NameJet/SnapNames BackboardCo.com Horizon.net for one word .net fans this is one worth looking into in my opinion. HoloBrief.com BookingSite.com CardSelling.com GoDaddy Expiring auctions closing today VirtualMobile.com Zinar.com iTQr.com Short QR code related. Age 21 Zypi.com Age 16 TXDX.com XC1.com Age 20 Bepop.com Registered in 41 extensions acc...

Looking back at June there were 121 reported new gtld domain name sales at Namebio. This is compared to 266 in May. Sales totaled $262,000 vs $346,000 in May. Average price per sale came in at $2,188 up from $1,329 in May. .App took the top two spots. Swetha posted 4 sales in the top […] The post June 2023 New Gtld domain come in at $262K .Ap...

Helmuts Meskonis announced that he has now acquired DNForum.com. Over the years many people have owned DNForum. From Greg Ricks to Adam Dicker, Epik and a host of others. I wish Helmuts the best of luck with the forum moving forward. Press Release London, UK, April 27, 2023 – Helmuts Meskonis, entrepreneur and organizer of […] The post ...

Afternic announced a couple updates that were sent out in an email today. They deal with selecting landers and ownership verification. For those who did not see or receive the email I have included it below. Afternic We're pleased to announce two new additions to Afternic's product offering that will enhance the way that you […] The post Afte...

You can now purchase a .eth domain name with fiat currency. I know I spoke to people who did not understand how to get a .eth domain name. These were people outside domaining who saw friends on Twitter with a .eth. I always thought they had to find a way to let people but with […] The post Ethereum Name Service will offer fiat payment options...

Peace.com is at auction on Sedo, the premium one word domain name has a reserve range of $500,000 to $999,999. Registered in 1998 it is certainly a topic all the world would like more of in the world. DotDB.com shows peace registered in 358 extensions. Interestingly I came across an odd reference to peace.com. Htyp.org […] The post Will Peace...

Paramount purchased Paramount.xyz from Swetha for $45,00 back in February of 2022. It seems they have some other properties also using a .xyz for their NFT projects. StarTrek.xyz looks pretty cool if you are a Trekkie. I did come across TMNT.xyz for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. That site is not live currently. Nickelodeon.xyz has a […] The p...

Freelancer the parent company of Escrow.com released their Q1 2023 business update. Escrow.com saw a bounceback in the quarter. "Aftermarket domain name volumes are back and are being propelled by a boom in AI-related domain names, such as the Chat.com deal in March and the sale of Prompt.com. It's not only domain names that are […] The post ...

ZCZ.com was another 3L.com left to expire at GoDaddy and go to auction. ZCZ.com closed at $46,500. Checking whois there looks to have been several different Chinese registrants over the years. No website. GoDaddy has had 13 three letter names expire and go to auction since 1/2022. Interestingly not one of them has been used […] The post Anoth...

Dynadot released their February 2023 Aftermarket report. The sales data comes in a number of categories. Expired auctions, Last Chance auctions, Backorder auctions, User auctions and Marketplace. Mads.com was the top sale and it was an expired auction. The auction closed at $22,410.00. Pics.vc went for a nice price at $6,900.86. At the marketplace ...

IDNWorldReport.eu released their 2022 annual report on the Global IDN market. I thought it was interesting that registries themselves, (country codes) were only at anaverage score of 2.2 out of 5 to how they perceive end-user awareness of IDNs. I don't hear as much chatter about IDN's the past few years HIGHLIGHTS Full report here The post IDN Worl...

Simone from InternetX informed me of an upcoming Webinar. The eco Association, will provide a detailed overview of the key points presented in the Global Domain Report 2023, The date: 19 April 2023 at 16:00 CET The speakers: Simone Catania, Global Content & Communications Manager, is responsible for the content across InternetX's blog and other...

It must be groundhog day when it comes to Lnvestor.com. The domain name closed at the exact same price at NameJet that it did last April 8. $7,250 Lnvestor has been a problem over the years in .com. The .com has been dropped twice over the years and once went as high as $33,333 at […] The post Another go round for Lnvestor.com appeared first ...

Majestic.com has released a typo domain tool. Bill Hartzer noticed it and posted it on Namepros. Now you need a subscription and a pro monthly subscription that includes all the tools is $99 a month. The Typo Domain Tool can help you: The post Majestic.com releases Typo domain tool appeared first on TLD Investors.

Popular whois tool Gwhois.org is shutting down. The creator of the website has said the reason for the shutdown centers around changing life circumstances and ability to maintain the site. The website says the following: The infrastructure and code for GWhois.org has not changed much over the years. Most of the maintainance has been for […] T...

The expired auctions at Whois.ai for April 2023 were led by Eve.ai. The auction closed at $10,000 and was the only 5 figure close. 9 auctions closed at $2K or more. 123 total sales for $84.4K. Average sales price, $686. eve.ai 10,000 USD 2023-04-03 Whois.ai polymath.ai 7,258 USD 2023-04-04 Whois.ai thematic.ai 6,451 USD 2023-04-04 Whois.ai […...

x55.com sold for $25,000 back in 2018 at 4.CN. For some reason the domain name expired and closed at GoDaddy auctions for $15,200. 2023 has 20 reported LNN.coms on Namebio with GoDaddy being the big beneficiary handling 18 of these as expired auctions where they make the money. X55.com back in 2018 was the 15th […] The post x55.com sold for $...

@LevelSio on Twitter posted some updates about their app and made mention of the fact they acquired PhotoAi.com for $40,000. Photo.ai is listed for sale from a domain registrant who owns quite a few .ai domain names. I have been seeing more interest in keywordai.com lately. I sold one last year, the buyer has not […] The post PhotoAi.com sell...

SnapNames sent out an email today about some new enhancements to their website. They will start on March 20, 2023. We have made some changes to our account preferences section in the account: Automatically deleting back orders is a nice function. That way you are never surprised down the road when you realize you have […] The post SnapNames r...

PWG.com a valuable 3L.com domain name expired and closed at $39,001 at GoDaddy auctions. While checking out Archive.org the domain name was used for a company called Perfect Wedding Guide, based out of Missouri. Interestingly years back they started forwarding PWG.com to PerfectWeddingGuide.com. The company has a LinkedIN page that shows it had 11 ...

Burkhard Berger published an article on the Dynadot blog on branding. I think for those just getting into the brandable domain names and are hand registering a lot of ideas, I think the article can work to be a companion when you are brainstorming names. 10 Ways To Boost Your Brand Relatability is the focus […] The post How a brand story work...

Security.xyz changed hands once again. This time the name closed at $2,510 on Sav.com. It has traded three times previously. It's odd these all happened at Sav.com, so I am not sure what exactly is going on here. 223 USD on 2022-09-07 at Sav.com 2,005 USD on 2022-04-25 at Sav.com 5,050 USD on 2022-01-07 at […] The post Security.xyz sells for ...

.Art put out a press release announcing a new feature to bridge the gap between Web 2 and Web3. .ART is the first domain registry to offer this innovative matching domain capability across both ENS and DNS, making .ART domains more powerful and useful than any other blockchain capable domains. From the release: New Feature […] The post .ART L...

The expired auctions at Whois.ai for March 2023 were led by Merit.ai. There were no five figure closing prices this month. 127 auctions in total for $97.4K. The average price was $767 The 25 four figure names: merit.ai 6,009 USD 2023-03-07 Whois.ai outlier.ai 5,951 USD 2023-03-07 Whois.ai chroma.ai 4,450 USD 2023-03-06 Whois.ai ladder.ai 4,200 USD ...

Dynadot released their January 2023 Aftermarket report. The sales data comes in a number of categories. Expired auctions, Last Chance auctions, Backorder auctions, User auctions and Marketplace. The high sale was stlucianewsonline.com from the expired auctions. Top sale from the marketplace was ParlayBet.com a name I was very high on and thought ab...

Crypto.hosting sold for $8,000 at Dynadot on Friday. Weird info from whois records that the name was transitioned to CentralNic and not available for registration. DomainIQ showed, Domain Name: crypto.hosting >>> This name is not available for registration: >>> This TLD has been transitioned to CentralNIC In 2016 a record showed the domain name was...

Looking back at February there were 216 reported new gtld domain name sales at Namebio. This is compared to 216 in January. Sales totaled $486,400 vs $139,000 in January. Average price per sale came in at $2,252 up from $635 in January. Actually numbers were higher in February because we know of Ego.xyz selling for […] The post Reported new g...

Google's SEO search advocate John Mueller left a comment on Reddit to someone thinking about spending $2K on a domain name. I'm not a fan of keyword-keyword domains, but YMMV. Random thoughts: Tip of the cap to Lox The post Google's John Mueller on Keyword-Keyword domains appeared first on TLD Investors.

Last week Swetha rang up the .xyz cash register 8 times, the high sale being Socrates.xyz at $74,888. Today she sold Reactor.xyz for $45,000. The name has been registered since 2017. According to DotDB.com Reactor is registered in 188 domain name extensions. It looks like someone else owned the name before Swetha and had it […] The post Sweth...

Scratchy.com closed at $16,750 on GoDaddy auctions. This name had sold retail for $4,500 at Sedo back in 2015. From the previous owner on their Linked in page: About us Say hello to Scratchy. Developed by an experienced group of advertising professionals, Scratchy is an innovative consumer-interaction platform, used by the worlds top brands, to [&#...

There have not been many reported .bike domain name sales. Push.bike sold at Sedo for $9,500 making it the highest reported .bike of the 13 ever reported. .Bike was one of the first seven new gtlds to go live back in 2014. MailTrack.com was the top sale at Sedo today at $30,000. Drums.org sold for […] The post Push.bike becomes highest report...

February has produced a nice little chunk of change for GoDaddy when it comes to LNN.coms. These are names someone let expire and GoDaddy auctioned off. C58.com and C86.com rank in the top 10 all time of reported LNN.com domain names. q68.com 22,472 USD 2023-02-19 GoDaddy c58.com 39,388 USD 2023-02-18 GoDaddy c86.com 30,500 USD 2023-02-18 […]...

A week ago Dynadot sent out an email about changing their process for domain pushes. There was some pushback on Namepros and now there is another update. The email from Dynadot: This is a follow-up email regarding the notice we sent last week about the domain push (Change Ownership) update. While we received positive feedback […] The post Dyn...

NichePursuits.com published an interview with Forrest Webber who made the move from real estate to digital real estate. Forrest runs a network of 20 or so websites that generate approximately $40,000 a month. It's a very thorough interview and for those who are looking to start developing it's worth bookmarking. The post Replacing rental properties...

Matthias over at Freename.io (an ad partner here) put together an article on how to exactly access Web3 domains. It is certainly a hurdle that Web3 domains must overcome to gain ubiquitous access. How to access Web3 domains on traditional browsers: Freename Domains Resolver Web3 domains, also known as decentralized websites, offer a unique and [...

Namepros member SilentPtnr tweeted out and posted on Namepros that he sold Ego.xyz for $30,000. The domain name was purchased for $35 at Namepros. The renewal is standard renewal. Congrats to SilentPtnr on an absolute homerun. The post Purchased for just $35, Ego.xyz sells for $30,000 appeared first on TLD Investors.

Dynadot is catching up with their previous Aftermarket reports, they released their November 2022 domain name sales recently and now we got December. The sales data comes in a number of categories. Expired auctions, Last Chance auctions, Backorder auctions, User auctions and Marketplace. Delo.org was the top sale at $9,540. When it comes to expired...

Braden Pollock hits another homerun with the $140,000 sale of Coa.com. Brandon sold StoneAge.com. for $120,200 less than a month ago. COA acronyms come in over 100. Coa.com has sold several times before according to Namebio 30,100 USD on 2014-08-12 at NameJet 16,500 USD on 2010-07-14 at Sedo 17,500 USD on 2010-01-19 at SnapNames Congrats […] ...

Dynadot will be changing the way they handle pushes between accounts. The company sent out an email with the update. " We're writing to inform you of an update we're making to domain pushes at Dynadot, also known as Change Ownership requests. We've received a lot of feedback to update how domain pushes are handled. […] The post Dynadot is mak...

The expired auctions at Whois.ai for February 2023 were led by Relevance.ai. It was the only 5 figure auction for the month. Interestingly relevance.ai previously sold for $4,010 back in June of 2021. A couple other sales on the list sold previously. Motor.ai sold for $3,800 at Sedo back in 2017. It closed at $2,501 […] The post February 2023...

Brandpa.com released a "State of the domain name industry" report. It's pretty good, a lot of different topic were touched upon. They stated that last month they surveyed just over 1,000 domainers about the state of the domain name industry. From the report: We covered how they sell, what they think of the economy, their […] The post Brandpa ...

.Art has published a look back at 2022 performance. With Jeff Sass (formerly of .Club) back in the business as CMO of .Art things should be looking up. .ART continues to show strong and steady progress and has remained among the 15 fastest-growing domain name registries, according to data from Hosterstats.com. We ended the 2022 […] The post ....

This Afternic twitter convo is getting a little heated. I am not sure it's the best look and wonder how many people might pull their names out of Afternic? John Berryhill chimed in with That's something I wrote about many years ago, now if I recall domainers were supposed to be able to opt out […] The post Will those who use their own landers...

Looking back at January there were 216 reported new gtld domain name sales at Namebio. This is compared to 274 in December. Sales totaled $139,000 vs $267,300 in December. Average price per sale came in at $635 down from $960 in December. With Swetha not reporting her sales, .xyz posted one of it's lowest months […] The post Reported New Gtld...

DappRadar.com published a piece on a new domain name system being offered on the Harmony blockchain. The Harmony blockchain introduced a new domain name system to empower the building of Web3 identities and add momentum to the creator economy. The system includes the .1 and .country domains, which inherit the security and privacy of the […] T...