Reported Country code sales in 2020 were up over 20% in 2020 compared to 2019. There were 7,648 Total Sales vs 6,249 in 2019. $12.8m in dollar volume vs $10.5m in 2019. Average selling price per domain name was almost unchanged, $1,677 vs $1,681. There were six 6 figure sales in 2020 vs three in […] The post 2020 Reported Country code sales u...

Domaining 2021 For some 5 or 6 years of middling .coms or new gtlds has not panned out. Some have told me they really wished they had abandoned domain names and put all their time and money into crypto. 2020 certainly has been a trying year around the globe in dealing with things much more […] The post Are you looking to do anything different...

John Berryhill started an interesting thread about sales landers. While the prominent attorney is usually discussing legal issues like UDRP's and trademarks, this was about sales landers. John showed some examples he liked and went on to say in another post: A "for sale" page doesn't really convey what might motivate someone to buy a […] The ...

VPN.com put out a press release today and it details the sale of University.com. Registered in 1999 it was dropped previous to that. ATLANTA and SAN DIEGO and VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Dec. 24, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — University.com was sold to Tsunami VR, Inc. for $1,111,555 on March 7, 2020. Tsunami VR is a subsidiary […] The post ...

Sedo released their last weekly domain name sales report of 2020. Spectacle.com led the way at $100,000. Sleepwave.com was second at $50,000 (great job by the seller). Heal.me was third at $43,000. 50 .com sales 43 cctld sales 9 other tld sales Top 3 highlights of public SedoMLS sales are:    prestige.io at 10,495 […] The post Sedo...

In domain industry circles MicroStrategy (Stock price: MSTR (NASDAQ) $317.60 +16.40) is known for being the company that sold Voice.com for $30,000,000. While the company still owns a nice portfolio of domain names, they are a big believer and big holder in Bitcoin. They now hold more Bitcoin than the U.S. government. CoinTelegraph wrote: Business ...

Many early domain name investors sold a name way too early or knew of someone else who was not going to pay for a domain registration back in the day. Years ago I was talking to someone who was into domain names real early and he said a friend at one time was basically on […] The post Selling early and leaving $1.3 billion on the table appear...

Niue wants it's country code back! This is not something new as I have written before about how countries view their country code as a natural resource and want to control their own digital identity. Back in February Wired wrote a piece on several small countries and their fight to be in control of their […] The post Niue wants .nu redelegate...

GoDaddy buys payments processor Poynt for $320 million to boost ecommerce offerings. GoDaddy said, Poynts technology will let it offer businesses a complete suite of commerce and payment services; Poynt CEO Bedier will run a newly created commerce division. Poynt has raised $128 in VC funding. GoDaddy (NYSE:GDDY) saw it's shares up a little under [...

Google released a video for the year in search 2020. The word of the year was "Why" it was asked more than ever in 2020. Top 5 Searches in the U.S. Overall Top Searches Election results Coronavirus Kobe Bryant Coronavirus update Coronavirus symptoms Matt Southern took a deep dive and his article is worth reading […] The post Google – 20...

Bill Hartzer confirmed to me that he spoke with the owner of the domain name. Their IT guy eventually said that Netsol told them that it was part of the netsol data breach a year ago. Bill did notice that the theft looked to be more recent. "But if you look at the whois archive […] The post Patterns.com confirmed stolen appeared first on TheD...

LTU.com closed for a second time at DropCatch. Last month it closed at $35,550 but it was a no pay. Of course this happened with Kau.com which went for less the second time around. Epara.com has been auctioned three times with two no pays. On Thursday LTU.com closed at $32,001. So a little over a […] The post LTU.com reauctioned closes at $32...

Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and Mim.com led the way at 110,000 Euro, ($133,173). Novoo.com came in second at $33,000 and devisenhandel.de third at 12,000 Euro, ($14,527). 47 .com sales 27 cctld sales 8 other tld sales Top 3 highlights of public SedoMLS sales are:    clever.io at 8,999 USD exit360.com […] The post ...

The NameJet/Snapnames sales report for November is out and Chatroom.com led the way at $65,167 Premix.com second at $20,289. OneTwo.com was third at $12,056 and. DOMAINNAME BRAND SALES AMOUNT premix.com Namejet $20,289 onetwo.com Namejet $12,056 gamekey.com Namejet $10,150 thirdspace.com Namejet $9,739 skybank.com Namejet $9,000 pente.com Namejet $...

The publishers over at Our.in published a post about an INDRP proceeding that looks to be dealing with a sub domain. Ravi Kanth wrote: In case you read our previous story about appointment of new Arbitrators at .IN Registry / NIXI, as a result of NIXI introducing new INDRP rules and the new eligibility criterion […] The post Indian domain dis...

Today TheDomains.com turns 13. Started back in 2007 on this very day by Michael Berkens. I have now been here for 7 of them and it's been quite a ride. We have seen over 11,000 posts, 11 million page views and over 116,000 comments. The post that is number one by a wide margin, is […] The post TheDomains.com turns 13 appeared first on TheDoma...

Two industry leaders are getting together as DAN and Media Options team up. Market-leading domain brokerage firm, MediaOptions to provide its services to customers who list domains on DAN.COM; Partnership expected to drive significant increases in conversions and sales for participating domain portfolio owners. So now everyone can have a chance to ...

Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and there was a tie at the top. Adan.com and Coach.co both sold for 25,000 Euro, ($30,173). Decen.com was third at $28,600. 46 .com sales 28 cctld sales 7 other tld sales Top 3 highlights of public SedoMLS sales are:    saleh.net at 10,000 USD flexmet.com […] The post Sedo weekly domain...

Back in the heyday of the i keyword domain sale, iCinema.com sold for $50,000 on Sedo in 2011. The domain name was owned by Keen, Inc. and they sold it in 2011 to Transmedia Communications SA out of Switzerland. For years the site showed: It then changed in 2015 to a website selling movies The […] The post iCinema.com sold for $50,000 in 2011...

NewportNews.com is a domain name that has quite the history. A former owner once defended a UDRP successfully but then lost an ACPA case. This led Michael Berkens to call this registrant stupid domainer of the year for 2011. Michael wrote: In 2009 Newport News won summary judgment against the domain holder and the court […] The post Once subj...

A couple days ago NameSilo announced a Black Friday/Cyber Monday special for .com at $7.99 and today they announced a below cost .org special for $9.99. Rounding off our Black Friday promotions – .ORG transfers are now below cost! Transfer your .ORG domains to NameSilo for $9.99 and get 1 free year added to your […] The post NameSilo ad...

Radix put on an invitation only show called Converge a couple weeks ago. In that event there was a good Q & A with founder Bhavin Turakhia . Bhavin spent about 50 minutes answering questions from attendees. Clifford was nice enough to get the video I requested so that others who were not there could […] The post Q & A with Bhavin Tur...

Sedo released their weekly sales and Studying.com led the way at $28,000. Greenland.org was second at $21,999 and Bringo.co.uk was third at 12,000 GBP, ($16,023). 43 .com sales 21 cctld sales 7 other tld sales op 3 highlights of public SedoMLS sales are:    diyplanner.com at 10,999 USD 4dpeople.com at 10,000 USD  fiberglass.info [&...

We haven't done one in awhile and a couple readers emailed if there would be one before Black Friday for some potential extra spending money. List up to 3 names .com only $2,500 max price READ EVERYTHING FIRST so you are not surprised if your comment is not published or removed. If your first comment […] The post List up to 3 .coms for sale $...

Chatroom.com closed at $65,167 at NameJet on Thursday. Creation Date: March 9, 1996 DOTDB.com shows 92 extensions registered and 2,991 related domains. These would be names that contain chatroom or chatrooms. The domain name was owned by Internet Reit back in 2008, the domain name has been under privacy for years. Parked at Parking Crew. The post C...

Michael M posted on Namepros that his new renewal for Domain Discount Club at GoDaddy will be $239.99. His sentiments are shared by many: Michael M wrote: My thought is they really don't care and about domainers anymore. They want that end user big money they charge without DDC – and on the flip side […] The post Godaddy increases DDC p...

Sedo released their weekly doamin name sales and gereedschap.nl led the way at 35,750 Euro, ($42,418). Tools in Dutch. Flinks.com was second at $25,000 and Jey.com was third at $20,000. 69 .com sales 25 cctld sales 6 other tld sales Top 3 highlights of public SedoMLS sales are:    coin.cloud at 15,000 EUR This […] The post Sedo wee...

Over the weekend I noticed a little triangle as an alert when using the GoDaddy appraisal tool. Disclaimer The Estimated Value is based on an algorithm utilizing data GoDaddy has available to it to help estimate predicted sale price of domains. However, we do not make any guarantee or other promises to any results that […] The post New discla...

The bidding action was a bit more subdued the second time around for KAU.com and epara.com. Back on October 29, I wrote about Kau.com and epara.com closing for big bucks. Kau.com closed at $100,350 and epara.com closed at $58,056. Kau.com was registered in 1996 and owned by a Japanese company. There are no trademarks for […] The post Kau.com ...

Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and segretaria.it led the way at 62,000 Euro, ($73,209). Italian for secretary. Merkato.com was second at $35,000. DatingApps.com was third at $30,000. 41 .com sales 21 cctld sales 13 other tld sales Top 3 highlights of public SedoMLS sales are:    zhushangfang.net at 12,400 USD astock.com [&...

Name.com sent out an email that customers can now select their preferred currency. This will help customers to avoid currency conversion fees. Name.com wrote: We're pleased to announce that you can now be billed in your preferred currency while making purchases at Name.com. This can help you avoid foreign transaction fees and take out the […]...

How should auction houses handle non payment by the winning bidder? Back on October 29, I wrote about Kau.com closing at $100,350 at DropCatch. That bidder did not pay, it's being reauctioned. Is that the right way to handle things? I have written many times on how DropCatch and NameJet have benefited by GoDaddy failing […] The post How shoul...

GoDaddy (NYSE:GDDY) posted third quarter earnings today. In 2020 they have added 1 million customers. Stock up $1.50 in After Hours trading Highlights: Q3 revenue of $844.4 million, up 11.0% YoY; bookings of $945.0 million, up 11.0% YoY; and net cash from operating activities of $197.3 million, down 1.4% YoY GoDaddy added 400k+ net customers [̷...

Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and Uncle.com was top of the list at $66,002. I wrote yesterday that the domain name moved to the Cayman Islands, listed with a 7 figure price. Floa.com was second at 40,000 Euro, ($46,854). GoBiz.com was third at $30,000 along with PopulationHealth.com. 54 .com sales 15 cctld sales […] The post Se...

Back on October 18, the domain name Uncle.com sold for $66,002 at Sedo. The domain name registered since 1994 was owned by a Canadian IT specialist. Many believed the domain was a steal. It had to be noted it was a wholesale transaction, an auction at Sedo. The new buyer seems to agree with those […] The post Uncle.com moves to the Cayman Isl...

Thursday had some decent domain name resales. NamePull.com scored a nice sale on Thursday selling GreenFunder.com for $4,999. This resulted in a sweet return as they acquired it for $220 in 2017 at GoDaddy auctions. Alaa.com purchased for $2,300 in 2008 at NameJet, 12 year hold results in a $4,999 sale at Sedo. Detectives.org acquired […] The...

A couple big domain name closes at DropCatch on Wednesday. Kau.com closed at $100,350 and epara.com closed at $58,056. Kau.com was registered in 1996 and owned by a Japanese company. There are no trademarks for KAU as a standalone registration. Kau is the southernmost district on the island of Hawaii. The name of a river […] The post Two $50,...

Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and RCV.com led the way at $53,000. Tourist.de was second at 32,000 Euro, ($37,792). CultWines.com was third at $25,000. 30 .com sales 15 cctld sales 10 other tld sales Domain name Date Price Currency .COMs rcv.com 10/23/2020 53,000 USD cultwines.com 10/23/2020 25,000 USD mortgagequote.com 10/19/2020 12,...

A Forbes contributor, Johan Moreno published an article on Google, new gtld domains and .com. Some of the stats are not correct, the author ends the article with the following: .COM still holds about 22% of all TLD registrations, according to data from Domain Name Stat. A leading gTLD, .xyz, has about 1.36%. Namepros member […] The post Forbe...

The domain name EveryTeam.com has quite the history. Registered on my birthday in August of 2002. In 2005 it was billed as the social network for the sports fan. The company that owned the domain name was out of Reston, Virginia. Press release circa 2005: Reston, VA (PRWEB) December 14, 2005 EveryTeam.com, the first social […] The post EveryT...

NamesCon sent out an email and announced registration is open for early bird pricing. $59 is the price. I thought it was an excellent platform this year and worth attending again. Registration is now open for NamesCon Online 2021! We're taking what worked for September's event and improving on the overall experience. Get ready for […] The pos...

It looks like PayPal has stopped doing business with domain name registrar Epik. A member at Namepros noticed they could not use PayPal and thought it was a glitch. Rob Davis replied and he has done a nice job writing a series of letters that are very well written addressing Paypal executives. You can follow […] The post PayPal terminates it'...

Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and Antum.com led the way at $14,888. Parkour.de was second at 11,900 Euro, ($14,072). Pan.de was third at 11,600 Euro, ($13,718). 38 .com sales 24 cctld sales 7 other tld sales Top 3 highlights of public SedoMLS sales are:    antum.com at 14,888 USD circle5.com at […] The post Sedo wee...