Over the past week, 622 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $2m. 58% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: Top .com: gwh.com at 57,306 USD Top ccTLD: lumax.de at 6,000 EUR Top “other” TLD: private-krankenversicherungen.net (Private health insurance) at 11,900 … [Read more...]
Archives for February 2016
Escrow.com Announces new service “Domain Concierge”
Escrow.com is out with a press release today that announces their new service,"Domain Concierge" Escrow.com’s staff will securely hold the seller’s domain name until full payment is received, then transfer the domain to the buyer’s nominated registrar account. This additional step removes any uncertainty about whether the domain has been sent and the need for an inspection period. Jackson … [Read more...]
Market Recap 2/22/16 Domain Stocks up – Verisign closes up 4%
Market Recap 2/22/16 It was a strong day across the board for the domain stocks. Minds + Machines (MMX) announced that Antony Van Couvering was out as CEO. Online Domain wrote a good piece on the move. Verisign (VRSN) was up $3.32 or 4.1%. The stock is up close to 12% over the last month. Go Daddy (GDDY) closed over $30 up 2.79% on the day. Alphabet Inc GOOGL 729.05 +6.94 … [Read more...]
UDRP Filed on Two Letter .Com Domain ZT.com
A UDRP has been filed on a two letter .Com domain name ZT.com It appears the domain name was owned in 2014 by Cincinnati Bell Telephone/Fuse Internet then transferred into privacy in September 2014, then transferred to a Raymond Liu in August 2015 and then was transferred to another Chinese buyer in October 2015, and transferred once again to another Chinese registrant in December 2015. The … [Read more...]
Market Recap 2/19/16 GoDaddy finishes the week up strong
Market Recap 2/19/16 Go Daddy (GDDY) was up close to 5% on the day. The stock finished the week up over 10%. Tucows (TCX) was up 1% on the day. Alphabet Inc GOOGL 722.11 +4.60 (0.64%) Godaddy Inc GDDY 29.34 +1.37 (4.90%) Rightside Group Ltd NAME 8.30 -0.07 (-0.84%) Minds + Machines … [Read more...]
Domain Registration on Record Pace? Over 750K Added Yesterday Alone
Registrations of domain names seem to be going on at a record pace. Yesterday saw the number of domain registrations across all Top Level Domain (TLD) names have a net add of over 750,000 domains according to registrarstats.com "Net Add" mean its the amount of domains registered less the number of domain names deleted. The gross numbers of domain names registered yesterday were close to … [Read more...]
Market Recap 2/18/16 Endurance Intl up close to 10% – Go Daddy down 3.7%
Market Recap 2/18/16 Endurance Intl (EIGI) went on a ride today, trading as low as $8 and then closing at $10.28, up close to 10%. The company said they were buying Constant Contact earlier in the week and reported earnings today. GoDaddy (GDDY) was off 3.75% as investors digested their earnings report from last night. Alphabet Inc GOOGL 717.51 -14.46 … [Read more...]