Dark Blue Sea, parent company to Fabulous.com and DomainDistribution.com, released newly updated sites for both services today.  Domain name registrar Fabulous.com announced new enhanced security features and whois privacy just short of two weeks ago. The new Fabulous site coincides with the launch of these new features and gives the registrar a fresh new face.

When asked about the upgrades, DBS CEO Gregory Platz stated  “Our new branding positions Fabulous.com as THE complete solution for domain professionals. Our premium services encompass registration, monetization and domain sales. The introduction of free WHOIS privacy and the Fabulous.com security key are the first of many new initiatives.”
In addition the Domain Distribution Network (DDN) has been redesigned.  DDN is an aftermarket sales channel for domain names that connects domain name sellers and domain sales channels together providing a much easier way to sell domains at multiple sites. The newly updated site provides a greater amount of information on the process from both a domain sellers and distribution partners perspective.   I noticed the site also include the DDN partners which it had previously not included.  Platz stated, “We’re very proud to list our Domain Distribution Network partners. No other domain sales network provides sellers with the reach that we do.”  Distribution partners include Godaddy.com, Network Solutions, Register.com, OpenSRS.com, SnapNames, FreshDrop, LeaseThis.com and DomainTools.com

The Sedo sales for the week of June 22nd are highlighted by the sale of a slogan domain for $30,000 USD: GetARoom.com. While the name just redirects to RoomValues.com, I wouldn’t be too surprised to see it used more prominently in the future. Sedo also sold two .co.uk Domains (HorseRacing.co.uk and OnlineCasino.co.uk) at 100,000 British Pounds each, which is about 163,000 USD. This week’s sales also feature on of the first reported sales of a .tel domain, with vladislav.tel selling for $700 USD.

Find the list of all the reported sales after the jump.

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In the week up to June 22nd, 2009, AfternicDLS sold 334 domains for a total of $496,780.78 USD with an average price of $1,487.37 per domain. The .COM chart was lead by AuctionCalender.com ($10,000.00), haunthunter.com ($8,800.00) and carbonresearch.com ($6,488.00).  The top three sales in other TLDs were MassageOil.org for $5,288.00, bordeaux.co.uk for $5,000.00 and thekey.org for $3488.00.

The full list of reported AfternicDLS sales follows after the jump.

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The Domain Roundtable extended auction ended Tuesday night with little fanfare.   An additional 54 domain names sold with a total take of $81,774.   From our observations of the auction proceedings, all but one of the domain names that sold went for the proxy bid prices that were entered before the finale of the auction began.  Since it appeared that no one was bidding up the proxies, many of the NR or lower reserve names were won by the first proxy bids.   In fact 42 of the 54 domains sold went for under $1000.  Bidders that placed their proxy bids in early on this auction definitely had an advantage.    The top sale of the night was Larger.com at $24,800

The live portion of the Domain Roundtable Aftermarket.com auctioned banked $499,200. By our count, the combined total of the live and extended auction comes in at $580,974.  An additional $1550 was raised for the Internet Commerce Association (ICA) at the extended event as well, bringing the total amount raised from auctioning these donated domains to $16,350.

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The 2009 Domain Roundtable Silent Auction on Aftermarket.com ends today at 5pm EDT.

Please find the full list of domains in the auction after the jump, names marked in bold have reached their reserve.

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