https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5N6jVD6RymA TinaFey.com is expiring at GoDaddy auctions with a current bid of $135. One of the most powerful people in Hollywood, and one of the most popular people from where I grew up. Actually I grew up about 10 minutes from Tina Fey. She is 3 years younger and went to the public high school (Upper Darby) right down the road from the Catholic boys high school I went to … [Read more...]
BrandBucket partnering with Sedo to market names
BrandBucket is now going to be syndicating their inventory on Sedo. According to news in the recent newsletter, How it works: We are partnering with 3rd Party Marketplaces so sellers can seamlessly publish their domains on multiple platforms. Currently, through your BrandBucket account with one click you can opt-in to have BrandBucket market your names on Sedo on your behalf. BrandBucket makes it easy for … [Read more...]
BrandBucket sales data for September shows 6 letter sales strength
BrandBucket sent out their October newsletter and released some September sales data. The average sale was $2,865 after removing sales over $10,000. Two word keywords were still the dominant category. A Quick Look Back at September With the school year starting and the holiday season approaching, we saw a slight shift in categories that were sold last month. The education category made … [Read more...]
BrandBucket sales in August up 30% vs July
BrandBucket sent out their September newsletter, and while I know some readers believe if you don't get the actual names that sold it's worthless, I respectfully disagree. I would like the names too but I do believe any data you can attain has some value attached to it and is worth the read. Takeaways: When you take out sales over $10,000 the average sale was $2,887, so all those dreaming about six … [Read more...]
Bidder who cost GoDaddy $27,000 was permanently banned
It has now been a week or so since all the Dispute.com drama. The auction closed at $65,000 High bidder could not pay on time Elliot Silver posted about what happened I wrote a piece on TheDomains.com where Joe Styler added more context in a comment. OnlineDomain.com wrote an article that discussed the topic as well. The domain eventually sold for $38,000. Many wanted to know what … [Read more...]
Blockchain.org acquired
Tron (TRX) is one of the more popular cryptocurrencies, ranked number 11 according to CoinMarketCap.com. They announced on Friday that they have acquired the domain name blockchain.org. Several blogs in the crypto space have reported on it today. From OracleTimes.com “[BlockChain.Org] will be a platform that offers big data analysis, project evaluation, information search and other services for users … [Read more...]
One registrant gave up and the new one hit a home run
You need a little luck in the name game, for the stars to align properly. Sometimes it comes along just right. I am interested in betting related names and I remember seeing a few months back that USbetting.org sold for $15,000. I thought that was a great price. Last week while posting the top sales for the day I saw USbetting.net sold for $15,000, I was like wow same price, was it the same … [Read more...]
Help to improve Efty
Efty (an advertiser here TLDinvestors) has taken to Namepros where a lot of their users reside to get help on improving Efty. Doron posted: It’s been more than four years since @lionel_efty and I set out on a mission to change the way domain name investors manage, market and monetize their portfolio’s. And what a ride it has been! After a private beta with a small group of users, we decided to turn … [Read more...]
Are European domainers going to start getting shunned?
As we get closer to GDPR being official more and more reactions and questions come in. I noticed today that Theo at DomainGang.com is going to block the 28 countries of the EU from accessing his blog. Someone told me I should do that two weeks ago. I had a couple readers express their desire to ban Europeans from making offers on or buying their domain names. One reader came from a place of worry … [Read more...]
Are we entering the Golden Age for domain scams?
via GIPHY Domain scams and cons are not uncommon, front running, stolen domains and shill bidding are just a few of the many cons that domain investors have to be on the look out for. With whois going away, we might just be entering the Golden Age of domain scams. It's going to be harder for people to track down stolen names, with the potential changes to transfers there will be more attempts by bad … [Read more...]
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