This is nothing new in the domain industry but there were a couple recent examples of yelling fire in a crowded theater where there was not even any smoke. Mike Mann announced the sale of LightRock.com for $94,888. I posted the info on Namepros and the not legit sale postings started pouring in. Sometimes I’m […]
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$151,000 buyer of Fanbase.com revealed
Back in mid August the domain name Fanbase.com closed at auction on GoDaddy at $151,000. A website went live today and it looks like the site is going to be a service to provide another avenue for content creators and publishers to get paid. Just create content, publish it and interact with your fanbase. The […]
Continue ReadingBrother.org expires goes for $10,001 – ChrisChristie.com closes at $8,000
A few interesting names on Saturday including the domain name of the 55th Governor of the state of New Jersey, Chris Christie. Brother.org expired and closed at $10,001 on GoDaddy auctions. The domain name never had any content on it over the last 15+ years, according to Archive.org. ChrisChristie.com closed at $8,000 on NameJet. The […]
Continue ReadingNR1.com closes $5,650 once sold for $25K – DropCatch scores on Recircled.com after GoDaddy no payment
Some interesting domain name transactions on Friday. NR1.com sold for $25,000 back in 2008, it looks like a gentleman who I know from .TV out of Italy purchased the name. In 2015 the name went for just $3,000 on NameJet. The buyer back then owns some interesting names like SquattersRights.com where he discusses why typo […]
Continue ReadingVerisign conference call addresses .com wholesale increase and .web
Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) reported earnings yesterday. Stock is down close to 4% today. The company expects the renewal rate for third-quarter 2020 to be around 73.4%. I thought this was interesting the number of domain names up for renewal in Q4 is 34.8 million. Yahoo provided a transcript of the earnings call. Two questions they […]
Continue ReadingMesh.xyz sold for $9,888 is now developed
Back in July I interviewed Swetha from DNGear.com about her approach and success with .xyz. One of her top sales got developed recently, Frontier.xyz. Another one is now up and running, Mesh.xyz also sold for $9,888. It was acquired by ConsenSys. The company has been an incubator, investor, software provider, educator, and most importantly, an […]
Continue ReadingNamebio reaches $2 Billion milestone
Namebio crosses the $2 billion mark in reported sales. Search Domain Name Sales 2.2 million sales totaling $2 billion. Now if you do not have a paid membership to Namebio you only see the stats at the bottom of the free searches allowed. These total 848.9k Total Sales $1.9b Dollar Volume $2,258 Average Price $55.3k […]
Continue ReadingNiq.com Buyer revealed
Early August Shane Cultra tweeted out he and Travis sold Niq.com for somewhere close to their $250,000 asking price on BrandBucket. Niq.com has been owned by a few well known players in the domain industry. It originally sold on Namepros for $8,750 when Michael Sumner of Namebio sold it. Shane and Travis smartly acquired the […]
Continue ReadingDetour.com buyer revealed
Detour.com was registered in 1994 and sold for $15,000 on Moniker in 2009. The domain name was then developed into a GPS based walking tours website. The company was self funded by Groupon founder and former CEO Andrew Mason. The company was acquired by Bose. The domain name expired last month and closed at $65,006. […]
Continue ReadingThe story of how Ritual.com was acquired in what amounts to a three team trade
How Ritual.com got acquired Jason Calacanis spoke with Ritual CEO Kat Schneider on This Week in Startups. Kat talks about buying Ritual.com against the advice of investors. Interestingly Jason thinks the name is a 7 figure domain name. It’s an interesting story of how Kat got the name, I will let you hear it straight […]
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