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Talk about a good call. Vancouver-based domain name holding company Live Current Media just sold the domain name Call.com for $1.1 million.
If you think Live Current hit the jackpot, wait ’til you hear how the domain’s changed hands over the last few years. This is one of those rare times when a company gets to trade a bird in the bush for two in the hand. [Read more…]
Originally posted on August 31, 2009 @ 9:17 pm
Niche Stores, an Austin-based boutique of category-specific Internet properties has acquired the domain name HomeBrewing.com, for an undisclosed sum.
Niche Stores builds and operates numerous websites within Internet verticals that can uniquely succeed on the web by efficiently reaching a global audience of niche consumers. The acquisition of generic keyword website domains within new verticals is a key strategy for Niche Stores. These types of Internet addresses can draw significant amounts of direct type traffic and are logically favored by Google and Yahoo in search engine results pages.
“Despite the current economic environment and the decline of the housing market, Internet real estate continues to be an excellent form of value investing. HomeBrewing.com is an important square on the internet monopoly board for us,” Niche Stores CEO/Founder Christian Lavender said.
Originally posted on April 7, 2009 @ 11:02 am
ComputerWorld reports that web hosting company Network Solutions LLC has suspended a web site that a conservative Dutch politician wanted to use to release an anti-Quran video that critics are saying is extremely critical of Islam. Right-wing lawmaker Geert Wilders planned to release the movie titled Fitna, whose Arabic name translates to ordeal, on the Web site March 31.
Originally posted on March 26, 2008 @ 10:14 am
DotAsia Organisation announced that the launch of the .asia netted 266,663 applications within the first 24 hours, demonstrating great interest around the world to stake claims in the most prestigious cyber real estate in Asia. Including Pre-Sunrise, Sunrise, Pioneer programs and the first day of Landrush, the total number of domain applications to date is 298,861. “.Asia” Landrush opened Feb 20 and will close on March 12, 2008.
Unlike conventional first-come-first-served processes, DotAsia utilizes a model that treats all applications received equally no matter if it was submitted within the first second or on the last day of the Landrush period. For domains receiving two or more applications, an auction will be held between the applicants.
Over 35% of the Landrush applications received came from Asia, with 40% from North America and 24% from Europe. A total of about 28,000 domain names received more than one application.
Originally posted on February 25, 2008 @ 11:30 am
Elysium Internet, Inc. has acquired the domain name SECLawyer.com.
“We already own SecuritiesAttorney.net, LocalSECAttorney.com, LocalSecuritiesAttorney.com and the term SEC Attorney with a .com address for every state and every major city in the US. Acquiring a premium name like SECLawyer.com allows us to brand our Securities Attorney directory with a top level direct navigation domain dot com name. We now believe that we have developed possibly the largest and certainly the deepest domain name portfolio relating to the business of Securities Attorneys in the world,” Elysium and FTS CEO Scott Gallagher said.
“SECLawyer.com is scheduled to be launched in 6 to 8 weeks or immediately after the launch of Therapists.net and Auditors.com. As previously mentioned upon completion of our directory platform Elysium will begin launching one directory every two weeks for the next year.”
Originally posted on February 23, 2008 @ 4:57 pm