Two Letter Premium Domain Names RG.com and JO.com Up For Sale at Igloo.com
Igloo.com, one of the leading brokers of ultra premium domains, announced recently that JO.com and RG.com are now listed for with their company.
You can read the press release after the jump :
” Igloo.com, a leading broker of ultra premium domain names and websites announced today that RG.com and JO.com are now listed exclusively for sale with their firm. Two-letter (LL) .com domains have seen an unprecedented growth in value in recent years with some sales closing well into the seven figures including FB.com bought by Facebook in 2010 and IG.com acquired by London based IG Group in 2013. As more of these names are sold and the availability becomes more limited, the average price point will continue to rise.
LL.com domain names are already being used by some of the world’s biggest, and most successful brands across several industries. Financial companies, including Goldman Sachs (GS.com) and Merrill Lynch (ML.com), and airlines, including American Airlines (AA.com) and British Airways (BA.com) have realized the value in shorter domain names for some time. In most cases, it’s just a matter of timing, budget and forward thinking. For other companies, it is a necessity realized later in the game. As the company grows, it can become more costly to acquire a particular LL.com as the LL.com may already be in use by another
party.
Just as predicted by MediaOptions nearly two years ago, “When mobile Internet usage on mobile outnumbered those on PCs (which it has in both the US and Asia according to Incisive Interactive Marketing and TechInAsia) shorter domain names, especially LL.coms, became increasingly more important and more desirable”. Further, “The likelihood of a typographical error on a mobile device is increased and that “liability” can be hedged by having a shorter domain name that requires less typing and fewer characters to enter.”
It was in the last 18 months that domain brokerage firms like Igloo.com started to see a surge in LL.com sales. This was not predominantly in the US but, mainly in China and other Asian markets. It is interesting to note that last year’s largest public LL.com sale was MI.com to Xiaomi Inc., a privately owned Chinese electronics company with plans to go global. While many Global 500 companies (e.g. General Electric-GE.com, Procter & Gamble- PG.com, General Motors-GM.com) have already acquired shorter domain names to use as their main address on the internet and others like Wells Fargo has chosen to use a shorter domain (WF.com) specifically to direct clients to their mobile site, there are still a large number of global 500 companies who have yet to secure their shortened domain name. With only 676 two-letter combinations available to begin with, and many of the LL .com domains already spoken for, those remaining will continue to increase in value as more are sold off, providing built-in asset protection on the buyer’s upfront investment.
With more than eight new Internet users being added each second, according to InternetLiveStats.com, and the majority of them on mobile devices, the need to stand out with a short, brandable, easy to remember domain name will become that much more important. “LL.com domain names provide instant credibility to an existing company looking to shorten their URL or rebrand, or to a new company looking to help define the image of their business and set themselves apart from their competition,” says Tessa Holcomb, CEO at Igloo.com. “RG.com and JO.com are two highly used letter combinations and we look forward to seeing the successful acquirers enjoy increased enterprise value and the distinct advantages an LL.com domain name has to offer.”
To inquire about RG.com and JO.com or other premium domain names, you can contact Karen Keighley directly at +1 508-689-9569, ext. 802 or Karen(at)igloo(dot)com. For complete access to our domain inventory please visit Igloo.com.
If a domain name you are interested in is not available to register, Igloo has the relationships, experience and understanding necessary to help you acquire domain names, and even websites, currently owned and operated by another individual or company.”
Dot Vegas Registry Sells $2 Million Worth of Premium Domain Names
Dot Vegas, the registry behind .Vegas extension, announced that it has sold over $2 million worth of premium domain names.
The new gTLD .Vegas entered General Availability last year, in September.However, the registry registered about 1,000 premium domain names for itself.Some of the premium domain names registered by the registry include :
777.vegas
Actors.vegas
Aduls.vegas
Advertise.vegas
Banks.vegas
Buy.vegas
Chat.vegas
CasinoOnline.vegas
Food.vegas
You can see the entire list here.
Coordination Center For TLD RU/РФ : The number of Domain Violators Decreased in 2014
According to the Coordination Center for TLD RU/РФ , the number of domain name violators decreased in 2014.
You can read the press release after the jump :
“In December 2014 accredited registrars received 129 requests from Group-IB to suspend delegation of domain violators. As a result 75 domain names were suspended. 54 domain names are being delegated at the moment. 28 from them were unblocked because the owners of the domain names addressed the causes of blocking. The unblocking was conducted at the request of CERT-GIB. 24 domain names were not blocked because the owners of the domain names rapidly addressed the causes of blocking. There was no response from the registrars concerning 2 domain names.
The largest share of the discovered domain violators distributed malware (77%), the smallest – botnet controllers (2%).
Altogether for the 12 months of 2014 registrars received 1397 requests from Group-IB. 1160 domain names were suspended from delegation during the year which is 83% of the total amount. 153 domains (or 11%) were unblocked by request of CERT-GIB. In 74 cases (5%) the domains were not suspended from delegation because users rapidly eliminated the causes of the blocking. In less than 1% of the cases (requests concerning 10 domain names) the registrar didn’t react at all.
The largest share of the discovered domain violators in 2014 distributed malware (60%), the smallest – botnet controllers (11%).
Detailed information on how to report cyber threats or any other illegal action on the net could be found of the webpage of the Coordination Center for TLD RU/РФ.”
HoemCare.com Wins Weekly Sales List at $350,000
HomeCare.com,sold for $350,000,topped Domain Name Journal sales list of reported domain names for the week,ending January 2,2015.
Sedo had a great week in the sales chart,taking 10 of the top 20 positions .Correspondingly,Flippa took only two of the top 20 positions .
.COM dominated once again the list,with 11 of the top 20 positions.
Here are the top 20 positions for the two weeks ending January 25,2015 :
1. HomeCare.com $350,000
2. Spanien.se $60,000
3. SuperSeats.com $48,888
4. WebShops.nl $39,279
5. RBU.com $27,500
6. SD.se $24,000
7. 2009.com $22,500
8. PJT.com $19,799
9. Nachos.com $18,051
10. PS.se $15,600
11. IT.se $15,400
12. DJ.se $15,000
13. FirstChoice.com.au $12,908
14. SaintPetersburg.com $12,800
15. Elespañol.com (IDN) $12,000
16. SEO.io $11,000
17. Proja.com $8,054
18. Autoteile.eu $7,980
19. ZAIH.com $7,950
20. 35888.com $7,899
.CLUB Registry Sells Premium Domain Name for $10,99
.CLUB Domains, the company behind .club extension, has recently sold a premium domain name, that it had hoped to sell for $200,000, for only $10,99.
The registrant is Bruce Marler and he acquired the domain name at the base registration fee. However, .CLUB Domains wanted to sell the domain name as a premium domain with an asking price of 200,000.
The new owner acquired Credit.club domain name via Name.com and at the time of writing this article, he has a website there.
According to whois records, the domain name was acquired January 1,2015, the same day the premium domain name Wine.club was sold for $140,000.
