It has now been 8 years since Mike sold his portfolio of approximately 70,000 domain names. The sale price came in at $35.5M. 4 years ago we asked what readers thought of the sale? Another 4 years have passed, we have had a pandemic, NFTs, extensions like .IO and .xyz make some moves and now many are gaga over .Ai. Back in 2019 Andrew Rosener commented, The bulk of the value in that … [Read more...]
Sedo weekly domain name sales led by GMS.net
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and GMS.net led the way at $14,999. Goat.fi was second at 12,229 Euro,($13,270) and Bump.co.uk third at 10,000 GBP = ($12,550). 21 .com sales 23 cctld sales 3 other tld sales Domain … [Read more...]
Google gives some insights on domain age and search rankings
Roger Montti at Search Engine Journal published a back and forth on X between an SEO consultant and John Mueller of Google. “Does the age of a domain name impact Google search rankings?” Mueller first replied, “Primarily those who want to sell you aged domains :-)” He then later tweeted, “No, domain age helps nothing.” Montti did mention how a Google patent might have had some thinking … [Read more...]
Andy Booth purchases Cognitive.ai in 6 figure transaction
Andy Booth tweeted out that he purchsed Cognitive.ai. Andy is really going all in on AI and purchasing some great .ai domain names. https://twitter.com/360/status/1732338933361418258 … [Read more...]
GoDaddy to auction off some names from their NameFind portfolio (no reserve)
GoDaddy is auctioning off some domain names from the NameFind portfolio, names like Cliche.com, VisitVegas.com and Sitcom.com to name a few. In a press release they said it was to mark the end of the Beta phase of the new GoDaddy Auctions. The fact that these are no reserve auctions should attract a fair amount of interest. From the release: To mark the end of the Beta phase, we're … [Read more...]
Sedo weekly domain name sales led by WalkingCane.com
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and WalkingCane.com led the way at $31,250. CEO.co was the top CCtld at $15,000. 28 .com sales 25 cctld sales 4 other tld sales Domain … [Read more...]
Google has now received take down notices on 5M unique domain names
TorrentFreak,com published an article on pirate domains and Google hitting a milestone. 5 million domain names! Since its records began, Google has now received take down notices for five million unique domain names. Five Million ‘Pirate’ Domains In response to Google’s enforcement efforts and other anti-piracy measures, some pirate sites regularly switch to new domain names. That can … [Read more...]