I was looking at GoDaddy valuations and I had a name in there of mine. I then was doing some stuff for a few hours and came back and hit refresh for whatever reason. The value of the name dropped by like $900, I was like that's weird not that automated appraisals mean much. In a poll I did on Namepros, 0 was the majority of votes given when asked their importance on a scale of 0 to 10. So … [Read more...]
Discord now using Discord.com as main address
Discord the video and chat app geared toward gamers announced on Twitter that they are now Discord.com The company has operated on DiscordApp.com and acquired the domain Discord.com back in 2017. It looks like the .com was a redirect to the discordapp.com domain they have used since the start. The company also owns Discord.app. If you are not familiar with Discord you can read this … [Read more...]
What they do right – what do they do wrong – Afternic
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...]
GrubHub has registered and dropped a lot of domain names
Restaurants and Domain Names There is so much going on with restaurants during this pandemic. Most restaurants have had to switch to take out and delivery. A lot of restaurants use companies like GrubHub and DoorDash to facilitate these deliveries. All I ever read is that these restaurants feel like they are getting squeezed by the commissions charged by these companies. I believe there … [Read more...]
Where are your thoughts on 4L.coms?
One of the most discussed and traded categories in domaining is the 4L.com space. Providing access to a wider number of investors as opposed to 2L.com and 3L.com which many don't have the budget for. In 2018 there were 7,862 reported 4L.com sales on Namebio. 2019 saw a drop to 5,514 reported names. Now if you look at 2018, Andrew Rosener successfully sold Zoom.com for $2million. If we remove … [Read more...]
Security experts are struggling to keep pace with the flood of domains invoking the virus
KrebsonSecurity.com published a piece that takes a look at the security professionals trying to keep up with the onslaught of corona/covid related domain names. From the article: By most measures, the volume of new domain registrations that include the words “Coronavirus” or “Covid” has closely tracked the spread of the deadly virus. The Cyber Threat Coalition (CTC), a group of several … [Read more...]
Owner of ColoringBook.com now owns 1600 coloring book domain names
1600 coloring book domain names is a lot of coloring book domain names. But that's how many Really Big Coloring Books® Inc. owns now as they bought out their top competitor. In a weird twist the competitor was not mentioned in the press release. Really Big Coloring Books owns the domain name coloringbook.com and now has what I would imagine is a stranglehold on the world of coloring book … [Read more...]