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Bimber.com and OrganicShampoo.com failure to pay leads to wins for Drop catcher

October 3, 2020 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

I started writing in July about GoDaddy failing to collect payment and it becoming DropCatch’s gain. I wrote about everydaycounts.com closing at auction on GoDaddy for $2,601. The domain name was at Tucows not GoDaddy. The winner did not pay and the domain was left to expire. DropCatch got the windfall. It went higher the […]

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Filed Under: Auctions, Domain trends, DropCatch, Go Daddy

Mesh.xyz sold for $9,888 is now developed

October 2, 2020 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

Back in July I interviewed Swetha from DNGear.com about her approach and success with .xyz. One of her top sales got developed recently, Frontier.xyz. Another one is now up and running, Mesh.xyz also sold for $9,888. It was acquired by ConsenSys. The company has been an incubator, investor, software provider, educator, and most importantly, an […]

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Namebio reaches $2 Billion milestone

October 1, 2020 by Raymond Hackney 8 Comments

Namebio crosses the $2 billion mark in reported sales. Search Domain Name Sales 2.2 million sales totaling $2 billion. Now if you do not have a paid membership to Namebio you only see the stats at the bottom of the free searches allowed. These total 848.9k Total Sales $1.9b Dollar Volume $2,258 Average Price $55.3k […]

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Filed Under: Domain Sales, domaining news, Namebio

Niq.com Buyer revealed

October 1, 2020 by Raymond Hackney 2 Comments

Early August Shane Cultra tweeted out he and Travis sold Niq.com for somewhere close to their $250,000 asking price on BrandBucket. Niq.com has been owned by a few well known players in the domain industry. It originally sold on Namepros for $8,750 when Michael Sumner of Namebio sold it. Shane and Travis smartly acquired the […]

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Redhanded.com sold for $20,000 in 2013 expires still brings in $8,988 at GoDaddy expired

September 30, 2020 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

Redhanded.com was purchased at Sedo in 2013 for $20,000. The domain name was used as a redirect to Cammy.com. Cammy, is a camera based alarm system you can trust to keep your home or business safe. There is also an app. There seems like the potential for another end user sale with some sites out […]

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There is a .realty regging frenzy taking place

September 29, 2020 by Raymond Hackney 2 Comments

There is a .realty registration frenzy going on currently. Epik has worked out a promotion with the .realty registry. Now for the first year the domain names are .99 but the renewal is $299. The discussion is lively over at Namepros with those understanding this regging spree for what it is. Register and outbound, get […]

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Detour.com buyer revealed

September 29, 2020 by Raymond Hackney 4 Comments

Detour.com was registered in 1994 and sold for $15,000 on Moniker in 2009. The domain name was then developed into a GPS based walking tours website. The company was self funded by Groupon founder and former CEO Andrew Mason. The company was acquired by Bose. The domain name expired last month and closed at $65,006. […]

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Stericsson from $22,500 to $3,600 – Textbased.com from $160 to $6,600

September 28, 2020 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

ST-Ericsson was a multinational manufacturer of wireless products and semiconductors, supplying to mobile device manufacturers. It was a joint venture between Ericsson and STMicroelectronics established on 3 February 2009 and dissolved 2 August 2013. The domain name STERICSSON.com sold for $22,500 in 2011 at Sedo and dropped a couple days ago. The name closed at […]

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Since Covid it looks like there is a greater demand for “business naming”

September 27, 2020 by Raymond Hackney 4 Comments

Darpan Munjal founder of Squadhelp, tweeted out some info on keywords and Google Trends. Good news for Darpan, business naming search volume is up in the 40 to 60 percent range post Covid. That’s kind of the sentiment Jason Calacanis shared in the podcast with the founder of Ritual. Some businesses are really up during […]

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Filed Under: Branding, Domain trends, squadhelp

The story of how Ritual.com was acquired in what amounts to a three team trade

September 26, 2020 by Raymond Hackney 1 Comment

How Ritual.com got acquired Jason Calacanis spoke with Ritual CEO Kat Schneider on This Week in Startups. Kat talks about buying Ritual.com against the advice of investors. Interestingly Jason thinks the name is a 7 figure domain name. It’s an interesting story of how Kat got the name, I will let you hear it straight […]

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