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Money.co.uk $2,400,000?

Looks like the rumor mill at work on this one, as Money.co.uk is being reported in several domain blogs as having sold for $2.4 million.

http://digg.com/tech_news/Record_Sale_Price_of_2_400_000_for_CO_UK_domain_name

If so, its a new record for a dot co.uk, and another wave in the seemingly current tsunami of financial generics recently sold or currently up for auction, including Fund.com, Bond.com, Dollars.com, and now apparently Money.co.uk. We'll follow this one, and update you as soon as possible.

Dollars.com auction reserve met

Another generic finance domain is currently up for auction, at Sedo.com

Dollars.com shows a current bid of 750,000 euro, reserve met, with 5 days left before the auction closes.

Translated into dollars, Dollars.com is now bid at

$1,179,018.99 USD

https://sedo.com/auction/auction_detail.php?language=us&auction_id=29956&tracked=&partnerid=

Bond.com up for auction

After the news splash of Fund.com selling for $10 million, it appears the owner of Bond.com has decided to put that domain up for auction at GreatDomains.com

http://www.greatdomains.com/auction/auction_detail.php?language=us&auction_id=29719&tracked=&partnerid=32392

The reserve is listed as $1 million +, so we'll have to watch this one, and see at what point it shows reserve is met. My guess is that with the hefty recent price tag of Fund.com, there will be some secondary domain market investors interested in Bond.com, in addition to the financial industry.

Auction is scheduled to open April 17th, and closes April 24th.

pizza.com up for auction

Pizza.com, obviously a significant top tier generic domain is up for auction at GreatDomains.com

The reserve has been met, (reserve apparently was $1 million), and you can watch the bidding update many times per day. Current bid is now $2 million, with 5 days yet to go. Expect this one to go higher!

Watch the current bidding here

update: Final winning bid? $2,605,000!

Fund.com - $9,999,950 cash transaction

FNDM (ticker for Fund.com) put out a pr today,
http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=FNDM.OB
regarding the transaction of their domain acquisition- Fund.com

http://biz.yahoo.com/iw/080311/0373359.html
Clek Media Inc. Brokers World-Record $10 Million Domain Sale

and a second PR today:
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/marketwire/0373316.htm
Fund.com Inc. Recruits Senior Finance Executive, Gregory H. Webster, as President
Former President and CEO of HSBC Brokerage (USA) Inc.

What's yelp.com worth?

Rumored today in techcrunch.com to be valued at $200 million, Yelp.com has raised a fourth round of $15 million in financing as reported here, raising their total so far to $31 million.

Take a look at Yelp's directory.

bored.com $4 million

OK, somehow this one slipped by me. 2 weeks ago Bored.com sold for $4 million, and an additional 170 domains in their portfolio sold for an extra $500k.

read more here

Fusu.com - Domain stock exchange opens today

Here is a very interesting concept. Allow investors to buy shares of valuable domain names in the open market. Equity that can be traded, bought and sold. The original owner apparently retains majority interest, so it provides domain owners liquidity within their portfolio holdings, and allows investors to participate in potential domain asset appreciation.

Fusu.com

read more here

Salesforce.com $9 billion?

In rumors posted at Techcrunch.com, Salesforce.com is rumored to be shopping itself to Oracle for $75 per share, or $9 billion. 

Read more here, about Salesforce.com. 'the world leader in on-demand CRM'  straight from the horse's mouth.

Record dot co.uk domain sale

Interesting news from the other side of the pond. Brandrepublic.com reports that Cruises.co.uk has sold for a record £560,000, or about $1.1 million US. The buyer? Cruise.co.uk.

Sounds like a strategy to own the generic space and keep out competition.