When you decide to look at the macro picture of recorded domain name sales on Namebio, GoDaddy has far more sales recorded than any other venue. These are mostly wholesale prices based off expired auctions. Now what's interesting is that for a part of 2021 GoDaddy was actually reporting retail sales. Ava.com got reported in […] The post A loo...

Back in 2013 PartyPooper.com went for just $305 at NameJet. What a difference a decade makes. The domain name expired and closed at GoDaddy auctions on Wednesday at $5,877. There is a developed website at Party-Pooper.com a Utah based waste management company. No activity on the domain name according to Archive.org. Only 5 backlinks according [R...

Back in December of last year, Swetha posted an impressive sale. Conduit.xyz sold for $69,888. At the time I mentioned the name was first owned by a William Waltz and Conduit, Inc. Then Swetha owned it and she let it drop only to reacquire it. The domain name was not resolving at the time of […] The post $69,888 buyer of Conduit.xyz revealed ...

Pharmacia was a Swedish pharma and biotech company that merged with Upjohn back in the mid nineties. According to Wikipedia, The company is named after the Greek word , transliterated pharmakeia, which means ‘sorcery'. In 2002 Pfizer bought Pharmacia for $60 billion. The domain name Pharmacia.com was finally left to drop and the name closed [...

Braden Pollock cranked another one out of the park with a $120,200 sale of StoneAge.com. Registered in 1995 with one prior drop. According to DotDB.com StoneAge is registered in 104 extensions. StoneAge.net redirects to CarnegieStone.com. The .org and .co are listed for sale. Congrats to Braden The post Braden Pollock sells StoneAge.com for $120,20...

Simone over at InternetX.com (an advertiser here) took a deep dive into the European ecommerce market. Analyzing domain choices around the continent. The importance of domains for online shops Domain names play a crucial role in creating and developing online businesses. First, from a technical point of view, they allow you to "reach" the shop [...

GoDaddy is streamlining commissions across all their properties. That news certainly riled up many investors as Namepros has a very long thread with many members chiming in. Squadhelp announced a change to their commissions that sell through Afternic. Starting February 1st, we will be reducing the commission for premium approved domains that sell t...

Quite a lot of action in the mixed letters and numbers genre on Saturday. From the classic LNN to the same LLNN, GoDaddy did well. H33.com was the high close at $19,500. H33.com previously sold for $9,2000 back at Sedo in 2015. Kind of will that the retail price was half the expired market price […] The post GoDaddy was busy with 3Character a...

Sedo most searched keywords for December 2022 saw SkinCycling at the top. It was the first month in a long time without NFT in the top 10. Shop which was first in November was in second place. Familiar keywords to the top 10, bet, crypto and casino were all in the December report. Sedo Most […] The post Sedo Most Searched keywords for Decembe...

TechCrunch published an article on Web3 investors and how on the Venture Capital side they are in it for the long haul. From the article: Those who understand the space know theres a lucrative future thats still in its earliest days, they said. Those who dont understand the space also know that but will be […] The post Will Web3 domain invest...

I had a talk with Kristaps Ronka the CEO of NameSilo (NameSilo is an advertiser here at TLDinvestors.com). Kristaps shares his thoughts on the coming year, NameSilo products and much more Q1) It was almost one year ago when you decided not to sell the company. Do you feel good about that decision and if […] The post Interview with Kristaps Ro...

Fora.tv closed at $50,251 on GoDaddy auctions. GoDaddy is the new operator of the .tv registry. This was an expired auction and the company behind the name was founded way back in 2005. Time Magazine named it one of the 50 best websites for 2009. The company had a vast library which was taken down […] The post Fora.tv $50,251 auction price wa...

Really did not hear too much from Mike Carson of Park.io in 2022. He has started the new year off with a nice sale. Workflow.ai sold for $35,000 at Park.io. The domain name was acquired for just $120 at Whois.ai back in 2019. Congrats on a great sale. The post Workflow.ai from $120 to $35,000 in 4 years appeared first on TLD Investors.

Simone Catamia from InternetX conducted an interview with Shannon O'Donald from Identity Digital. It's a rather lengthy interview as Shannon really took the time to answer Simone's questions with a lot of info. From the interview: It hit the headlines in June 2022: Donuts Inc. and Afilias, two big players in the domain industry who […] The po...

So it looks like GoDaddy is moving towards simplifying commission structures within all their properties. When you do business within the GoDaddyVerse, you have 4 options: GoDaddy Auctions, Afternic, Uniregistry Market and Dan.com. They put out a full release on their blog which you can read here. One note Import your own leads will continue [̷...

Freename is excited to announce some new updates that provide even more detailed information on domain names, as well as new ways to earn rewards and sell Web3 Domains and TLDs. Keep reading to learn more about the WEB3 WHOIS, the Referral Program and the "Push to OpenSea" button. WEB3 WHOIS: Freename has launched the […] The post Tech Update...

Looking back at December there were 274 reported new gtld domain name sales at Namebio. This is compared to 258 in November. Sales totaled $267,300 vs $268,079 in November. Average price per sale came in at $960 down from $1,039 in November. There were only 3 reported new gtld domain name sales in December. .Art […] The post December 2022 New...

Dynadot closes out 2022 with another victory. Once again they won the Best/Favorite Registrar for 2022 at Namepros. The post Once again Dynadot wins Namepros Best/Favorite Registrar for 2022 appeared first on TLD Investors.

I came across an auction on Namepros that you normally don't see. An LLL.com with a starting price of just $10,999 and one $1 increments. You cannot have a reserve on a Namepros auction so this will sell for what it sells for. The domain is ZQG.com. According to DotDB.com ZQG is registered in 27 […] The post You hardly ever see these auctione...

Reflect.net sold at GoDaddy auctions a little over a year ago for $2,603. Today Namebio showed Braden Pollock sold Reflect.net for $29,998. Quite the flip for just a one year hold. Nice way to end 2022 for Braden. According to DotDB.com Reflect is registered in 164 extensions. Reflect.net was registered in 1998. Congrats to Braden The post Reflect....

To all our readers that celebrate Christmas, I want to wish you a Merry Christmas, I hope you and your family and friends enjoy the day. Thank you for being a reader here in 2022. All the best. The post Merry Christmas appeared first on TLD Investors.

On June 30th of this year Mike Mann announced he sold MotherDuck.com for $60,000. I remember when he tweeted it out someone texted me he sold Mother F***. When I checked the tweet I was like ok, it's G rated not X rated. That's a nice sale. The domain name updated and the buyer is […] The post Mike Mann sold MotherDuck.com for $60K in June th...

NameSilo an advertiser here released their November 2022 Registration and Marketplace stats. After .com was .top as far as registrations, that was a bit surprising. The post NameSilo November 2022 Registration and Marketplace stats appeared first on TLD Investors.

1326.com sold way back in 2008 at Sedo for just $1,218. The domain name closed at expired auctions on GoDaddy for $112,222. This puts it right behind 3377.com which closed at $113,000 back on December 10. It's wild to see these names going for this much at auction and why someone would let these names […] The post 1326.com closes at $112,222 ...

Do you still see domaining as a good side hustle? I was having a talk with another domain investor who is starting another non domain name related project. He mentioned he wanted to transition away from domaining as it just didn't do it for him anymore. Auction prices too high, end user interest too low. […] The post Is domaining still a good...

Swetha posted an impressive sale today with Conduit.xyz selling for $69,888. This one is interesting as the name was first owned by a William Waltz and Conduit, Inc. Swetha then took ownership and then it looks like let it drop. Back in 2017 according to Archive.org it was being listed for $995. It was re-registered […] The post Conduit.xyz s...

Sedo most searched keywords for November 2022 showed a change at the top. There was no October report and September and August had NFT at the top spot. NFT was still in the top 10 but at the bottom of the list in 10th place. Shop was first followed by Travel and then Casino. Sedo […] The post Shop the most searched keyword at Sedo for Novembe...

The 4N.com market a few years back was a hot market, back in 2015 Namebio reported five 6 figure transactions and a dollar volume of $2.4M on the whole. By 2018 the dollar volume was less than $900K with just 25 transactions. Last year there were 32 transactions and a dollar volume of $512K. But […] The post 3377.com closes over $100K and is ...

Dynadot sent out an email that they will be making some changes to their auctions in 2023. They will be rolling out their own version of closeouts as well. On January 3, 2023, we're changing the way Expired Auction prices are displayed in the Aftermarket. Right now, the "Current Bid" section of an auction includes […] The post Dynadot announc...

Fleaking over at Namepros detailed a number of transactions that just seemed to go wrong at Network Solutions and SnapNames. He now wants to sue them but that might not be the prudent move. He writes: In the past few months, I've had three horrible experiences with Web.com's services (Network Solutions, SnapNames…) that I urgently […] T...

Ammar (Ammudamus) over at Namepros posted he had a domain name owned since 2016, just taken out of his account. Fussball.tv. He wrote: I just got an email from Dynadot that one of my domain names has been removed from my account by the central registry without any notice! At first I thought my account […] The post Fussball.tv taken out of dom...

Looking back at November there were 258 reported new gtld domain name sales at Namebio. This is compared to 381 in October. Sales totaled $268,079 vs $614,942 in October. Average price per sale came in at $1,039 down from $1,596 in October. Swetha had the top 2 sales at $40,000 each. The .wiki sale went […] The post November 2022 reported New...

Dynadot released their October 2022 domain name sales. The sales data comes in a number of categories. Expired auctions, Last Chance auctions, Backorder auctions, User auctions and Marketplace. The top sale was Grinta.com at $15,000. Not sure why CNSmedia.agency went for what it went for. On the expired side a couple single number .ag topped [̷...

Gaming.xyz sold at Squadhelp for $123,984 back on October 18. The owner of the domain name Namepros member @JudgeMind responded today to a post about the name back on the market. back on the market. I think the buyer must have had ties to ftx exchange and could no longer carry the monthly instalment costs. […] The post Gaming.xyz back on the ...

After Michael Cyger wrote his excellent guide on emojis there was a lot of discussion and activity around emoji domains. Alvin Brown covered things here one year after the Domain Sherpa interview and guide was released. Its hard to believe its been just over a year since the debuting of DomainSherpas Emoji Domains May […] The post Thumbs Up! ...

Even on Thanksgiving Swetha keeps the sales rolling. She posted 5 sales with two of them at $40,000. Chroma.xyz and Lore.xyz both sold for $40,000. Someone spent $8,000 on Recursive.xyz which I have to say is an absolutely fantastic price. Well done Swetha. chroma.xyz 40,000 USD 2022-11-24 Swetha.xyz lore.xyz 40,000 USD 2022-11-24 Swetha.xyz mantle...

InternetX (an advertiser here) took a look at the Crypto and NFT keyword space. FromOctober 2019 to September 2022, there was a 92.98% increase in hostnames containing the keyword "crypto". Let's look at the data in detail. Looking at the geographic area where the domain is located or originates from, North America is far ahead […] The post I...

In 2019 Theo over at DomainGang.com posted about XMX.com selling for $3.9M. It was never added to Namebio. From the article: According to Chinese domain investor, Kassey Lee, the domain was bought by Hong Yu, founder of XMAX Foundation. The company issues XMX coins which are traded on a number of cryptocurrency exchanges. On July […] The post...

1) You have been very popular at Namepros the last few years winning the best/favorite registrar poll. How much does that mean to you as a company? Todd) I think I can speak for the entire company when I say that we are extremely grateful for the support of the domain investor community. Running a […] The post Interview with Todd Han of Dynad...

Back in July Swetha sold Kinetic.xyz for $40,000. There is now a website up and running. It's funny because I was actually speaking with Alvin Brown of Kickstart Commerce today about NFT aggregation. It looks like that's what Kinetic is going to be doing. The company has raised $7M from the likes of GoogleX now […] The post $40K buyer of Kine...

Saturday had a couple 6 figure closes with 907.com and PutLocker.com both going over the $100K mark. 970.com closed at $136,000 at GoDaddy auctions. Registered since 1999 it looks like the name forwarded to a casino website. PutLocker.com closed at $102,499 at NameJet. The domain name dropped and was caught by NameJet. According to Wikipedia [̷...

Wadi.com was based out of Dubai, they were an ecommerce startup that raised $30 million from Majid Al Futtaim, one of the biggest regional conglomerate that owns and operates shopping malls, hotels, and many other businesses across Middle East, Africa, and Asia. According to Menabytes.com: The company Started in 2015 by Rocket Internet, with a [...

IQTests.com was sold at Uniregistry back in 2015 for $20,000. The domain name did have a developed website up but was left to expire. Today IQTests.com closed at $18,250 at GoDaddy auctions. IQtests is registered in 23 extensions according to DotDB.com. No backlinks on this one, so the price was just on the strength of […] The post IQTests.co...

Dynadot released their September 2022 domain name sales. The sales data comes in a number of categories. Expired auctions, Last Chance auctions, Backorder auctions, User auctions and Marketplace. Now interestingly AdultStream.com was not listed in this report. Back in September I wrote about the name closing at a whopping $381,000. It's probably sa...

BobNewhart.com was registered back in 1997. The domain name did not appear to be owned by the legendary actor and comedian. It seems it was owned by a Rob Newhart from Perdiem Consulting. The auction closed at $4,688 at GoDaddy auctions. Interestingly when looking at Archive.org the website did have a picture of Bob Newhart […] The post BobNe...

Back in August Temoo.com sold for $54,900. It was a great flip for the seller Nametra.com who acquired the name for just $405 in December of 2020 at GoDaddy auctions. It seems the buyer just wanted the name because Temoo is pronounced by many like Temu. Temu.com is where Temoo.com now forwards. Instances like this […] The post Temoo.com $54,9...