Peter Askew (VidaliaOnions.com) was on a podcast by Practical Ecommerce, Peter discusses how he acquired VidaliaOnions.com back in the day. The host Eric Bandholz Bio then goes into domain names and how and where to buy them with Peter. Since the majority of the audience is interested in ecommerce and starting online businesses I think getting some info from Peter proved helpful. Here is the … [Read more...]
NameJet/Snapnames March sales led by ManagedCareMag.com
NameJet/Snapnames sales for March were released today. At NameJet Mutation.com was the top sale at $26,555. Neway.com was second at $14,500 and Enak.com took third at $10,500. At Snapnames ManagedCareMag.com was the top sale at $28,000. iWager.com was my favorite name from the list at $9,995. Top NameJet Sale: mutation.com - $26,555Top SnapNames Sale: managedcaremag.com - … [Read more...]
On the heels of a huge IPO here is how Coinbase chose Coinbase.com
A member of Namepros showed a leaked email about the early days of Coinbase. There is a leaked email from 2012 that shows what the founders were thinking of when it came to naming their company. Founded in 2012 by Brian Armstrong and Fred Ehrsam they are currently looking to go public. The Coinbase IPO is scheduled to trade on April 14. The Coinbase IPO will be a Direct Listing. Back in … [Read more...]
GoDaddy making moves on the registry side acquiring .club and others
Big news on the registry side of the business. GoDaddy is acquiring .Club, .design and 28 extensions from Minds + Machines Group Limited (MMX). .Club has seen a lot of press lately due to Clubhouse and people registering .club domain names for their club on the app. Full release here GoDaddy Registry, one of the world's largest domain registry providers, today announced that it is acquiring … [Read more...]
Sedo weekly domain name sales led by Spline.com
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and Spline.com led the way at $62,500. Multitude.com was second at $50,000 and psilocybin.org was third at $49,000. 55 .com sales 22 cctld sales 10 other tld sales Top 3 highlights of public SedoMLS sales are: · spline.com at 62,500 USD · yatoula.com at 15,000 EUR · spin.io at 10,000 USD Domain … [Read more...]
GoDaddy takes down $100m listing for Bitcoin.com
So Mike Sallese pointed this one out to me, a story on TheBlockCrypto.com posted an article about Bitcoin.com being listed for sale on GoDaddy for $100 million. Yogita Khatri wrote: Roger Ver, the owner of the domain, said it is in fact not for sale. "100% fake news," he told The Block. Ver showed The Block screenshots in which he appears to be messaging GoDaddy, saying: "Why are you … [Read more...]
NameSilo “March set a new record in monthly revenue”
NameSilo (an advertiser on TheDomains) released a corporate update. The company does trade publicly for those who didn't know on the OTC market under OTC :URLOF and the Canadian market under CSE:URL. The company has now surpassed 3.8m domains under management. March reached a record in monthly revenue and exceeded US$3 million for the first time in company history. Here is the full press … [Read more...]
