I want to wish everyone a happy and healthy 2022. Looking back at 2021 there were a few 3 letter combinations, the Metaverse and Swetha that dominated the news in 2021. NFT Non fungible tokens, made a huge impact in 2021, some prominent domain investors swifted some or all of their attention to the NFT […] The post A look back at 2021 and the...

Verisign posted on their blog an update to the proceedings around .web. This ongoing saga seems to just keep muddling along. Hopefully ICANN will finally put an end to the uncertainty and make a definitive judgement and .web can eventually go live. From the post: The Panel ruled on Afilias application on Dec. 21, 2021. […] The post IRP Panel ...

Tech Crunch published an article titled, "WTF is .xyz?" It's no secret to domain investors in 2021 that Web3 companies have adopted .xyz in greater numbers this year. With Swetha and other leading the way there have been many more .xyz sales in 2021 than in the previous few years. In the article Daniel Negari […] The post TechCrunch asks "WTF...

Swetha sold 9 .xyz domain names including Glow.xyz for $79,888. Quest.xyz was her previous high at $69,888. What a way to end what has been an incredible year for Swetha. Congrats. glow.xyz 79,888 USD 2021-12-25 Swetha.xyz heir.xyz 19,888 USD 2021-12-25 Swetha.xyz fractional.xyz 14,888 USD 2021-12-25 Swetha.xyz qualia.xyz 9,888 USD 2021-12-25 Sweth...

There are so many NFT projects these days, I have been following the recent news on Paradise Trippies which to my novice NFT eyes looks like a cool project. I get emails all the time about different projects. One that caught my eye was for PUL3E. It's a women-led NFT project that has a focus […] The post Charity focused NFT project PUL3E goes...

Batteries.com is up for auction, the auction will close on Christmas Day. This is quite the promotion with a site at WelcomeToBatteries.com giving potential prospects all the reasons they want to own the domain name. Registration for Batteries.com is 1999, it dropped 3 times previous to that. Escrow.com one of our advertisers here will be […]...

Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and Regal.co led the way at 25,000 GBP, ($33,063). Uran.com was second at 25,000 Euro, ($28,168). Claim.co was third at 14,950 GBP, ($19,769). 41 .com sales 15 cctld sales 4 other tld sales Top 3 highlights of public SedoMLS sales are:    whiteangel.comat 10,000 USD chipgirl.com at 9,888 [̷...

It's not just in domain names where the keywords meta and metaverse are in hot demand. The New York Times did a piece today on Thea-Mai Baumann, an Australian artist and technologist. The lady has been @metaverse on Instagram since 2012. She was locked out of her account for a bit as she was improperly […] The post It's not just Meta related ...

NameJet/SnapNames reported their November domain name sales. The top sale was Regional.com at $106,888. Total sales were down 2% to October sales with NameJet picking up a couple of sales while SnapNames dropped a couple of sales. Total sales amount was up 18% over October which drove a 20% increase in ave sales price. NameJet […] The post Na...

Verisign (VRSN:NASDAQ) released their Q3 2021, Domain Name Industry Brief EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The third quarter of 2021 closed with 364.6 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains, a decrease of 2.7 million domain name registrations, or 0.7%, compared to the second quarter of 2021.1,2 Domain name registrations have decreased by 6...

Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and SafeMoon.com led the way at 60,000 Euro, ($67,515). M.community was second at $38,888, Euda.com third at 15,000 GBP, ($19,844). 47 .com sales 23 cctld sales 8 other tld sales Top 3 highlights of public SedoMLS sales are:    euda.comat 15,000 GBP nftart.net at 9,888 USD earthworld.com at [&#...

Donuts published their November domain trend report. The report covers the top premium domain names registered, most registered SLD keywords and other data. Seems like .group picked up some interest with some LL registrations. In the month of November 2021, SLDs registered on Donuts TLDs were20%shorter and were hyphenated8%less than .com domain reg...

Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and EventHorizon.com led the way at $50,000. WZC.com was second at $46,800. Doh.com was third at 33,000 Euro, ($37,535). 39 .com sales 20 cctld sales 10 other tld sales Top 3 highlights of public SedoMLS sales are:    wzc.comat 46,800 USD metafb.org at 27,088 USD xity.com at 9,900 […] The...

Maxima.com sold for $295,000 last month. Dubai Domains sold the domain name through BrandBucket. The name previously sold back in 2006 at SnapNames for $16,750. Nissan rolled out the Maxima in 1980 and still produces them today. There is also the Argentinian born Queen of The Netherlands, Queen Mxima. The buyer is Europe's largest Kitchen […]...

Sedo released their domain name sales and Binance.ae led the way at $300,000. TestMySpeed.com was second at $69,000 and Cap.io was third at $55,000. 48 .com sales 18 cctld sales 6 other tld sales Top 3 highlights of public SedoMLS sales are:    testmyspeed.comat 69,999 USD cap.io at 55,000 USD grothos.com at 19,880 USD Domain […] Th...

Fast Company published an article on blockchain domain names and cited a report from Microsoft on how they are not big fans of these domain names. The next big threat is how Microsofts latest annual security report characterizes domain names written into a distributed ledger maintained across a constellation of computers instead of stored in [̷...

Longtime industry veteran was interviewed on Australian radio. With the 2032 Olympics being held in Brisbane, Mike is brokering Brisbane.com.au First registered in 1993, the domain name is now up for sale. And the price tag for this piece of internet real estate? Over half-a-million dollars. The interviewer also asks Mike about what a domain [̷...

Sedo reported their weekly domain name sales and VYNX.com led the way at $20,850. Platinum.es was second at 14,000 Euro, ($15,848). Crypdo.com and ebgsolutions.com were tied for third at $15,000. 52 .com sales 25 cctld sales 10 other tld sales Top 3 highlights of public SedoMLS sales are:    fitforservice.comat 12,500 USD co.link at 10,00...

Funny story on UFC.com. Dana White calls the negotiations one of his first business mistakes. He was outraged at paying $15,000 to User Friendly Computers and ended up paying $50,000 to $75,000. It's funny to listen to him speak about how crazy he thought $15K was for a domain name. You have to watch the […] The post Dana White on buying UFC....

Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and Cpartner.com led the way at $39,888. Inf.co was second at 17,500 Euro, ($20,287) and Liven.de was third at 15,000 Euro, ($17,389). 53 .com sales 22 cctld sales 8 other tld sales Top 3 highlights of public SedoMLS sales are:    pockethealth.comat 15,500 USD melomelo.com at 15,500 USD […...

NameJet/Snapnames October sales report led by ECIGARETTE.com at $39,778. Domains sold in October was exactly the same as sold in September Total sales amount did dip by 12% MoM with SnapNames sales down 16%. NameJet top selling domain was OEMS.com for $14,444 NameJet had 3 domains sell over $10K SnapNames top selling domain was ECIGARETTE.com [R...

GoDaddy Inc. (NYSE: GDDY), reported strong Q3 earnings and the stock was up close to 9% in after hours trading. Highlights: Q3 revenue rose 14% year over year to $964m and bookings rose 10% year over year to $1.04b Domains revenue in Q3 grew 17% YoY to $453m, Hosting & Presence revenue grew 7% YoY […] The post GoDaddy Q3 revenue rose 14% ...

Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and Laced.com led the way at $250,000. ShopLocal.org was second at $32,000 and MetaFB.net was third at $30,000. 44 .com sales 21 cctld sales 13 other tld sales Top 3 highlights of public SedoMLS sales are:    shoplocal.orgat 32,000 USD metafb.net at 30,000 USD luxcity.com at 26,995 USD […...

Donuts published their October domain trend report. The report covers the top premium domain names registered, most registered SLD keywords and other data. In the month of October 2021, SLDs registered on Donuts TLDs were26%shorter and were hyphenated7%less than .com domain registrations. Top 10 TLDs Top 10 .live PremiumDomains Sold Most Registered...

GHU.com expired and closed at $56,500 at GoDaddy auctions. Registered in 2000 the domain name was owned by a poise media and parked at Sedo for many years. In 2019 it started redirecting to a GoJoy.com according to Archive.org. This is the second time in 3 days that an expired 3L.com sold for mid five […] The post GHU.com closes at $56,500 at...

Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) released Q3 2021 earnings. Q3 GAAP EPS of $1.40 beats by $0.03. Stock virtually unchanged in after hours trading. VeriSign, Inc. and its subsidiaries ("Verisign") reported revenue of $334 million for the third quarter of 2021, up 5.1 percent from the same quarter in 2020. Verisign reported net income of $157 million […...

A lot of sales action today from MetaFB.net at $30,000 and Stir.xyz at $39,888. Now we got Laced.com selling for $250,000 at Sedo. Registered in 2001 the domain name moved from Tucows to GoDaddy. Back in 2012 it looks like it was a lifestyle apparel brand. The post Laced.com sells for $250,000 at Sedo appeared first on TheDomains.com.

Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and Adorable.com led the way at $75,000. Topp.com was second at 47,500 Euro, ($55,043). EZG.com was third at $50,000. 39 .com sales 17 cctld sales 7 other tld sales Top 3 highlights of public SedoMLS sales are:    ezg.com at 50,000 USD o-office.de at 25,000 EUR landrise.com at […] The pos...

This meta registration craze continues to gather momentum. Back on October 11 I did a post taking a look behind the keyword Meta. Some incredible sales have fueled speculation, like MetaXR.com for $60,000, Metapayments.co at $53,450 that one was 9 days old. MetaDating.net was registered at Dynadot two weeks ago and sold for $35,000 at […] The...

Participants stand a chance to win up to $30,000 in cash prizes, a feature on 2 Minute Drill TV Show, 1-on-1 time with Seth Godin, BossBabe, John Lee Dumas; and more. 15th Oct, New York: Radixs .Store Domains recently announced the launch of its #IdeaToStore Contest at www.ideato.store. Sponsored by Shopify, the contest invites to-be […] The ...

Sedo's Great Domains auction ends today and Portugal.com hit $250,000 the low end of the reserve range. $250,000 – $499,999 is pretty wide. The reserve is not met yet and it will be interesting to see if this one can sell. The highest selling country names of all time are England.com at $2M, Russia.com at […] The post Portugal.com hits ...

Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and Actionnariat.com led the way at 15,000 Euro, ($17,457). French for shareholding . Reconomia.com was second at $15,000. Another French name the .fr is a developed website. oTouch.com was third at 12,000 Euro, ($13,969). 47 .com sales 20 cctld sales 7 other tld sales Top 3 highlights of […] The p...

Dynadot has sent out an email about an upcoming change to their auction platform. No longer will there be an end time set after 20 bids in the last five minutes. Message We're writing to inform you of an upcoming change to the way auctions run in our Aftermarket. Currently, when a bid is placed […] The post Dynadot making a change to the way ...

A member at Namepros had a question about a recent dilemma they were facing regarding a LLL.co domain name. I have received an email from my registrar about an LLL.co acronym domain, one big multi billionairy company demanded to give them a domain, that this is their TM, although this is a common acronym. Members […] The post John Berryhill p...

Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and AwesomeWoman.com led the way at $26,000. Amaze.co was second at $25,000 and Frank.co was right behind that at $23,000. 41 .com sales 22 cctld sales 7 other tld sales I had one on there this week with BetGreat.com. Top 3 highlights of public SedoMLS sales are:    […] The post Sedo week...

Giuseppe Graziano released his Q3 2021 Liquid Market Report This was a record quarter with over $12M in 2L .com sales. The record in 2L .com sales contributed to make Q3 2021 the best quarter since the inception of the Report in 2016. 96% of the sales reported by Escrow.com have taken place in the […] The post Liquid Market Report for Q3 2021...

The Afternic beta for Afternic 2.0 is now open to everyone. Paul Nicks tweeted out today that those with large portfolios can now join in on the fun. I think I clicked over once a couple months ago but went back to the old version, I did not spend much time on the new site. […] The post Afternic 2.0 beta is now open for all appeared first on ...

Donuts published their September domain trend report. The report covers the top premium domain names registered, most registered SLD keywords and other data. In the month of September 2021, SLDs registered on Donuts TLDs were24%shorter and were hyphenated13%less than .com domain registrations. Top 20 Premium Domains Registered In The Month of Septe...

DAN.com (an advertiser here at TheDomains) tweeted out they are experiencing a larger than normal DDOS attack. They are implementing additional measures to make sure they can deal with the problem. I did log in with no problem and tried some park pages that were working fine. The post DAN.com experiencing continuous heavy DDoS attacks appeared firs...

The keyword ETH was absolutely on fire in September. There have been 16 reported ETH exact sales on Namebio and 7 took place in September. Mark Levine sold 4 of them and in extensions you would not necessarily think the keyword and extension match perfectly. Eth.hockey for $3,999 Well done Mark. .Club stole the show […] The post ETH was on fi...

Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and NFTchain.com led the way at $88,000. Hoody.com was second at $50,000. Energica.com was third at 22,000 Euro, ($25,705). 40 .com sales 19 cctld sales 4 other tld sales Top 3 highlights of public SedoMLS sales are:    carabao.com at 20,000 USD idealrate.com at 14,000 USD bestnft.com at [̷...

Intrado Digital Media is rebranding to Notified. The company is a cloud based solution for both pr firms and investor relations firms. They are now operating on Notified.com The domain name was registered in 1998. Notified.com looks to have been acquired from a Swedish firm, NSO Group AB. From the release: ISLANDIA, N.Y., Sept. 27, […] The po...

BusinessInsider.com reported today that GoDaddy took down abortionreporter.org. The company stated the site violated it's TOS. From the article: GoDaddy pulled the rug out from another Texas abortion whistleblower tip site that charged users $20 to submit a claim about a violation of the state's new abortion law. Dan Race, GoDaddy's vice president ...

Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and Fume.com led the way at $160,000. Collecting.com was second at $70,000 and eHab.com was third at $49,999. Domain name Date Price Currency .COM fume.com 09/16/2021 160000 USD collecting.com 09/14/2021 70000 USD ehab.com 09/16/2021 49999 USD buerobedarf.com 09/13/2021 11900 EUR bestnfts.com 09/15/2021 ...

TechCrunch reported that Flippa has raised a chunk of money in their first ever venture backed round. From the article: Flippa announced its first venture-backed round, an $11 million Series A, as it sees over 600,000 monthly searches from investors looking to connect with business owners. OneVentures led the round and was joined by existing [̷...