On June 12, 2018 Donuts announced the largest reported new gtld sale. The registry sold Online.Casino for $510,000. A year later Marek from Brands.International posted a link on Namepros to a Domain Sherpa show about the SEO experts building the site. Meet the Team of SEO Experts Building Online.Casino Meet the team of SEO experts behind last year’s record-breaking new gTLD acquisition of … [Read more...]
Moving from a .com to a .us
Formerly Sipree You don't see this everyday a domain change from a .com to a .us. Sipree.com changed their name to DigitalPay which is a solid brand name for what they do. The .com is sitting parked on a GoDaddy lander registered since 1999. The .co is at DAN.com with $15,000 buy it now. Press release: San Francisco, Ca. Sipree, a leader in facilitating business payments to consumers, … [Read more...]
Perch.com raises $36m rebrands to Orchard without the .com
So here is an interesting rebrand, Perch.com has rebranded to Orchard, the domain they are using is OrchardHomes.com. Perch.com already redirects to OrchardHomes.com. The company is an iBuyer for those not familiar with what an iBuyer is, An iBuyer is a real estate investor that uses an automated valuation model (known as an AVM) and other technology to make cash offers on homes quickly. … [Read more...]
Blockchain gaming company moves from .io to .games
In a post written on Medium, Chase Freo reported that Alto.io is pivoting to Outplay Games. Chase wrote, this is a complete overhaul of the product and services it is developing. This pivot is taking Outplay Games to an entirely different direction from its last year’s offering of NFT centric tool sets. These are the types of rebrands that many who are fans of new gtld domains like to … [Read more...]
A look at the history of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
Handshake icon With the news out today that Lotto.com was saved in a UDRP complaint, though there was no finding of reverse domain name hijacking. There is an article published by Gerald M. Levine a few weeks back at IPlegalCorner.com that's worth reading. Mr. Levine takes a look back at the history of RDNH and provides some other stats on UDRP's as a whole. From the article: Between … [Read more...]
Breaking news – Not all domain sales are reported
"Hey bro there are many sales that are not reported!" That seems to be the mantra of half the commenters when a post is published regarding reported sales data. This is not news, everyone knows this, the posts I am referencing never made any implication that these are the only sales, or run your business by these numbers only. Some people ran with the numbers, such as a post I wrote on what … [Read more...]
By the numbers – 2019 was not a great year for Four Letter .coms
Four letter .com domain names are one of the most popular categories for domain investors. 2019 saw a significant down tick in total sales, close to 30%. Dollar volumes were off by $2.9 million. 2018 did have the sale of Zoom.com of $2million. Everyday in domain wanted sections people are looking for 4L.coms. Do you think 2020 will see an uptick in total sales? 2018 7,862 Total … [Read more...]
