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Top Topics A weekly news review at NamePros! GoDaddy got me Boosted; Delete Sedo listings; ZH.com sold for $1MM; Inquiry from brokerneed help; When you get that pity offer. I got GoDaddy / Afternic "Boosted" in an $8k sale A domain investor closed on a nice $8k sale via Afternic, only to receive news of a 20% commission, as opposed to the standa...
This is one of my favorite weekends of the year. John Berryhill, my wife, and I will ride our bicycles 160+ miles over two days in the Pan-Mass Challenge to benefit Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Dana-Farber is one of the world's leading cancer organizations, and its mission is very close to my heart. We are grateful […]Catchy.com
DropCatch is a leading domain backordering service that helps users secure expiring domain names the instant they become available. Backed by hundreds of ICANN-accredited registrars, DropCatch increases the chances of success by rapidly attempting to register dropped domains. If multiple users backorder the same name, it goes to auction. Many domai...
In a rapidly evolving digital landscape, the intersection of domain registration and cryptocurrency presents a unique opportunity for both businesses and individuals seeking to enhance their online presence. With the launch of the Digital Asset Rewards Engine (DARE), registrars and users can now experience the benefits of Bitcoin rewards through th...
The .MED Domain: Secure Your Spot in the Future of Medical Branding The .MED domain is set to relaunch globally on September 15, 2025, marking a significant shift from its past exclusivity to a more accessible platform for a wider audience. Previously limited to medical professionals, the .MED top-level domain will now be available to anyone, makin...
So much for a lazy Friday in the summer. Dave Evanson, Sedo power broker, represented the seller in the sale of ZH.com for $1M. Jim from DDD.com represented the buyer. LL.com are one of thee most valuable classes of domain names and this is another …
The domain name ZH.com has been sold on Sedo for the sum of $1,000,000 dollars. The sale completed with the assistance of senior Sedo broker, Dave Evanson, who represented the seller, noting that brokerage house DDD.com represented the buyer. ZH.com is a premium two letter .com domain registered in 1994; in 2019 it was offered […] The post ZH...
"We are excited to partner with D3 Global to embrace the Web3 era and redefine domains as tokenized assets with real-world value. This integration with Doma Protocol opens up new investment opportunities for our clients and resellers, including domain trading, fractional ownership, and DeFi utilities, while creating valuable revenue streams. By bri...
I've been slowly adding domain names to Atom.com as they have gained traction. At the moment, my portfolio is the largest it has been on the platform with 235 premium listings. I also have 47 domain names pending review. One of the differentiating factors of Atom is that they provide an approved list price. Depending […]Catchy.com
Sedo's Senior Sales and Brokerage Consultant Dave Evanson has been ringing up big money domain sales for the past 20 years and he is still hitting them out of the park. His latest towering blast, just closed today, was a $1,000,000 sale of ZH.com of behalf of a U.S. seller who has owned the domain since 1994.
Sedo has shared the latest updates about the most searched keywords on the Sedo.com marketplace, in the month of July 2025. Our sponsor oversees a vast portfolio of millions of domain names and operates the Sedo.com marketplace, making it easy for both investors and end-users to buy and sell domains. What were the top-searched keywords […] Th...
Mean Girls star Renee Rapp picks up bite.me for upcoming album. The registry for .me domain names has revealed that it sold 34 premium registrations through the registrar channel in the first half of this year. That compares to 16 domains in the first half of 2024. All told, the 34 domains totaled 222,500 in […] Post link: Bite.me headlines p...
(PR) InterNetX, leading European domain registrar and member of the IONOS Group with over 22 million domains under management, has announced an innovative partnership with D3, the pioneers in DomainFi infrastructure. This collaboration introduces tokenized domains powered by Doma Protocol, unlocking groundbreaking opportunities for Web3 integration...
WEST PALM BEACH, FL – Theres a power that comes with publishing that most people will never fully understand unless theyve had the experience of pushing the button and watching their words go live, not just on a website, but across a syndicated global news network. Its a level of reach that turns an […] The post Master of My Domain: Th...
The rather generic brand will get a boost from great domain name. Ever since BigCommerce (Nasdaq: BIGC) acquired commerce.com for $2.444 million earlier this year, the question has been what it would do with the domain. Today, the company announced a new parent company brand, Commerce. It's also changing its stock ticker on the NASDAQ […] Pos...
DropCatch is a leading domain backordering service that helps users secure expiring domain names the instant they become available. Backed by hundreds of ICANN-accredited registrars, DropCatch increases the chances of success by rapidly attempting to register dropped domains. If multiple users backorder the same name, it goes to auction. Many domai...
ChatGPT can now automate domain investing tasks, such as finding end user buyers for your domains. ChatGPT's agent mode is a game-changer. It can automate research and tasks, going as far as logging into services to grab data or complete repetitive tasks. To whet your appetite for what it can do, watch this video showing […] Post link: How to...
There is a lot to read each week, but I want to focus on just one article. Michael Castello this week published an important article that every investor, domain or otherwise, should read, as well as those driving artificial intelligence developments. It is a concise and accessible article read the original: AI's Foundation Has Cracks: Why Truste...
Andy Booth recently reported the $220,000 sale of Sim.ai. Based on the screenshot he shared, it appears he sold it directly to the buyer using Escrow.com to transact. These are strange days. I know you can all feel it. Something is upon us. Our sim is changing. Sale loading: https://t.co/cGQPcsuvn0 for $220k pic.twitter.com/7pHniCZOp5 AB […]...
Velocity.xyz – GoDaddy customer (United Kingdom) Decentralized finance (DeFi) developers use .xyz domains to launch forward-looking platforms. Prime brokerage firm Arkis.xyz is geared towards accelerating the adoption of DeFi. Payment platform Bridge.xyz aims to simplify stablecoin payments. Asset issuance platform Noble.xyz aims to si...
BrandBucket has been a successful domain marketplace for brandable domain names, and more. The company acquired Novanym recently, mere months after ending its Afternic arrangement. Many domain investors with brandable domains achieve successful sales on BrandBucket. There is one thing to remember, however, should you sell a domain on BrandBucket: D...
Company filed cybersquatting dispute against domain registered before it had trademark rights. French Blunomy Advisory, an environmental consulting firm, has been found (pdf) to have tried to reverse hijack the domain blunomy.com. The company filed the dispute against a man in France who registered the domain well before the Complainant filed a tra...
Another Throwback Thursday from Saw.com and this time it's a 6 figure sale. Hymn.com sold for $100K. The domain is not as old as you would think, it was registered in 2002. Currently registered at Squarespace, the website does not resolve. AD Smart Domain Monetization Starts at Bodis sign up today AD For a better […] The post Hymn.com sold fo...
Weldon Kennedy shares how a carefully chosen domain name brought clarity, visibility, and credibility to Coppers innovative new product line.
Blunomy Advisory of France filed a UDRP complaint seeking the transfer of Blunomy.com, claiming bad-faith registration and use. The problem? The domain was registered in February 2019, nearly four years before the Complainant filed its BLUNOMY trademark in late 2022. The Respondent argued that Blunomy is a coined term blending "blue" and "economy,"...
Brazilian auto parts giant Iochpe-Maxion S/A filed a UDRP complaint to acquire Maxion.com, citing trademarks dating back to 1991 and longstanding global use of the MAXION brand. The domain, originally registered in 2000, was acquired by a domain investor in 2017 for $2,605 via a NameJet auction. Represented by domain attorney John Berryhill, the Re...
Auradine, Inc. filed a UDRP complaint against the domain Teraflux.com, citing a pending US trademark application and claimed common law use of the TERAFLUX mark since May 2023. The domain was originally registered in 2009 and appears to have changed hands in February 2025 after a sale from HugeDomains took place. Auradine argued the Respondent [...
Aaron at LasrerAi.com announced that he sold Ai.now for $25,000 on SellerHub at Spaceship.com. Aaron hand registered the name in January of this year for $15,525. Those are some King Kong sized registration Cojones. Aaron is going to he hosting a spaces on X at 7:30 pm Eastern to discuss the sale. Aaron did share […] The post Ai.now nice flip...
Once again AI is the top keyword sold at Afternic. They posted their May 2025 results and it was AI, My and Bet taking the top 3 spots. Group was third in April and dropped to 10. AD Smart Domain Monetization Starts at Bodis sign up today AD For a better Escrow experience checkout EscrowDomains.com […] The post Top keywords sold at Afternic f...
DropCatch is a leading domain backordering service that helps users secure expiring domain names the instant they become available. Backed by hundreds of ICANN-accredited registrars, DropCatch increases the chances of success by rapidly attempting to register dropped domains. If multiple users backorder the same name, it goes to auction. Many domai...
AI and my remain hot in aftermarket sales. Afternic has published a list of the top 20 keywords in domains sold on its platform in May. AI and my remain at the top of the list. The keywords have been on the chart every month for the past year. One interesting keyword is car, which […] Post link: See the top 20 keywords in sold aftermarket dom...
Founded in 2011 by former Google engineer Steven Yang, Anker Innovations is a Chinese consumer electronics company headquartered in Shenzhen, China. Initially focused on laptop batteries and chargers sold online, Anker quickly became a global leader in charging technology. Rebranded as Anker Innovations Ltd. in 2020, the company went public on the ...
Domain industry overseer says domain registrar is lax when investigating and responding to DNS abuse complaints. ICANN has sent a breach notice (pdf) to Web Commerce Communications Limited dba WebNic.cc, a fairly large domain name registrar in Asia. WebNic has about 500,000 .com domain names under management in addition to domains in other extensio...
Skycatcher.xyz – GoDaddy customer (United States) The .xyz community includes investment firms focused on technologies shaping the digital future. San Francisco-based investment firm Dragonfly.xyz backs teams building in crypto across sectors and stages. Builder-first investment firm Lightshift.xyz supports early-stage blockchain and c...
There are numerous automated tools that attempt to place a value on domain names. They use various sets of data, artificial intelligence, and machine learning to estimate what a domain name could be worth. Some sales platforms and marketplaces show appraisals on a purchasing or bidding page, which implies authority. Domain name appraisals are often...
Richard Kirkendall The post Bind.ai sells for $120K to lead a fresh group of .ai sales from Namecheap appeared first on TLD Investors.
Spaceship has been doing well in the heart of summer, with updates to the SellerHub. The platform is now feeding SellerHub inventory to its registrar path queries, giving them priority over domains listed elsewhere. This is a huge advantage, as Namecheapthe sister company of Spaceshiphas been feeding almost 30% of the sales of Afternic listings! [&...
PayPal just announced a new service that will allow merchants to accept over 100 cryptocurrencies.The mainstreaming of cryptocurrency is something well-known domain industry entrepreneurs Lars Jensen, Stevan Lieberman, Thomas Medard and Matheus Leite started working on over a year before PayPal's announcement when they teamed up to launch Nicky.me....
Panel Reformulates Oki Data Test and Proposes Lost Mary Criteria It is rare for a decision to expressly adopt a new interpretative framework. Yet that is what the Panel boldly did here; the Panel found that it is time to adjust the Oki Data criteria according to current needs in the e-commerce world and even renamed it as the Lost ... Read More Th...
Darpan Munjal posted on X that so far so good when it comes to Semantic Search. He did note they are just getting started and more work still needs to be done. The Castello Brothers pointed out a couple of their top domains like Kennel.com and Traveler.com did not show up when they did an […] The post Semantic Search bringing about improvemen...
DropCatch is a leading domain backordering service that helps users secure expiring domain names the instant they become available. Backed by hundreds of ICANN-accredited registrars, DropCatch increases the chances of success by rapidly attempting to register dropped domains. If multiple users backorder the same name, it goes to auction. Many domai...
The United Kingdom‘s ccTLD, .UK, was introduced in 1985 and is celebrating 40 years as one of the worlds earliest and most trusted country-code domains. Dot .UK was only the 2nd ccTLD to be assigned, on July 24, 1985 right after the US' assignment of .US. Initially managed by University College London and later UKERNA, […] The post Doma...
Scheidt & Bachmann GmbH of Germany filed a UDRP complaint against PassionforParking Inc of Korea over PassionForParking.com. The Complainant owns multiple PASSION FOR PARKING trademarks, including EU and UK registrations dating back to early 2020. The domain, registered in September 2022, displayed pay-per-click links such as Book Parking Onlin...
InterNetX posted an interview with Charlotte Spencer, Senior Legal Officer in the Internet Dispute Resolution Section at WIPO. Safe to say Charlotte knows just about everything when it comes to domain disputes. For newer domain investors who sometimes seem lost by the UDRP process the interview is a solid primer on learning about the process [̷...
Grit Brokerage posted on their blog about some of their recent transactions. Like a lot of brokers they do quite a bit of outbound sales and all the sales below were a result of their outbound efforts. You can read the full post on their blog. OHS.com OnlineHomeShop.com Three letter domains dont get much […] The post Grit Brokerage sha...
Freename is raising the bar for domain industry with the launch of The Domain Standard, a quarterly publication that delivers a definitive benchmark for the traditional and Web3 domain spaces. The Freename Domain Industry Report 2025 was released alongside this new magazine, which offers essential insights for domain owners, investors, and domain i...
NameBright is a popular domain registrar and a sister company to DropCatch. In fact, domains that are acquired via DropCatch auctions or bought directly from HugeDomains end up there. The company offers a newly redesigned interface and competitive pricing. Currently, NameBright has dropped the price for .com registrations to an incredibly low $6.29...
Indian domain investor Swetha Yenugula has identified the buyers of the domain Turtle.xyz, which was reportedly sold for $106,000 dollars two weeks ago. The buyer isTurtle.club, a Web3 distribution protocol that streamlines and monetizes on-chain activities like liquidity provisioning and referrals through an API-based tracking layer, avoiding smar...
Despite sequential decline, first-half dollar volume was up sharply compared to last year. Domain transaction dollar volume at Escrow.com slipped in Q2 compared to Q1, the company reported today. However, it was up for the first half of 2025 compared to the first half of 2024, thanks to a strong first quarter. The company handled […] Post lin...
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