Sedo took a look back at 2016 and no surprise .com was the dominant extension when it came to sales. The top 5 sales 1.) broker.com 375,000 USD 2.) mikihouse.com 224,224 USD 3.) ada.com 200,000 USD 4.) circa.com 150,000 USD* 5.) hotbot.com 155,000 USD *These figures were ranked descending in (converted) EUR-value; due to exchange […]
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2016 Highlights – Chips crumble, NorthSound deletions, $135m for .Web
Looking back at 2016 there were some interesting stories, I did not think 2016 was as action packed as 2015. In 2015 we saw Mike Berkens sell his 70,000 domain portfolio to GoDaddy, the Chips started their move up and made a lot of money for some of the smaller players in the biz. Back […]
Continue ReadingBrandBucket releases November sales data
The BrandBucket newsletter came out and Michael Krell gave a rundown of what was going on in November. Keyword brandables vs invented brandables were virtually the same, right around $2,780 for the average sales price. The newsletter confirmed what we told you on Friday, you can no longer move approved domain names in your account. […]
Continue ReadingWould GoDaddy offering payment plans be a good idea ?
Namepros member Hookbox posed an interesting idea, GoDaddy offering payment plans for prospective buyers, not just big ticket domains, but names priced at say $2,500 for example. He wrote: If Godaddy were to implement a payment plan on domains I believe our sales would go through the roof. Not everyone has a few thousand dollars […]
Continue ReadingTrump top trending keyword for .com and net in November
Verisign is out with their top 10 trending keywords for November. Trump was the top keyword in .com and .net. Make and Great were also at the top. .com .net Trump Trump make cannabis great marijuana weed weed again America America again Donald Donald near president president owner pot matter Here is a look […]
Continue Reading“The majority of domains targeted via UDRP are not worth the effort”
Fairwinds Partners conducted research that took a look at Internet Retailer’s Top 500 Guide and then broke down the list to focus on the top 50 brands whose names were not based on generic terms and did not represent houses of brands. They came to a lot of interesting conclusions, a couple are as follows: […]
Continue ReadingBrandable Bits – BrandBucket launches Podcast – Nude.com listed at Namerific and more
In this Brandable Bits we are going to look at a new kid on the block, the first BrandBucket podcast and a few other tidbits. BrandBucket Podcast Michael Krell released the first episode of the BrandBucket podcast, Michael takes some time to go into the process around acceptance. Michael discusses what kinds of names are […]
Continue ReadingNo, .com is not losing its grasp
In a post on The Next Web titled, “8 myths about new gtlds” the author Jason Chernofsky decided to keep with one of the oldest tropes out there. .Com is losing its grasp. No, no it’s not. Jason also made the rather ignorant assumption that all .coms are owned by “squatters.” The new gtlds need […]
Continue ReadingBehind The Keyword – Spotlight on “Club”
Welcome to Behind The Keyword, I will be taking a look at the most popular keywords that sell, get listed and get developed. Whether it be on big marketplaces like Sedo and Afternic or specialty sites like BrandBucket. Today we are looking at the keyword – Club Some Club related statistics: 3,700,000,000 results for the keyword […]
Continue ReadingBrandBucket may successfully kill the monster they created
I have written a number of times about selling on BrandBucket and selling BrandBucket accepted names on Namepros. At the end of September I wrote an article on how the wholesale market was in the dumps on Namepros. This came about for a few reasons, first of which was the novelty wore off. When the […]
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