In this edition of Behind the keyword we look at Meta. In 2021 it’s quite clear things are Meta Crazy.
Meta as an exact keyword has made some impressive sales in keywords no one ever discusses or even knew existed.
Meta.LC is a great example, Namepros member Makbliss sold Meta.LC for $20,000. on Afternic. He had just hand regged the name on August 7th of this year. Most don’t even know it’s the country code for Saint Lucia.
Nikul Sanghvi of Hypernames.co hit a monster home run 6 days ago with the $149,000 sale of Meta.so. He registered it in April. It was the second 6 figure Meta name this year. Meta.io sold for $100,000.
The Somalian country code has been an extension where Nikul has had some prior success in 2021. He has 5 of the top 8 sales in an extension that only has 43 reported domain name sales at Namebio.
These two sales are incredible in my opinion. Other major keywords in .LC for example have gone for peanuts. Only 36 reported in total and keywords like Bitcoin and Poker (both very popular) sold for $338 and $510 respectively.
Another eye opening sale is that of metaavatars.net. The name is 122 days old it sold for $44,000 at DAN.com last week.
MetaRooms.net sold for $30,000 on 9/28. Registered in 2021.
BuyDomains has been underpricing their meta related names. They sold MetaBay.com for just $1,388. Compared to the previous .nets I mentioned that’s a bargain. They did up their pricing on MetaLibrary.com which they sold yesterday for $4,488.
Namebio reports 13 Meta exact match sales:
| meta.so | 149,000 USD | 2021-10-05 | hypernames.co |
| meta.io | 100,000 USD | 2021-03-30 | Park.io |
| meta.lc | 20,000 USD | 2021-09-30 | ShowMeDomains |
| meta.best | 10,000 USD | 2021-09-13 | MrPremium.com |
| meta.cloud | 5,000 USD | 2021-07-26 | Sedo |
| meta.one | 4,550 USD | 2018-07-09 | GoDaddy |
| meta.be | 2,835 USD | 2011-07-14 | Sedo |
| meta.us | 2,500 USD | 2017-05-07 | Uniregistry |
| meta.fm | 1,500 USD | 2021-08-07 | Catched.com |
| meta.cash | 820 USD | 2021-09-20 | Dynadot |
| meta.to | 522 USD | 2020-12-26 | Register.TO |
| meta.finance | 467 USD | 2021-05-02 | Dynadot |
| meta.global | 155 USD | 2021-08-23 | Dynadot |
These sales have prompted people to look for any obscure country code they can find, some that don’t even have an entry on Namebio in the drop down list of extensions. Others that actually have a presence requirement not open to registrants from just anywhere.
Meta is hot now because of the metaverse. It’s funny that just a few years back there were articles telling people to please stop using the word.
GrowDND.com wrote this back in 2016
Top 10 Business Buzzwords To Axe in 2016
#1: Meta
The word meta has its place in business. Meta tags and meta description are SEO tools that help describe your website and content to search engines and users. In that context, the word meta is just fine.
Meta has another meaning, though.
It’s often used to refer to something abstract, self-referential, or mind-blowing. This buzzword so overused it’s lost its significance.
“Hey, I liked the way you wrote that meta (description), man” is great. If you’re about to say “that meeting was so meta, man!” then you’re using a sad, tired buzzword.
Trust us on this one- we optimize websites for SEO. We’re meta experts.
There are popular websites that use the keyword like MetaCritic.com and MetaMask.io. Both of these sites come in at around 2350 on Alexa.
The highest selling Meta keyword name was sold by Frank Schilling, in 2015 MetaTrader.com sold for $100,000. Buyer MetaQuotes Software Corp. Currently does not resolve.
Meta.com was registered in 1991, with one previous drop. The domain name forwards to Meta.org.
Meta, a Chan Zuckerberg Initiative project, is a biomedical research discovery tool that analyzes & connects millions of scientific outputs to give you a comprehensive view into science. You can easily explore research and follow developments by searching for specific terms or creating customizable feeds of papers and preprints.
Will the interest continue? Just about every imaginable keyword combination is getting registered and not just in .com. I see a lot of .xyz registrations as well. A couple days ago domain names were registered like MetaFucks.com and MetaDrunk.com so we have jumped the shark.
One thing I have noticed is Meta firstnames in .com. So you can your real world name, like Marty and then in the metaverse you are Meta Marty. MetaMarty.com was registered a couple days ago along with MetaMelanie, MetaJessie, MetaDonald and a few more.
Meta and animals seem to be popular registrations too, both singular and plural. All the good ones are taken so I would not delve into regging stretches or obscure names.
All sales data provided by Namebio.
Fun read thank you.
You can add Meta.vg. I had it just 60 days and it sold via Afternic for $3288.
Congrats David
Wow was it a buy it now? good job
Nice article but I don’t think giving domain investors ideas about other registration streams, like first names and animals, and then adding that plurals are also popular, is responsible journalism in this instance. There’s enough FOMO around already, and it’s adding fuel to the fire to subtly suggest we might consider registering/purchasing even more domains based on the information you’ve provided.
No not at all as I always tell people they should only go with what they believe in.
What I mentioned is already registered there doesn’t look like much to reg in those categories.
So thank you
Ignore the trolls Raymond. I looked for names about two weeks ago and could not believe what was already registered.
MetaDrunk.com? I have met many drunks maybe it will be a blog on that. LOL!!!
My apologies. I seem to have overlooked the last part of the final paragraph. I found myself looking up meta+first names and had to stop myself registering a bunch! It’s easily done…sorry again for the unnecessary post.
No problem at all and thank you for reading. I get what you are saying but I have always tried to say don’t take as investment advice.
I usually add a long disclosure I didn’t here because I was talking about stuff already being taken and did use the line jump the shark.
But no problems with the comment, I am wondering about this Meta firstname stuff because a techie I know much more into these virtual worlds, said to me about an hour ago, yeah that makes sense. His first name is Mike and he was like I would love to have MetaMike.com.
Who knows I cannot believe these cctld sales, people really did great. good to see.
Hi Raymond. You caught me. I’m the one who has been registering MetaFirstname domains for past six months and have over 200. I believe people will want these as their MetaName/MetaIdentity in the Metaverse. They can be used to forward to your location in the Metaverse so people can find you and they can be used to accept crypto payments. Tell your friend I can offer him MetaMichael for a fair price if he’s interested. All the best,
MetaTodd
I wish you good luck Todd, as I said I spoke to someone really into the metaverse and he thought it was smart.
Full disclosure with all this I did register MetaRaymond.com, It was worth the $9 for a spec.
Ammar said he sold metabrand . com for $50k yesterday on Clubhouse.
I missed the meta + relevant keyword bus on .com, but I got a few .xyz keywords and a couple in .co, so let’s see how it pans out.
First time I’ve even registered domains based on a ‘trend’ but I think meta is going to be a mainstream keyword going forward.
Some quality names below:
Metafinancer.com
MetaBettor.com
Metafinancier.com
What are your opinions for these Meta-focused domains?:
MetaAlly
MetaPep
MetaRota
MetaShaft
(.com)
Thanks.