Recently, I read in the news that the domain Kelu.com was sold for 150,000 yuan in China. It may appear as just an ordinary transaction. However, if you look further, you may find actually there is a category of domains which are perfect for globally minded startups in China. First of all, "kelu" is short and pronounceable, so the name can be remembered by consumers in many countries around the world … [Read more...]
English domains becoming a trend in China?
The other day I read a small announcement in Chinese financial news, which got me thinking about whether there is a trend of Chinese startups using English-based brands/domains. The announcement was about a Beijing-based financial service provider called NewBanker. The startup was founded only in June, 2017 but has already received two rounds of investment totaling $10 million. Its brand consists of two … [Read more...]
First quarter 2019 sales came in at $25.3 million
The first quarter of 2019 reported sales at Namebio came in at $25,348,800. This is for sales $100 or more, Namebio does track several thousand sales below $100 as well. Top sales led by California.com at $3million. california.com 3,000,000 USD 2019-01-20 VIPBrokerage ol.com 900,000 USD 2019-01-28 NamesCon leads.com 435,000 USD 2019-01-28 NamesCon domainnames.com 370,000 … [Read more...]
BrandBucket announces 3 changes
BrandBucket announced three changes today, the one that stood out to me the most was no more paying logo designer's a fee. BrandBucket will now pay them $5. (any domain name with a publishing date prior to April 1st, 2019 will still have the original post-sale logo award (this includes currently published names, and any previously published names that are re-published after April 1st.) Reduced commission … [Read more...]
BrandBucket February sales data
BrandBucket sent out their March newsletter on Friday and it looks like the average sale was $2,521. (Sales over $10,000 are excluded). This is the third month in a row the average sale has gone down. November $3,044, December was $2,938 and January was $2,885. They did not include what categories sold this month, but they added how many sellers had more than 1 sale for the month. Two word sales made … [Read more...]
Weekly sales trends 3-10 to 3-16 2019
In this weekly post we are going to take a look back at the previous 7 days and look for trends and patterns in recorded domain sales as published by Namebio. I am not including sales under $100. In total the previous week registered: 1,796 Total Sales $1m Dollar Volume $584 Average Price $1,917 Standard Deviation $100 Low Price $52k High price 1533 of these sales were … [Read more...]
Verisign’s trending keywords for February influenced by Apex Legends
Verisign reported their top trending keywords for February and names related to Apex legends a free game that was released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One on February 4, … [Read more...]
No one will ever care more about domain names than domain investors
Sometimes when reading comments, tweets and forum posts, I think there are a fair number of people who don't realize or pay attention to the fact that no one cares as much about domain names as domain investors. Let's looks at Google trends for "Domain Names" 2004 to present Now let's look at Instagram So when debates break out on stuff like the new gtlds, and if they are an … [Read more...]
BrandBucket January sales data
BrandBucket sent out their February newsletter today and average sale amount for January was $2,885, (sales above $10,000 removed). December's average sale amount was $2,938. Two word .coms took a much larger percentage of keyword sales than usual. 73% vs 52% in December. Keyword vs Invented was 61% vs 39%. … [Read more...]
Q4 Liquid Domains Report shows strong 4L.com sales
Giuseppe Graziano published the Liquid Domains Market Overview for Q4 2018. According to the report 4Ls.com domains registered a record$8.6M in escrow.com transactions,by far the best result since the publication of this report. Read the full report here … [Read more...]
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