When you decide to look at the macro picture of recorded domain name sales on Namebio, GoDaddy has far more sales recorded than any other venue. These are mostly wholesale prices based off expired auctions. Now what’s interesting is that for a part of 2021 GoDaddy was actually reporting retail sales. Ava.com got reported in […]
Continue ReadingWhat a difference a decade makes for PartyPooper.com
Back in 2013 PartyPooper.com went for just $305 at NameJet. What a difference a decade makes. The domain name expired and closed at GoDaddy auctions on Wednesday at $5,877. There is a developed website at Party-Pooper.com a Utah based waste management company. No activity on the domain name according to Archive.org. Only 5 backlinks according […]
Continue ReadingGoDaddy was busy with 3Character and 4 Character names on Saturday. H33.com tops the list at $19,500 it sold for $9,200 in 2015
Quite a lot of action in the mixed letters and numbers genre on Saturday. From the classic LNN to the same LLNN, GoDaddy did well. H33.com was the high close at $19,500. H33.com previously sold for $9,2000 back at Sedo in 2015. Kind of will that the retail price was half the expired market price […]
Continue ReadingGoDaddy makes a move to simplify commissions within the GoDaddyVerse
So it looks like GoDaddy is moving towards simplifying commission structures within all their properties. When you do business within the GoDaddyVerse, you have 4 options: GoDaddy Auctions, Afternic, Uniregistry Market and Dan.com. They put out a full release on their blog which you can read here. One note Import your own leads will continue […]
Continue ReadingXMX.com closes at $252K it reportedly sold for $3.9M a few years ago
In 2019 Theo over at DomainGang.com posted about XMX.com selling for $3.9M. It was never added to Namebio. From the article: According to Chinese domain investor, Kassey Lee, the domain was bought by Hong Yu, founder of XMAX Foundation. The company issues XMX coins which are traded on a number of cryptocurrency exchanges. On July […]
Continue ReadingIQTests.com sold for $20K in 2015 left to expire
IQTests.com was sold at Uniregistry back in 2015 for $20,000. The domain name did have a developed website up but was left to expire. Today IQTests.com closed at $18,250 at GoDaddy auctions. IQtests is registered in 23 extensions according to DotDB.com. No backlinks on this one, so the price was just on the strength of […]
Continue ReadingHealthyChild.org closes at $60,000 with solid link profile
HealthyChild.org was another big link play that closed at $60,000 on GoDaddy auctions. Taking a look Ahrefs Domain Rating 68 Backlinks 181,671 97% dofollow Referring Domains 3,727 85% dofollow You can take a look at what the website looked like thanks to archive.org. It’s a shame the $60K is not going to the work the […]
Continue ReadingGoDaddy domination – A look at the number of .com sales over the past few years
When looking at sales data reported on Namebio it’s clear that GoDaddy rules the roost when it comes to the number of reported .com domain name sales. For the most part these sales are at the wholesale or investor level as names are won on GoDaddy auctions. You will see in the data below how […]
Continue Reading“This is one of the darkest days in domaining”
With the news that DAN.com is joining forces with GoDaddy, the dominance of one company in the domain industry grows deeper. I got a phone call this morning from a friend who was like this is one of the worst days in domaining. I had not read the announcement yet and was not sure what […]
Continue ReadingLocalMotors.com looks to have been renewed (No $88K for GoDaddy) and BitcoinWisdom.com new website
A couple recent big money closes at GoDaddy auctions have updated. LocalMotors.com closed at $88,000. Local Motors out of Chandler, Arizona closed on 14 January 2022, with their closure announced by Chris Stoner, their former VP of sales and customer success. It looks like whoever was in control of domain names there got the name […]
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