Captain Gizmo put together at how websites have evolved in popularity from 1993 to the present. While watching the video it’s cool to see how sites gained and lost traffic. Aol was cruising along and then came Yahoo, etc… Here’s a look at the websites with the most traffic since 1993, and when each site […]
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Whales, Builders, and Flippers
What is the best time to invest in new gTLD domains? This is, of course, the million-dollar question. Different investors approach this very differently. As per my observation, there are basically 3 main groups of new gTLD domain investors: I will call the first group “Whales” (early investors, usually with a lot of money, usually […]
Continue ReadingBuyDomains sells Nike co-founder PhilKnight.com points to Trump fundraising page
Just Sell It! BuyDomains sells PhilKnight.com I write about celebrity domain names a lot, some sell, some are lost in UDRP’s or taken to court. Phil Knight is the co-founder and chairman emeritus of Nike, Inc. While a billionaire he never sought to secure PhilKnight.com. BuyDomains has owned PhilKnight.com for many years. They sold the […]
Continue ReadingPDFzone.com closes at $75,000 at GoDaddy auctions
PDFzone.com closed at $75,000 on GoDaddy auctions. A former website with Domain Authority 45 Page Authority 37 Moz Rank 3.7. Majestic stats Trust flow of 23 and Citation flow of 24. Educational Ref. Backlinks 89 Governmental Ref. Backlinks 2 Educational Ref. Domains 31 Governmental Ref. Domains 1 The website was once owned by Ziff Davis […]
Continue Reading$50,000 buyer of MELP.com revealed
Melp.com sold for $50,000 on Sedo back at the end of July. The domain name was parked at Sedo and the seller looks to have been from South Korea. The buyer is a company out of The Netherlands. MELP BV It looks like they are a healthcare related company and MELP is an acronym of […]
Continue ReadingFrontier.xyz sold for $9,888 is up and running
Back in July I interviewed Swetha from DNGear.com about her approach and success with .xyz. In August she did not quit and made 3 out of the top 10 new gtld sales for August. Including numbers 2 and 3. Number 2 was Frontier.xyz, the domain name sold for $9,888. The domain is already up and […]
Continue ReadingOOTD.com and Vest.co – A tale of two 4 letter domain names
A tale of two different outcomes for two 4 letter domain names on Tuesday. Vest.co and OOTD.com. Interestingly both names were used as redirects. OOTD.com was purchased for $3,000 back in 2009 and was used as a redirect to www.offeroftheday.co.uk. The domain name was sold on Tuesday for $40,000. Interestingly there are a lot of […]
Continue ReadingAugust reported domain name sales down $700K vs July – New Gtld sales were higher
Looking back at August 2020 Domain Name Sales. Here we will examine domain name sales and data trends for certain naming categories. August saw Namebio reporting 10,710 vs 10,921 sales in July. Dollar value in August was $8.7 million vs $9.4 million in July. Quick Glance: Total Domain Sales were off $700,000 in August vs […]
Continue ReadingThe year of the noun when it comes to startup naming trends?
Crunchbase published an article yesterday on how startup names are becoming less silly. They tweeted out: Call it the year of the noun. Funded startups are choosing brands made up of recognized words or names that describe what they do. Some see this as a goodbye to BrandBucket type made up or invented names. Others […]
Continue ReadingChaotic vs Structured Portfolios
What is a chaotic domain portfolio? Today I will start with another great investment mistake, something that many new gTLD investors are already familiar with (or are slowly becoming familiar with, depending on the overall structure of their portfolio and when they have started). I have not found yet a term for that in the […]
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