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Toys.com sells for $5.1 million in heated domain auction
Toys ‘R’ Us is the lucky winner of Toys.com. The domain was bought by the toy store chain in a heated phone auction that took place earlier today at the final bid of $5.1 million. DirectNavigation blogged live from the auction here.
According to Domain Name Wire, the following bidders participated in the auction:
1-800-Diapers
Toys ‘R’ [...]
LLL.com Domains Reach New Low
The following no-reserve domain auctions just ended on Sedo's most recent Greatdomains auction:
KXV.com - $3,000
KFQ.com - $3,000
KQH.com - $3,000
KBQ.com - $3,100
SJQ.com - $3,300
JXV.com - $3,600
SOL.com attracted 13 bids, the highest being 15,500 euros, but the reserve was not met. COP.com attracted 3 bids, the highest being $20,500, but the reserve was not met either.
According to [...]
Security Alert from Sedo
Sedo just sent out the following security alert:
We have been informed that due to a security problem at one of our competitors a list of their customer data including plaintext passwords is currently circulating on the web including relevant hacker forums.
Our Security and Compliance Team has found several of our own customers matching the publicly [...]
Fly.com sells for $1.76 million
DNJournal's latest Top 20 chart of domain sales prices is shown below.
Fly.com leads the list with an amazing $1,760,000 sale. The domain was brokered by Sedo and bought by TravelZoo, a publicly listed company. TravelZoo plans to use the domain to launch a travel search engine later this month.
Brian Clark, senior vice president and [...]