May 2014 Highest Reported Non .COM gTLDs Sales

Sex.xxx was the highest selling non .COM gTLD in May 2014. The omain name changed hands for a whopping $3 million.The seller was ICM Registry.

 

Here are the top 20 non .COM gTLD sales in May 2014:

1. Sex.xxx$3,000,000ICM Registry

2. Smart.org$20,125

3. Password.org$13,600

4. PJ.net$12,500

5. JobBoerse.berlin $10,880

6. UF.net$10,102

7 .Marketing.pro$10,000

8. Veg.net$9,800 

9.tieNCA.net$9,800

9.tieNNW.org$9,800

11. Bid.net$8,900

12. Bussgeldkatalog.net$8,220

13. 722.net$8,101

14. BCY.net$7,888

15. HighSpeed.net $6,850

16. DBS.org$6,500

17. Room.guru$6,450

18. Tekstil.net$5,900

19. Advice.net$5,555

20. Watchable.biz$5,500

 

 

Sedo’s Special No Reserve Auction Ends Tomorrow!

Sedo’s Special No Reserve auction featuring 196 domain names ends tomorrow.So far, 33 of the 196 domain names have received  bids .

 

All the domain names included in the auction have 1-99 USD reserve range.

The top domain name is BookEscorts.com at $139. Mulr.com also attracted a lot of attention and received five bids,with the highest one of $130.

Other interesting domain names included in the auction are:

Johann.org

Iappa.com

MaleClinics.com

HaieShaver.com

HalifaxHotels.net

Eyni.com

Malika.net

You can see the entire inventory and place your bids here.

 

May 2014 Highest Reported ccTLD Sales

Kaffee.de was the highest selling ccTLD in May 2014. The domain name changed hands for $136,000 through Sedo.

 

Here are the top 20 ccTLD sales in May,2014:

1.Kaffee.de $136,000Sedo

2.Moda.tv$30,000

3.Cloud.com.au $27,875

4.Light.co$25,000

5.MySale.de$13,563

6.Tablet.tv$13,000

7.ASOS.gr $12,528

8.SouthernCross.com.au$10,276

9.ZweitBank.de $10,200

10.Groups.io$10,000

11.Awesome.de$10,000

12.Seattle.co$9,999

13.MyTest.de$9,782

14.Sling.me$9,600

15.Insight.co.za$9,500

16.BCube.it $9,292

17.Understood.co$9,100

18.WatchMovie.to$8,650

19.New.tv$8,0001

20.Gebrauchtstapler.eu$7,535

 

 

 

Yahoo Files UDRP Complaint for YahooStores.com Domain

Yahoo has filed a UDRP ,seeking control of YahooStores.com domain name.The complaint was filed with the National Arbitration Forum a few days ago.

 

According to whois records,the domain name was first registered in January ,2003.

The National Arbitration Forum will examine if YahooStores.com domain is confusingly similar to Yahoo’s trademark,if the current owner has rights over it and if the domain is being used in bad faith .The disputed domain name will be passed over to Yahoo if it falls under all three of these stipulations.

The case is still pending compliance checks with the National Arbitration Forum .

 

 

ICANN Release New gTLD Contracting Statistics To 6 June

Below are the key Contracting statistics, as of 6 June 2014: