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It's not been a year yet since GoDaddy pulled the rug from under Dan.com. The popular domain marketplace's sunset was expected, after it was acquired by the biggest registrar in the world for $70+ million dollars in cold cash. Afternic, via its "direct search path" access on GoDaddy.com, was always the top priority. Dan's forced […] The post ...
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...
A lot of great names were left to expire in January and NameJet cleaned up. Samba.com sold for $143,000 in January 2025. Huba.com $17,527 and Ader.com at $12,022 took the top 3 spots. February 2025 at NameJet saw omAi.com sell for $15,500. NameJet January 2025 Domain Name Brand Name Product Sales Amount samba.com Namejet […] The post NameJet...
HubSpot Founder Dharmesh Shah announced another domain name acquisition today. Dharmesh acquired OS.ai for $150,000. He announced the acquisition and shared his rationale for buying the domain name in a post on X: LEAKED NEWS: I acquired the domain name os .ai for $150,000 (just saw the transaction reported on some online sources). It's the […...
Samba.com auctioned for over $100,000 in January. Newfold Digital has published sales results on its NameJet and SnapNames platforms for January and February of this year. In January, the two platforms combined for 66 domains sales of $2,000 or more, totalling $409,000. January was headlined by the $143,000 sale of samba.com. In February, the platf...
Dharmesh Shah, founder of HubSpot, announced the acquisition of the domain name OS.ai for $150,000 dollars. The sale took place on Afternic and was leaked earlier today by domain investor Andy Booth, who was not the seller. Said Mr. Shah: LEAKED NEWS: I acquired the domain name os .ai for $150,000 (just saw the transaction […] The post Agent ...
The world of domain name registrars is a crowded and competitive one. Over 2,400 ICANN-accredited registrars currently exist, so if you are going to launch a new one, you had better find a way to stand out in that enormous throng. Fortunately, if you wanted a blueprint to guide you, the GMO Internet Group just provided it when they announced the la...
Person in Ukraine registered domain and used it to promote pet monitoring app. Calvin Broadus, more commonly known as Snoop Dogg, has won a cybersquatting dispute he filed against a person in Ukraine. The rapper filed the dispute (pdf) against the domain name SnoopDoggBush .com with World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). Bush is the name ...
RachelConnolly.xyz – eNom customer (United Kingdom) The .xyz community is home to many accomplished individuals using .xyz to showcase their passions and career experiences. Copywriter and freelance writer Alex Watt uses AlexWatt.xyz to share his work for MTV and The New Yorker. San Francisco-based independent journalist Melissa Hung uses Me...
Freename has integrated its Web3 domain services with MetaMask Snaps, enabling MetaMask Wallet users to easily convert Freename domains into wallet addresses. This integration improves cross-chain interactions by allowing transactions across multiple blockchains without the need for lengthy wallet addresses. The "Pay with Domains" feature enhances ...
A French leather goods company is trashing its lightly-used dot-brand gTLD. Lancaster has told ICANN that it wants to terminate its Registry Agreement for .lancaster. The company added half a dozen names to the gTLD in 2016 — things like bag.lancaster and fashion.lancaster — but they always just redirected to its primary web site at [&#...
Sedo.com announced its new RSOC platform for parties interested in utilizing Search Arbitrage: We're thrilled to share some amazing news with our Search Arbitrage community! Our existing clients are already reaping BIG rewards, with substantial revenue gains. Now, it's your turn to crush it. Partner with us and access our proven system! Our waitlis...
WASHINGTON, D.C. According to the Bureau of Internet Accessibility, tax credits may be available for small businesses that take steps to improve their websites accessibility. These credits can help offset the costs of making digital content and online services accessible to individuals with disabilities, aligning with the Americans with Disabiliti...
Over the past few years we've seen a number of new companies built around Web3 technology emerge. From the perspective of domain registrants, the prospect of owning decentralized domains with no renewal fees is one of the most intriguing aspects of Web3. The problem has been that Web3 domains have not been accessible in web browsers like domains fr...
Andy Booth posted on X that an investor sent him sale information on OS.ai. It sold for $150,000 at Afternic. This is the highest reported LL.ai @Namebio. Top 10 LL.ai reported sales Domain Price Date Venue tp.ai 90,000 USD 2025-03-05 Private ui.ai 49,100 USD 2023-07-04 …
Freename put out a press release and video today with regard to integrating with MetaMask Snaps. MetaMask will be able to resolve Freename domains into wallet addresses. Zurich, March 12, 2025 Freename, the leading multichain Web3 domain marketplace and namespace platform, has announced its integration with MetaMask Snapsa significant milestone in...
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...
GMO Internet Group is pulling together an all star cast of domain industry veterans to launch a new registrar and marketplace. Taku. The likes of Birgit Berger, Frank Michlick, Christian Voss, Michael Piotrowski are just a few of those who will be working on the new company. [Seattle, WA] March 11, 2025 Taku […] The post GMO gets some of th...
Domain system overseer plans to retire .su in 2030. ICANN has formally notified the operator of the legacy Soviet Union country code domain, .su, of its plans to retire the domain in five years, Domain Name Wire has learned. The .su namespace, which remains open for new registrations and currently has around 100,000 domain names, […] Post lin...
Papermark is an open-source document sharing and tracking platform designed as a free alternative to DocSend. It offers features such as custom branding, document analytics, and virtual data rooms with granular permissions. Users can securely share documents and receive real-time, page-by-page analytics on engagement. The platform also supports cus...
This afternoon, I learned about the launch of a new registrar and marketplace brand called Taku – using Taku.com. The brand was launched by GMO Internet Group, a company that is traded publicly on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, which operates other brands that primarily operate in Asia. The thing that caught my attention with this […]Catchy....
New team launches domain registrar that will offer marketplace and monetization. I've been a bit bewildered by .shop suddenly hiring lots of industry talent many years after the top level domain launched. This week at the ICANN meeting in Seattle, the move made much more sense as .shop's parent company, GMO Internet Group, made a […] Post lin...
At ICANN82 in Seattle, domain industry leaders gathered for the debut of Taku, a new domain registrar and marketplace backed by the GMO Internet Group. Operating from the domain Taku.com, Taku aims to streamline domain registration, marketplace transactions, and traffic monetization, with a particular focus on Asia's expanding digital landscape. Ta...
Imyoo Inc. filed a UDRP to get the domain name imyoo.com from its Chinese registrant. The disputed domain name was registered on October 17, 2007 while the Complainants IMYOO trademark in the US was registered on October 17, 2023. The Complainant is a public benefit corporation incorporated in the United States that is building a […] The post...
AI companies and web3 projects bought domain names this week. Sedo had a huge sales week, closing GX.com for $1.2 million and double.com for $980,000. Remarkably, gx.com sold through a buy now transaction. The marketplace also sold coches.es for EUR 120,000 and wwww.com for $120,000. Unfortunately, it's not yet clear who bought any of these […...
Patent describes way to obtain information from "thick" RDAP records. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted patent number 12,250,217 to Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) for GTLD domain name registries RDAP architecture(pdf). The patent is a continuation of patents filed in 2016 and 2017. RDAP is short for Registration Data Access Protocol, which ...
GX.com sold for $1.2M to lead Sedo this week. It was a good week for domain name sales at Sedo. Coches.es sold for 120,000 Euro, ($131,005). WWWW.com sold for $120,000. Marciniak.com sold for 50,000 GBP, ($64,725). Well done on that price. 2 .ai domain name …
Sedo reported their weekly domain name sales and GX.com led the way at $1,200,000. WWWW.com sold for $120,000. Coches.es was the top cctld sales at 120,000 Euro, ($131,005). 47 .com sales 28 cctld sales 4 other tld sales Domain name Price Currency .COM gx.com 1200000 USD […] The post Sedo weekly sales led by 7 figure sale of GX.com a...
Sedo Domain Sales report: The domain GX.com sold for $1.2 million dollars tops this week's list of sales at the Sedo marketplace. According to Sedo, it was sold at BIN. This is the latest domain sales report by Sedo.com, for the week ending on March 4, 2025. Information in this report has been […] The post #Sedo : Domain sales report | Marc...
February 2025 Highlights 133 premium XYZ Registry domains were registered* Most popular TLDs in premium sales*: .xyz, .Security, and, .Game Examples: YO.xyz, Oblique.Security, and Dana.Game Most popular TLDs in standard sales: .xyz, .LOL, and .Lat Highest .xyz premium sale(s): Clicker.xyz – $3,000/year MSRP 82.xyz – $3,000/year MSRP YB....
Richard Kirkendall posted on X a flurry of .ai domain name sales. These are sales that took place not auctions. Workers.ai was the top sale at $74,900. Sand.ai and Paid.ai tied for second at $65,000. 17 sales in all https://twitter.com/NamecheapCEO/status/1899466981545247054 workers .ai – $74,900 sand .ai – $65,000 paid .ai – $65,...
Namecheap is the official auction holder of expired .AI domain names. The lucrative ccTLD referencing Artificial Intelligence has attracted many bidders daily but it's not the only method that Namecheap sells domains. CEO Richard Kirkendall shared a list of .AI domains that were sold outside of the daily auctions, via its domain marketplace. worker...
ContractPodAI is a legal technology company that provides an AI-powered contract lifecycle management (CLM) platform. It helps businesses streamline contract creation, negotiation, execution, and compliance using automation, AI, and analytics. The platform integrates with various enterprise tools and is designed to improve efficiency in legal and c...
When you're hot, you're hot - and Sedo is off to a blazing start this week! Yesterday we told you about the $980,000 sale of Double.com. Today, the sun had barely come up before Sedo announced on X.com that they have sold a 2-letter .com at a Buy It Now price of $1.2 million!
The Importance of Including Material Facts in a Decision The challenge for the reader of the LSAC .com decision is that not enough information is provided for the reader to understand why the Panel accepted the Complainants allegations and ordered the transfer of the disputed Domain Name from the Respondent. Perhaps the Panel had the benefit of com...
The second 7 figure publicly reported domain name sale of 2025 was shared by Sedo in a post on X this morning. GX.com was sold on the platform for $1,200,000 USD in a "Buy Now" deal. Because embedding X posts seems to be broken at the moment, a screenshot of the post is below: Once […]Catchy.com
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...
@58name_com Posted on X that DefAI.foundation sold for $9,777. Last month they sold DefAI.fun for $29,777. It was earlier this year that the DefAI registrations started. DeFAI, defined as the merging of AI automation with decentralized financial innovation. The domain was registered two months ago. …
As ICANN82 kicks off in Seattle, were looking forward to bringing the domain name community together for an evening of networking, industry discussions, and great company. The ICA Drinks Reception will take place tomorrow at the Rickhouse Whiskey Bar inside Daniels Broiler, offering a relaxed atmosphere for ICA members and industry professionals to...
Dreams are vivid experiences, thoughts, or images occurring during sleep, often shaped by subconscious thoughts, emotions, and memories. In a metaphorical sense, dreams are the visions and aspirations that fuel ambition, guiding people toward their deepest desires and potential. The registrant of the domain name DreamWiseBook.com chose the domain t...
Sedo Premium Broker Mark Ghoriafi, AKA "Mr. Premium", has gotten the new year off to a red hot start. Mark has just closed his latest eye-popping deal, a $980,000 sale that, coupled with his $600,000 sale of Pack.com in January, gives him two of the four biggest publicly reported domain sales year to date.
Three more of Google's stockpile of long-dormant gTLDs showed signs of activity recently, strongly suggesting the company may be preparing to launch them. The domains get.eat, get.fly and get.here were all registered February 20, according to zone files and Whois records. While none yet resolve, Google typically uses "get" domains for its customer-...
CoachHub GmbH, Germany, filed a UDRP against the domain CoachHubz.com. The Complainant offers digital coaching services worldwide, with over 3,500 business coaches located in 90 countries, including Australia where the Respondent resides. The Respondent offers sports coaching services, spanning various athletic disciplines, and operates in a differ...
DryRun.Security – 1API customer (United States) Cybersecurity leaders use .Security domains to build credibility, harness AI, and signal their dedication to protecting digital assets. Security platform Prompt.Security aims to help companies benefit from the adoption of Generative AI. AI-driven platform Reach.Security aims to transform enterp...
Nova Registry is going big with top level domains. At least one company is going big in the next round of new top level domain expansion. On todays show, Yoni Belousov explains why his company Nova Registry plans to apply for around 200 new top level domains in the next round. Nova didnt participate in […] Post link: 200 new top level domains...
The aftermarket for .AI domain names has grown tremendously over the last several years. A look at Namebio shows the growing annual dollar volume of sales that were publicly reported in the aftermarket. 2018: $420.8k 2019: $1.1m 2020: $1.1m 2021: $1.2m 2022: $878.7k 2023: $5.6m 2024: $11.7m 2025 YTD: $3.2m (my guess is $20m+ for […]Catchy.com
North American candidates for ICANN's board of directors are having their applications politely rejected, the Nominating Committee has confirmed. Speaking to the GNSO Council at ICANN 82 in Seattle yesterday, NomCom chair-elect Tom Barrett said ICANN's rules forbid the committee from now considering candidates from the region. "When we opened the a...
Pieter Levels is a self-taught programmer and entrepreneur who has created numerous start-ups, while living the digital nomad life in over 40 countries. He is known as @levelsio on X. Levels has been having fun with programming all while experimenting with modern tools that make code creation easier. Using AI, his recently created massively multipl...
Nova Registry, which runs .link, has announced it plans to apply for 200 new gTLDs when ICANN opens up the next application window about a year from now. It's the first time in this round a company has announced plans to build a huge TLD portfolio. It would cost around $45.4 million in application fees […] The post Nova announces $45 million ...
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