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 […]
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Dynadot May 2022 Aftermarket Sales Report
Dynadot released their May 2022 domain name sales. The sales data comes in a number of categories. Expired auctions, Last Chance auctions, Backorder auctions, User auctions and Marketplace. Below are the categories with the highest sales, you can read the full report on Dynadot. TOP SALES – MARKETPLACE – MAY 2022 Domain Name Sold Price […]
Continue ReadingDon’t ask for $30K and also tell me you are going to let the name expire
I get a lot of lists sent to me from people looking to sell domain names. Some of these lists will note that the sender plans on letting names expire but they are asking me if I want to pay $30,000? First off 99 out of 100 times the names are nowhere near worth what […]
Continue ReadingPhilippe Fouquart talks new gtlds with InternetX
Simone Catania from InternetX (an advertiser here) published a lengthy interview with with Philippe Fouquart from GNSO (ICANN). The interview delves into the first round of new gtlds and the upcoming second round. He does get asked about blockchain domain names and Philippe went on to say, “blockchain domains remain a niche use case limited […]
Continue ReadingHow important is having a strong, unique business name?
Matt S over at nuname.co published an interesting and detailed analysis of business names. Not all of these were company names but also included product names. Matt took a deep dive into word counts, what was better and most common. over 65% of brand names analyzed were one word (no space). That stat keeps demand […]
Continue Reading$40K Mixx.com buyer revealed
Two months ago Mixx.com closed at $40,000, the name was owned by Uber Media. It was used years ago in coordination with popurls as an aggregator of content. The new owner is a company focused on growing your Instagram account. The company describes itself: Unlike most growth services whose profit-driven motives result in low-priced, bad-quality […]
Continue Reading“The design of a good landing page is an intersection of art, marketing, and psychology”
Kayle Larkin published an article on landing pages over at SearchEngineJournal.com that’s worth a read for those who test their own landing pages in order to sell their domain names. While the article focuses on businesses offering a product or service they sell many times over, it can be helpful for domain investors to get […]
Continue ReadingQuick flip on KVQ.com
I wrote a piece on how the ugly LLL.coms are much harder to extract solid value. One of the names in the post was a recent sale KVQ.com, it sold for just $10,502. The buyer was able to do a quick flip for a solid R.O.I. They sold the domain for $15,000 at Flippa. The […]
Continue ReadingDynadot “We value our investor customers, which is why we do not want to compete with them or misuse their data”
Dynadot published a post that discussed Dynadot as a company. Trust, Transparency and Stability. On the point of transparency, they wrote: Transparency Many of the most popular registrars today have their own domain portfolios, cherry-picking the best expiring domains for themselves. This causes their customers to lose valuable domains to their own registrar. “Dynadot has […]
Continue ReadingNameSilo May 2022 Aftermarket report
NameSilo (an advertiser here) released their May 2022 aftermarket report, 89% of all sales were .com. 48% of the buyers are coming from the U.S. for May.
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