still drop in 2022. TEM.com, a three letter (LLL) .com domain originally registered in 1997, expired and was deleted. The domain TEM.com was promptly picked up by drop-catching industry powerhouse, DropCatch. It’s now involved in a three day auction that has already sent the bidding price above […]

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DropCatch Quad: Four #domain auctions on July 21, 2022 including NFTpool.com

Posted by DomainGang on July 21, 2022, at 7:06 pm

Welcome to another edition of DropCatch Quad; a quick and to the point analysis of domain auctions that closed on DropCatch today. I’ve been following DropCatch auctions for a while, sharing via Twitter some interesting auction results that caught my eye. As much as I can, I follow them to the (bitter) end, not bidding […]

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