Platforms combine for 136 sales of $2,000 or more. Newfold Digital’s two domain marketplaces, NameJet and SnapNames, combined to sell about $749k of domain names over $2,000 last month. The total does not include the many sales below that threshold. All told, there were 136 sales of $2,000 or more. Here are some domains that [...]
Google changes hit the company hard in Q3 after strong start to the year. Earlier this week, IONOS (IOS.F) announced that it plans to sell its Sedo unit. The reason was quite clear to industry observers: the traffic arbitrage business Sedo has relied on for much of its revenue in recent years was severely impacted [...]
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What do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names?In this show:• The Sherpas play The Domain Game (starting at the 21:46 mark) where they guess what certain domains were bought and sold for by the Sherpas and discuss the reasons behind their evaluations. Today's domains are Hoth.com, MiniFest.com, and GreatCare.com.• They review [...]
NameJet/SnapNames reported their October domain name sales, Tesoro.com was the top sale at $91,000. Tesoro was a stock I traded a lot back in the 90’s when I was a stock broker. It was acquired by Marathon Petroleum and renamed Andeavor NameJet Domain Name Brand Product Gross Amt tesoro.com Namejet Expiry $91,000 arcon.com [...]
Application describes ways to use AI to assist with parking page creation and optimization. D3Serve, a company applying blockchain technology to domain names, has filed a sweeping patent application (pdf) covering aspects of domain parking systems. The company is an ICANN-accredited registrar offering domain tokenization through its Namefi platform. Its patent application is titled “System [...]
New registries should enter the market with their eyes wide open. A lot of new companies will enter the domain registry business with the next round of new top level domains next year. Last time around, there was irrational exuberance about the opportunity. Hopefully, people now have more realistic expectations. This isn’t just about volumes. [...]