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Pair of $200,000 Sales Share Top Spot on This Week's Domain Sales Chart
A 3-letter .com and the year's biggest non .com gTLD sale to date share the top spot on DNJournal's latest weekly Top 20…
Restructuring of CentralNic Leadership Team Puts 5 Executives in New Roles as COO Exits
The fast growing CentralNic Group has restructured their leadership team with 5 execs moving into new positions and the…
Why GGRG Founder Giuseppe Graziano Decided to Turn the Tables on DNJournal's Ron Jackson
It felt odd being interviewed by someone else, but it was fun revisiting the journey from radio DJ & TV reporter to reco…
2020's Two Biggest Domain Sales to Date Top New Chart - Pair Totalled Over $1 Million
The coronavirus is wreaking havoc around the globe but the virtual world has fared better as more people have to do thei…
Non .Coms Take 8 of the Top 10 Spots on This Week's Chart + $8 Million Sale from 2019 Uncovered!
This has been one of the most extraordinary domain sales weeks we've ever seen. The Top 20 has been turned upside down a…
2019 Ended With Over 362 Million Domains Registered Worldwide - .Com Outperformed Market but .Net Continued Slide
Verisign has released their latest quarterly Domain Name Industry Brief. Total registrations worldwide grew nearly 4% ov…
Foxes in the Henhouse: Why Michael Castello is Concerned About the Domain Industry's Future
Domain industry pioneer Michael Castello is inherently an optimist but feels recent industry consolidation and the rise…
Radix Reports 2019 Revenue, Donuts Names a New CMO and InterNetX/Sedo Issues a Global Domain Report
Several things to share with you today including news from Radix and Donuts and the publication of a Global Domain Repor…
It May Be March But January.com Tops This Week Chart After Selling for Six Figures
As any smart shopper knows, it pays to most things off season when they hit the discount rack. That may not apply to dom…
Domain Community Rallies Around Donna Adams as the Industry Pioneer Faces Life Threatening Health Crisis
For the past two decades Donna Adams (Mahony) has been a constant source of encouragement and support for domain investo…
An Inside Look at the Fabulous/Directnic Offices in Florida and Alexander Schubert's Plan for .Tampa
Domain registrars and new gTLD registries were hot topics when I got together with sone old friends in Tampa this week.
2020's Biggest Domain Sale to Date Tops This Week's Chart with Another 6-Figure Sale Finishing 2nd
A pair of 6-figure sales headline this week's domain sales chart with one of those ranking as the biggest sale reported…
Six-Figure Sale of BTI.com Bags Top Spot on This Week's Domain Sales Chart - ccTLDs & Non .Com gTLDs Did Well Too
The aftermarket gave fans of all domain categories something to celebrate this week. The .coms, ccTLDs and Non .Com gTLD…
New GGRG Report Breaks Down Over $19 Million in Liquid Domain Sales Closed in Q4-2019
GGRG has issued their latest quarterly report on aftermarket sales results for ultra-short .com acronym and numeric doma…
Is the Tide Turning for Domain Investors on the UDRP Front? New Data Uncovered by Howard Neu is Promising
After studying 200 recent UDRP cases attorney Howard Neu found some encouraging news for domain investors who've long fe…
Dave Evanson's Latest Chart Topper Gives Him 2020's Two Highest Reported Domain Sales
Call this week the revenge of the .coms! After non .coms took the top three spots on last week's chart the .coms stormed…
GoDaddy Makes Blockbuster Acquisition of Uniregistry's Registrar & Market and Frank Schilling's Portfolio
In a jaw dropping deal, GoDaddy is acquiring Uniregistry's registrar, their domain marketplace and Frank Schilling's ent…
Voices Rising Against Proposed ICANN Agreement With Verisign That Would Push .Com Prices Up 31% in 4 Years
With the battle over the future of the revered .org TLD still raging, another fight to keep .com prices from soaring is…
GoDaddy's Afternic Honored the Domain Sales Platform's Longest Running Partnerships in Austin
We live in a busy world but there should always be time to stop, say thank you, and show gratitude to those who helped y…
Two New Six-Figure Sales Top This Week's Domain Sales Chart and Neither Are .Coms
Time to do some catching up after NamesCon. A lot of good domain sales were made over the past two weeks with lots of su…
NamesCon Global 2020: The Complete Conference Recap with Photos from Every Session
It's here now - DNJorunal's COMPLETE NamesCon Global coverage with photos from EVERY business session plus unseen shots…
Photos & Highlights from NamesCon Global 2020's Fun Day That Closed the Conference Saturday
NamesCon Global closed with an all day casual networking event Saturday that provided an opportunity to catch up with ol…
Day 3 Photos & Highlights from the NamesCon Global 2020 Conference Friday in Austin, Texas
Friday was the final business day at NamesCon Global 2020 with only a Saturday Fun Day still to go. Here are the Friday…
Day 2 Photos & Highlights From the 2020 NamesCon Global Conference Thursday in Austin Including New GoDaddy CEO's Embrace of Domain Investors
There were a lot of exciting developments at NamesCon Global Thursday, especially what new GoDaddy CEO Aman Bhutani had…
Opening Day Photos & Highlights from the 2020 NamesCon Global Conference in Austin, Texas
NameCon Global got off to a great start Wednesday in Austin, Texas. Here is a capsule look at the busy opening day and n…
Early Birds Got NamesCon Global 2020 Off to a Great Start at Pre-Show Parties Last Night in Austin
NamesCon Global officially opens this morning in Austin, Texas, but things were already in full western swing in the Lon…
A Few Final Notes Before the NamesCon Global Curtain Goes Up Including Our Conference Coverage Plans
Some great late adds to the NamesCon Global agenda and ho we will be covering the conference's first visit to Austin.
Second Half Surge Gave Radix a Record Breaking Year for Premium Domain Sales Revenue in 2019
Radix has released their latest semi-annual report detailing the new gTLD registry operator's premium domain sales resul…
Dates Set for NamesCon Europe, DAN.com's New, Lease to Own Option, Dunn & Daniel Discuss Big Deals!
Several topics to cover in the Lowdown at DNJournal today. Dates have now been set for NamesCon Europe, DAN.com unveils…
Results.com Rings the Six-Figure Bell to Top This Week's Domain Sales Chart
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. One-word .coms remain hot with 3 of the top 4 spots going to…
Mike Sullivan Adds The Ultimate Domain Resource Guide to His 13-Year-Old Industry Blog
Mike Sullivan has been insightfully writing about this business since 2007 at SullysBlog.com. Now he has added an impres…
Guta.com's 2019 Premium Domain Sales Observation Report Shows Big Jump in Demand for One-Word .Coms
International domain brokerage Guta.com has released their annual Premium Domain Sales Observation Report covering 2019.
The First Six-Figure Sale of the New Year Leads This Week's Domain Sales Chart
Week two of the 2020 domain sales season produced the new year's first reported six-figure sale. It helped the .coms swe…
20-Year Industry Pro Alan Dunn Launches New Podcast at DomainStories.com
This is going to be GOOD! One of the most knowledgeable people in this business has launched a new podcast & released 7…
Industry Veteran Toby Hardy Joins Forces with Don Nelson to Launch New Domain Sales & Consulting Firm
After meeting for the first time at a domain event last summer, two domain industry (and military) veterans have launche…
2019 Domain Sales Season Ends with a Canadian ccTLD Beating All Comers to Win the Year's Last Chart Race
Another year is in the books and this one ended with a surprise finish. He is roundup of all of the notable sales report…
NamesCon's Soeren von Varchmin & Helga Neumer Reveal What's in Store for Revamped Event in Austin
NamesCon Global 2020 is just 3 weeks away. Here is an inside look at changes show organizers have made to help fuel indu…
Verisign Reports Global Domain Registrations Reached Nearly 360 Million at End of 3Q-2019
.Coms and ccTLDs led rise with ccTLD registrations soaring 8.4% year over year and .coms jumping 4.7%. However, .net con…
Saw.com's Jeff Gabriel & Amanda Waltz Give Us Their Domain Sales Forecast for 2020 (and Beyond)
A new year is just days away and everyone is wondering what the future holds for domain investors. Two of the industry's…
Mastermind.com Flipped for $325,000 Profit in 1 Year! New 600K Sale Tops This Week's Chart
Mastermind.com will make this a very Merry Christmas for a domain investor who sold the name for 600K after buying it fo…
OneHome.com Wins Top Spot on This Week's Domain Sales Chart with High Five-Figure Sale at Sedo
Sedo brought home the bacon this week, topping our latest weekly all extension Top 20 Sales Chart and putting four ccTLD…
Jeff Gabriel is Back! Record Breaking Domain Broker Launches Saw.com with Amanda Waltz
Ever since Jeff Gabriel left Uniregistry in August people have been wondering what's next for him. In an exclusive video…
NamesCon Global Releases Ambitious Dual Track Agenda for January 2020 Show in Austin
NamesCon Global has released the agenda for their 7th annual show coming up next month in Austin, Texas. We have the low…
Wanda.com Beats Total Price Paid for a Trio of 3-Letter .Coms to Top This Week's Sales Chart
3-letter .coms often command big bucks but Wanda.com wiped the floor with all three of the ones on this week's leader bo…
Two 6-Figure Sales and One of Year's 5 Biggest New gTLD Sales Top This Week's Sales Chart
As Americans head into the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, domain investors can be be thankful for a market that continues…
NamesCon Global 2020 News Including 1st Keynote Speaker, Live Domain Auction & Fun Day Finale
With the 2020 NamesCon Global conference in Austin, Texas just two months away show updates are starting to come in hot…
7-Figure Sale of TM.com and a 6-Figure Sale from Rick Schwartz Top This Week's Sales Chart
Nice week for domain sales. Two heavyweights top the charts, 3 .orgs land in the Top 20 and 6 ccTLDs make the elite list…
New Reports from Guta.com and GGRG.com Shed Light on Q3-2019 Domain Sales Activity
Two new reports on Q3-2019 sales of short .com domain names (categories that generate the biggest sales) show the latest…
Ethos Capital Acquisition of Public Interest Registry (.ORG) Stirs Controversy
A private equity firm's acquisition of the Public Interest Registry and it popular .org TLD (closely associated with non…
TM.Com Changes Hands for $1.25 Million in Deal Handled by Mark Thomas at VIPBrokerage.com
Chalk up another home run for VIP Brokerage Founder & CEO Mark Thomas. His firm now has two of the four biggest sales re…
3-Letter .Coms Claim 3 of Week's 5 Biggest Sales - One of Year's 10 Biggest Non .Com gTLD Sales Also Reported
This week the domain aftermarket produced something for everyone. The .coms had their usual full plate but the non .com…
Phenomenal Outing for Phenom.com - Brokerage Banks Over $750,000 With 4 of Week's Top 5 Sales
James Booth recently rebranded his domain brokerage from BQDN.com to Phenom.com and his latest sales show the name fits.
Gorilla.com Goes Ape! Smashes Door Into the Year's Top Ten with a $496,000 Sale
Monte Cahn's RightOfTheDot.com has put up the year's latest heavyweight domain sales - ringing up almost $500,000 for Go…
Latest Domain Sales Trends Revealed in Escrow.com's 3Q-2019 Domain Investment Index Report
New Escrow.com report shows rising sales in 3Q-2019. Also, the UK passes China as the 2nd strongest market for domain sa…
7-Figure Sale of a 3-Letter .Com Rocks This Week's Domain Sales Chart - Deal Ranks Among Year's Top 3
For only the fourth time this year a domain sale has broken the million-dollar mark. The 3-letter .com sold for 5 times…
The Envelope Please - A Complete List of Winners of the 1st Annual .ORG Impact Awards
The inaugural .ORG Impact Awards were presented to 12 individuals and organizations during a gala dinner in Washington,…
$233,000 .Com Sale at Sedo Tops This Week's Chart - Two of Year's 10 Biggest .Net Sales Also Reported
The autumn weather appears to be bringing domain buyers out of the woodwork. There was good news for both .coms and non…
ICA Names 9 Lonnie Borck Memorial Award Nominees - Winner to Be Announced at NamesCon 2020
The winner of the 2020 Lonnie Borck Memorial Award will honored for his or her contributions to the domain name communit…
ICA Taking Lonnie Borck Award Noms - .ORG Impact Awards to be Presented Next Week
Awards season is here. The ICA wants your nominations for the 4th annual Lonnie Borck Memorial Award and .ORG Impact Awa…
Carrot.com Sticks Six-Figure Landing to Take Top Spot on This Week's Sales Chart
The race for the the top spot on our latest weekly Top 20 Domain Sales Chart was a runaway thanks to a $565,000 sale tha…
Name Ninja Bill Sweetman Closes $565,000 Sale of Carrot.com as Buyer Pays Off Balance Early
We told you about a 600K deal for Carrot,.com last spring. In exchange for a discount the buyer paid it off years ahead…
Six-Figure Sale of Glance.com Gives Sedo Top Spot on This Week's Sales Chart
A quick glance at our latest weekly all extension Top 20 Domain Sales Chart is all you need to see it was a big week for…
Domain King Rick Schwartz Lets It Rip in Wide Ranging New Video Podcast at Domainer.com.au
Rick Schwartz spent a rollicking 72 minutes sharing his unvarnished thoughts on the domain business in a new video podca…
Seattle.com Added to Extraordinary Portfolio of Big City .COM GeoDomains Offered by Geocentric Media
We previously told you about a portfolio of more than 20 big city .com geodomains being put up for sale. A new gem has j…
LifeForce.com Lands at #1 on This Week's Sales Chart - 2 ccTLDs Make Top 5 & a New gTLD Goes Top 10
This week's domain sales report gives just about everybody something to be happy about! Fans of every category have some…
Public Interest Registry's .ORG Rolls Out Global Rebrand with New Website and Logos
The venerable .ORG extension has gotten a major makeover that went public today when a new website and visual identity w…
.ORG Demonstrates Growing Power - Tops This Week's Sales Chart with $45,999 Sale at SnapNames
The biggest domain sale reported each week is usually a .com but that wasn't the case this week as .ORG pulled off the u…
GGRG Releases Their Latest Quarterly Report on Short .Com Domain Sales in an Impressive New Format
Domain brokerage GGRG has given their quarterly report on liquid domain sales a major makeover. You can check it out whi…
Holiday Weekend in U.S. Accompanied By Absence of Big Spenders in Domain Aftermarket
Despite the long Labor Day holiday weekend in the U.S. we saw a lot of solid mid-range sales but the big spenders joined…
Verisign Says Total Domain Registrations Jumped 4.4% YOY Led by .Coms & Surging ccTLDs
Verisign has released their latest quarterly Domain Name Industry Brief covering 2Q-2019 and worldwide registration resu…
Skew.com Sends Uniregistry Straight to the Top of This Week's Domain Sales Chart
Uniregistry and Sedo dominated this week's sales chart. Between the two of them, they swept all but one entry on our wee…
Top 2 Names on This Week's Chart Total 400K + Price Paid for Pharmacy.com in 2008 Revealed
The new weekly sales report is out at DNJournal.com. Along with the week's top sales we finally learned how much Pharmac…
Guta.com Releases Their Q2-2019 Premium Domain Sales Report & Unveils New Office in Xiamen, China
The folks at Guta.com have been busy this summer. They've just released their latest report on aftermarket sales and als…
A ccTLD & a .Com That Was Quickly Flipped for a 500% Profit Top This Week's Sales Chart
How would you like to buy a domain for $10,000 and sell it for $50,000 four months later? That happened with one of this…
Domain Packages Begin Filling the Gap Between Sales of Individual Domains and Entire Portfolios
When domains are put up for sale owners usually try to sell them individually but, in addition to the occasional portfol…
Uniregistry Dominates This Week's Chart After Deciding to Release Their Top Sales Each Week
The new weekly domain sales report is out and it was another big week for domain sales, especially since Uniregistry add…
PIR to Host a .ORG Community Forum & the Impact Awards Ceremony in Washington D.C. October 10
If you operate a .ORG website or have one planned, you might want to make a trip to Washington DC this fall for a free c…
The Weekend Was Nirvana for Domain Investors With Meetups On Both Sides of the Globe and an Industry Pioneer Online
With domain investor meetups in Asheville & New Delhi and one of the industry's pioneers holding court online, it was a…
Radix TLDs Produced $1.36 Million in Premium Domain Sales in the First Half of 2019
Radix has released a new report detailing premium domain sales results in the first half of 2019 for the nine gTLDs the…
Sedo Selects Michael Robrock to Fill Newly Created Position as Chief Operating Officer
For the first time, Sedo has a COO, a role that will be filled by new management board member Michael Robrock who brings…
The Big Numbers Are Back: A Million $ Sale at Sedo and Two Others in 6 Figures Top This Week's Chart
After taking a bit of a breather a week ago the domain aftermarket was flying high again this week with some big numbers…
Record Breaking Domain Broker Jeff Gabriel Wraps Up 7-Year Run With Uniregistry
Domain sales giant Jeff Gabriel is closing yet another successful chapter in his remarkable career as his 7-year run wit…
NamesCon Global 2020 Announces Change in Dates for January Show in Austin, Texas
NamesCon Global 2020 will start three days later than originally planned to make way for a special closing day event.
India's Annual DomainX Conference Returns This Weekend With New Domain Auction Added to the Mix
The 6th annual DomainX conference will be held this weekend in New Delhi. For the first time this show will include a li…
16 Years of DNJournal & Domain Industry History Discussed in New Edition of the Domainer Show
DNJ's Ron Jackson was the guest on a new edition of The Domainer Show that covers 16 years of industry history as well a…
In a Diverse Week for Domain Sales a Dozen .Coms, Six ccTLDs and a Pair of Non .Com gTLDs Earned Chart Entries
We've seen a lot of big domain sales this summer so it was probably time for the market to take a breather but it was st…
.ORG Registry Operator PIR Releases Annual Report Detailing 2018 Results and 2019 Initiatives
Public Interest Registry (PIR) released its 2018 Annual Report today. The report highlighted 2018 developments and plans…
Joe Uddeme at NameExperts.com Books $285,000 Sale To Top This Week's Chart
After ringing up one of last year's 10 biggest sales, Joe Uddeme is back with one of this year's 15 biggest deals to dat…
Buyer of Money.com.au Details How He Made His Chart Topping Acquisition in a New Domainer Show Interview
A couple of weeks ago we told you about a newly revealed AUD $400,000 domain sale of Money.com.au. Now the buyer is shar…
Domain Sales Explode with 6 Six-Figure Sales Igniting the Blast - Year's 2 Biggest ccTLD Sales to Date Helped Fuel the Fire
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com and, top to bottom, it it was a spectacular show for the doma…
It Pays to Be Patient: How Michael Castello & Walt "Baby" Love Landed a $1.5 Million Deal for Room.com
In the latest Cover Story at DNJournal.com we share the fascinating back story of Michael Castello's latest seven-figure…
ICA/WIPO Public Webinar Wednesday to Address WhoIs Chaos Created By GDPR
GDPR has played havoc with attempts to use public WhoIs records to find out how to contact a domain's owner. This webina…
Results from the NamesCon Europe 2019 Live Domain Auction Released - Online Auction Still Underway
Final results from the live domain auction staged by NameJet and RightOfTheDot at the NamesCon Europe conference are now…
Sedo Soars With a Blockbuster $798,000 Sale and The Year's Biggest ccTLD Sale to Top This Week's Charts
Sedo is closing June with a bang - logging a $798,000 blockbuster, a 2nd six-figure sale, the year's biggest ccTLD sale…
Photos & Highlights from NamesCon Europe 2019's Show Closing Beach Party in Portugal
The Beach Party that closed NamesCon Europe Saturday showed us some of our domain industry friends know how to surf more…
Photos & Highlights from Day 2 of the 2019 NamesCon Europe Conference in Cascais, Portugal Friday
The 2019 NamesCon Europe conference continued Friday in Portugal with another busy day of business and an evening cruise…
Photos & Highlights from Day 1 of the 2019 NamesCon Europe Conference in Cascais, Portugal
The 2019 NamesCon Europe conference is underway and we have photos and highlights from the busy opening day for you.
Biggest Public Cash Domain Sale Ever Reported & Year's Highest Non .Com Sale Headline This Week's Chart
The new weekly domain sales report is out at DNJournal.com. So much for the summer doldrums - it was a record breaking w…
Undeveloped.com Becomes DAN.COM With Launch of Their New Domain Automation Network
Domain marketplace Undeveloped.com has moved to a new domain - DAN.COM - to launch its new blockchain-powered Domain Aut…
$30 Million Sale of Voice.com Sets New Record for Highest Cash Price Paid for a Domain Name
A public company has sold its Voice.com domain name for $30 million in the biggest cash sale we have seen since we began…
NamesCon Global Announces Dates and Opens Registration for 2020 Show in Austin, Texas
In January NamesCon Global announced the show would move from Las Vegas to Austin in 2020 - now we have the dates and lo…
A $950,000 Sale Booked by Larry Fischer and the Year's Biggest ccTLD Sale Highlight This Week's Chart
Larry Fischer landed another whale this week - topping our latest weekly sales chart with a name that hit nearly $1 mill…
PIR Announces New .ORG Impact Awards to Recognize Achievements in the .ORG Community
PIR, the administrator of .ORG, has launched The .ORG Impact Awards, a new program designed to recognize .ORG website ow…
Final Countdown to NamesCon Europe 2019 Underway - Here's What to Expect from the Big Show in Portugal
NamesCon Europe gets underway two weeks from today in Cascais, Portugal with connected with show organizers to get you t…
Diverse Week for Domain Sales With a Pair of 3-Letter .Coms, 5 ccTLDs and 3 .ORGs in the Top 20
We didn't see any 6-figure domain sales this week but we did see a wide assortment of domains on our latest weekly Top 2…
Photos & Highlights From the 2019 Global Digital Summit in Xiamen, China
China's 2019 Global Digital Summit wrapped up over the weekend and we have photos & highlights from the big event in the…
Latest Verisign Quarterly Report Says Worldwide Domain Registrations Increased By 18 Million In Past Year
Verisign has released their latest Domain Name Industry Brief covering 1Q-2019. There is good news for .coms and ccTLDs…
Free.Games Tops This Week's Chart After Changing Hands for Big Bucks in Year's Biggest Non .Com Sale to Date
Last year four reported new gTLD sales reached six figures. With this year almost half over none have been reported at t…
Guta.com's Latest Quarterly Report on Premium Domain Sales Provides Insight Into 1Q-2019 Market Activity
Brokerage firm Guta.com has some interesting sales data in their latest quarterly report. One-word .com dictionary domai…
Sedo Cooks Up One of Year's Five Biggest Sales to Date to Top This Week's Chart
Sedo Senior Broker Dave Evanson was back in the sales kitchen this week, cooking up his latest six-figure chart topper.
New Escrow.com Report Shows Domain Sales Rebounding - Up 10% in Q1-2019 From 4Q-2018
Escrow.com's new quarterly Domain Investment Index report covering Q1-2019 includes a lot of good news for domain invest…
Mega Sale of Medidata.com Tops This Week's Domain Sales Chart and Ranks #3 Year to Date
George Kirikos has uncovered another high end domain sale that tops this week's sales chart and takes a place among the…
China's Global Digital Summit Returns to Xiamen May 31-June 1 for 2019 Event at the Swiss Hotel
Last year's Global Digital Summit in China was so well received show organizers decided to stage the upcoming 2019 confe…
Chicago.info and Opinions.org Sold for About the Same Price. Which One Was the Better Buy?
These two domains from our latest weekly domain sales report look to be great buys at just over $2,000 each. Which one d…
A Two-Character .COM and One of Year's 5 Biggest ccTLD Sales Headline This Week's Chart
The new weekly domain sales report is out. While no blockbuster sales were reported seven solid mid range sales earned s…
Sedo Removes Minimum Sales Fee & Lowers Minimum Bid Requirements for the Rest of 2019
Sedo has just made flipping domains at the lower end of the price spectrum a much less expensive sales strategy.
LosAngeles.com & SanFrancisco.com Added to Unprecedented Big City Geodomain Portfolio Sale
The remarkable portfolio of 20 big city .com geodomains that Geocentric Media put on the market last month has gotten ev…
NamesCon Europe Releases New Information on the Event Coming to Portugal in June
The 11th annual edition of NamesCon Europe (formerly Domaining Europe) is coming up in June. A preliminary agenda and mo…
A One-Word .COM & Year's Biggest ccTLD Sale to Date Headline This Week's Domain Sales Chart
It would be fair to call this week's #1 reported domain sale a monumental sale. We also saw the biggest ccTLD sale of 20…