Verisign released their Domain Name Industry Brief Q4 2017 Top 5 extensions: .com .cn .tk .de .net When it comes to new gtld’s As of Dec. 31, 2017, total new gTLD (ngTLD) domain name registrations were approximately 20.6 million or 6.2 percent of total domain name registrations across all TLDs. This is a decrease of […]
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Verisign top trending keywords for January sees a focus on marijuana and no crypto
Verisign released their top trending keywords for January and crypto was no longer in the mix. Nano and Stemcells along with Marijuana are now in the mix. .COM .NET near association cell therapy dispensary career stem plans claim marijuana centers account hole away residential bang nano being cane hop
Continue Reading2017 really was a terrible year for non coms
Taking a look at the final stats for 2017, it really was a terrible year for non coms. Only 11 non coms were in the top 100 sales reported by DN Journal. Only 2 of those names were new gtlds and domain investors reaped no benefit as the registries sold Casino.Online (Radix) and Video.Games (Rightside). […]
Continue ReadingShould you auction your new gtld at a live auction?
There were 135 lots in the NamesCon live auction. Of those 135 lots, 20 were new gtlds. 15 out of the 20 sold. The top sale was Business.Loans at $10,000. Tax.help sold for $6,000 and Porn.Club sold for $5,000. A lot of $300 and $500 sales that with a healthy commission probably add up to […]
Continue ReadingWhere did those 6 figure offers go for FakeNews.com?
We wrote a year ago about FakeNews.com and it’s owner receiving 6 figure offers. There is a story on DallasNews.com today about a California man, George Bacon who purchased FakeNews.com 11 years ago for $250. From the article: Fakenews.com isn’t the only domain Bacon owns — he buys and sells them regularly as a hobby […]
Continue ReadingNameJet Scores a COOL $3K Emoji Domain Auction Close
It’s a been a few weeks since NameJet debuted its Premium .WS Emoji Domain Auction. In my opinion, the results have been interesting to say the least when compared to emoji domain auctions over at GoDaddy. GoDaddy has fallen completely off the map for emoji domain auctions in the last week or so, but that’s […]
Continue ReadingVerisign Q3 report shows a decrease of approximately 1.2 million domain name registrations, vs Q2 2017
Verisign released their Domain Name Industry Brief for Q3 2017. Overall registrations were down vs the second quarter. Executive Summary The third quarter of 2017 closed with approximately 330.7 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs), a decrease of approximately 1.2 million domain name registrations, or 0.4 percent from the second quarter of […]
Continue ReadingVerisign November trending keywords dominated by Crypto
Verisign released their November top trending keywords, coin was number one in .com and .net. With all the registrations for crypto,coin, bitcoin, etc… it’s no surprise. Domain wanted threads on Namepros have been flooded with crypto requests. .COM .NET coin coin crypto bit bit crypto bitcoin first coins mail ethereum bitcoin currency cash amazon buy […]
Continue ReadingAfter checking out GoDaddy appraisal tool, I would like to sell them some names
So GoDaddy released their appraisal tool for anyone to use. Doron from Efty and DNGeek tweeted out this morning: I’m pleasantly surprised with the quality of automated domain name appraisals of @GoDaddy‘s new appraisal tool https://t.co/7yr7VfMkDB and plan on using it for some end-user negotiations in the future. — Doron Vermaat (@doronvermaat) December 1, 2017 […]
Continue Reading12 years ago it was very different
12 years ago this past Friday was one of the moments in my domaining career that changed things for me. I had registered domains starting back in 1997 but it was November 2005, when I started the .tv forum on Namepros. Today there are tons of niches and people who focus on a narrow category […]
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