Domain Agents published a post today on ShareTheBus.com upgrading to Bus.com, a domain name the brokerage firm helped them secure. From the article: “Rebranding was an essential step in our company’s evolution, since our name now accurately communicates the essence of our company: whether you share a bus or need a whole one, we’ll find you a bus to get you where you need to go,” asserts … [Read more...]
Uniregistry expired names going to Dynadot
Page Howe did a post today on DN.biz that Uniregistry expired inventory is going to Dynadot's marketplace. Page wrote: Uniregistry names seem to carry a higher than normal $50 fee, (Dynadot owned names start at $12.99) and seem to be at a set time, about 8 PM EST. That a smart move as opposed to the tough to follow all day expired names period for Dynadot names. You can read the … [Read more...]
Sedo weekly sales led by Creatio.com
Sedo released their weekly sales and Creatio.com was the top sale at 50,000 Euros, ($56,649). It was a light week with less than 50 sales total. Studio.io sold for $20,000 to take second place. 26 .com sales 13 cctld sales 6 other tld sales Domain … [Read more...]
Mary Meeker’s Internet Trends Report 2019
Mary Meeker's Internet trends report for 2019 has been released. Always a must read in my opinion as Mary has been doing this a long time and the report is filled with a lot of data. Recode waded through all 333 slides, ( I have only gone through about 100) Here are two takeaways from Recode.net read the full article. E-commerce is now 15 percent of retail sales. Its growth has slowed … [Read more...]
Swipe.io sells for $68,000 – biggest reported .io sale of all time
Swipe.io closed at $68,000 on Park.io to become the highest .io sale ever recorded according to Namebio. The domain was registered in 2012. There is a Swipe.io by Dignity Games in the Apple and Google app stores. The name was once parked at Undeveloped, swipe.io - a really cool domain parked on Park.io swipe.io/The best place to backorder/drop purchase expiring ccTLD domain … [Read more...]
“I don’t buy from domainers on principle”
To buy, or not to buy, that is the question. So the headline here comes from an email a reader sent me about an exchange they had with an end user. The reader sent a targeted email to just one person, asking them if they would be interested in the domain name they had for sale. The prospect replied, "Sorry Robert, I don't buy from domainers on principle." David. When they asked me what I … [Read more...]
The good, the bad and the ugly – NameJet – 2019 Edition
Back in 2016 we started a series here that looked at the best and worst about companies in the domain industry. Over the last 30 months a lot has changed at many companies so we are revisiting the good, the bad and the ugly. Each post will deal with just one company, readers are encouraged to share their positive and negative experiences. Suggestions for improvement are also … [Read more...]
