Recently I posted on LinkedIn the sale of an LLL (letter-letter-letter) .com domain in China. It triggered discussion among my readers and got me into thinking more about the future of acronym domains in China. The US and China are the largest economies, and a recent Bloomberg article even went so far as to say […]
Continue ReadingLiquid Domain Market Overview for Q3 Sales up almost double
Giuseppe Graziano published the Liquid Domains Market Overview for Q3 2018. According to the report volumes were up almost double to $9.2 million. From the report In Q3 the total volume of disclosed sales almost doubled from $5.4M to $9.2M. We also registered a 50% increase in the volume of escrow.com sales, which jumped from […]
Continue ReadingLiquid domains did not have a good second quarter according to report
Giuseppe Graziano released his LXDO liquid domains market report for the second quarter. As GDPR takes effect, Escrow.com reports the lowest volume of sales since the start of LXDO. Giuseppe commented that the median values of disclosed transactions also recorded very large decreases in almost all categories. This calls for caution in view of the […]
Continue ReadingAfter a successful sale of QM.net now KQ.net up for sale on Namepros
A couple weeks ago I wrote about QM.net being put up for auction on Namepros. You don’t see a valuable, liquid name such as a 2L.net be put up with a $1 start, no reserve. The auction started on July 29, so it took two weeks to close but the auction closed at $13,777 and […]
Continue ReadingQM.net sells at Namepros
A couple weeks ago I wrote about QM.net being put up for auction on Namepros. You don’t see a valuable, liquid name such as a 2L.net be put up with a $1 start, no reserve. The auction started on July 29, so it took two weeks to close but the auction closed at $13,777 and […]
Continue ReadingYou don’t see these everyday – 2L.net auction starting at $1
Let me say upfront, Namepros members don’t verify their identity. You don’t see a 2Letter.net auctioned everyday on Namepros with a $1 starting bid. But that’s what we got with QM.net being auctioned off by a member who has 73 positive reviews, 0 negative. QM.net is up for auction. XR.net just closed at NameJet on […]
Continue ReadingLiquid Domains Overview for Q1 2018 shows 4Ls kept consistent with $4.8M in turnover
Giuseppe Graziano released the Liquid Domains Overview for Q1 2018. Always a great read and if you own these names you should go over the whole report. From the report 2018 starts with a continuation of the trends observed in our past reports: China continues to gain market share, especially on the 5Ns front where […]
Continue ReadingAron Meystedt turned down $1.5 million for XF.com
RealClearLife.com is out today with an article, “Navigating the Mysterious, Invisible World of Domain Name Auctions” The article focuses on Heritage Auctions and the man running the domain division, Symbolics.com owner Aron Meystedt. In the article which was published on the 32 year anniversary of Symbolics.com, Aron’s XF Investments was mentioned. The article mentions that […]
Continue ReadingOE.com listed on Namepros with a buy it now price
You don’t see many six figure listings on Namepros that actually justify a six figure price. Here is an exception as member Maxx500 has put OE.com up for sale with a buy it now price of $645,000. I believe Maxx500 is brokering the name as it’s owned by Mick Gleissner of Bigfoot Ventures. I am […]
Continue ReadingYK.com and future of Chinese domain market
It’s in the news! YK.com was just sold to China. Naturally, we wonder who actually bought it. What’s the reason of this purchase? And, what does it tell us about the future of the Chinese domain market? A Whois check reveals that the new owner is 徐俊 (Jun XU, also known as Cai Jun XU), […]
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