A year ago Voice.com sold for $30 million and became the largest reported domain name only sale of all time. Block.one purchased the domain name from MicroStrategy. Block.one is the company behind EOS.IO a blockchain powered by the cryptocurrency EOS. Voice.com will be a new kind of social media platform. The public beta will launch July 4. (you still need to be invited to … [Read more...]
The rise of branding businesses around Corona/Covid
Trademarks, domain registrations and naming your company with Covid continue to move forward. Trademarks filed for things like CovidLivesMatter, (the .com was actually registered in March 2020). ICLG.com published an article that gives a deep dive to all 3 components in one place. The author noted a lot of legal from around the world are condemning these trademark registrations. From … [Read more...]
Namesilo has taken control of BreonnaTaylor.com
It looks like from a post on Namepros some might be concerned that Namesilo (an advertiser here) has taken the name BreonnaTaylor.com and is redirecting the name to a GoFundMe page for Breonna's family. Namesilo will be donating $10,000. I have reached out for a statement and will update if and when I get one. WNKY.com reported on the domain here Namesilo made the following statement in … [Read more...]
June .ai auctions led by Steve.ai
This month's .Ai closed on Whois.ai and Steve.ai was the top close at $4,009. There were 3 two letter .ai names in the top 5 along with Chatbot.ai at $2,999. Last week Sit.ai sold for $12,000 after being acquired for $582 in 2019. steve.ai $4,009.00sm.ai $3,384.00chatbots.ai $2,999.00jo.ai $2,024.00oc.ai $2,009.00rep.ai $1,239.00voucher.ai $1,010.00onion.ai $1,000.00hornet.ai $997.00oscar.ai … [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...]
The Novi domain registrations start pouring in
Yesterday it was announced that Facebook was rebranding the name of their digital wallet Calibra which is tied to their Libra digital currencies. The name was inspired by the Latin words “novus” and “via,” which mean “new” and “way,” respectively. Yes I did say "currencies" as The Verge points out "Although Facebook initially said that there would be a single Libra coin pegged to a … [Read more...]
Sedo weekly sales led by ElectricCar.com
Sedo released their weekly sales and ElectricCar.com led the way at $180,000. 1269.com was secind at $40,500 and Pop.shop was third at 28,650 Euro, ($31,301). 51 .com sales 25 cctld sales 6 other tld sales It was a good week for .CO which had the top cctld sale Wholesome.co and Site.co. .Fr had a nice week as well. .Shop was the new gtld winner this week with Pop.shop and … [Read more...]