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...]
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...]
Branders Union publishes it’s Brandable Marketplace Report for Summer, 2020
For all the brandable domain investors out there, you might be interested in the Branders Union. An organization started by Alan August that is essentially a union of brandable investors having a collective voice. They have just published their Brandable Marketplace Report for Summer, 2020. It's a nice report, well done and explains the background of the group and then delves into their … [Read more...]
What they do right – what do they do wrong – Sedo
Over the last few years we have published a series The good, the bad and the ugly. Readers have been able to leave their feedback and some companies have reached out over the years and let me know they took the posts to heart. This year I want to try to change it up a bit and, What they do right and what they do wrong. Focusing in a little deeper to give better feedback to industry … [Read more...]
Verification needs to be required on all offers not just auction bids
So earlier in the week we saw the 2 million pound bid on Lifestyle.com cancelled. Some wondered how could this happen? Sedo makes people submit to greater verification to bid 10,000 or more. Additional Certification may be required: Please note that in order to place bids above 10,000.00 EUR, an additional certification is required and completion of this process may take several business … [Read more...]
What they do right – what do they do wrong – NameJet
Over the last few years we have published a series The good, the bad and the ugly. Readers have been able to leave their feedback and some companies have reached out over the years and let me know they took the posts to heart. This year I want to try to change it up a bit and, What they do right and what they do wrong. Focusing in a little deeper to give better feedback to industry … [Read more...]
Sedo – “It’s a clown show bro!”
Sedo used to have a policy that if you wanted to set a buy it now over $50,000 you needed approval via appraisal. Sedo said last year, Here’s a neat update for those who want to sell their high-value premium domains at Sedo: We’ve lifted the price cap, meaning there is no need to order an appraisal for domains above $50,000 anymore.Source: … [Read more...]