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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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. The post NameSilo May 2022 Aftermarket report appeared first on TLD Investors.

NFT was the most searched keyword at Sedo for May 2022. NFT was in second place back in March, for some reason there was no April report. Monkey was second and DIY third. Bet and Casino also made the top 10. Pics dropped to 6th place. Graphic advertisements for specific …

A couple recent big money closes at GoDaddy auctions have updated. LocalMotors.com closed at $88,000. Local Motors out of Chandler, Arizona closed on 14 January 2022, with their closure announced by Chris Stoner, their former VP of sales and customer success. It looks like whoever was in control of domain …

6500.com sold for $120,000 back in 2019 by the people over at Guta. The four number domain name was left to expired and closed at half that amount at GoDaddy auctions. This is still the highest price for reported four number domain name sales at Namebio for the last two …

The June .ai auctions wrapped up at whois.ai and Learn.ai took the top spot at $11,590. This was the only five figure close. There were 11 four figure closes this time around. In total 42 names were auctioned and generated $47,200 in closing prices. Monkey.ai had sold previously back in …

Dynadot released their April 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 – APRIL …

Over the last two years there have been just 8 reported LLL.com sales under $20,000. The common theme? Q and V. All but one sale contains at least one and 4 contain both. These are difficult names to sell, you need to find the perfect end user that has the …

A lot of odd looking names topped the charts of domain name sales at Namebio today. A lot of repetitive type NNNLLL names, the kind we used to see frequently when the Chinese favored names were going for solid prices. Back when CHIP was a popular buzzword. 999JJJ.com was the …

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. …

NameSilo (an advertiser here) posted Q1 2022 earnings. CEO Kristaps Ronka stated, “2022 has started off as we ended 2021, with strong momentum resulting in our second consecutive quarter of revenues exceeding $10 million. Financial Highlights of the Company: The Company experienced financial results in fiscal Q1 2022 as set …