The latest updates on New Jersey Internet Gambling Bill, gambling domains, sales, and more

Governor Chris Christie

There's been a number of headlines this past month about internet gambling and gambling domains.  Here's a roundup of news and gossip from around the web, with stories ranging from the New Jersey Internet Gambling Bill and ongoing negotiations for the sale of gambling.com, to 2011 domain sales and … [Read more...]

UPDATED: Turkish casual game producer Gamegos is rumored buyer of $500,000 domain Gamesforgirls.com

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Gamesforgirls.com is taking top honors as the top-selling domain name in 2011 so far to date, nearly doubling the price of the next highest ranking sale - Action.com - which sold for $270,000 in early February.  While the owner of the domain name gamesforgirls.com is guarded behind Private … [Read more...]

Who paid $500,000 for Gamesforgirls.com, the top-selling domain so far in 2011?

Games for Girls

One thing is for sure: Bill Kara of Hallpass Media didn't pay $500,000 USD for the casual games domain name, gamesforgirls.com.  While the buyer may not be known as of yet, the seller is.  As pointed out by Jamie Zoch over at DotWeekly, what is known, is that the domain name was sold by Garry … [Read more...]

EUROBOTS GmbH goes on a buying spree for robot domains

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EUROBOTS GmbH, an internet retailer based in Germany that is authorized to sell autonomous robot helpers like the Roomba, has been on a robot domain name shopping spree.  The company which used Eurobots.de as its home page, acquired Eurobots.com this month for 22,000 Euro (or about $29,000 … [Read more...]

Calvin Ayre has no comment on whether he’ll bid on Gambling.com

Gambling.com

Calvin Ayre had no comment on whether he'll bid on the domain name Gambling.com, which sold for nearly $20 million in 2005.  That's according to a story published by Steven Stradbrooke on CalvinAyre.com on Wednesday, after a BlackJack Champ story speculated that the billionaire who purchased … [Read more...]

IrishFood.com sells for $14,000; Food domains enjoying several five-figure sales over the last year

Cat Food

Over the past year, food-related domain sales have been enjoying some of their strongest sales.  According to Sedo's GreatDomains, IrishFood.com is the latest in the group, selling for $14,000 USD.  2010, appears to be the strongest year for food domain sales, with the … [Read more...]

Business incubator provides startup with capital, advice, office space – and the right domain name

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AlphaLab, a startup incubator that is one of the nation’s most active seed-stage investors officially accepted Devotee into its startup program back in June 2010.  Here's how Devotee works: You earn rewards by sharing things about your visits to restaurants with your friends online through … [Read more...]

Seller of Kilometer.com domain sees nearly a 500 percent return on investment

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A 500 percent return on investment is a great return for a domain name, especially when you spent $2,989 to originally buy it.  Andrew Allemann of Domain Name Wire has a list of recent Sedo sales, which includes the sale of xeniatchoumitcheva.com to Swiss Model Xenia Tchoumitcheva for 27000 … [Read more...]

After struggling with a crazy fan, Swiss model Xenia Tchoumitcheva reportedly pays $36K for domain

xenia tchoumitcheva

Swiss Model and actress Xenia Tchoumitcheva whose official website ran on xeniaonline.com and xeniatchoumitcheva.ch, now has a new home for 2011: xeniatchoumitcheva.com - a web address that reportedly cost her $27,000 Euro (or $36,107 according to the latest currency conversion). Apparently, … [Read more...]

Top 10 domain sales of 2010, add up to more than $27 million

sex sells

The Top 10 2009 domain sales pale in comparison to the Top 10 publicly reported domain sales of 2010.  Total sales for the Top 10 domain sales in 2009 reached $18,150,000, while the Top 10 domain sales in 2010 topped $27 million for a total of $27,060,705 USD.  Sex Sells Sex.com, which … [Read more...]