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Moniker confirmed that the sale didn’t occur! The haaretz article about the sale was based on false info,

With America.com in the low reaching only $1.7M, Israel.com sold for $5.88MM today through moniker, hitting it’s $5.5 MM reserve. While it will top the annually sales chart the domain is priceless to any Jewish person and holds a high sentimental value. With Israel’s 60 years of independence celebrations two weeks ago now was a good time to sell the name.

The internet domain name “Israel.com” was sold over the weekend for $5.88 million. The buyer’s identity has not been revealed.

At the beginning of May, the internet domain registrar Moniker announced that the domain name “Israel.com” will be auctioned at a starting price of $5.5 million. The auction began on May 23 and ended six days later.

Today, the domain holds a generic Website providing general and tourist information about Israel and its heritage. It is yet unclear what the new content will be following the sale of the domain. read more »

Here is a little glimpse of domaining history with help of dnjournal.com: 2004 top sales

It’s always interesting to see the old sales to find what was a good buy and what wasn’t and try to predict the future prices by that:

CreditCards.com $2,750,000 Pvt Sale
Mercury.com $700,000 Pvt Sale
ME.com $460,000 Moniker / Domain Systems
Rugby.com $350,000 Pvt Sale
Smoking.com $325,000 GreatDomains
Viajes.com $300,000 Sedo
Arab.com $225,000 Pvt Sale
TourismAustralia.com $201,000 Pvt Sale
VisitFlorida.com $186,000 Pvt Sale
Commerce.com $180,000 Sedo
Beef.com $150,000 GreatDomains
Animation.com $150,000 Pvt Sale read more »

Jpost, the top israeli newspaper, published an article on the upcoming Israel.com auction at moniker

You would think Israel.com would be an exciting, detailed Web site on the Jewish state, designed to attract tourists from abroad. But when the Web address is punched in to your Internet browser, all you get is a simple page with an Israeli flag smack in the middle.

In contrast, Australia.com has a virtual tour video where a young man from down under guides you through the complex and fun site, and Mexico.com helps Net surfers plan their entire vacation in “just one click.”

But come May 23, Israel.com should be on its way to becoming exciting and informative. The domain name will be auctioned off to the highest bidder on the Moniker.com live auction site. The physical auction will take place at the T.R.A.F.F.I.C East Conference in Orlando, Florida. read more »

Moniker.com has released the list for the domains to be auctioned off at live auction at the TRAFFIC Orlando show on Friday May 24.

Remote live bidding will be available through snapnames.com.

There are some great names on the list.

As usual moniker.com lists a range of reserve for each domain rather than an actual reserve price

20.net $25,001 – $50,000

360.ORG $5,001 – $10,000

action.com $250,001 – $500,000

Affect.com $10,001 – $25,000

affiliateprogram.com $1MM – $5MM

Afghanistan.net $10,001 – $25,000

airforcebase.com $1 – $5,000

airlines.mobi $5,001 – $10,000

airports.info $1 – $5,000

Anger.com $25,001 – $50,000

Ankle.com $25,001 – $50,000

armtattoos.com $1 – $5,000 read more »

Israel is being sold off to the highest bidder. The Internet domain name israel.com is expected to fetch at least $5.5 million when it is sold at auction, said Monte Cahn, CEO of Moniker.com, which is running the sale.

Jean-Noel Frydman, 46, registered the domain name in 1994 and never imagined at the time it would be worth millions.

“Mainly, I didn’t want anyone to misuse it. That’s why I registered it,” he said, noting he retains final approval on the sale at the May 23 auction.

Frydman chose to part with his domain this year because of the 60th anniversary of Israeli independence, which is today.

Israel.com, Pay.com, Jackpot.com, Athlete.com and Hoodia.com are among the top names scheduled to be included in the Moniker Live Domain Auction to be held at the TRAFFIC East event on May 20-23 in Orlando.Other premium domain names that are likely to be included in the Live or Extended Online Auctions:

» Learn more about the Moniker auctions at TRAFFIC East

Pizza.net “auction” on TDNAM ended at $1,150,000 the highest reported .net sale yet if it gets confirmed.

Lets look at the previous high sales:

Porn.net $400,000 Jan 08 SnapNames/DomainFest
RealEstate.net $300,000 Feb 07 Private
Sex.net $450,000 May 06 Moniker/Traffic

and then we get that

Pizza.net = Porn.net + RealEstate.net + Sex.net read more »

New DnJournal Report is Up:

Moniker.com closed the $850,000 sale of SkiResorts.com this week, a deal that ranks as the fourth highest sale reported so far in 2008. Moniker handled the sale for Rick Latona who sold two other domains that landed on our Top 20 chart through his own site, RickLatona.com. One of those, StCatharines.com, completed the top ten after going for $19,000. Sedo.com had a big week sweeping 11 of the 20 chart entries. Their roster was led by #2 Madrid.net at €28,000 ($43,920) while #4 Celibataire.com (“single” in French) and #5 Hoteles.info (“hotels” in Spanish) gave them three of the top five spots. Madrid.net banked €28,000 ($43,920) while Hoteles.info booked €19,500 ($30,607). Pool.com rounded out the first five with #3 Banks.ca (Canadian country code) depositing $41,000 in the year’s 8th biggest ccTLD sale.

By Ron Jackson

The AfternicDLS also had a solid outing with four names on the elite list including #6 ContemporaryRugs.com ($30,000) and #9 HowToInvest.com ($23,000). This was a strong week for non .com domains as they took nine places on the Big Board. Three of those were .orgs, two were .nets, two were .infos and two were ccTLDS. That trio of .orgs was led by #7 Compraventa.org (“purchase” in Spanish), sold at Sedo for €18,000 ($28,253)

Another sales compilation here from the last 3 days. It looks the prices in the lower end LLLL.com are stabilizing and starting to grow once again.

Sedo

VUFI.com $1,390
LETP.com $800
YASM.com $850
witu.com $5,100
cstw.com $125
rrzz.com $410
qmen.com $1,510
jomv.com $90
uaau.com $610
vvww.com $650
vudi.com $1,550
wouu.com $500
PLLP.com $500
lypi.com $500
OXYF.com $499
fela.com $6,700
Exam.com $75,000 read more »

TheDomains reports

 

The CAC auction held by Moniker today from Amsterdam just ending resulting in a lack luster $108,000 in sales.

The sales are were as follows, anything with a 0 was a pass.

All names that failed in the live auction along with over 1,000 new names will be in the silent auction which will close next week.

 

winnings.com $27,000

roulette.mobi $15,000 read more »