It's tough to run a marketplace or auction platform and be 100% clean on trademarks. But you cannot send an email blast and make a blatant trademark an editor's choice. Sir Drago on Namepros posted the following: So I received an interesting email today from Flippa, Its weekly website auction advertising. Something immediately caught my attention. The registrant looks to be based out … [Read more...]
Archives for November 2017
That’s an old domain name at auction
You don't see a 1990 registration on auction every day. Gradient.com still has 3 days and change left to go. The auction is currently at $31,000. There are 108 bids currently, GoDaddy values the name at $21,736 and Estibot values it at $79,000. https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/gradient-resources-inc Bid history: Bid Date Bid Expires Bidder Bid Amount 2017/11/15 07:49 AM … [Read more...]
Sedo weekly sales led by a Country code sale
Sedo reported their weekly sales and J.de topped the list at 49,000 Euros, ($57,787). Ani.com was the top .com sale at $49,000. 44.com sales (6 were 5 figures) 13 cctld sales 6 other gtld sales BitcoinRewards.com sold for $4,995 and Crypto.ca sold for $2,500. I think the crypto.ca buy was a very good buy. HHO.org sold for $9,888 Domain … [Read more...]
WordPress sites getting exploited by Crypto miners
Wordfence a popular security plugin for WordPress published an article about crypto mining malware. It's worth a read if you run a bunch of websites using WordPress. The article explains what's going on and what to do if you have a problem with infected websites. From the article: During the last month, the information security media has paid a lot of attention to cryptocurrency mining … [Read more...]
Nat Cohen gives some food for thought on potential UDRP reform
This kind of went under the radar except for some replies on Namepros. Nat Cohen replied to a post and outlined what could be in the works for domain investors if there is significant UDRP reform. I came across this after reading the excellent back and forth between Josh and Elliot on the purple.com post that DomainInvesting.com published. Elliot had alerted Josh to paragraph 2 and the rule … [Read more...]
Josh Metnick sells BTC.exchange for $12,500
Josh Metnick has been on a roll when it comes to new gtld sales. A few weeks back Josh emailed me on the sales of Coin.exchange and Coins.exchange both at $5,000 to separate buyers. He also sold Crypto.media for $1,800 (payment in Bitcoin). Well now Josh has sold the following: BTC.Exchange for $12,500 Chicago.bio for $500 I just got another update and this sale is just wow to me, … [Read more...]
What kind of domains are you buying and what are you avoiding?
We have seen many trends come and go, and other niches are evergreen like 3L.com. I was having a couple chats about brandable names and the trend was the people were displeased with a lack of sales/offers for made up words. That frustration took me back to a post I read from Brandworthy on Namepros. He has been one of the more successful sellers on BrandBucket. He had mentioned about a month … [Read more...]