A couple of 5 figure domain name transactions on Monday. Weekdays.com expired at Uniregistry and closed at $29,723 at GoDaddy auctions. CultWines.com sold for $25,000 at Sedo. Weekdays.com sold twice before, and was once owned by Oliver Hoger. It sold at NameJet in 2014 for $5,100 and resold one year …
Read More »$151,000 buyer of Fanbase.com revealed
Back in mid August the domain name Fanbase.com closed at auction on GoDaddy at $151,000. A website went live today and it looks like the site is going to be a service to provide another avenue for content creators and publishers to get paid. Just create content, publish it and …
Read More »Brother.org expires goes for $10,001 – ChrisChristie.com closes at $8,000
A few interesting names on Saturday including the domain name of the 55th Governor of the state of New Jersey, Chris Christie. Brother.org expired and closed at $10,001 on GoDaddy auctions. The domain name never had any content on it over the last 15+ years, according to Archive.org. ChrisChristie.com closed …
Read More »NR1.com closes $5,650 once sold for $25K – DropCatch scores on Recircled.com after GoDaddy no payment
Some interesting domain name transactions on Friday. NR1.com sold for $25,000 back in 2008, it looks like a gentleman who I know from .TV out of Italy purchased the name. In 2015 the name went for just $3,000 on NameJet. The buyer back then owns some interesting names like SquattersRights.com …
Read More »Verisign conference call addresses .com wholesale increase and .web
Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) reported earnings yesterday. Stock is down close to 4% today. The company expects the renewal rate for third-quarter 2020 to be around 73.4%. I thought this was interesting the number of domain names up for renewal in Q4 is 34.8 million. Yahoo provided a transcript of the …
Read More »Using the C.A.R.E. system for brandable domain names
Jenna Jackson wrote an article over at Squadhelp on the C.A.R.E. system. Applying this system to brandable domain names can be a big help to those new to brandable domain name investing. Many times forum members will either ask, “What makes something a good brandable?” Or they will make a …
Read More »$3,000 seems to be the magic number for Qoute.com
Don’t “Quote” me on this, but it seems like $3,000 is the magic number for the typo of the word Quote. A few weeks back I saw that QOUTE.com closed at $3,005 and then $3,250 at GoDaddy auctions. Again GoDaddy failed to secure payment and the domain name dropped. DropCatch …
Read More »FinancialAdvisor.io once sold for $5,000 fetches just $432
FinancialAdvisor.io was sold for $5,000 back in 2016 over at NamePull.com. The domain name was then developed by the buyer Contrast Investing. In 2018 it started redirecting to SmartSavings.io. Archive.org from 2016 They let it expire a couple years later and I guess it was hand registered in 2019 and …
Read More »Google’s John Mueller on the future of SEO
SearchEngineJournal.com published an article on Google’s John Mueller and his thoughts on the future of SEO. I was most interested in the predictions for the future. That AMP is not going away. Accelerated Mobile Pages are always stirs emotions. If you Google AMP Sucks, you will find many articles of …
Read More »GoDaddy cannot secure $31,500 for WeUseCoupons.com NameJet gets the score
WeUseCoupons.com was a website that started up in 2008. Company Overview: Here at WUC, we are all about coupons!! We are an online community full of people who use coupons and discuss when and where to use them. We hope and encourage you to take part in the conversation. If …
Read More »WisconsinGazette.com closes at $35,944
WISCONSINGAZETTE.COM led the action on Sunday, the publication shut down in 2018. From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: The newspaper’s publisher, Louis Weisberg, said the Gazette never broke even during its time in publication. The Gazette did not attract enough print advertising to sustain the publication and the owner, Leonard Sobczak, …
Read More ».Com domain name sales by starting letter – S & C rule the roost
Credit S is the undisputed king for domain name sales based off of starting letter. This is just a fun look at domain sales and starting letters in .com. Every reported sale on Namebio, broken down by starting letter. S and C are the top two letters based on both …
Read More »Shun.com closes at $57,504
Shun.com was the big name on Friday, not the best word for commercial usage, most brands don’t want to persistently avoid, ignore, or reject. But there is a cutlery brand named Shun. The domain was registered since 1996. Estibot valuing it at $170,000. The auction at NameJet closed at $57,504. …
Read More »Thursday saw some decent .co action and some Piratebay related names
Thursday’s action was in .co domains and Piratebay related domain names. Including the highest ever .surf sale (not saying much only a handful reported) PirateBay.Surf. 512 back links for this one but most are no follow. In a comment at thedomains.com Brad (no last name) mentioned why the interest in …
Read More »ECIGARETTE.ORG sold for $14,399 back in 2011 left to expire for $2,035
PromoCode.co.uk sold for $6,280 back in 2014 and resold Wednesday on Sedo for just $2,407. ECIGARETTE.ORG sold for $14,399 back in 2011. The news around vaping is not good 9 years later and the domain name was left to expire and closed at $2,035 at GoDaddy auctions. HOTELRENOVATIONS.COM sold for …
Read More »GoDaddy back to reporting sales Ingles.com sold for $400,000
GoDaddy has returned to announcing some sales. Now the list is limited and it would be nice to get back to the days when Afternic announced. These sales are from June ingles.com $400,000 sold for $49,999 on NameJet in 2014.lendable.com $125,000 sold for $1,877 in 2008 on NameJet.wbs.com $115,000vaninsurance.co.uk $106,769fivenines.com …
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