James Iles Every month, I’m publishing a brief look back at some of the most notable sales of the equivalent month from ten years ago, as listed in DNJournal. So this month, I’m looking at the domain industry as it was in July 2010, featuring sales such as XYZ.com,… Read more →
I research high value, one-word .COM domains on a regular basis, and every so often I stumble upon a domain that may have sold, which may not have been reported elsewhere. Here, I list six probable domain sales from the past few months.… Read more →
Back in 2002, Brent Oxley founded HostGator whilst studying at Florida Atlantic University. During his decade in charge of HostGator, he built the customer base to over 200,000 clients and employed over 500 members of staff. After selling HostGator to Endurance International Group in 2012 for $300 million, Brent turned to domain names as investments.… Read more →
Sedo’s Dave Evanson has a history of recording six and seven-figure sales. In 2020 along, he has sold names such as Profitable.com for $200,000, and ElectricCar.com for $180,000. Today, Dave has announced another one-word domain that he’s sold for a six-figure fee.… Read more →
Let me start by saying that this isn’t listed by Meredith as a pure domain name sale, so it wouldn’t be eligible to rank on any domain sales charts.
Founded in 1972, Money is a personal finance brand that thrived under the ownership of Time Inc.… Read more →
Late last week, investor George Kirikos revealed that Delta.com had sold in July 2000 for $2,125,000, a sale that was found thanks to the revamping of the SEC’s full-text search, which allows searches of filings dating back to 2000.
George prompted other industry participants to help discover more deals (details are available on how to do that by going here), and so I found another seven-figure domain deal that confirms a 2006 acquisition.… Read more →