Apple introduced its newest money maker Iads for mobile advertising. Steve Jobs noted that search is not effective for mobile ads. Apple will put ads within iphone and ipad apps. They will give 60% of revenue to the developer and keep 40%. This seems like a win for both Apple and the developers.
As for the domain Iads.com. I emailed the owner asking for a price. His answer was extremely short. Ten Million USD.
The top 2 sales for Sedo last week were Pilot.com @ 330k and Nasty.com at 200k. Mec.com, a 3 letter name, was a notable sale at 99K. i think collegeoverview.com at 20k and shortcodes.com at just over 7K were also nice pickups.
Complete list follows:
Domain name Price Currency
.COMs
pilot.com 300,000 USD
nasty.com 200,000 USD
mec.com 99,000 USD
golfcoursesguide.com 62,000 USD
nostrings.com 37,500 USD
nostringsattached.com 37,500 USD
collegeoverview.com 20,000 USD
ffb.com 18,000 USD
chargepoints.com 14,999 USD
bsh.com 10,501 USD
lmd.com 10,100 USD
winga.com 7,999 EUR
windeal.com 7,500 USD
shortcodes.com 7,299 USD
viajabien.com 5,300 EUR
novotempo.com 5,002 USD
emanifest.com 5,001 USD
whichisbetter.com 5,000 USD
paclabs.com 4,850 USD
brez.com 4,500 EUR
premieradvantage.com 4,500 USD
sleepnaked.com 4,500 USD
czd.com 4,500 USD
cotedazur.com 4,300 EUR
ubq.com 4,200 USD
loyalcapital.com 4,000 USD
disway.com 4,000 EUR
zipquest.com 3,500 USD
abic.com 3,300 USD
cornerchurch.com 3,288 USD
detekt.com 3,000 USD
perrotin.com 2,900 EUR
strategicintervention.com 2,888 USD
kallaroo.com 2,800 USD
communicationsserver.com 2,588 USD
wirtschaftswissen.com 2,588 USD
healthinvestment.com 2,500 USD
autoad.com 2,500 USD
candy-apples.com 2,500 USD
italiansoccer.com 2,500 USD
viseo.com 2,500 EUR
backstagemagazine.com 2,500 USD
lanyardsdirect.com 2,500 USD
foliocloud.com 2,500 USD
nesher.com 2,200 USD
doublelinefunds.com 2,125 USD
mamypoko.com 2,000 EUR
gaysign.com 2,000 USD
aldencapital.com 2,000 EUR
stalman.com 2,000 USD
iamone.com 1,850 USD
didgah.com 1,800 USD
bakka.com 1,750 EUR
globesoftware.com 1,750 USD
nohero.com 1,750 USD
bestreputation.com 1,575 USD
n-sphere.com 1,500 USD
makemeold.com 1,500 USD
fleetly.com 1,500 USD
federalaidloan.com 1,500 USD
federalaidloans.com 1,500 USD
peza.com 1,473 USD
1cv.com 1,305 EUR
cellscope.com 1,300 USD
3et.com 1,285 EUR
shopperone.com 1,250 USD
allhappy.com 1,250 USD
shealaw.com 1,200 USD
panebianco.com 1,200 USD
jjdd.com 1,200 USD
qosmo.com 1,199 USD
shockvoice.com 1,123 EUR
zhal.com 1,120 USD
abdulwahed.com 1,050 USD
365job.com 1,049 USD
sharehappy.com 1,000 USD
videoestimate.com 1,000 USD
expertengine.com 1,000 USD
silverstep.com 1,000 USD
edge360.com 1,000 USD
americanmadetoys.com 1,000 USD
clocky.com 1,000 USD
singlecams.com 995 USD
ca-p.com 995 EUR
skilledin.com 987 USD
lamoncloa.com 950 USD
znatural.com 900 USD
scrinium.com 900 USD
rentcarolina.com 899 USD
automatedtraffic.com 895 USD
linger-linger.com 849 USD
musicleaf.com 800 USD
star365.com 800 USD
lj8.com 800 USD
horizonpharma.com 800 USD
trainingtemplates.com 800 USD
jeux-mario.com 800 EUR
biginterview.com 800 USD
n2mu.com 800 USD
chromeaddons.com 800 EUR
onlinereunions.com 751 USD
bingo-reviews.com 750 USD
thinkshare.com 750 USD
tenerifegolf.com 732 EUR
ccTLDs
umschuldung.de 12,501 EUR
schönheitsoperation.ch 9,000 EUR
js.de 8,099 EUR
ow.de 7,500 EUR
aegypten.eu 4,900 EUR
bonuszertifikate.eu 4,000 EUR
exchange.nl 3,500 EUR
vitalurlaub.de 2,900 EUR
rueckenschmerz.de 2,600 EUR
bonfire.ru 2,500 USD
deutschlandarena.de 2,500 EUR
deutschland-arena.de 2,500 EUR
uec.eu 2,250 EUR
shoptime.com.ar 2,000 USD
webmoney.at 2,000 EUR
nicoli.it 2,000 EUR
hrm.asia 2,000 USD
online-dating.at 1,900 EUR
pnh.de 1,850 EUR
blurb.de 1,800 EUR
schulranzen-versand.de 1,800 EUR
analyst.co.uk 1,700 GBP
baby.cc 1,600 USD
gameready.co.uk 1,550 GBP
xpresso.nl 1,500 EUR
its.be 1,500 EUR
citydeal.co.uk 1,500 USD
davinci.ch 1,500 EUR
terrasverwarmer.nl 1,500 EUR
led-tagfahrleuchten.de 1,400 EUR
kdm.ch 1,400 EUR
windscreenwiperblades.co.uk 1,400 EUR
discountzertifikate.at 1,290 EUR
surfen.be 1,250 EUR
europe.cm 1,200 USD
kracht.cn 1,200 EUR
watchlive.tv 1,000 EUR
comun.es 1,000 EUR
webhosting.org.in 1,000 USD
baseshop.de 1,000 EUR
hausbaukredit.de 1,000 EUR
74.co.uk 1,000 GBP
it-camp.de 1,000 EUR
kaminkehrer.eu 900 EUR
punz.eu 850 EUR
iemb.de 850 EUR
aktienanleihe.ch 850 EUR
bausparberater.de 830 EUR
creatura.de 825 EUR
jabba.de 800 EUR
babygear.co.uk 800 GBP
colesterol.es 760 EUR
casinoroom.fr 750 EUR
couchpotatoes.de 750 EUR
eventtechnik24.de 750 EUR
here.im 750 USD
cri.nl 750 EUR
dobermannwelpen-vermittlung.de 750 EUR
chatroulette.tv 750 EUR
hypoconcept.de 740 EUR
haarpflege.eu 720 EUR
hotelsworld.asia 700 EUR
navediharlock.it 700 EUR
spellensite.nl 700 EUR
Other
jadu.net 5,000 USD
ax.org 5,000 GBP
renten.org 3,600 EUR
schmerz.info 3,600 EUR
reisebüro.net 3,107 EUR
healthinvestment.org 3,000 USD
deblocage.org 2,500 EUR
taschenuhr.net 2,494 EUR
geboortekaartjes.info 2,250 EUR
freechatrooms.net 2,200 USD
uitnodiging.net 2,088 USD
offerte.org 2,000 EUR
horoskope.org 1,850 EUR
kanban.net 1,750 USD
trollingmotors.net 1,500 USD
friese.net 1,288 USD
gaspreisvergleich.org 1,150 EUR
hoofdpijn.info 1,100 EUR
parken.net 1,049 EUR
halitosis.info 1,000 EUR
agentur.info 1,000 EUR
tire.biz 1,000 USD
onlinecasinoreviews.net 998 USD
napa.biz 975 USD
milch.org 951 EUR
games-online.org 900 EUR
searchengineoptimisation.info 890 GBP
energiekosten.net 888 USD
healthinsurancequote.info 800 EUR
anlagenbau.org 750 EUR
investable.net 750 USD
anglers.net 700 USD
DOM Partners LLC, which lent $4,000,000 to Escom LLC to fund the website’s operations is asking the courts to dismiss the involuntary bankruptcy case involving the Sex.com domain name. Since the domain is earning hardly any revenue currently, DOM Partners LLC says that if the case is dismissed an auction would be the best way to recover what is owed on the domain.
There will be a hearing on April 20 at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Woodland Hills, California.
Recently, I turned down a six figure offer on the domain CarInsurance.net. While the offer was good, the keyword was just to hard for me to let go. So with a little determination, I built Carinsurance.net and made it live today. While there are some fixes needed, I hope that you like the site and will give me feedback.
I went to Google a few minutes ago and could not believe what I saw. When I typed in the term “Auto Insurance” into Google, the 2nd link was for a domain called kosherhibachi.com. I then tried the term “car insurance rates” in Google and saw that kosherhibachi.com was also 2nd for that keyword. Obviously something is wrong. i thought to myself “has someone figured out a way to beat google at SEO and bring a domain that who’s domain itself has no value for the category”. Obviously the answer is yes. I assume much black hat seo is at work. They have taken a name of a former kosher restaurant in Brooklyn and made it into a HUGE moneymaker as that category has big payouts. How long will this last? Probably not much longer as Google is usually good at finding and fixing these type of actions. I also believe they used a non generic domain, as most likely the domain will be banned in the near future and that would be a waste of a good generic domain as opposed to using a throw away name such as kosherhibachi.com
It seems like a banner year so far for generic names and the sales just keep on coming. Oversee.net Moniker and Snapnames divsions each brokered a big domain sale. Recently Guns.com sold for $800,000 and Screensavers.com was sold at the Snapnames auction for $335,000. These are 2 great names at good prices. I think screensavers.com was a gem. Interesting enough, I tried to buy Screensavers.com at a much higher price in the past and never had a response.
I have it on good authority that a petition was filed in Bankruptcy court late this afternoon to stay the foreclosure proceedings on the Sex.com domain. The auction is currently scheduled to take place tomorrow.
The Top sale of course was MusicVideos.com for $250k. onlinecheckup.com 7,774USD, gold.co.uk 42,050 GBP webstyle.com 16,500 USD and Paydayloans.info at 24K
some other notable buys.
Domain name Price Currency
.Coms
musicvideos.com 250,000 USD
313.com 25,000 USD
webstyle.com 16,500 USD
949.com 13,560 USD
bgm.com 12,501 USD
giftcardmessages.com 12,000 USD
buty.com 11,500 USD
singlesdating.com 11,001 GBP
dogsbite.com 11,000 USD
pokerist.com 11,000 USD
freestay.com 10,000 GBP
pimpcash.com 10,000 USD
7g.com 9,999 USD
421.com 8,955 EUR
99problems.com 8,000 USD
dragonballs.com 7,900 USD
onlinecheckup.com 7,774 USD
thek.com 7,500 USD
toonix.com 7,000 USD
dogvip.com 6,000 EUR
custodyrights.com 5,100 USD
robofx.com 5,000 USD
ehong.com 5,000 USD
mdct.com 5,000 USD
marketingconsultancy.com 5,000 USD
rembi.com 4,888 USD
infobuy.com 4,000 USD
avoxa.com 3,850 EUR
leaseadomain.com 3,750 USD
riobingo.com 3,750 GBP
crosspointmedia.com 3,750 USD
fotokarten.com 3,588 USD
dragoncore.com 3,500 USD
tele5.com 3,500 USD
dashit.com 3,500 USD
bizpad.com 3,500 EUR
solarmade.com 3,500 USD
taxdebtattorney.com 3,500 USD
organicturkeys.com 3,375 USD
automieten.com 3,200 EUR
easypoll.com 3,100 USD
cafehotels.com 3,000 USD
saldi.com 3,000 EUR
marathashaadi.com 3,000 USD
vivess.com 3,000 USD
imprintedpens.com 2,688 USD
prepaid-creditcard.com 2,500 USD
geok.com 2,500 USD
sentfromabove.com 2,500 USD
helicopterflights.com 2,500 EUR
ultramarcars.com 2,380 EUR
apotheekonline.com 2,300 USD
weddinggloves.com 2,250 USD
swissmed.com 2,200 EUR
adix.com 2,200 USD
londonfashion.com 2,200 USD
deformed.com 2,116 USD
englishlakes.com 2,088 USD
undergroundmovie.com 2,000 USD
twirling.com 2,000 USD
poisson.com 2,000 USD
pizzarecipes.com 2,000 USD
dataeast.com 1,999 USD
insurance-benefits.com 1,999 USD
hypno-therapy.com 1,999 USD
betterbeauty.com 1,995 USD
datingmedia.com 1,993 USD
lookoutpost.com 1,988 USD
yes-you-can.com 1,888 USD
mochilero.com 1,800 EUR
shift-consulting.com 1,750 USD
scotlandfirst.com 1,667 USD
telvis.com 1,642 EUR
boatdealerships.com 1,550 USD
vpn-service.com 1,500 EUR
mefitness.com 1,500 USD
adunique.com 1,500 EUR
golfizus.com 1,500 USD
next-idea.com 1,500 USD
coastman.com 1,500 USD
keyboardpro.com 1,499 USD
ergebnisse24.com 1,400 EUR
astroawani.com 1,400 USD
plantillasgratis.com 1,400 EUR
morpol.com 1,400 USD
casinopartner.com 1,400 USD
appchecker.com 1,400 USD
tier2.com 1,350 USD
dailygrocer.com 1,342 USD
promotionjobs.com 1,300 EUR
softwarepackage.com 1,260 USD
exquisitesearch.com 1,250 USD
nordicstar.com 1,250 USD
fabquip.com 1,250 USD
événementiel.com 1,200 USD
bubka.com 1,200 EUR
promotionaltotes.com 1,200 USD
airlebnis.com 1,200 EUR
muabannhadat.com 1,200 EUR
liebeleben.com 1,200 EUR
thefitlab.com 1,200 USD
solargold.com 1,190 EUR
scienceindex.com 1,101 EUR
eleven-eleven.com 1,100 USD
marriageinislam.com 1,100 USD
travelrater.com 1,100 USD
360ms.com 1,100 USD
hubhosting.com 1,100 USD
simulateur.com 1,075 EUR
experttv.com 1,075 USD
poweraccu.com 1,000 EUR
friendcube.com 1,000 USD
skyparking.com 1,000 EUR
eurotrak.com 1,000 USD
thetry.com 1,000 USD
tagpad.com 1,000 USD
hi-vis.com 1,000 EUR
viajeaestambul.com 1,000 EUR
apuestasinternet.com 1,000 EUR
otwarte.com 1,000 EUR
architravel.com 1,000 EUR
telecorpinc.com 1,000 USD
3key.com 1,000 EUR
123files.com 1,000 USD
minerals1.com 1,000 EUR
trafficlauncher.com 1,000 USD
visitpoconos.com 1,000 USD
euro-consult.com 1,000 USD
cllinfo.com 1,000 USD
itismyfault.com 1,000 USD
carbontaxes.com 999 EUR
yourfirstcar.com 995 USD
websitehostingblog.com 985 USD
cyphermail.com 945 USD
automm.com 900 USD
textore.com 900 USD
rentmaps.com 900 USD
bikinicollection.com 900 USD
3rdpower.com 900 USD
eisenhans.com 900 EUR
mimit.com 888 USD
imprintedumbrellas.com 880 USD
findyourlyrics.com 850 EUR
sigsag.com 850 GBP
engravingequipment.com 802 USD
pestcontrollondon.com 800 USD
tricomsystems.com 800 USD
badical.com 799 USD
custom-flags.com 777 USD
t-list.com 750 USD
imedigap.com 750 USD
limonet.com 750 USD
meefeedia.com 750 USD
factuals.com 750 USD
thelongevitydiet.com 750 USD
continentalgold.com 750 USD
cubedesigns.com 750 USD
krankentagegeldversicherung.com 750 EUR
highrollerscasino.com 750 USD
ring1.com 750 USD
cityofbonitasprings.com 750 USD
winotes.com 730 EUR
vipbilling.com 708 USD
cabin-crew.com 700 USD
alojamentos.com 700 EUR
lodj.com 700 USD
ioflow.com 700 USD
expoxxi.com 700 EUR
bidp.com 700 USD
Domain name Price Currency
gold.co.uk 42050 GBP
paydayloans.info 24000 USD
terrasse.de 13000 EUR
ips.nl 9520 EUR
fibrebroadband.co.uk 8500 GBP
whisky.net 8000 EUR
krimi.tv 6500 EUR
ma.de 6100 EUR
jo.de 6100 EUR
thebible.co.uk 5600 GBP
bathroom-tiles.co.uk 5425 GBP
adsforfree.co.uk 5000 GBP
erkältung.ch 5000 EUR
kgb.mx 5000 USD
ubm.net 5000 USD
financialaid.tv 4750 USD
gamesmaster.co.uk 4500 GBP
choisir.fr 4350 EUR
sushishop.eu 4250 EUR
energyagency.eu 4200 EUR
weddingdress.de 4000 EUR
provence.us 3500 EUR
proenergie.net 3500 EUR
presupuestos.net 3188 USD
tanninglotion.net 3100 USD
ratenkredit.info 3000 EUR
qmf.de 3000 EUR
check.in 3000 EUR
physicianassistantprograms.net 3000 USD
mkx.net 3000 USD
hundepraxis.de 2975 EUR
singapur.net 2788 USD
archivierung.eu 2750 EUR
style.in 2650 USD
leadershiptraining.co.uk 2600 EUR
hotelclub.com.my 2500 USD
nickelodeon.ru 2500 USD
personalplaner.de 2490 EUR
sportbekleidung.net 2450 EUR
casino-spiele.de 2300 EUR
energybody.de 2250 EUR
oporto.net 2200 USD
showroom.org 2188 USD
tourism.mobi 2100 USD
shooting.net 2050 USD
maternitydresses.net 2000 USD
kalifornien.net 2000 EUR
2019.org 2000 USD
jobpromoter.de 2000 EUR
elcasino.net 2000 EUR
h.im 2000 EUR
business-webhosting.de 2000 EUR
hoveniers.be 2000 EUR
janeiredale.de 2000 USD
implantesdentales.net 1988 USD
xpartner.de 1950 EUR
todays.eu 1800 EUR
wirtschaftsstrafrecht.eu 1785 EUR
cityfx.co.uk 1750 USD
smokingkills.org 1650 USD
touchscreen.us 1560 USD
foerdermittel.eu 1550 EUR
callway.de 1500 EUR
parislanuit.fr 1500 EUR
webwatch.tv 1500 EUR
onlinelife.org 1500 USD
lupen.de 1500 EUR
radiologie-duisburg.de 1460 EUR
kinderbuecher.net 1388 USD
schools-out.de 1300 EUR
boya.de 1300 EUR
lhh.it 1250 EUR
voeux.net 1250 EUR
hotel-booking.net 1248 USD
cprtraining.org 1200 USD
mysticker.de 1200 EUR
immobilienungarn.de 1150 EUR
sachsen-kontakte.de 1100 EUR
airportcar.co.uk 1050 USD
dlc.net 1000 EUR
domainsnapper.de 1000 EUR
freetea.co.uk 1000 GBP
iva.biz 1000 GBP
thecostumeshop.co.uk 1000 GBP
boisdechauffage.be 999 EUR
astrosurf.net 990 USD
videokonferenz.net 988 USD
teekannen.de 950 EUR
fachhandel24.de 950 EUR
touchscreens.us 925 USD
ilpd.net 917 USD
grundstück.eu 908 EUR
breakersyard.co.uk 900 GBP
e-mountainbike.de 900 EUR
zapfen.de 900 EUR
feedback.info 889 EUR
leichtathletik-live.de 850 EUR
onlinepraxis.ch 850 EUR
wirelessbroadband.org 825 EUR
ifashion.de 800 EUR
asiatherme.de 800 EUR
descargargratis.org 800 EUR
büroservice.de 800 EUR
mobiltelefon.org 788 USD
wenman.org 770 USD
tikla.de 750 EUR
sportsexpert.co.uk 750 GBP
c7.de 750 EUR
nisha.org 750 USD
consolidationdebt.org 750 USD
archivierung.net 750 EUR
catapult.tv 740 USD
untergroesse.de 714 EUR
ptz.nl 700 EUR
hoses.net 700 EUR
ferien-wohnung-berlin.de 700 EUR
brilliantideas.org 700 USD
emountainbike.de 700 EUR
projektor.net 700 EUR
Recently I had the opportunity to talk with some well known internet pioneers. This was totally by accident but I took the opportunity to ask them a few questions. The specific part of the conversation that I want to mention was our talk on domains and also our discussion of the larger internet companies. For generic domains, 3 out of the 4 thought they were the one of the best investments you could make to help get a jump on the competition in a specific category. They thought .com for business in the US was a necessity. They split as wether to use the domain alone as the business name or use it to direct traffic to the home page or related part of their business. All 4 thought the new tld’s would cause more confusion and mostly likely make business spend more money to protect their bands.
As for the Internet, we discussed what major companies would be on top 10 years from today. While 2 did not want to go out that far, they all agreed that Google’s grasp is enormous and if any company would be out in front it was them. They also gave high marks Ebay, Amazon and Facebook. When I asked about Yahoo, they felt that it was finally going in the right direction but in their minds they fell behind the other mentioned.
Please let me know your thoughts.
We sit here in our little domain world thinking we live in a bubble. Most people outside of this world have no idea who we are or what we do. If you live in this world, there is a good chance we know each other. Outside, we are just like everyone else, maybe a little more nerdy.
Here’s a amusing story I thought some of you might enjoy. As some of you know, my son Jeff is going to college next year. I told him if he wants to raise some cash to save for college, I have a bunch of stuff that he could put on Craigslist. He posted a few items and received an email inquiring about one of the items. The couple asked if they could come over and see it. When they arrived, I introduced myself, as did they. He had mentioned that he used to work in IT for a big bank but was now retired.He said I looked familiar but I did not recognize him. When he asked him what i did, I felt the easiest thing to say was that I was in internet marketing. He then startled me by asking are you Larry Fischer the domainer. At first I was stunned, but said yes. Do you you know me, I asked? He said he had very little domain knowledge but he remembered that we talked a few years earlier when he was looking into acquiring a domain for the Bank he worked at. Also he said that had read some articles in which I was mentioned.
At first it kind of freaked me out that this person knew who I was. But I guess in this word of Facebook, blogs and constant news, more people know about other people than we can imagine. BTW In case you were curious, he did not ask for an autograph.