GMO Internet Group is pulling together an all star cast of domain industry veterans to launch a new registrar and marketplace. Taku. The likes of Birgit Berger, Frank Michlick, Christian Voss, Michael Piotrowski are just a few of those who will be working on the new company. [Seattle, WA] – March 11, 2025 – Taku (taku.com), a new domain registrar and marketplace powered by GMO Internet … [Read more...]
Atom STR data shows domains priced at $25K selling much better than those at $2.5K
Darpan Munjal posted on X that sell through data at Atom showed domains priced at $25,000 or more sell almost 2 times more than those priced at $2,500. Now it's no secret quality over quantity but it does give insight for those with lower quality names at Atom. The views and demand are going to the higher priced quality names. So there might not be many value shoppers. The best domains don’t … [Read more...]
Saw.com gives an update on changes coming to the platform
Jeff Gabriel sent out an email that provided updates coming to Saw.com. Improved stats, seller broker integration and new sales landers to name a few. Here is the full email: Our seller broker integration is now live! Some of you may have already seen it in action over the past few weeks, and we’ve been working tirelessly to make it as intuitive and effective as possible. This new … [Read more...]
Interview with Sam Dennis of DomainEasy
DomainEasy launched their domain sales platform in 2024. Sam Dennis the founder of DomainEasy took some time to answer a few questions in the interview below. Feel free to ask any questions and Sam will be sure to answer them here in the comment section. I hope you enjoy the interview. Q1) Tell our readers a little about your background, what drew you to domain names? I’ve been in the domain … [Read more...]
Interview with GBM Domains co-founder Hugo McDonaugh
Hugo McDonaugh co-founder of GBM Domains took the time to answer some questions about all things GBM and smart contracts. Q1) What made you decide to get into the domain industry? What attracted you to it? Hugo) GBM has been operating since 2018 when we initially invented our Bid-to-Earn auction model. We launched our first auctions on the Cryptograph platform … [Read more...]
Changes are coming to DNWE
DNWE.com will be making changes under new ownership. The company surveyed current members and asked them 10 questions. Here are a couple of the questions: Flea Market $99Curated Domains $99Dutch Auction $29Standard Auction $69 Starting Price With all the changes fees will be going up to 15% from 12%. Full report at DNWE … [Read more...]
What is a fair sales commission rate?
I am sure just about everyone is familiar with the sales commission changes coming across all GoDaddy properties, (GoDaddy.com, Afternic, DAN.com and Uniregistry). For those not familiar, To simplify commissions, effective Feb. 1, 2023, each marketplace is moving to a 15% commission rate for domain names pointed to Afternic, Dan, or Uniregistry nameservers at the time of the sale. If your … [Read more...]