Domain Name Sale Stats 14th March 2024 | Mark As Read |
A breakdown of all announced domain sales $500 and over, Domains, venue and sale price data courtesy of Namebio.com This data assumes all sales from Park.io, Sav.com, Register.TO, GoDaddy, NameJet, DropCatch, Dynadot, SnapNames, Whois.ai, Catched.com, Docky.ly and NamesCon are wholesale and all others are retail. Full Rundown See bottom of page for...
A Second Look At Afternic-GoDaddy Search | Mark As Read |
In a previous NameTalent article I took a look at the revamped Afternic site. Afternic recently took down their legacy search page, updated with a fresh graphical look, and users seeking to buy a domain name are now routed to GoDaddy search. At GoDaddy search if the user enters the precise term including the extension, […]
My continues to top the Afternic keyword chart January 2024 out now | Mark As Read |
Afternic published their January 2024 keyword chart. No surprise My continues to be in the top spot. Ai got back to second place for January so that's nice to see for those investing in ai related domain names. Here is a look back at the previous report. AD Smart Domain Monetization Starts at Bodis sign […] The post "My" continues to top the ...
CareerCast.com Sold for $66,000 | Mark As Read |
DomainingTips.com: Today: Nbaex.com Evaluation / Looking for Dot Com Domain – Budget $750 Per Domain / UNB.com Sold for $37,700 and More… Here are the new discussions that caught my eye in the domain community today: Nbaex.com Evaluation – What do you think of this short domain name? Would you consider it pronounceable? ...
CareerCast.com Sold for $66,000 | Mark As Read |
Today: Nbaex.comEvaluation / Looking for Dot Com Domain – Budget $750 Per Domain / UNB.com Sold for $37,700 and More… Here are the new discussions that caught my eye in the domain community today: Nbaex.comEvaluation – What do you think of this short domain name? Would you consider it pronounceable? Looking for Dot Com Domain [...
Mermet.com: French battle over family name takes the UDRP course | Mark As Read |
Two French entities, a company and a private person, crossed swords over the domain Mermet.com. Mermet S.A.S., France, took offense on the Respondent's use of the domain and its pricing at 150,000 euro; it holds the MERMET trademark since 2007. The domain, however, was registered in 1998 by Respondent Didier Mermet, who is using the […] The p...
Mermet S.A.S. loses cybersquatting claims but avoids reverse domain name hijacking charge | Mark As Read |
These cybersquatting cases were dead on arrival, but the panelist didn't find RDNH. Window covering company Mermet S.A.S., part of the Hunter Douglas company, has lost two cybersquatting claims. The company filed disputes against mermet.com and mermet.eu, both of which are owned by Didier Mermet. Given that information, these cases were dead on arr...
Auction Recap Of March 14, 2024 | Mark As Read |
A look at the final auction prices, closeouts and more from the domain auction list posted on March 14, 2024. GoDaddy Names at Auction Click Here if you are unable to see the table of GoDaddy results, because you are viewing via the RSS feed. Dynadot OptimalMind.com $1,475 ZCDO.com At $201 with 2 days left OrdinalBet.com $291 Sedo ti.co $14,500 Ca...
GlobalBlock blocking 2.5 million domains | Mark As Read |
GoDaddy-led brand protection project GlobalBlock says it is already blocking over 2.5 million domains, just a couple of weeks after its formal launch. The GlobalBlock web site reports that 2,569,815 domains are currently being blocked across 559 extensions (a mix of ccTLDs, gTLDs, third-level domains and blockchain names), for an average of just un...
Dynadot Now Offering Cryptocurrency Payments | Mark As Read |
Dynadot just announced that it now offers customers the ability to make payments using cryptocurrency. The offering is made via Bitpay, which supports more than 100 crypto wallets and coin options. Customers can pay with Bitcoin, Dogecoin, Ethereum, and other cryptocurrency options. Payments using cryptocurrency are available in USD. Supplementing ...
Escrow.com about to secure millions of Shopify sales | Mark As Read |
Escrow.com is the domain industry's de facto platform to buy and sell domains on, but that's not all. In a fresh announcement, Escrow.com is about to secure Shopify sales, becoming a payment option on Shopify.com. Note: Escrow.com is a premium sponsor of DomainGang. Escrow.com is not just another payment service provider; its your key to […] ...
Sedo two-letter domain auction results topped by Ti.CO | Mark As Read |
Sedo held a week-long auction of two letter (LL) domain names in every TLD, via its GreatDomains platform. The auction involved almost 600 domain names with various reserve prices, ranging from $99 to thousands of dollars. The results are in: 54 domains were sold, for a total of $33,650 dollars (conversion to USD took place […] The post Sedo ...
361 Domain Discoveries for March 15th | Mark As Read |
Every day we scan more than one hundred thousand domains across all the major marketplaces and pending delete lists to find domains you can buy that have sold in the past. Sale history, like the age of a domain name, is a great proxy for quality to help the cream rise to the top. Today's list has 361 domains for sale with history. […]
$532k in Sales on March 14th Cognition.ai sold for $110,000 Daily Market Report | Mark As Read |
The top sale of the day was Cognition.ai which sold for $110,000 at Private. NameBio recorded 430 sales $100+ for a total of $508,455 with an average sale price of $1,182. Compared to the previous day there was an increase of 6% in the number of sales and the total dollar amount increased by 13%. We also recorded an additional 989 sales below $100 ...
Whats behind those annoying emoji domains? | Mark As Read |
If emoji domains are not annoying enough, you'll be happy to know they are…
Microsoft moving its cloud apps from .com to .microsoft | Mark As Read |
Microsoft is planning to move all of its Microsoft 365 apps off a multitude of .com domains and consolidate them all under .microsoft, its dot-brand gTLD. The company says it will move Teams, Outlook, and Microsoft 365 web apps to the cloud.microsoft domain. They currently use domains such as outlook.office.com, teams.microsoft.com and microsoft365...
Domain Name Sale Stats 13th March 2024 | Mark As Read |
A breakdown of all announced domain sales $500 and over, Domains, venue and sale price data courtesy of Namebio.com This data assumes all sales from Park.io, Sav.com, Register.TO, GoDaddy, NameJet, DropCatch, Dynadot, SnapNames, Whois.ai, Catched.com, Docky.ly and NamesCon are wholesale and all others are retail. Full Rundown See bottom of page for...
Shanes Daily List of Domains at Auction for Friday, March 15th, 2024 | Mark As Read |
In 1976 my Grandfather used this new computer to print labels for his plants. It was sitting in the back room of the nursery printing tags until the late 80s. Always worked. Never an issue. It was the first model Apple. Just a board and he built a box for it to hold the board. He was so impressed with the "personal computer" that he bought a...
OPY.com Sold for $29,000 | Mark As Read |
Today: Appraisal of Sterned.com / Dot ComWanted–Budget$100,000perDomain / GoldenInsurance.com Sold for $12,000 and More… Here are the new discussions that caught my eye in the domain community today: Appraisal of Sterned.com – An interesting domain name is up for appraisal today. Normally one words do pretty well. Dot Com Wan...
Cognition.ai sells for $110K | Mark As Read |
Cognition.ai sold for $110,000 today in what was an action packed day. CareerCast.com closed at $66,000 on GoDaddy auctions. CareerCast.com was a Job Portal/Platform Provider for Professional Job Sites. A couple of other nice non coms sold with Profile.link selling for $43,000 and Inference.xyz selling for $12,000. That was not a Swetha sale. Congr...
Upcoming Sedo auction: Submit your .AI domains for maximum exposure! | Mark As Read |
It's all about AI (Artificial Intelligence) these days and Sedo has scheduled a dot .AI auction for those of you who want to submit their Anguilla domain names for maximum exposure! The Sedo .AI auction runs between March 21st to March 28th, 2024, so better send in your domains as soon as possible to be […] The post Upcoming Sedo auction: Sub...
Domain sightings: Canadas finest Bubbies! | Mark As Read |
I'm a sucker for sauerkraut and Canada's finest pickled food arrives from the Bubbies brand. That's right: An American company is using our northern neighbors' fine produce to sell it to millions of fans after pickling and jarring it. Sauerkraut is finely cut raw cabbage that has been fermented by various lactic acid bacteria and […] The post...
DISPLACE -- A Framework for Selecting Attractive Domain Name Sectors | Mark As Read |
While most modern businesses need a domain name, that does not mean that all sectors and niches offer an equal naming opportunity. What are some of the factors that make names more likely to sell for good returns in a niche or sector? In this article, I consider 8 relevant factors for sectors that offer strong naming potential. With a bit of twis...
Auction Recap Of March 13, 2024 | Mark As Read |
A look at the final auction prices, closeouts and more from the domain auction list posted on March 13, 2024. GoDaddy Names at Auction Click Here if you are unable to see the table of GoDaddy results, because you are viewing via the RSS feed. Dynadot DontTalk.com Just work $374 TheDomainBrokers.com Great name for a company in our industry. Also ...
Sedo to Host .AI Auction | Mark As Read |
.AI domain names have become a popular topic of late. Some of the most popular domain industry auctions these days are the monthly expiry auctions operated by the .AI ccTLD registry. Sedo just announced it will be hosting its own auction featuring .AI domain names: .AI #domains are more in demand than ever, because nobody […]
Panelist find reverse domain name hijacking in WholesaleSuite .com dispute | Mark As Read |
Although it probably would have still lost the case, the Complainant could have made arguments to prevent a reverse domain name hijacking decision. A UDRP panelist has found reverse domain name hijacking in a case where the domain owner didn't respond. Rymera Web Co Pty Ltd, which sells WooCommerce plugins at WholesaleSuitePlugin.com, filed the dis...
ICANN 79: anonymous trolls and undercover lawyers | Mark As Read |
Transparency, an ICANN watchword since day one, was a noticeable undercurrent at the community's 79th public meeting in Puerto Rico last week. The problem of lawyers representing unnamed clients in policy-making groups was raised in several fora, while another section of the community seems to have separately been infiltrated by the same kind of an...
Afternic reveals Januarys top-selling keywords in the domain aftermarket | Mark As Read |
My, AI and Home top the charts. Afternic has published the top keywords sold on its aftermarket for January. The words on this month's list are much more expected than some of the oddballs on the previous list. Florida? Sky? Blue? Those were weird ones. It made me think one big buyer swooped up a […] Post link: Afternic reveals January's top-...
Digital asset management platform Integral.xyz aims to simplify crypto accounting for businesses | Mark As Read |
Integral.xyz Squarespace customer – (United States) Developers dedicated to driving the integration of web3 into business operations are launching their projects on .xyz domains. Web3 platform Rivo.xyz aims to be a gateway to simplified DeFi. Crypto event OnchainSummer.xyz is part of Coinbases efforts to build an accessible and user-friendly...
EatToLive.com: Self-represented Respondent beat trademark holder! | Mark As Read |
The domain name EatToLive.com was registered in 1998; its registrant failed to renew it last year and it was auctioned off as an expired domain at GoDaddy, selling for $1,437 dollars. DrFuhrman Online, Inc. was not the registrant who failed to renew the domain but picked that opportunity to file a UDRP and attempt to […] The post EatToLive.co...
Custom: auDAs Direct .au is showing signs of phishing and scams. | Mark As Read |
Since auDA released "Direct .au" domain names back in March 2022, there was an initial registration period where the owners of the existing matching ".com.au" were brand-protecting themselves by also registering the "Direct .au" – e.g. I registered "Start.au" to brand-protect my "Start.com.au" domain. However, the whole "Direct .au" release a...
End user domain sales including a .mobi (yes, .mobi) | Mark As Read |
A .mobi domain has been sold on the aftermarket. You read that right. Hell has frozen over: A .mobi domain has sold on the aftermarket. In the early days of .mobi, a domain extension meant for mobile websites, it made a lot of sense. Companies created entirely separate websites for people accessing sites from the […] Post link: End user domai...
377 Domain Discoveries for March 14th | Mark As Read |
Every day we scan more than one hundred thousand domains across all the major marketplaces and pending delete lists to find domains you can buy that have sold in the past. Sale history, like the age of a domain name, is a great proxy for quality to help the cream rise to the top. Today's list has 377 domains for sale with history. […]
$479k in Sales on March 13th UNB.com sold for $37,700 Daily Market Report | Mark As Read |
GoDaddy had six of the top ten sales yesterday led by UNB.com which sold for $37,700. NameBio recorded 407 sales $100+ for a total of $451,511 with an average sale price of $1,109. Compared to the previous day there was a decrease of 2% in the number of sales but the total dollar amount increased by 32%. We also recorded an additional 1,107 sales b...
Travs List of Domains at Auction for Thursday, March 14, 2024 | Mark As Read |
Please Note: The list below contains affiliate links and/or names that have been posted for a fee. It is how we pay for our time since it is a free site. More details at bottom of page. Dynadot OptimalMind.com ZCDO.com OrdinalBet.com UMAX.io Quantum.ooo Sedo rz.com qn.com ya.co fm.ai ti.co Catched Accu.it Scammer.pro HealthyTopic.com DNWE Names ...
Domain Name Sale Stats 12th March 2024 | Mark As Read |
A breakdown of all announced domain sales $500 and over, Domains, venue and sale price data courtesy of Namebio.com This data assumes all sales from Park.io, Sav.com, Register.TO, GoDaddy, NameJet, DropCatch, Dynadot, SnapNames, Whois.ai, Catched.com, Docky.ly and NamesCon are wholesale and all others are retail. Full Rundown See bottom of page for...
A whole bunch of liquid domain names closed at GoDaddy auctions today | Mark As Read |
Today was a wild day with many liquid domain names expiring and closing at GoDaddy auctions. We had two 3L.coms and a host of 4N.coms. UNB.com closed at $37,000 and Opy.com closed at $29,000. Opy.com sold in 2017 at NameJet for $17,001. Here is the dozen 4N.com auctions 5567.com 20,000 USD 2024-03-13 GoDaddy 5816.com 10,750 […] The post A who...
Auction Recap Of March 12, 2024 | Mark As Read |
A look at the final auction prices, closeouts and more from the domain auction list posted on March 12, 2024. GoDaddy Names at Auction Click Here if you are unable to see the table of GoDaddy results, because you are viewing via the RSS feed.
Credit reporting firms sue to reclaim typosquatted domain names | Mark As Read |
Companies ask court to hand over cybersquatted domain names. Three credit reporting companies have filed a lawsuit (pdf) to recover 140 domain names that they say infringe their trademarks. The plaintiffs are: Central Source, LLC – This company runs the federally mandated AnnualCreditReport.com site, which allows consumers to review their cre...
Temu fights back against cybersquatters and unauthorized apps with federal lawsuit | Mark As Read |
Temu goes after cybersquatters with federal lawsuit. The owners of the shopping app Temu have sued cybersquatters and purveyors of unauthorized Temu apps. Whaleco, Inc., d/b/a Temu, a subsidiary of Pinduoduo Inc. (NASDAQ: PDD), filed the suit (pdf) in U.S. District Court in Illinois this week. Temu is a very popular shopping app that offers […...
Finance professional MarcHartog.xyz uses his .xyz to help guide startups to success | Mark As Read |
MarcHartog.xyz – GoDaddy customer (United Kingdom) The .xyz community is home to a vast array of skilled professionals sharing their talents on .xyz domains. Audio-visual artist Cody Samson shares his VFX work for Beyonc and Coachella on Shmody.xyz. Copywriter MichaelShea.xyz uses his .xyz to showcase work for brands such as Little Caesars a...
ICANN scores win in single-letter .com lawsuit | Mark As Read |
A Los Angeles court has handed ICANN a victory in a lawsuit filed against it by a domainer who thinks he has the rights to register all the remaining single-character .com domains. Bryan Tallman of VerandaGlobal.com sued ICANN back in August, claiming the Org was breaking the law by refusing to allow him to register […] The post ICANN scores ...
Sonata.ai UDRP got denied; Domain investor won! | Mark As Read |
Sonata Software Limited, India, tried to usurp the domain Sonata.ai from its registrant; the Respondent won the UDRP on the basis of the domain's generic nature as a dictionary word: "Moreover, and as indicated above, acquiring domain names consisting of dictionary terms for resale is not per se illegitimate. If a domainer makes a trade […] T...
Cosmetics brand terminates its gTLD | Mark As Read |
Brazilian cosmetics maker Natura has become the latest new gTLD operator to tell ICANN to terminate its dot-brand contract. The company said it is "no longer interested" in operating .natura, and ICANN has agreed to end the Registry Agreement. Natura was not using the domain beyond the mandatory nic.natura, but my records show that it […] The...
Scaffolding Company Gets Industry Matching .com for Under $50k | Mark As Read |
Sedos Senior Broker Dave Evanson reported the sale of Scaffolding.com yesterday. The domain name sold for $46,666, and it was the largest domain name of the week publicly reported at Sedo. Just sold https://t.co/oVaGP96hD4 for $46,666. Congrats to buyer and seller! It is already being used quite effectively. See for yourself …. https://t.co/o...
Top sales at NameJet and SnapNames in February | Mark As Read |
Arnica.com tops list of expired domain sales in February. Newfold Digital's two domain marketplaces, NameJet and SnapNames, combined to sell about 51 domains for $2,000 or more in February, totaling roughly $262k. This compares to 62 sales over $2,000, totaling $242k in January. I have noticed a slowdown in how many domains I'm backordering toward ...
Up to 70 jobs on the line at Nominet as .uk regs dwindle | Mark As Read |
Nominet plans to lay off as many as 70 employees to cut costs, and is preparing for a .uk price increase, after years of dwindling domain registrations and the loss of a major government contract. CEO Paul Fletcher told members yesterday that it won't be providing the UK government with its Protective DNS recursive DNS […] The post Up to 70 j...
724 Domain Discoveries for March 13th | Mark As Read |
Every day we scan more than one hundred thousand domains across all the major marketplaces and pending delete lists to find domains you can buy that have sold in the past. Sale history, like the age of a domain name, is a great proxy for quality to help the cream rise to the top. Today's list has 724 domains for sale with history. […]
Governments back down on new gTLD next round delay | Mark As Read |
ICANN's Governmental Advisory Committee has decided not to force the Org to pay for a independent cost/benefit analysis of the new gTLD program, removing the potential for timeline friction ahead of the planned 2026 next-round launch. In its latest communique, published following the ICANN 79 meeting in Puerto Rico last week, the GAC has essentiall...
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