Paul Graham co-founder of startup accelerator Y Combinator posted a few things about domain names on X. He only deals with prices. In advising Startups and helping them purchase names he mentioned he just skips names that say make offer. If you're trying to sell a domain name, quote a price. I often help startups find new names, and we always just skip the names that say "make offer." A name is … [Read more...]
Sedo weekly domain name sales led by TheAi.com
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and TheAi.com led the way at $65,000. Filed.com sold for $45,000 to take second place. zonnepanelen.be sold for 36,000 Euro, ($37,873). There were two .ai domain name sales inv.ai and 41.ai. 45.com sales 31 cctld sales 4 other tld sales Highlights of public SedoMLS sales are: Filed.com at 45,000 USDAccrued.com at 22,500 … [Read more...]
Domainer Twitter has been spicy this past week
Different communities on Twitter gain their own little designation, NFL Twitter, NBA Twitter, StarWars Twitter, etc... A decade ago it would have seemed there would be no way there was a Domainer Twitter, I mean for years people preached only produce content on your domain name the thing which you control. Don't let a third party censor you or take your handle away for whatever reason they … [Read more...]
Escrow.com releases Q1 2024 Domain Name Report
Escrow.com released their Q1 2024 Domain name report and .ai once again showed strength. $2.6M in Q1 2024 and a good chance most of those sales are not reported on Namebio. This quarter, the total domain name volume on Escrow.com continues to increase from $79M in 4Q23 to $84M in 1Q24. Key highlights include: Total transaction value, by regionDomain name transactions transacted from the … [Read more...]
RightOfTheDot Set to Host Groundbreaking Digital Asset Auction at NamesCon 2024
Right of The Dot put out a press release with information on the upcoming NamesCon auction scheduled to take place live on June 6, 2024, at 3:00 PM CT AUSTIN, Texas, /PRNewswire/ -- RightOfTheDot, LLC (ROTD.com), the premier destination for domain name sales, brokerage, auction, consulting, and advisement, is excited to announce its auction of premium digital assets, spotlighting an … [Read more...]
Tiger.Trade upgrades to Tiger.com
Andy Booth sold Tiger.com a domain name that he did not hold for a long time, he acquired it this year and sold it this year. We now know the buyer is Tiger.Trade. Andy did mention on X that the domain was acquired on a payment plan. “Tiger.com was sold yesterday thanks to the help of @amiller325gd and @HilcoDigital . It’s a fair price, will enable lots of good stuff to happen, but can’t say … [Read more...]
Google gives some insights on domain age and search rankings
Roger Montti at Search Engine Journal published a back and forth on X between an SEO consultant and John Mueller of Google. “Does the age of a domain name impact Google search rankings?” Mueller first replied, “Primarily those who want to sell you aged domains :-)” He then later tweeted, “No, domain age helps nothing.” Montti did mention how a Google patent might have had some thinking … [Read more...]