Yesterday the news was Andrew Rosener selling Metaverse.io for $175,000. Acquired for $2,232. Well Swetha from DNGear.com hit a grand slam with the .xyz version. Acquired for .01 four years ago, she sold the name last week for $9,888. It also illustrates how everyone does not find domain names for sale by the lander. Some […]
Continue ReadingMetaverse.io is the first reported 6 figure .io sale
Well we now have the first reported 6 figure .io domain name sale, not a name I would have expected. Metaverse.io sold for $175,000 at Park.io it was acquired according to Namebio for $2,232 last October at Park.io. Trade.io was the highest reported sale and that took place last month. There was just a landing […]
Continue ReadingInterview with Aaron Oxborrow, founder Domain.io
During NamesCon I saw the mention of the $50,000 sale of Domain.io, Aaron had mentioned it sold in 2020 and they were announcing it now. I wanted to see what Domain.io was all about. Aaron was kind enough to answer some questions in the interview below. Q1) Domain.io was recently reported as sold for $50,000. […]
Continue ReadingWill there always be a .io? One reader asked for a guarantee
There have been some solid .io sales this year and it prompted one reader to ask me if there was a guarantee that .io would always be in existence? They want to jump in but are concerned by an article that I wrote. A guarantee? No. Since the 2014 article on GigaOm came out about […]
Continue ReadingPark.io has a big day with the highest reported .io of all time Trade.io
Trade.io now takes the top spot. Sold in 2010 on Sedo for $4,000 it went for $88,000 on Park.io Monday. The domain name has been developed, there is a note, Even though the trade.io exchange is in hibernation, the Liquidity Pool is alive and well and has evolved into the TIOprime Pool. Battery.io also sold […]
Continue Reading$28,888 end user sale at Park.io of Polly.io
Polly.io sold for $28,888 at Park.io. This was not an expired auction, this looks to have been owned by Mike Carson’s company. The buyer is Pollyex.com the domain name is already redirecting there. What is Pollyex? PollyEx™ is a revolutionary, end to end Loan Pricing and Settlement System (LPSS). Unleash the power of state-of-the-art capital […]
Continue Reading.IO a look back at 2020 from sales to complaints
.IO domain name sales were up in 2020 vs 2019 by over $500,000. They were slightly higher than 2018 figures. In addition to sales 2020 the Chagossians filed a to THE AFRICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN & PEOPLES’ RIGHTS. The Chagossians are dealing with a lot of concerns but as you would imagine .IO is high […]
Continue ReadingAdam Doppelt and his million dollar domain hobby
Very interesting detailed article on Medium by a gentleman named Adam Doppelt. Adam details his million dollar domain hobby and his journey from the start. Adam is also one of the founders of Fresh Chalk. At Fresh Chalk, we believe the best recommendations come from friends. Our mission is to help you find the best […]
Continue ReadingFinancialAdvisor.io once sold for $5,000 fetches just $432
FinancialAdvisor.io was sold for $5,000 back in 2016 over at NamePull.com. The domain name was then developed by the buyer Contrast Investing. In 2018 it started redirecting to SmartSavings.io. Archive.org from 2016 They let it expire a couple years later and I guess it was hand registered in 2019 and now it closed at auction […]
Continue Reading$28,888 buyer of Tiger.io revealed
Earlier this month Tiger.io sold for $28,888 at Park.io. The buyer is now revealed to be Tiger Communications PLC out of Hampshire, England. What’s interesting is the company operates a website at TigerComms.com and looks like Tiger.io will be used for what I guess will be one division or specialized services. Tiger Communications provides Unified […]
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