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Afternic is introducing advancements in our domain delivery process known as transaction assurance (TA). Starting today, sellers may notice transactions closing faster, with increased automation and improved processes. Plus, even more transactions will now be fully automated from start to finish, all within a new user interface. Combining the best ...
Afternic is introducing advancements in our domain delivery process known as transaction assurance (TA). Starting today, sellers may notice transactions closing faster, with increased automation and improved processes. Plus, even more transactions will now be fully automated from start to finish, all within a new user interface. Combining the best ...
Reppo.xyz – Squarespace customer (United States) Pioneering developers use .xyz domains to drive innovation at the intersection of AI and blockchain technology. AI-driven platform AgentLayer.xyz aims to transform industries with autonomous agent networks. Payments platform Skyfire.xyz combines AI and blockchain to enable autonomous pay...
How these two domain investors did last year. Its time for our recurring podcast with domain investors Mark Levine and Logan Flatt! Mark and Logan come on the show frequently to share their domain investing results, talk about whats working, and whats not working for them. On todays show, they detail their 2024 domain investing […] Post link:...
Domain investor Brent Oxley continues to expand his domain portfolio with high-quality acquisitions. Brent's primary interest lies in English dictionary words but he also seeks out premium short domains and valuable geo-domains that capture his attention. While we're not familiar with the budgetary details of the most recent acquisition lot, here's...
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...
The domain ASLA.com was registered in 1995 and 30 years later it was lost in UDRP filed by the American Society of Landscape Architects, Inc. that operates from ASLA.org. Archive.org copies of the web site show that since at least 2004, an organization called "American Seminar Leaders Association" made use of the domain. That organization […]...
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...
Sedo held a keyword domain auction with user-submitted domains that took place fromMarch 20-27, 2025. The Sedo auction attracted 98 domain submissions and the results are in. A total of 11 domain names were sold for an estimated grand sum of $1,176 dollars (when tallied from from various currencies.) The top sale was Hot-Dog.net that […] The ...
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RNX.com and BRH.com were registered way back in February of 1996. Both names were left to expire and their auctions at GoDaddy closed today. RNX.com closed at $41,500 and BRH.com closed at $39,550. Now these domain names are at Tucows so I believe the registrant still has time to renew. Back in January I wrote […] The post RNX.com and BRH.com...
My Afternic Lead Center is full of Stalled, Qualifying, Confused, and Unknown leads. As a domain investor, this is pretty confusing and slightly frustrating. I don't blame Afternic brokers for this because I have become familiar with how their platform works, but I do think Afternic and GoDaddy should better educate its sellers on the […]Catc...
ICIM International S.r.l. is an Italian pharmaceutical company founded in the 1930s; it filed a UDRP against the domain BioNike.com. The Complainant owns an Italian cosmetic brand called BioNike, having formed from the Greek Bio (life) and Nike (victory). The brand is showcased on the domain BioNike.it. The Chinese (Hong Kong) based Respondent clai...
More domains will be monetized with ad networks that don't do a good job of stopping scams and malware. Google is opting all advertisers out of AdSense for Domains, which will likely lead to the ad program's demise. This is a blow to domain monetization and the domain industry as a whole. But beyond that, […] Post link: Google Adsense change ...
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...
Gname posted some new features and updates to their website. The WordPress website builder is something new to the site that offers a handful features that come in handy. Dear Users, First of all, thank you for your continued support and trust in Gname. It is because of your companionship that Gname can continue moving […] The post Gname upda...
I have a bit more than 100 domain names listed for sale on Atom.com, and a handful are listed on its Ultra Premium Marketplace (UPM). This afternoon, I received an email from Atom informing me that "Domain Talk" was added to Tangy.com, which is one of my UPM-listed domain names. According to the email I […]Catchy.com
It might come back to bite you. Earlier this month, The Financial Times wrote a story about an asset management firm that changed its name from Aberdeen to Abrdn. Apparently, the company's CEO made the switch partly because the Aberdeen.com domain he wanted was in use by another company. An outside marketing firm warned him […] Post link: Don...
Automattic, which runs WordPress.com and the .blog gTLD registry, says it's switching to Hello Registry from its current provider. Hello Registry is a joint venture of two like-minded national ccTLD non-profits: Canadian (.ca) registry CIRA and Dutch (.nl) registry SIDN. It was launched last November, having been developed under the name CIRA Regis...
I'd always planned, if it turned out ICANN's former interim CEO Sally Costerton was getting paid an absolutely, ridiculously, eye-popping pay packet, that it might be amusing to try to pin the nickname "Cost-a-tonne" on her. Thanks. I'm here all week. Try the turbot. But she wasn't even ICANN's highest-compensated employee last year, according to [...
Barman posted on X that they sold Zip.ai for $200,000. The cool thing was they shared some details on the sale. The coolest is it is the only .ai domain name they owned. 100% STR. They had agreed to sell for $50,000 about 6 months ago but the buyer disappeared. Congrats to Barman on a […] The post Zip.ai sells for $200,000 appeared first on T...
WEST PALM BEACH, FL – In the age of AI, social media, and voice search, you might think domain names have taken a back seat. But GoDaddys latest Consumer Pulse survey proves otherwise – and its a wake-up call for any business that wants to be taken seriously online. To celebrate the 40th birthday of […] The post GoDaddy Consumer S...
Anza.xyz – GoDaddy customer (United States) Innovative blockchain developers use .xyz and XYZ Registry domains like .Game to showcase forward-thinking Solana-focused projects. Modular blockchain project Eclipse.xyz aims to harness the strengths of Ethereum and Solana. Layer-2 blockchain Atlas.xyz aims to deliver low-cost, reliable solutions ...
The reported sale of Zip.ai wasn't as zippy as it seems. The $200,000 dollar domain sale took place on Afternic but only after a failed $50,000 dollar transaction fell through six months ago. Thanking his ghosting buyer from 1/2 year ago, domain investor Barman shared the news of his only .AI domain via X: Some […] The post Zip.ai has been so...
Company continues to hire as it prepares for launch this year. A new wholesale/reseller registrar is making a big splash in the industry even though it hasn't launched its product yet. OpusDNS sponsored last year's NamesCon in Austin and this month's CloudFest. It has also been hiring lots of industry professionals. I caught up with […] Post ...
Sedo held a .AI domain auction with user-submitted domains that took place fromMarch 6-13, 2025. The Sedo auction attracted 184 domain submissions and the results are in. A total of 17 domain names were sold for an estimated grand sum of $9,390 dollars (when tallied from from various currencies.) The top sale was Transitive.ai that […] The po...
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...
Form 990 reveals salaries and contractor payments. ICANN published its Form 990 tax return for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024. The non-profit's total revenue for the fiscal year on a tax basis was $184.8 million, compared to $163.7 million in the prior year. The difference can mostly be attributed to higher investment income. […] Post l...
WHOIS is dead, they sayand that's just a technicality. DomainTools is still the quintessential domain query and analytics tool, regardless of the protocol used. Here comes W.is, short, free, and with some fun perks. It's clearly built for domain investors in mind as it keeps things tight and clean, using new programming technologies. For example, [...
iZ.com closed at $517,500 at Namecheap. There were 255 bids from 26 bidders. In 2021 QEIP.com successfully completed the sale of IZ.com for $625,000. You don't see 2L.coms expire and you have to wonder after spending $625,000 how this happened? It will be interesting to see if it gets paid. AD Smart Domain Monetization Starts […] The post iZ....
Namecheap notified its Namecheap Market customers of an adjustment to the end times for auctions and a simplified process for its closeouts. Domain name auctions will all end at the same time each day. The time is 11am Eastern Time and the equivalent times throughout the world. You can do the math to understand when […]Catchy.com
Registrar makes changes to how expired domain auctions work. Namecheap announced today that it's making changes to expired domain name auctions. First, the company is standardizing auction end times rather than staggering them throughout the day. All auctions will end at 11 am ET US (New York). Of course, bidding on domains with last-minute bids [&...
AdHoc.xyz – GoDaddy customer (United States) Creative agencies use .xyz domains to build their online hubs and highlight their portfolios. Branding agency LetterA.xyz works with world-renowned brands like Casetify, Ann Taylor, and Kate Spade. Production studio FutureFrank.xyz creates media for global brands like Nike and Weight Watchers. Crea...
In an email to customers, BrandBucket announced that it's "taking a break" from cross-listing domains on Afternic. As shared by domain investor Bogdan Vovchuk on X: BrandBucket continues to have distribution relationships that will allow its inventory to reach the majority of registrars. We have also invested heavily the past two years to build a [...
Registrars sell below the wholesale cost to win customers and to get registry rebates. $5.00. $5.75. $6.99. These are prices some domain registrars are currently charging for new .com domain registrations. The wholesale price for new registrations is $10.26, so why do some domain registrars sell domains below cost? You might see .com domain registr...
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...
An online beer seller, a bong maker, and an ice cube business bought domain names at Sedo this week. Sedo's top public sale this week was FreeCell.com for $60,000. FreeCell is the name of a popular solitaire game. It's also possible this domain will be used for its mobile phone meaning. We'll see once it's […] Post link: Beer, bongs, and ice ...
The Columbian government has put the contract to run .co out for bidding, and it looks like the successful registry could make as much as $77 million over the lifetime of the deal. GoDaddy currently runs .co through its subsidiary .CO Internet, which it acquired when in bought Neustar five years ago. The government's RFP […] The post .co deal...
The registry for the former Soviet Union's .su ccTLD has denied that ICANN plans to kick it off the internet, giving three reasons why its over 100,000 domains are safe. RosNIIROS pointed to Russian law, ICANN ccTLD policy, and the lack of any formal retirement notice as reasons why the ccTLD isn't going anywhere. The […] The post I get a wro...
French company loses cybersquatting complaint against gong.com. In the 1970s game show The Gong Show, entertainers would perform before a panel of judges. If the entertainer was particularly bad, a judge could strike a gong to stop the performance. Somebody should have struck a gong during a recent UDRP. French water sports company Gong Galaxy [...
Having been one of the industry's notable growth stories over the last decade, Team Internet saw its revenue and profit go down in 2024, according to its latest earnings report. The company is also predicting a miserable 2025 as it tries to work around Google's decision to turn off advertising on parked domains by default […] The post Sales a...
Moonray.Game – Name.com customer (Canada) Next-generation gaming thrives on .Game. Epic role-playing game Divinity.Game offers immersive storytelling from acclaimed developer Larian Studios. Multiplayer fighter GangBeasts.Game challenges players to engage in chaotic battles across hazardous environments. Horror game AQuietPlace.Game brings t...
FreeCell.com sold for $60,000 to lead all domain name sales at Sedo. HairColor.com sold for $27,000 to take second place. Ohm.ai edged out RedAppleEducation.com $25,000 vs $24,888. Kudos to the seller getting $24,888 for that domain name. Domain name Price Currency …
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and FreeCell.com led the way at $60,000. HairColor.com was second at $27,000. Ohm.ai was third and the top cctld at $25,000. 44 .com sales 22 cctld sales 2 other tld sales Domain name Price Currency .COM freecell.com 60000 USD […] The post Sedo weekly domain name sales led by FreeCell.com ...
Sedo Domain Sales report: The domain FreeCell.com sold for $60,000 dollars tops this week's list of sales at the Sedo marketplace. This is the latest domain sales report by Sedo.com, for the week ending on March 25, 2025. Information in this report has been provided by Sedo, kind sponsors of DomainGang. The original […] The post #Sedo : Dom...
ICANN has terminated the contracts of four registrars that haven't paid their accreditation fees in years. US-based Zoo Hosting, UK-based Nerd Origins, and China-based Mixun and Mixun Network Technology have all been canned, following public breach notices in January. Judging by the termination notices, the registrars all stopped paying their quart...
French company Gong Galaxy filed a UDRP against the domain Gong.com. The Respondent, Jeffrey Gong, is an individual born in 1965 and the company that he incorporated with the Arizona Corporation Commission in 2015 to provide consulting/software development services. The Complainant made some serious allegations, claiming that the Respondent is not ...
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