It's always beneficial to have a lot of eyes looking at sales reports. Sometimes there is an unbelievable buy you may have missed, or there might be something that seems odd and might not have really sold. There was a comment left a couple days ago about a name listed for sale on a previous Sedo weekly sales report. Commenter Mary said: mary says June 25, 2017 at 10:28 … [Read more...]
XYB.com sold for $100,000
Namerpros member BetTheLot (Graham Haynes) announced on Namepros that he sold XYB.com for $100,000. The transaction was completed with a broker named Ivy at ename. BetTheLot mentioned It will be a shortening of a pinyin phrase. He cited Xiao long Bao. Which is a very famous type of food which has many restaurants in every town in China. Kassey Lee wrote: For example, it'll be an … [Read more...]
Politico takes a look at the Trump domain portfolio
Politico used three writers and put together an interactive article on the domain names registered by the Trump Organization. The writers are hoping to show a road map to where the Trump Organization has been and where it is going. From the article: Three weeks before Donald Trump officially accepted the Republican nomination last year, the Trump Organization renewed licenses on … [Read more...]
PayPal Is Getting Some Competition As Zelle Launches Through Major Banks
Paypal is about to get some competition as a new service called Zelle has teamed up with several national banks including Bank of America, Capital One, BB&T, Chase, Citi, TD Bank, Sun Trust and US Bank to name a few. According to its site which is located at the domain name ZellePay.com, its "the new, easy way to send money in minutes directly between U.S. bank accounts — right from your … [Read more...]
Karma’s a bitch (.com)
Almost exactly 5 years ago, a UDRP decision was made that had most domain investors saying WTF! The domain name Vanity.com was lost in a UDRP. Mike wrote about it on Jun 20, 2012. And now today Mike uncovered this from Hilco Streambank that the complainant in the case has filed Chapter 11 and that their assets will be auctioned off. Chapter 11 Acquisition Opportunity Intellectual Property … [Read more...]
Sedo weekly sales led by YMB.com
Sedo released their weekly sales and YMB.com led the way at $35,000. okChina.com was number two at $32,500. Casino.co.jp sold for $20,000. I did contact Sedo and told them they put this in the wrong category. .Co.JP is the country code for Japan. I liked Shoppo.com for $10,000. There were a lot of names I am sure most would have appraised at reg fee that pulled in $2,000 - $4,000. I … [Read more...]
Verisign: The Number of .Com Domain Registration Pass 129 Million For 1st Time
According to Verisign (VRSN) which operates the .Com registry, the number of .Com domain names in the Domain Name Base has passed 129 Million for the 1st time. The number of .Com domain names in the Domain Name Base passed 128 Million for the 1st time in September 2016. The number of .Com domain passed 127 Million in May of 2016; 126 Million domain names in March 2016. So growth of … [Read more...]
