After helping to recover IRCnet.net for the community a few years ago (the domain had ended up in a Tucows’ private portfolio after the original registrant let it expire and Tucows was kind enough to help return it to the community for a reasonable charge), I was watching this auction carefully. Had IRCnet.com gone for a lower price I would have been bidding as well in order to keep this name in the community.
Which community? What’s IRCnet are you asking? I’ll give you a quick intro if you’re not familiar with these terms. IRCnet is a huge text based chat network made up of servers all over the world and is the oldest of IRC chat networks. IRC is older than the World Wide Web (created in 1988). For more information – check out the Wikipedia page on IRC, Internet Relay Chat.
As you may notice (as I just did when researching this), ircnet.net itself does not resolve to a website, but www.ircnet.net does – I’ll chat with my friend about that. IRCnet.com has displayed a message that it’s out of service since September 2009. The domain had been registered to a registrant with an Italian mailing address and an email address in Iran for a long time. The original registrant will still be able to renew the domain per Go Daddy’s and ICANN’s renewal terms until the domain name is handed over to the auction winner.
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Judging by the current redirect of DVD.com to a netflix subdomain (resulting in an error page though), Netflix bought DVD.com with the help of Mark Monitor. The domain is registered at Network Solutions with DNStinations information since yesteday, which is used by Mark Moniker as a proxy service. DNW was able to confirm the purchase with the buyer.
[via MultiChannel News]
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According to a German language press release sent out by Sedo this morning, the company has succesfully brokered the sale of the domain Gambling.com for $2.5 Million USD on behalf of the British Media Corp. The new owner wishes to remain anonymous – no surprise considering the recent actions of the US government against online gambling. The whois seems to still list the old owner at this point.
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The Sale of Sex.com has now been entered into the Guinness Book of World Records. The entry is currently listed online only, but will be included in the next print edition. The domain name was sold for $13 million USD by Escom LLC to Clover Holdings Ltd on 17 November 2010. Sedo brokered the sale.
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As reported in November, Media Corp is planning to sell their domain Gambling.com with the help of Sedo in order to fund further acquisitions. According to The Times (paid access) it appears that the reserve has now been set at $9 million USD, which is less than half of the original purchase price for the site for $20 million USD in May of 2005, according to the Wall Street Journal on The Australian.
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According to this press release, modem manufacturer Zoom Telephonics sold the domain name Zoom.com and related trademark assets for the equivalent of $344,800 in Equity to Zoom Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: ZOOM). The seller received 80,000 shares in the buying company as compensation and is given the right to divest these shares over the course of 15 months after signing.
Zoom Technologies will assume all rights to the zoom.com domain name after a 4 month transition period. During the transition period both companies will share the zoom.com home page, and a single click will transfer someone to the home page of either Zoom Telephonics or Zoom Technologies. The companies have agreed to cooperate in order to affect a smooth transition of email addresses.
[Thank you George]
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The domain name e.co was sold to a live bidder in New York at the Sedo auction held today. According to Andrew Allemann over at Domain Name Wire, the winning bidder was Domain Invest Lonnie Borck.
As reported by Mashable Retweet.com Sold for $250,000 on the Flippa.com market place. After receiving bids by 34 bidders up to $202,000, a new bidder joined the auction and bought the site domain for its listed BIN (buy it now) price of $250,000. The identity of the buyer has yet to be revealed.
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As per a post on their Member Center, AfternicDLS has sold the domain name Ticket.com for $1,525,000 USD. The name was promoted through the DLS partner network and the sale was closed by a Buydomains Sales Representative. It currently redirects to Stubhub with an affiliate code.
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