WSJ explores numerics

It's officially now hip: numeric domaining. That is thanks to the Wall Street Journal, which came out today with its piece 'What's in a Name? More and More, a Number', all about short numeric domain names. The piece touches on the benefits of numerics compared to their alpha counterparts, the growing popularity of 2 or 3 digit numeric domain websites, prices they command in the aftermarket, and exploring the concept of numeric domain parking. It comes on the heels of Sedo's numeric auction that didn't have many bids that exceeded reserves, including 88.com, which had a high bid of $325,000. It's reserve price range was 500,000 - 999,999 USD.

SNAPSHOT of bid page for 88.com:
88.com | Bidding History
Current Bid: 325,000 USD
Reserve not met
Estimated end time:
0 day 3 hours 55 min.
(Dec/04/08 01:00 PM EST)

Bidding History
Bidder Date Amount Info
Bidder 3 Nov/29/08 05:24 AM EST 325,000 USD
257.467 EUR
220.070 GBP

Bidder 2 Nov/27/08 02:25 PM EST 300,000 USD
237.661 EUR
203.141 GBP

Bidder 2 Nov/27/08 02:04 PM EST 200,000 USD
158.441 EUR
135.427 GBP

Bidder 1 Nov/27/08 01:14 PM EST 5,000 USD