Afternic Reports $1,3 Million in Domain Sales Led By Emancipated.com for $30,000

Afternic has just sent in their weekly sales report.Total domain name sales for the week summed to $1,296,502.The reported sales were led by Emancipated.com ,sold for $30,000 .

 

Some notable domain name sales include :

.COM 

exoskeleton.com $25,000

golegal.com $23,000

ltdedition.com $12,000

glasslampshades.com $10,000

wickedspirits.com $10,000

simplygolf.com $9,500

buildcosts.com $9,477

mysage.com $7,508

maroxx.com $7,000

oiltools.com $7,000

columbuscapital.com $6,500

clangers.com $6,488

puregain.com $6,000

itstaff.com $5,000

electronicdocumentmanagement.com $5,000

5mo.com $4,999

healingschool.com $4,988

k9club.com $4,875

scarper.com $4,835

myafcu.com $4,750

theblackorchid.com $4,500

daretobelieve.com $4,488

ourmoments.com $4,488

quiettech.com $4,488

planetinternet.com $4,388

iccorporation.com $4,288

americanbeach.com $4,288

longvue.com $4,288

paywatch.com $4,200

saninternational.com $4,188

controlyourfuture.com $4,188

ipggroup.com $4,188

astronauta.com $4,100

speedsales.com $4,088

glasslampshade.com $4,000

Non .COM Sales

puzzlegames.net $9,800

desc.net $4,750

vpns.net $4,188

celia.org $3,300

safezone.net $2,588

justincase.net $2,588

discountnutrition.net $2,588

georgiailp.org $2,380

ccav.org $2,094

playbar.net $2,088

bcig.org $1,990

changeforce.org $1,971

traveltech.org $1,888

mossa.net $1,888

esquare.net $1,820

techcare.net $1,688

easybuy.net $1,682

auburn.net $1,500

auburn.net $1,500

healthwiki.org $1,500

Hot.com Wins Weekly Sales List at $850,000

Hot.com,sold for $850,000 ,topped Domain Name Journal weekly sales list of reported domain names for the week ending Sunday,September 29,2013 .

 

There were four six-figure sale this week : Hot.com,sold for $850,000 , Finances.com sold for $500,000 , Housing.com sold for $500,000 and Moneta.com ,sold for $150,000.

Sedo had a great week in the sales chart,taking 6 of the top 20 positions .Correspondingly,SnapNames took three of the top 20 positions .

.COM dominated once again the list,with 17 of the top 20 positions.

Here are the top 20 positions for the week ending  September 29,2013 :

1.Hot.com$850,000

2.tieFinances.com$500,000

2.tieHousing.com$500,000

4.Moneta.com$150,000

5.Emancipated.com$30,000

6.LT.org$26,000

7.Gett.com$25,000

8.Lolo.com$21,000

9.DailyDeals.de$20,237

10.tieGetCoupons..com$20,000

10.tieJustLikeMe.com$20,000

10.tieOneMonth.com$20,000

13.DMM.net$18,540

14.tie1Dollar.com$18,000

14.tieSwopShop.com$18,000

16.BSF.com$16,500

17.Siegmund.com$15,000

18Appearance.com$14,000

19.MyBee.com$12,500

20.ClearwaterBeachHotels.com$12,000

See here the Domain Name Journal list of top reported sales .

 

ICANN : Removal of Eleven Test Internationalized Top-Level Domains from the Root Zone

ICANN is pleased to announce the successful conclusion of the testing period for internationalized top-level domains (IDNs) in the DNS root zone.

 

On 9 October 2007, ICANN inserted into the DNS root zone eleven internationalized domain names (IDNs) of the word “test” written in nine scripts representing ten different languages. The purpose of these domains was to identify potential adverse impacts on root zone operations caused by the use of IDNs as top-level domains (TLDs) prior to the production deployment of IDN TLDs. To test the domains, ICANN set up websites as various translations of “example.test” under the 11 test top-level domains. These websites allowed Internet users to create subpages to be used for testing and discussion on any issues encountered when accessing a whole domain name written in the characters of one of the designated languages.

Following a positive evaluation of the test IDN TLDs, ICANN launched in November 2009 the IDN Country Code Fast Track Process that enables qualified countries and territories to apply for production IDN TLDs. To date, 35 IDN ccTLDs (representing 25 countries and territories) have been delegated in the DNS root zone.

As a result of the successful testing and several years of production experience, there is no longer a need to have the test IDN TLDs delegated in the DNS root zone. This announcement serves as a notice to the community that the test IDN TLDs will be retired from the DNS root zone on 31 October 2013 in accordance with the ICANN Board approved procedure, Procedures for Test IDN Deployment.

This announcement was sourced from :

http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-2-02oct13-en.htm

 

Third Applicant Auction Scheduled to be Held in October 21,2013

Applicant Auctin announced today that it will hold the third auction on October 21,2013 .The enrollment period is open and signed contracts are due no later than Friday,October 11,2013.

 

You can read the announcement after the jump :

“We have been pleased to see the success of the past two Applicant Auctions, and we are looking forward to welcoming many new and returning participants to the platform for our third auction this fall!

Participants in the prior Applicant Auction events are moving ahead with the launch of their TLDs. A small number of new TLDs have now signed Registry Agreements with ICANN; to date, the only three previously contested strings that are now under contract—.guide, .construction, and .photography—were resolved through the Applicant Auction process. 

With more than a dozen TLDs successfully settled, yielding more than $18 million in payments to applicants who have withdrawn their applications, we are confident that this is the most fair, efficient, and secure way to resolve contention.

The Third Applicant Auction is scheduled to be held on October 21, and the enrollment period is now open. Signed contracts are due no later than Friday, October 11, so if you’ve been waiting to get in touch, now’s the time!  

If you want to learn more about the Applicant Auction model, please don’t hesitate to ask. We’re more than happy to walk you through the process and address any questions you might have. “

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Domain Names And Websites Allow Small Business Control And Benefit Communication, E-Commerce

Many small businesses still lack an online presence, sadly, missing out on opportunities to market their businesses. To understand the benefits, barriers and preferences for creating an online presence, Verisign recently worked with Merrill Research to conduct a global survey of 1,050 small businesses with an online presence about their experiences and gained some interesting insights.

Having a website and domain name, the survey participants said, allows for more control and are a good way to support e-commerce/online sales. And they were viewed as benefiting communication, customer reach plus ease of use were all given as the main benefits for why websites were chosen as a company’s primary online presence.

In China, websites were credited by respondents for their capability to distribute information quickly. Chinese participants were also likely to cite the convenience of anytime access that a website allows. The low cost/expense of a website is mentioned in China more than any other country (17 percent vs. 0-3 percent elsewhere). Two out of five French participants mention that a website allows them to establish/spread corporate presence/identity.

The second most popular means of online presence cited by participants was social media, primarily Facebook, although Twitter has a strong presence in Turkey, India, and the U.K., and in China Sina Weibo and Tencent Weibo were the most popular sites. For the small number of small businesses using social media sites as their primary online presence (13 percent), the reasons most often cited for this choice included cost, convenience and familiarity (i.e. it is easier and cheaper than maintaining a company website; and, in many cases, is the method they are most familiar with).

The key findings of the survey were:

• small businesses that choose to have an online presence most often choose websites over social media to represent their company: Globally, 72 percent of participants reported having a website as their primary online presence to represent their businesses, followed by social media (13 percent)
• when asked which methods of an online presence their small businesses employed overall, the highest rates of website usage were in Germany (91 percent), the U.S. (88 percent), and the U.K. (88 percent). India reported the lowest rate at 67 percent, while the global average was 82 percent. The second most used method, social media, was reported by 49 percent globally with the highest usage in China (63 percent) and the lowest usage in France (41 percent)
• small businesses believe websites make their business look more credible and are critical for success: Globally, two-thirds (65 percent) of small businesses with an online presence said they elected to create a company website because it makes their company look more credible, and 60 percent said that a website is critical for a small company’s success. Overall, 82 percent of small businesses with an online presence would recommend investment in a website to other small companies in their industry
• the preferred domain extension for small business is .com: In the U.S., nine out of 10 (89 percent) small businesses with an online presence prefer a .com domain name for their company website. Globally, that number is 61 percent
• in Germany, .de, was preferred, with .com coming in second. In France, .com and the local ccTLD, .fr, are equally preferred. Respondents outside the US had a much higher interest in their local ccTLD than those in the US did, with only one percent of US respondents preferring .us
• more than half (54 percent) of U.S. respondents said they would choose a .net domain name to support their company website if their preferred TLD (most often cited as .com) was not available
• small businesses have not caught up with the mobile trend: Globally, only 21 percent of small businesses with a website have a mobile version of their website, with China reporting the highest percent (45 percent) and Germany the lowest (11 percent)
• perceived and actual barriers to creating a small business website often don’t match: Half of the global small business respondents thought technical know-how would hinder the creation of a small business website, but only 27 percent reported that as an actual barrier. Respondents in India and China perceived the security of their website to be the most concerning, but found ongoing maintenance was actually the stronger barrier once they actually created a company website. In fact, ongoing maintenance was the most cited actual barrier by all respondents regardless of location
• small businesses are missing out on inexpensive opportunities to claim their brand online: Overall, two-thirds of respondents said their small businesses are using a branded email address. Nine out of ten (92 percent) of these small businesses say they feel that branded email makes their business look more credible, yet the 63 percent without branded email didn’t know it was an option for their company even if they do not have a website. About half (51 percent) of small businesses that currently have an online presence were aware that they could invest in a domain name and have it point to an online presence hosted by another service, like a social media site. Awareness of this option is highest in China (75 percent) and lowest in the U.S. (38 percent).

For more information about all of the findings from this research, read the report: Benefits and Barriers of Bringing a Small Business Online: Perspectives From Global Small Businesses [pdf]. To learn more about other small business trends, visit www.VerisignInc.com/SmallBiz.