Sedo released their weekly sales and it was the best week in a long time for new gtlds. The top sale overall was a new gtld, Bitcoin.casino sold for $28,000. The first .blog sales I have seen hit this week. Weed.blog sold for $7,877, Bitcoin.blog sold for $5,555 and Forex.Blog sold for $2,159. NatureLab.com was the top .com sale at $22,000. Lab is a popular keyword and the right keywords … [Read more...]
Archives for February 2017
Don’t allow IGO’s to block your rights to defend your domain names
George Kirikos posted information on an ICANN comment period that could have significant impact on domain investors, especially those holding valuable names like LL.com and LLL.com. Essentially IGO's or Intergovernmental organizations want to find ways to get their hands on valuable digital real estate. The working group is especially seeking comments on how to deal with the situation where an … [Read more...]
Verisign: .Com Domains Back Over 128 Million
Verisign the who operates the .com domain name registry is reporting today that the number of domain names in the .Com Domain Name Base is once again over 128 million domain names. Back in September 2016 the number of .Com's in the Domain Name Base passed 128 million for the first time. However do to the large amount of speculative domain registrations in the 4th Q of 2015 which dropped in … [Read more...]
The good, the bad and the ugly – Epik
“The good, the bad and the ugly” An opportunity for readers to discuss what they like and don’t like about a particular company in the domain space. Each post will deal with just one company, readers are encouraged to share their positive and negative experiences. Suggestions for improvement are also encouraged. One of the goals of the column is that company representatives will see … [Read more...]
.Pro Lost 30% Of Its Registrations Yesterday; 123,000 Domain Names as Last Years $3 Promotional Rate Domain Start to Expire
Over 120,000 domain names ending in the domain extension .Pro got deleted yesterday according to RegistrarStats.com .Pro which opened itself up in November 2015, lifting the previous restrictions which were in place since it's inception, saw some nice organic growth up to 175,000 domain names, until February of 2016 when the main domain registrar for .pro domain name Encirca.com, … [Read more...]
Where do you see 3L.com prices going ?
There has been discussion on Namepros and on social media about where the prices of 3L.com are going. One of the best performing and most liquid of all the domain name categories. So far in 2017, Namebio has recorded 34 three letter .com sales. 2 sales have eclipsed six figures, DiL.com sold by BQDN and OCS.com which sold on Sedo. 8 sales have been $18,000 or under. Where do you see … [Read more...]
Apple Does It Again: Names It’s New HQ “Apple Park” Doesn’t Own ApplePark.com (or the .net or .org)
In a Press Release today, Apple announced that its new Headquarters will be named Apple Park. The new 175-acre HQ will have 12,000 employees in a ring-shaped, 2.8 million-square-foot main building which is clad entirely in the world’s largest panels of curved glass. Apple also announced the theater at Apple Park will be named the Steve Jobs Theater. Opening later this year, the entrance to … [Read more...]