Namecheap Prioritizing Sedo Listings Over Afternic | Mark As Read |
Michael Sumner from NameBio mentioned an unexpected uptick in sales closed via Sedo over the past couple of weeks, and he asked about whether a major registrar began prioritizing Sedo listings: We've mirrored our Afternic listings to @Sedo for a few years without using their landers. In the first five months of 2025 we only […]Catchy.com
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Registrar rankings: a strong finish to Q1 for .com domains | Mark As Read |
Many registrars showed strong growth in the latest .com registration data. ICANN has published the latest data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) covering the .com namespace. The data covers March 2025. Here are some takeaways from this month's data: March was the end of the quarter, and registrars finished strong. Month-over-month, Newfold was +117k, Go...
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ProductHunt Launch Domain Usage (7th July 2025 ) | Mark As Read |
Below are today's ProductHunt projects along with their domain names. If the domain is the play or apple store, it's an app not a website. Raw Domain .txt Download com:101, ai:24, app:15, in:10, io:8, co:7, dev:6, net:6, org:6, online:5, pro:4, me:3, xyz:3, ca:2, art:1, cafe:1, cat:1, cc:1, ee:1, es:1, et:1, eu:1, fr:1, gg:1, li:1, live:1, […...
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Domain Name Sale Stats 5th July 2025 | Highest Sale a .ai $27,055 | Mark As Read |
A breakdown of all announced domain sales $500 and over, Domains, venue and sale price data courtesy of Namebio.com This data assumes all sales from Park.io, Sav.com, GoDaddy, NameJet, DropCatch, Dynadot, SnapNames, Whois.ai, Catched.com, Docky.ly and NamesCon are wholesale and all others are retail. Full Rundown See bottom of page for detailed fil...
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Sword.com Sells for $1.5 Million in Another Big Win for Hilco Digital and Braden Pollock and a Key Assist from Brannans.com | Mark As Read |
Fireworks weren't confined to the sky over America's 4th of July holiday weekend. The domain aftermarket was getting lit up too with the biggest blast coming Sunday morning when we learned that Hilco Digital brokered a $1.5 million sale of Sword.com for Braden Pollock That is the second 7-figure sale the Hilco/Pollock team have put up in the past ...
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Braden Pollock sells Sword.com for $1.5M and 7 other sales for good measure | Mark As Read |
Today is officially Braden Pollock day, Braden reported 8 domain name sales for over $2M in sales. Sword.com for $1.5M and R.org at $375,000 are the two showstoppers. Forward .org for $100,000 was acquired back in 2022 at NameJet for $9,138. SearchParty.com sold for $35,000, acquired at GoDaddy auctions in 2020 for $4,005. Bloated.com sold […...
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My.bet sells for $150,000 | Mark As Read |
Andrew Rosener posted on X he sold My.Bet for $150,000. This will be the third highest reported .bet domain sale. Bet.Bet at $600,000 is the highest reported sale. My is always one of the top 3 keywords sold at Afternic each month. Congrats to Andrew AD Smart Domain Monetization Starts at Bodis sign up today […] The post My.bet sells for $150...
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Top Topics: Did Provide.ai sell for $109K? LTO sale gets back; Expiry day and sales; Outbound emails with no success; PayPal fees: Exorbitant! | Mark As Read |
Fresh Top Topics A weekly news review at NamePros! Did Provide.ai sell for $109k? Sold a nameNow it's back; Nearing expiry date and domain sales; Low response rate to outbound emails; Exorbitant PayPal fees on domain sales. Provide.AI sold for $109,000 A seller's claim to have sold Provide.ai for $109k was met with skepticism, once details about...
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AmericaParty.com: Is this the hugest domain loss of HugeDomains? | Mark As Read |
In late 2020, an ever-busy HugeDomains account bot scored a nice win at an expired GoDaddy auction, grabbing the domain AmericaParty.com for $355 dollars. Registered in 1999, AmericaParty.com had been listed for sale at GreatDomainNames.com for $7,000 dollars in 2017, after almost two decades of PPC parking. Somehow, they let the domain expire, lea...
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ProductHunt Launch Domain Usage (6th July 2025 ) | Mark As Read |
Below are today's ProductHunt projects along with their domain names. If the domain is the play or apple store, it's an app not a website. Raw Domain .txt Download com:70, net:8, app:7, io:6, org:4, ai:3, dev:3, online:3, site:3, xyz:3, fun:2, in:2, me:2, space:2, ca:1, cc:1, co:1, day:1, fit:1, gg:1, info:1, ink:1, pro:1, sale:1, shop:1, so:1, [&#...
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Domain Name Sale Stats 4th July 2025 | Highest Sale a .com $35,650 | Mark As Read |
A breakdown of all announced domain sales $500 and over, Domains, venue and sale price data courtesy of Namebio.com This data assumes all sales from Park.io, Sav.com, GoDaddy, NameJet, DropCatch, Dynadot, SnapNames, Whois.ai, Catched.com, Docky.ly and NamesCon are wholesale and all others are retail. Full Rundown See bottom of page for detailed fil...
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one.one.one.one | Mark As Read |
Who says you can't have fun with domain names? The fully qualified domain one.one.one.one resolves to Cloudflare‘s free DNS service, 1.1.1.1. It's a playful, symmetric FQDN two subdomains deep, and it's there to promote Cloudflares privacy-first DNS resolver. Just like Google DNS (8.8.8.8) Cloudflare provides it for free. It claims to be eve...
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Telepathy sold Profitably.com to eClarity | Mark As Read |
Telepathy scored another domain sale at the end of June, with Profitably.com changing hands. It's not hard to find out who is the buyer, as the domain resolves to an unfinished landing page with the social media handles belonging to eClarity, a British company. eClarity provides fractional CFO, accounting, tax, payroll, and finance-as-a-service for...
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The Art of Predicting the Future | Mark As Read |
How can we unlock the mystery of the future when it remains unknown to us all? While certainty eludes us, we can still prepare for what lies ahead in every way possible. As Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam wisely said, "The best way to predict your future is to create it." Although we cannot physically experience tomorrow, we can imagine it, visualize it, and a...
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Is Frank Schilling still selling domain names? | Mark As Read |
Frank Schilling scored his biggest, one-off domain sale when Uniregistry was acquired by GoDaddy. The package deal involved millions of dollars and hundreds of thousands of domain names, along with other IP property owned by the company. While these details were not made public, the estimated total was in excess of $100 million dollars, perhaps [&#...
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Big Changes in Store for September Domain Summit in London as Show Begins Global Expansion in a New Venue With Geo Tailored Content | Mark As Read |
Domain Summit Founder Helmuts Meskonis has produced successful conferences in London for each of the past three years. In that situation most would stick with a formula that has been working but this year Meskonis decided it was time to break out of that comfortable orbit an shoot for the stars. That's why a lot will be different about Domain Summi...
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Exclusive Artfolio offer for the .ART community | Mark As Read |
Artfolio has partnered with an advertiser here on TLDinvestors.com, .Art. Artfolio was founded in 2002 to help artists show their work online, on their own terms. No templates forced on them. No ads, no algorithms, no fluff. Just a clean, professional website that puts the art first. Exclusive Artfolio offer for the .ART community Promo […] T...
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Italo brand: Rail rivals domain strategy backfires in third UDRP clash | Mark As Read |
Italys high-speed rail operator Italo – Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori S.p.A. took aim at five domains incorporating its brand: italopass.com, italorail.com, italoticket.com, italotickets.com, and italotours.com. All were registered by a US-based travel executive behind ItaliaRail, a booking service for Italian train routesprimarily promoting It...
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ProductHunt Launch Domain Usage (4th July 2025 ) | Mark As Read |
Below are today's ProductHunt projects along with their domain names. If the domain is the play or apple store, it's an app not a website. Raw Domain .txt Download com:88, ai:12, app:7, io:6, net:6, pro:6, co:4, in:4, org:4, dev:3, xyz:3, live:2, me:2, online:2, space:2, ca:1, cn:1, digital:1, eu:1, marketing:1, page:1, run:1, site:1, studio:1, tec...
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Domain Name Sale Stats 2nd July 2025 | Highest Sale a .ai $600,000 | Mark As Read |
A breakdown of all announced domain sales $500 and over, Domains, venue and sale price data courtesy of Namebio.com This data assumes all sales from Park.io, Sav.com, GoDaddy, NameJet, DropCatch, Dynadot, SnapNames, Whois.ai, Catched.com, Docky.ly and NamesCon are wholesale and all others are retail. Full Rundown See bottom of page for detailed fil...
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Got junk? Junes biggest gTLD growers do | Mark As Read |
It's becoming a truth universally acknowledged that when a gTLD sees a growth spike it's because the registry is running a promo and tens of thousands of machine-generated junk domains have been registered. That certainly seems to be true for June's biggest growers. The gTLDs the grew the fastest last month were .watch, .yachts, .autos, […] T...
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Joyy.com sold for $150K in 2021 | Mark As Read |
Another Throwback Thursday from Saw.com and they posted that Joyy.com sold for $150,000 in 2021. Saw.com represented the buyer. Joyy.com notes: Founded in April 2005 and listed on NASDAQ in November 2012NASDAQJOYY, JOYY is a global technology company with comprehensive innovative capabilities. Our mission is to enrich lives through technology. JOYY...
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Took 10 years for ICANN to return to Dublin | Mark As Read |
ICANN moved its upcoming event, ICANN84, away from Oman. Citing current conditions in the middle east, ICANN moved its 27th annual general meeting to Dublin, Ireland. The event will take place on October 25-30, 2025. The city of Dublin was the host for ICANN5430 full sessions agowhich took place in October 2015. Noting the upcoming […] The po...
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Decentralized connectivity platform Uplink.xyz, led by Forbes-featured CEO Carlos Lei Santos, aims to expand internet access through blockchain infrastructure | Mark As Read |
Uplink.xyz – GoDaddy customer (Portugal) Builders use .xyz domains to develop decentralized infrastructure and create tools for onchain networks. Decentralized storage platform Walrus.xyz launches with scalable data recovery and verification tools. Real-time platform MagicBlock.xyz introduces tools for faster Solana applications. Block...
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Top domain name stories from June: .Co, Tesla, Spaceship and more | Mark As Read |
A change for .co domains, a surging domain registrar, and more top stories from last month on Domain Name Wire. Here's what happened in the domain business last month: 1. GoDaddy loses .co contract to TIG partnership – The "original" winners of the contract to commercialize .co have lost the renewal. A partnership between Team […] Post ...
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Arachne.com: Greek spider name sold to Conair entrepreneur | Mark As Read |
Arachne is a figure from Greek mythology known for her skill in weaving. Her tale talks about her ultimate transformation to a spider, the Greek name's meaning. The matching .com domain, Arachne.com, was registered in early 1995, at time when all .com registrations were free. Its registrant, Elizabeth Stokes, formed Arachne Software during the time...
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ICANN eats its own dog food with Universal Acceptance | Mark As Read |
The organization takes another step to enable all domains to work with its systems. More than a year after ICANN staff gained the ability to send and receive emails from internationalized domain names (IDN), the organization has taken another step on the Universal Acceptance path. The non-profit domain overseer announced this week that individuals ...
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ProductHunt Launch Domain Usage (3rd July 2025 ) | Mark As Read |
Below are today's ProductHunt projects along with their domain names. If the domain is the play or apple store, it's an app not a website. Raw Domain .txt Download com:91, ai:15, app:12, io:8, co:7, dev:7, net:5, site:5, in:4, xyz:4, org:3, fun:2, live:2, space:2, art:1, be:1, cc:1, ch:1, eu:1, fyi:1, ink:1, la:1, me:1, media:1, photos:1, pro:1, [&...
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Domain Name Sale Stats 1st July 2025 | Highest Sale a .com $15,249 | Mark As Read |
A breakdown of all announced domain sales $500 and over, Domains, venue and sale price data courtesy of Namebio.com This data assumes all sales from Park.io, Sav.com, GoDaddy, NameJet, DropCatch, Dynadot, SnapNames, Whois.ai, Catched.com, Docky.ly and NamesCon are wholesale and all others are retail. Full Rundown See bottom of page for detailed fil...
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PiersMorgan.com: UDRP decision ties celebritys domain to bad faith holding | Mark As Read |
The domain name PiersMorgan.com was registered in 2005 and corresponded exactly to the name of UK television personality and journalist Piers Morgan. The domain, linked over the years to ad-heavy parking pages and third-party redirections, remained under the control of a registrant using the pseudonym "W NA" at a UK address. The Complainants, Piers...
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Cloud.ai: Six hundred thousand dollar sale a reminder about keyword quality | Mark As Read |
Domain investor James Booth has been churning out humongous sales of .AI domains at any given opportunity, with Cloud.ai commanding $600,000 dollars, as shared by James himself today. The "buy lowsell high" mantra is effectively broken; James seems to "buy whateversell SUPER high" regardless, all thanks to a secret recipe: keyword quality matters. ...
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Cloud.ai Sells for $600k via GoDaddy DBS | Mark As Read |
This afternoon, James Booth announced the $600,000 sale of Cloud.ai. The domain name was acquired anonymously by the buyer using GoDaddy's Domain Broker Service (DBS). The buyer was represented by GoDaddy broker Tim Perkins. The incredible 1-word domain https://t.co/YeFBSiQ7DG has just sold for a gross price of $600,000 USD! Sale completed via GoD...
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Cloud.ai sells for $600,000 | Mark As Read |
James Booth posted on X that Cloud.ai just sold for $600,000 gross. 20% commission is what most would love to sell a domain name for. Registered in 2017. GoDaddy brokerage handled the sale. This is the second highest reported .ai domain name sale after You.ai AD Smart Domain Monetization Starts at Bodis sign up today […] The post Cloud.ai sel...
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Meta Platforms gets contempt sanctions against former Chinese domain registrar | Mark As Read |
Company will have to pay $1,000 a day, but it will be an uphill battle for Meta to collect. A federal judge has imposed contempt sanctions against Chinese company Leascend Technology (formerly 35.CN) in a long-running cybersquatting lawsuit brought by Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META). The lawsuit was filed in U.S. Federal District Court in October [&#...
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Domain Name Sales Reported At NameBio During First Six Months Of 2025: Strength for Legacy Extensions, .AI, .IO, .XYZ, .CO... | Mark As Read |
The first six months of 2025 produced 93,100 NameBio-listed domain sales, with a total reported dollar volume of just over $122 million. This represents an increase of 42.7% in dollar volume compared to the same six months of 2024. It is the strongest showing from the seven analyses in this series, although changes in reporting may account for part...
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Sedo: Most searched keywords for June 2025 | Mark As Read |
Sedo shared the latest updates about the most searched keywords on the Sedo.com marketplace, in the month of June 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 on […] The...
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Builder-first investment firm Lightshift.xyz supports early-stage blockchain and crypto innovators | Mark As Read |
Lightshift.xyz – GoDaddy customer (United States) Venture capital collective NxGen.xyz aims to open doors for the next generation of web3 founders. San Francisco-based investment firm Dragonfly.xyz backs teams building in crypto across sectors and stages. Prominent venture capital firm Paradigm.xyz operates a $2.5 billion crypto fund a...
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Qlik.ai UDRP: Registration of domain targeted Swedish AI software firm | Mark As Read |
The domain Qlik.ai was registered by a UAE registrant, mirroring the QLIK trademark of QlikTech International AB, a Swedish software company known for AI-driven data analytics. QlikTech, founded in 1993, holds international trademark rights and operates globally through domains like qlik.com and qlik.ae. The disputed domain, registered in 2017 and ...
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Piers Morgan wins domain name dispute over PiersMorgan.com | Mark As Read |
Famous journalist and former CNN talk show host wins cybersquatting dispute over his personal name. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has ruled in favor of Piers Morgan in a cybersquatting dispute over the domain name PiersMorgan.com. Morgan filed the case against a respondent identified only as W NA in the UK. The domain was […...
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ICANN ditches Oman due to Middle-East conflicts | Mark As Read |
ICANN is relocating its next meeting, scheduled for this October in Muscat, Oman, due to travel difficulties and uncertainties caused by the ongoing conflicts in the region. The meeting, ICANN's 2025 Annual General Meeting, will now take place in Dublin, Ireland from October 25 to 30, the same dates as the Oman meeting was meant […] The post ...
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String.com launches; new agentic venture by Pipedream on acquired domain | Mark As Read |
The domain String.com now serves as the launchpad for String, a startup that just launched on Product Hunt. It's built by the Pipedream team, including founders Tod Sacerdoti (in video below,) Pravin Savkar, TJ Koblentz, and others, providing a platform where you type a prompt and it builds an AI agent for you. Pipedream is […] The post Strin...
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Judge allows expired domain clawback lawsuit to proceed against GoDaddy | Mark As Read |
GoDaddy clawed back two domain names that companies had won in expired domain auctions. A federal judge has denied (pdf) much of GoDaddys (NYSE: GDDY) motion to dismiss a lawsuit over two revoked domain names, allowing several of the plaintiffs claims to move forward. In a decision filed Tuesday, Judge John J. Tuchi of the […] Post link: Judg...
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ProductHunt Launch Domain Usage (2nd July 2025 ) | Mark As Read |
Below are today's ProductHunt projects along with their domain names. If the domain is the play or apple store, it's an app not a website. Raw Domain .txt Download com:103, ai:22, app:16, io:11, net:6, co:5, org:5, in:4, live:3, me:3, site:3, tech:3, online:2, pro:2, xyz:2, art:1, build:1, center:1, cool:1, de:1, dev:1, fit:1, media:1, mom:1, onl:1...
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AI is Sedos most searched keyword for June 2025 | Mark As Read |
Sedo released their most searched keyword list for June 2025. AI, Bet and Casino took the top 3 spots. Just a couple days ago Afternic released their top keywords for April 2025 and AI was on top. AD Smart Domain Monetization Starts at Bodis sign up today AD For a better Escrow experience checkout EscrowDomains.com […] The post AI is Sedo's m...
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Domain Name Sale Stats 30th June 2025 | Highest Sale a .ai $70,000 | Mark As Read |
A breakdown of all announced domain sales $500 and over, Domains, venue and sale price data courtesy of Namebio.com This data assumes all sales from Park.io, Sav.com, GoDaddy, NameJet, DropCatch, Dynadot, SnapNames, Whois.ai, Catched.com, Docky.ly and NamesCon are wholesale and all others are retail. Full Rundown See bottom of page for detailed fil...
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A Galaxy of Domain Industry Stars Turned Out for InterNetX's 2025 Domain Summit in Frankfurt | Mark As Read |
The 4th annual InterNetX Domain Summit was held June 25th & 26th in Frankfurt, Germany. As has been the case with each edition of this popular conference, attendees came from across Europe and beyond to catch up on the latest developments in domain names and the broader digital ecosystem. American football even wound up on the agenda!
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DropCatch now supports SMS for 2FA codes | Mark As Read |
DropCatch introduced two-factor authentication a couple of years ago, enabling 2FA for accounts through the dispatch of an email. But waiting for an email to arrive can take a while, leading to a cumulative waste of time that can get serious! Not to mention, the email might require logging into an account that a domain […] The post DropCatch ...
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Superhuman.com acquired by Grammarly; a new chapter in AI-driven productivity | Mark As Read |
Superhuman was founded in 2014, when RahulVohra and his co-founders set out to build a lightning-fast, productivity-first email client. The company just announced its acquisition by Grammarly, marking a major leap forward in the race to build the AI-native productivity suite of the future. Known for its sleek interface and speed optimizations, Supe...
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End user domain sales led by 100,000 .ai domain | Mark As Read |
Company that runs AI product directory forks over six figures for mini.ai. Sedo had a solid sales week, led by the 100,000 sale of mini.ai. The company publishes twelve sales of five figures or more, and there might be others that are private. Here's a list of end user domain name sales that were recently […] Post link: End user domain sales ...
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