Michael Berkens of TheDomains.com posted yesterday that Moniker.com sold the domain name Photo.com for $1.25 million. Photo.com is currently registered under Network Solutions privacy, the buyer is building a new website which should be launching in the upcoming months.

Photo.com $1,250,000
Alexa Rank: 300,850
Google Page Rank: 5
Google Search: not listed on first 3 pages
Compete.com: 10,242 unique and total visits per month

Congrats to the buyers and sellers.

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Auction is now closed!

GeoDomain auction is coming to an end today at 3:15pm EST.

So far there are 22 bids on 14 different domain names. To place a bid and check out the 800+ domain names up for auction visit SnapNames.com.

Once the auction is over I will post the results right here.

Results – 24 domain names sold totaling $14,834.00

businesstravelers.com  $5,590.00
indiana.biz  $1,400.00
houstonbankruptcy.com  $710.00
johannesburg.info  $535.00
portugalhotels.net  $499.00
montrealrentals.com  $450.00
nycdivorcelawyers.com  $400.00
jobsvegas.com  $350.00
rocklandcountyny.com  $350.00
suncruzcasinos.com  $325.00
vegashotline.com  $325.00
alexandriavirginia.org  $300.00
aussietourism.com  $300.00
berlinweatherforecast.com  $300.00
bostongutters.com  $300.00
charlestonproperties.com  $300.00
chicagophoto.com  $300.00
floridasunglasses.com  $300.00
marylandinsurance.org  $300.00
mililanihawaii.com  $300.00
ontariocanada.net  $300.00
penningtonnewjersey.com  $300.00
tahitivacationspecials.com  $300.00
travelagent.biz  $300.00

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The following is a guest post written by Morgan Linton. Morgan is the President of Linton Investments, a Los Angeles-based Domain Investment Firm. Morgan runs a ccTLD Brokerage Newsletter and is the publisher of ccTLD Investors magazine. Morgan writes about his adventures in Domain Investing on his blog – MorganLinton.com.

Let’s face it – IDNs will slowly change how people use the Internet all over the world. As more people from countries like India, China, and Brazil come online – it is no surprise that we’ll see a rather dramatic increase in people searching for things in their local language. While people certainly do search in their local language already – with tens of millions of new Internet users around the world there will be changes in how people use the Internet and search for information.

With IDNs it is possible to buy exact-match domains matching very high-volume search strings without spending the kind of money .com, .net, and .org investors do on generic keyword domains.

Just think – if you grew-up in China, speak Chinese, and are just starting to use the Internet for the first time what language will you be using – Chinese! Which means that a Chinese IDN.cn domain might be a better fit for more and more Internet users over time as they will naturally be more comfortable with a domain or website that is in their own language and the domain name itself is a great indicator of what language the website will be in.

So how will IDNs change the ccTLD Market? I think IDNs will grow the market dramatically as it creates two different way to invest in a particular domain space. Suppose I want to invest in Japanese domains – as an investor it would be smart for me to buy my keywords in both English and Japanese to capture both ends of the search market. As IDNs become more commonplace I think we’ll see more people investing in the space and thus more liquidity with IDN domains.

Since many of these IDNs will have type-in traffic right-away this also allows new investors to hand-register domains that already has a base of traffic to monetize. It’s a bit reminiscent of what early .com investors experienced – registering a domain and finding that the traffic was already there.

The ccTLD market is in its infancy and IDNs represent a new opportunity in the space and a place on the ground-floor for new domain investors looking to get involved in the Global Domain Market. So now it’s time to ask yourself – are you a Global Domain Investor? If not…now is a great time to get started!

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Press Release

MONIKER AND SNAPNAMES INTRODUCE PRE-AUCTION BIDDING FOR UPCOMING PREMIUM LIVE AUCTION AT DOMAINFEST® IN FORT LAUDERDALE

Online Registration Now Open For DOMAINfest Fort Lauderdale Power Networking Event

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (April XX, 2010) —- Moniker ® and SnapNames®, both Oversee.net® companies, announced the launch of a pre-auction bidding system for the live premium domain name auction set to occur during the DOMAINfest® One-Day Power Networking Event in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on May 13, 2010.

Pre-bids can be submitted on any domain listed in the auction until May 13 at noon US Eastern time. The highest bid for each domain will then become the starting bid in the live auction. All live auction pre-bidders will be notified via email of their position in the auction along with instructions for joining the live and extended auction.

Bidders not attending the live auction can watch the auction and submit bids in real-time via a free online live auction system powered by SnapNames Live™ technology. Registered DOMAINfest Power Networking attendees are automatically eligible to attend the private live auction. Interested bidders may also submit an absentee bid form to the auctioneer or sign up for telephone proxy bidding.

To participate in the pre-bidding process and view the catalog, visit: http://domainauctions.moniker.com/2010/DOMAINfest-Fort-Lauderdale

To register for proxy bidding, contact sales@moniker.com.

Preliminary List of Live Auction Domains
The Moniker live auction at DOMAINfest Fort Lauderdale will include category-defining generic domains across all price points and verticals. The following preliminary list of domains offers an example of the quality of the domains to be included in this auction:

• Dating.com
• WiFi.com
• Hobbies.com
• Jeans.com
• Relationship.com
• Safety.com
• Arbitration.com
• Therapists.com
• Detox.com
• TreasuryBonds.com
• HardDrives.com
• BoardGames.com
• SecondMortgage.com
• SingleWomen.com and SingleMen.com (a combined lot)

Sellers can still submit domains for possible inclusion in this auction. The submission deadline is April 18, 2010. Details on how to submit domains and how to bid in this Moniker live auction can be found at http://domainauctions.moniker.com/2010/DOMAINfest-Fort-Lauderdale.

Auction Schedule
The Moniker live auction at DOMAINfest Fort Lauderdale is scheduled for Thursday May 13 from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. US Eastern time. SnapNames will also host an extended online auction in conjunction with the live event. The online auction will run for a full week, starting on Thursday, May 13 from 3:15pm US Eastern time to Thursday, May 20 at 5:00 p.m. US Eastern time. For more information, including details on how to submit an absentee bid or bid via telephone proxy, visit:
http://domainauctions.moniker.com/2010/DOMAINfest-Fort-Lauderdale

DOMAINfest Power Networking Event
The one-day DOMAINfest Power Networking Event will be held on May 13, 2010 at the W Hotel in Fort Lauderdale. Experts will be available to facilitate free-flowing networking discussions on the following subjects:

• Scalable Build-out Solutions
• Keyword Tools and Tactics in Buying Domains and Acquiring Traffic
• Domain Buying, Selling & Valuation Trends
• Legal Q&A

Online registration for this Power Networking event in Fort Lauderdale is now open. Visit www.domainfest.com for event details and to register. The registration fee is $175.

Hope to see you there!

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