Dynadot looks to repeat their 2021 victories at Namepros for best/favorite registrar of 2022. The voting will run for the entire fourth quarter of 2022. So far Dynadot is picking up right where they left off last year. They currently have 40% of the vote. Namecheap is second and other players like GoDaddy, Porkbun, NameSilo […]
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New Gtld domain name sales come in at $808K in May 2022 – Swetha takes 8 out of the top 10
Looking back at May there were 516 reported new gtld domain name sales at Namebio. This is compared to 398 in April. Sales totaled $807,900 vs $832,434 in April. Average price per sale came in at $1,566 down from $2,091 in April. .xyz posted 133 sales vs 201 in April. .Club posted 29 sales, .Finance […]
Continue ReadingDynadot wins Best/Favorite Registrar of 2021 at Namepros
Following up on their end of 2020 win, Dynadot won both best or favorite registrar awards at Namepros for 2021. Strong showing from Namecheap and what can only be considered a disappointment for GoDaddy. They won the first of these awards years back with 52% of the vote. Repeated in 2017. Now they come in […]
Continue ReadingOctober 2021 reported new gtld domain name sales come in at $430K
New Gtld domain name sales for October Looking back at October there were 262 reported new gtld domain name sales at Namebio. This is compared to 178 in September. Sales totaled $430,576 vs $744,829 in September. The top 5 sales: stir.xyz 39,888 USD 2021-10-27 DNGear.com squid.xyz 34,888 USD 2021-10-12 DNGear.com gem.xyz 18,200 USD 2021-10-21 ShowMeDomains […]
Continue ReadingRegistrar of the year poll opens at Namepros – Can anyone beat Dynadot?
The 2021 Registrar of the year voting has opened at Namepros. The poll will run through the end of the year. Over the years we have seen GoDaddy decline and Dynadot ascend. GoDaddy with over 52% in 2016 https://www.namepros.com/threads/favorite-domain-registrar-poll.933122/ GoDaddy wins in 2017 https://www.namepros.com/threads/who-is-the-best-registrar-in-the-business.1051189/ 18 months later NameSilo won https://www.namepros.com/threads/who-is-the-best-registrar-in-the-business-2019-edition.1135392/ Epik won the early 2020 […]
Continue ReadingThe Queen of .xyz hits one out of the park in .Pro (6th highest reported .Pro sale)
Usually when I talk about Swetha from DNGear.com it’s in relation to .xyz. Well today on Namepros she announced the 6th highest reported .pro sale of all time. She sold Power.pro for $19,888. Sale was a buy it now and it took place at Afternic. Congratulations to Swetha on a great sale. Most of the […]
Continue ReadingSwetha sells Offbeat.xyz for $8,988 and three more .xyz domain names
Swetha posted another batch of .xyz sales. I think she got great prices as these keywords were not a quest or a beacon or an arcade. Offbeat.xyz led the way at $8,988. She continues to amaze in 2021. offbeat.xyz 8,988 USD 2021-10-20 DNGear.com provenance.xyz 4,995 USD 2021-10-20 DNGear.com plasticity.xyz 2,995 USD 2021-10-20 DNGear.com seedfund.xyz 1,850 […]
Continue ReadingThe meta train keeps rolling with the $60K sale of MetaXR.com
The meta hits keep on coming this time it’s MetaXR.com selling for $60,000. The domain name was registered in 2017. It sold at Sedo where it was parked. XR, cross reality, or extended reality, is a catchall term for several different but related technologies. According to DotDB.com MetaXR is registered in 9 extensions, .com, .net, […]
Continue ReadingOpensea.com is in the upcoming Great Domains auction at Sedo (will it sell?)
The latest Great Domains auction starts at Sedo today and there are some heavyweight names on the list. PrivateEquity.com, VentureCapital.com and Soft.com to name a few. One of the names on there is OpenSea.com, Opensea.io is home to the large NFT marketplace that has been in the news all year for many reasons. OpenSea logged […]
Continue ReadingNameSilo September Marketplace Stats
NameSilo (an advertiser on TLDinvestors) released their September marketplace stats. AVERAGE DAYS TO SELL A DOMAIN came in at 142, this was the average number of days between a domain listing and sale The oldest domain sold was 24 years old! 79% of all sales were .com. France and Canada make up close to half […]
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