Michael and David Castello have one of the best domain name portfolios in the history of domaining. They also have developed a lot of their top properties. Daycare.com has just been revamped, a new business model and platform. Now you might not need Daycare services but you probably know someone who would like to see Taylor Swift in Miami for free. The time and place Saturday, October 19, … [Read more...]
Someone at Chill knows the value of a premium one word .com
Wild story on Reuters today as it appears there is a Vape company called Chill that smartly operates on Chill.com. Well it seems Chief Commercial Officer Antonio Russo and Chief Operating Officer Trevor Taylor transferred the name to an account owned by Russo. From the article: Tip of the cap to Namepros member Silentg … [Read more...]
Google adds Expired Domains Abuse to their report spam tools
Weeks ago Google came out and addressed the topic of expired domain names. On their blog "TheKeyword" they wrote: Expired domain abuse Occasionally, expired domains are purchased and repurposed with the primary intention of boosting search ranking of low-quality or unoriginal content. This can mislead users into thinking the new content is part of the older site, which may not be the case. … [Read more...]
Debanked.com “Coming Soon: Domain Names as Loan Collateral”
Debanked.com published an interesting piece on Domain Names as Loan Collateral. A company called Teller created a DeFi product to use domain names as collateral. From the article: a DeFi Cash Advance, a collateralized loan with 1-30 day terms. It’s just one of many products created by Teller, a peer-to-peer lending platform that relies on smart contracts to facilitate the transactions. The … [Read more...]
Gold.com acquired by JM Bullion, Inc
JM Bullion Inc acquired the premium domain name Gold.com. They already owned Silver.com. The company put out a press release. Congrats to Andrew Miller who brokered the deal. Press Release: JM Bullion, Inc. (JMB), a leading e-commerce retailer of precious metals and wholly-owned subsidiary of A-Mark Precious Metals, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMRK) (A-Mark), has acquired the gold.com domain. With this … [Read more...]
Do most investors actually know what a premium domain name is?
If you take any business that you participate in seriously, you have to know the rules of the game. One question that comes to mind when reading many tweets or posts on forums is the following, "Do you actually know what a premium domain name is?" I would say many do not, it can come from lack of experience (understandable) or perhaps it could be a language thing, the person might be dabbling … [Read more...]
NameJet/SnapNames August 2023 domain name sales led by Kaffee.com
NameJet/SnapNames released domain name sales data for August 2023. There was a L-L.com sale on each platform. C-H.com sold on NameJet while E-N.com sold on SnapNames. Only one Ai related sale with aispaces.com selling for $2,361. NameJet Domain Name Brand Name Type Gross … [Read more...]