Domain registrations and investments are showing signs of life in 2009. There is no better indicator of this than the recent acquisition of the candy.com domain name.
It sold for $3 million to G&J Holdings.  This is the 2nd-largest domain purchase this year, following the Toys R Us purchase of toys.com.
G&J Holdings will use the new [...]

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There are reports circulating on Twitter that Auction.com domain name may have sold for $2.5 million.
A quick analysis of the current whois record and the whois record from 2-days ago reveals that the domain name is indeed under new management.
An entirely new website also seems to be up with the domain redirecting to REDC,  a [...]

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It seemed like the domain auction that would never end.  Finally, it has.
Judge Brendan Shannon of the United States Bankruptcy Court District of Delaware has signed off on the Toys R Us purchase of toys.com for $5.1 million.
The domain name was auctioned last Friday (again) as a part of the continuing saga of an auction [...]

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The domain name empire is alive and well, thank you very much.
Sedo has just posted some of its completed sales for the week. FlatRate.de sold for EUR 160,000 – that’s equivalent to about $200,000. Not a bad pay day.
The buyer is Active Touch Media & Marketing of Germany.
Another big mover? NameMedia completed the [...]

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