Sedo sells Results.com domain name for $500k.

I won’t have official numbers until tomorrow, but it looks like Sedo has had another great sales week. Sedo just tweeted that it sold Results.com for $500,000 and BabyShop.com for $85,000.

Results.com shows a business coaching company, but that web site has been on the site since December. Only the e-mail address for the domain has changed in whois, which indicates payment has been received but the domain hasn’t been fully transferred to the buyer. The email address is now that of Sedo, the DNS and ownership information hasn’t change.

I should get full results from Sedo tomorrow and will hopefully have time to write about them in Las Vegas. I’ll be live at Domain Madness‘ auction at The Palms tomorrow.

Update: more sales results

bedo.com 45,000 USD
sixnet.com 20,100 USD
qiy.com 18,500 USD
fashionusa.com 18,150 USD
xxsports.com 15,000 EUR
parisapartments.com 15,000 EUR
manuales.com 15,000 EUR
eztv.com 13,000 USD
farmtown.com 12,300 USD
giallo.com 12,000 EUR
irate.com 10,099 USD
kod.com 10,000 USD
xxgames.com 10,000 EUR
t0.com 9,999 USD
bicycleparts.com 9,999 USD
nite.com 9,900 GBP
trilux.com 9,500 USD
homing.com 9,000 USD
trish.com 8,655 USD
motor.es 85,000 EUR
guidepoker.fr 20,000 EUR
guidepoker.fr 20,000 EUR

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I’m off to Las Vegas for Domain Madness.

Keeping up with all domain news it tough work. Here’s a case in point on how I’m taking one for the team. You know, sacrificing.

So on Friday Adam Strong of Domain Consultant sends me an e-mail to tell me about the live version of Tuesday’s Domain Madness auction. Man, so you mean I have to go to Vegas for the event to cover it? And stay at the rinky-dink Palms hotel? What a sacrifice. I guess I need to do it for my readers, though.

I’m going to suck it up and head over to Vegas to cover the event. It’s a tough job, but someone’s got to do it.

I figure the good people of Las Vegas need all the tourist dollars they can get. I’m charitable. Yeah, so it’s only about $100 a night for a room at The Palms. And even at the last minute my flight is only $230. But every bit helps.

If you’re heading to Vegas for the auction finale I look forward to seeing you. Otherwise, stay tuned for my updates.

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Dell decides it should use the domain name Adamo.com for its new computer.

When Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) launched its sleek new laptop called Adamo it overlooked one important marketing issue: it didn’t own the domain name Adamo.com. As we reported last week, the domain name was owned by Tucows (AMEX: TCX) in its Yummy Names organization.

Apparently Dell saw the error of its ways. Domain Name Wire has confirmed that the computer manufacturer purchased the domain name, which now resolves to Dell’s Adamo site.

Before launching someone representing Dell says it approached Tucows about buying the domain name. Tucows offered a standard $750 monthly lease but was rebuffed.

We see big companies launch products without obtaining the requisite domain name all the time. By buying the domain after the fact they usually end up having to pay more, such as when Apple belatedly purchasing iPhone.com. Hopefully the marketing departments at Fortune 500 companies will start working “obtain domain name” into their product launch steps.

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