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 […]
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IQTests.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 […]
Continue ReadingA bunch of repetitive NNNLLL lead the GoDaddy auctions on 6/2
A lot of odd looking names topped the charts of domain name sales at Namebio today. A lot of repetitive type NNNLLL names, the kind we used to see frequently when the Chinese favored names were going for solid prices. Back when CHIP was a popular buzzword. 999JJJ.com was the high close at $36,006. Not […]
Continue ReadingLocalMotors.com expires and closes at $88,000 at GoDaddy auctions
LocalMotors.com registered in 2005 expired and closed at $88,000 today on GoDaddy auctions. The site was up for many years according to archive.org. The company was based out of Chandler, AZ. One product looked to be called Olli. Olli delivers autonomous mobility to improve transportation operations and passenger experience. They have a Wikipedia entry, Local […]
Continue ReadingTwo $40K plus closes for Mixx.com and JM.org at GoDaddy auctions
Two really solid names closed over $40K today at GoDaddy auctions. Mixx.com closed at $46,000. Registered in 1995. The name looks to have been owned by Uber Media. It was used years ago in coordination with popurls as an aggregator of content. Here is an archive.org entry from 2016. JM.org registered in 2000 closed at […]
Continue ReadingAfter once telling people not to register .tv domains GoDaddy will now run the registry
GoDaddy will be taking over for Verisign in managing the .tv registry. The Ministry of Justice, Communication and Foreign Affairs, Tuvalu Government posted on Facebook: The Ministry is excited to announce that the Government of Tuvalu has selected GoDaddy Registry as the new registry service provider for Tuvalu’s .tv Country Code Top-Level Domain! The Government, […]
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