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TV.de leads .de domain name pre-auction. When .de registry DENIC starts releasing previously unavailable domain names tomorrow, you can bet a lot of Sedo ’s partner registrars will be hammering the registry for TV.de. A “pre-auction” for TV.de closed at 279,499 EUR, which is about $419,000 USD at today’s exchange rates. The auction is still ongoing as I write this (thanks to Sedo’s web site failing under the bidding activity), but only one character .de domain names remain open for

.De auction ends today. Sedo ’s one and two character .de domain name “pre-auction” ends at noon Eastern today. .De is the country code for Germany, and is arguably the most successful country code domain name on the web. .De registry DENIC is releasing one and two character domains, as well as other domains that previously were not allowed to be registered (such as those containing only digits). It announced the change on October 15, leaving just a week for organizations to work on

The second edition of MeetDomainers , a truly European meeting of domain investors, will be held at Warsaw Marriott Hotel , Poland, September 25-27. Almost one hundred people — including domainers, domain lawyers, developers, and representatives from registries and registrars — will participate in this live event which features networking sessions, various meetings, and a live domain name auction. In the September 25 auction, a number of premium names will start at either $1 or no reserve pr

Domains at Moniker can be transferred quickly with direct and automatic fulfillment. I often hear grumblings about how Moniker requires you to have domains registered with them in order to submit them to auction. (It’s not a requirement for the big auctions, but there is an added charge if you don’t and the domain sells.) Many people think this is just a way for Moniker to get you to transfer domains to them, but that’s ancillary to the real reason: it allows domain transactions to be

The vast majority of expired domain names these days have become what is considered "partner" domains. Domain name registrars partner up with domain auction houses and offer specific "expired domains" exclusively at the auction house. NetworkSolutions.com uses the auction service NameJet.com . The "expired domain" is put into what NameJet calls the Pre-Release section of the [...]