This meta registration craze continues to gather momentum. Back on October 11 I did a post taking a look behind the keyword Meta. Some incredible sales have fueled speculation, like MetaXR.com for $60,000, Metapayments.co at $53,450 that one was 9 days old. MetaDating.net was registered at Dynadot two weeks ago and sold for $35,000 at Sedo. metaavatars.net. The name was 122 days old when it … [Read more...]
John Berryhill posts a masterclass on LLL acronyms and the UDRP
A member at Namepros had a question about a recent dilemma they were facing regarding a LLL.co domain name. I have received an email from my registrar about an LLL.co acronym domain, one big multi billionairy company demanded to give them a domain, that this is their TM, although this is a common acronym. Members chimed in with their opinions and then elmoney included the letter from the … [Read more...]
Donuts Domain Trend Report: August 2021
Donuts published their August domain trend report. The report covers the top premium domain names registered, most registered SLD keywords and other data. SLDs registered on Donuts TLDs were 24% shorter and were hyphenated 9.4% less than .com domain registrations. Top 20 Premium Domains Registered In The Month of August … [Read more...]
Verisign DNIB shows Q2 2021 closed with 367.3m registrations across all TLD’s
Verisign VRSN (NASDAQ) released their Q2 2021 Domain Name Industry Brief The second quarter of 2021 closed with 367.3 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs), an increase of 3.8 million domain name registrations, or 1.0%, compared to the first quarter of 2021.1,2 Domain name registrations have decreased by 2.8 million, or 0.7%, year over year.1,2 .Com and .Net … [Read more...]
The Curious case of Adventist.com
There has been an interesting legal battle brewing with regards to the domain name Adventist.com. Davide F. Schiavetti of Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C. broke down parts of the case on Jdsupra.com. Mr. Schiavetti likes to refer to domain investing as, “domain name warehousing”. The parties in this case are, The General Conference Corporation of Seventh-day Adventists and … [Read more...]
Active working sites Namebright.com and Gab.com listed for sale at Sedo
Some people just like to screw around, it looks like someone listed Namebright.com for sale on Sedo, (already one bid). Namebright.com is also listed for sale on GoDaddy and Afternic. DropCatch.com is listed for sale on Afternic. MediaOptions.com Andrew Rosener's company is listed on GoDaddy and Afternic. Someone else listed Gab.com for sale and there are 3 bids. I mean someone has to stop … [Read more...]
Rick Schwartz tweets that Ass.com is under contract for $6m + Royalties
Rick Schwartz just tweeted out that he has a deal for Ass.com at $6 million plus royalties. He mentioned that he cannot yet say how the domain name will be used. Congrats to Rick on another big deal. Recently Rick won greatest domain investor of all time here and on Namepros. … [Read more...]
