Sedo Reports $100k Sale of Autism.Rocks

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Sedo reported its weekly domain name sales that were closed via its marketplace, and the company reported the sale of Autism.Rocks for $100,000. This sale was the largest publicly reported sale of the week at Sedo, regardless of the extension.

The domain name was originally registered in August of 2014 by someone based in Florida. After the sale appears to have been completed, the domain name Whois record is currently showing a registrant based in Dubai.

I am not 100% sure, but it appears that the buyer of

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Igloo.com Relaunches, Integrates Aftermarket.com

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The Igloo.com website was relaunched last week, and the  domain brokerage integrated the Aftermarket.com platform within its website. In addition to the high end domain brokerage, Igloo.com has replaced what was once Aftermarket.com. It is unclear whether the company intends to shed the Aftermarket.com domain name, but it seems the company is integrating this brand within its own website.

Here’s what the company said in an email it sent to newsletter subscribers and clients last week heralding the updates that were recently made:

“As you may recall, Igloo acquired the business of Aftermarket from Thought Convergence last fall. In bringing together an extraordinary offering of domain name aftermarket inventory in combination with dedicated domain advisors, we’ve been able to create a website that makes assisting buyers and sellers throughout all points of the sales process possible.

We are pleased to announce that very soon visitors to Igloo.com’s marketplace will have access to millions of names appealing to every type of buyer. As a valued Aftermarket account holder, we wanted to provide you with a sneak peek of our new site.

Our new sales platform offers custom templates, the ability to negotiate online with Offer/Counteroffer functionality, BuyNow for immediate procurement, and most importantly customer service and sales assistance available with our online chat feature.”

To see what a listing looks like, you can have a

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PayPal Changing Paypal Purchase Protection

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I received an email from Paypal this morning that may impact domain name deals that are transacted via Paypal. The company is now covering digital goods with Paypal Purchase Protection. The email did not specifically mention domain names, but it would surprise me if domain names were not covered based on the announcement that was made to customers this morning.

In my opinion, the most safe way to transact on a domain deal is to use an escrow service. This helps reduce quite a bit of the risk when doing a domain name deal. The escrow service verifies payment for the domain name and it verifies that the domain name was transferred to the buyer before releasing the funds. Essentially, an escrow service helps reduce risk.

I will reach out to Paypal to see if the sale of domain names is covered when this policy change becomes effective.

Here is the email I received this morning:

Subject:

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Brannan’s Reports Several Large Domain Sales

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David Clements shared that his Brannan’s domain brokerage recently closed several significant deals. Brannan’s reported that it brokered PK.com, Sterling.com, Hotdog.com, SeniorCare.com, WEE.com, Trampolines.com, and HealthcarePlans.com.

Although the sale prices were not disclosed in the newsletter, I would presume many of these domain names were sold in the 6 figure range. In fact, Clements went on to say that “If these sales were public, 4 of these would be in the top 25 and all of them would be in the top 100 for 2015.” For a domain name sale to be in the DNJournal top 25 sales for 2015 (to date), it would need to be $140,000 or higher.

HotDog.com is one of the few sales that was

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Skincare.com Acquired by L’Oreal

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Over the weekend, I noticed a Whois change on the valuable Skincare.com domain name. Current Whois records show that Skincare.com is now owned by L’Oreal USA Inc. L’Oreal is one of the leading cosmetics and skincare  companies in the world.  As of the time of publication, Skincare.com resolves to a parked page, but I presume L’Oreal has plans to use the domain name.

According to historical Whois records from as recently as this past Thursday, Skincare.com had previously been owned by Anything.com, a domain investment company that has a large portfolio of valuable domain names, including Home.com, Marketing.com, Quebec.com, and many others.

I reached out to representatives from Anything.com, and I learned that

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Domains Should Be Removed From Marketplaces Pending UDRP

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Yesterday, I wrote about the PHHH.com UDRP that is currently being mediated at the World Intellectual Property Organization. One of the interesting aspects of the case is that PHHH.com is listed for sale at Afternic with a $7k BIN price. I think domain names should temporarily be removed from domain marketplaces pending the outcome of the UDRP.

From my perspective, it does not make sense that a domain name in an active UDRP proceeding is listed for sale. Should the domain registrant lose the UDRP, the domain name would be transferred to the complainant unless a lawsuit was subsequently filed. With the outcome unknown, it doesn’t seem to make sense that the owner could sell the domain name in the meantime.

When two parties come to an

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