Uniregistry will be removing TopCoin, the loyalty based rewards program offered when registering domain names. Many people would always ask how they could use their TopCoins or what value they had. From their website: Topcoin is based on the belief that alternative currencies, and specifically those based on the Bitcoin protocol, will introduce creativity & lower transaction costs in … [Read more...]
Pain.com sells for $399,999
The one word .com sales just keep coming, Plants.com, Files.com and now Pain.com sells on Sedo for $399,999 the seller looks to be Dannemiller Inc. out of San Antonio. The name has been parked at Sedo and registered since 1996. … [Read more...]
What kinds of domains are you looking to buy in 2019?
So as 2018 winds down, what kinds of names are you looking to buy in 2019 and what kind do you hope to liquidate from your current portfolio? Over the last few years we have seen the run up in Chips and then watch them come back down to earth. There was a speculative surge in emojis after Michael Cyger published his guide on everything emoji. Of course new gtlds have people with opinions all … [Read more...]
Files.com sells for $750,000
Bill Sweetman from NameNinja tweeted out that his company and Sedo completed the sale of Files .com for $750,000. I’m thrilled to announce that @NameNinja brokered, in collaboration with @Sedo, the purchase of the ultra-premium domain name https://t.co/m0HkGHWLMM for $750,000 USD. Congratulations to Buyer and Seller, and big thanks to Sedo seller broker @FrankTillmanns. #naming … [Read more...]
Sedo weekly sales led by Plants.com
Sedo released their weekly sales and Plants.com led the way at $450,000. BitTop.com sold for $15,000. Some really random .com sales this week. 29 .com sales 17 cctld sales 3 other told sales Dental.Store sold for $11,785 to lead other tld sales. Domain … [Read more...]
TheDomains.com turns 11
We are celebrating the 11th anniversary of TheDomains.com. Michael Berkens started this journey with the following post back in 2007. The domains.com is now live. We are throwing our hat into the ring, to blog about all things domain. We acknowledge and thank some of the brilliant thinkers who are already blogging about the domain name industry. Many of those blogs appear under our links … [Read more...]
WalMart acquires Art.com
WalMart picks up another business running on a premium one word, three letter domain name. CNBC reported that WalMart will acquire the website Art.com. In 2016 they acquired Jet.com for nearly $3Billion. From the article: Art.com is one of the largest online sellers of art and wall decor globally, Walmart said. A person familiar with the deal said the size of this acquisition is similar to … [Read more...]
