This Afternic twitter convo is getting a little heated. I am not sure it’s the best look and wonder how many people might pull their names out of Afternic? Afternic Reseller partners spend significant money and resources to get eyes on premium domains. Pricing discrepancies create confusion and an overall …
Read More »Reported New Gtld domain name sales start the year off slow January comes in at just $139K
Looking back at January there were 216 reported new gtld domain name sales at Namebio. This is compared to 274 in December. Sales totaled $139,000 vs $267,300 in December. Average price per sale came in at $635 down from $960 in December. With Swetha not reporting her sales, .xyz posted …
Read More »Web3 Domain provider to offer .1 and .country blockchain domain names
DappRadar.com published a piece on a new domain name system being offered on the Harmony blockchain. The Harmony blockchain introduced a new domain name system to empower the building of Web3 identities and add momentum to the creator economy. The system includes the .1 and .country domains, which inherit the …
Read More »A look at GoDaddy reported sales data 2022 vs 2021
When you decide to look at the macro picture of recorded domain name sales on Namebio, GoDaddy has far more sales recorded than any other venue. These are mostly wholesale prices based off expired auctions. Now what’s interesting is that for a part of 2021 GoDaddy was actually reporting retail …
Read More »What a difference a decade makes for PartyPooper.com
Back in 2013 PartyPooper.com went for just $305 at NameJet. What a difference a decade makes. The domain name expired and closed at GoDaddy auctions on Wednesday at $5,877. There is a developed website at Party-Pooper.com a Utah based waste management company. No activity on the domain name according to …
Read More »$69,888 buyer of Conduit.xyz revealed
Back in December of last year, Swetha posted an impressive sale. Conduit.xyz sold for $69,888. At the time I mentioned the name was first owned by a William Waltz and Conduit, Inc. Then Swetha owned it and she let it drop only to reacquire it. The domain name was not …
Read More »Pharmacia.com left to drop by Pfizer closes at $18k
Pharmacia was a Swedish pharma and biotech company that merged with Upjohn back in the mid nineties. According to Wikipedia, The company is named after the Greek word φαρμακεία, transliterated pharmakeia, which means ‘sorcery’. In 2002 Pfizer bought Pharmacia for $60 billion. The domain name Pharmacia.com was finally left to …
Read More »Braden Pollock sells StoneAge.com for $120,200
Braden Pollock cranked another one out of the park with a $120,200 sale of StoneAge.com. Registered in 1995 with one prior drop. According to DotDB.com StoneAge is registered in 104 extensions. StoneAge.net redirects to CarnegieStone.com. The .org and .co are listed for sale. Congrats to Braden The post Braden Pollock …
Read More »An analysis of European online shops and their domain names
Simone over at InternetX.com (an advertiser here) took a deep dive into the European ecommerce market. Analyzing domain choices around the continent. The importance of domains for online shops Domain names play a crucial role in creating and developing online businesses. First, from a technical point of view, they allow …
Read More »Sports.gg buyer has very ambitious plans
Back on Halloween of last year, Logan Flatt and his Media Code LLC posted the highest reported .gg domain name sale of all time. Sports.gg sold for $96,000. Flatt told Andrew over at DNW.com that he acquired the domain name for less than $1K on DNWE.com. The website that’s now …
Read More »Squadhelp updates commission terms
GoDaddy is streamlining commissions across all their properties. That news certainly riled up many investors as Namepros has a very long thread with many members chiming in. Squadhelp announced a change to their commissions that sell through Afternic. Starting February 1st, we will be reducing the commission for premium approved …
Read More »GoDaddy was busy with 3Character and 4 Character names on Saturday. H33.com tops the list at $19,500 it sold for $9,200 in 2015
Quite a lot of action in the mixed letters and numbers genre on Saturday. From the classic LNN to the same LLNN, GoDaddy did well. H33.com was the high close at $19,500. H33.com previously sold for $9,2000 back at Sedo in 2015. Kind of will that the retail price was …
Read More »Sedo Most Searched keywords for December 2022
Sedo most searched keywords for December 2022 saw SkinCycling at the top. It was the first month in a long time without NFT in the top 10. Shop which was first in November was in second place. Familiar keywords to the top 10, bet, crypto and casino were all in …
Read More »Will Web3 domain investors have the patience to stay for the long haul?
TechCrunch published an article on Web3 investors and how on the Venture Capital side they are in it for the long haul. From the article: “Those who understand the space know there’s a lucrative future that’s still in its earliest days,” they said. “Those who don’t understand the space also …
Read More »Interview with Kristaps Ronka – CEO NameSilo
I had a talk with Kristaps Ronka the CEO of NameSilo (NameSilo is an advertiser here at TLDinvestors.com). Kristaps shares his thoughts on the coming year, NameSilo products and much more Q1) It was almost one year ago when you decided not to sell the company. Do you feel good …
Read More »Fora.tv $50,251 auction price was all about the links
Fora.tv closed at $50,251 on GoDaddy auctions. GoDaddy is the new operator of the .tv registry. This was an expired auction and the company behind the name was founded way back in 2005. Time Magazine named it one of the 50 best websites for 2009. The company had a vast …
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