Sponsored by Radix Radix, one of the largest domain portfolio registries, announced that AI startup, Kika Tech (www.kika.tech), has more than 100 million Android app downloads worldwide. Kika is one of the many startups on Radix domains that have acclaimed global recognition. This is just one of the many startups, in various stages of their lifecycle, that are using Radix … [Read more...]
Archives for November 2017
Sedo weekly sales led by the 6 figure sale of Mommy.com
Sedo released their weekly sales and Mommy.com led the way at $100,000. Great name, registered in 1997. Developed site up, their Twitter page says: Mommy.com is a portal meant for modern women who live in a perpetually changing world. They joined Twitter in June 2017. NaturalBeauty.com I wrote about last week on TLDinvestors.com. The seller took a big hit, proving that timing and … [Read more...]
How should fraudulent auctions be handled?
Fraudulent bidders or non paying bidders pose problems for both domain investors and auction websites. The question that comes up is what is the best way to deal with a closed auction where either the auction site detected fraud, or the winner did not pay for whatever reason? Some say the best way to handle this is to award the name to the second highest bidder, that can be gamed rather easily. … [Read more...]
DropCatch responds to Namepros members’ concerns on bidding activity
A thread that started a few days back with regards to bidding discrepancies has picked up steam on Namepros. Namepros member Arca got the thread started with regards to non paying bidders and domains that needed to be re-auctioned. At the heart of the matter was focus on the name CannaMarket.com which has been re-auctioned three times and currently in limbo. Along with the action around … [Read more...]
NameJet October sales led by XLC.com
NameJet released their sales for October and the top sale was XLC.com at $49,100. Three letter.coms took 8 of the top 10 spots. I thought there was value at the bottom of the list, names like Chicken.net for $2,322, VRRX.com at $2,200, ProteinDrinks.com at $2,300 and a few other … [Read more...]
Some new gtld sales you may have missed
Over the last two days I came across some new gtld sales that were not reported anywhere. Josh Metnick emailed me two coin related sales: COIN.EXCHANGE and COINS.EXCHANGE to two different buyers - both sales at $5,000. and Namepros member Boker posted a bunch of sales: Sold: Biz.community Fitness.community - Total price: $5525 - Sold via own landing pages, so an inbound … [Read more...]
.CLUB Delivers Solid Premium Sales of Nearly $400,000 in Q3
Dot Club reported on their blog some new sales numbers for Q3 2017. The third quarter of 2017 was another solid one for .CLUB premium names, with a total of 452 names sold, generating $325,743.31 in single payment sales and another $55,050 in topline value of new “Easy Payment” subscription sales at www.get.club for a grand total of $380,793.31 for the quarter. Sales were made during the … [Read more...]