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, announced today it … [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
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 2000 and 2019 (with … [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...]
Is Cats.com worth $1million?
So the owner of Cats.com Algis Skara told the Huffington Post India the name is back on the market. Skara cleaned up some misconceptions about whether or not The Flower Co. had purchased the domain name. He explained they never bought it, they were working with them as a partner. The Flower Co. has a cannabis product called Human Catnip Skara told HuffPost India in an email that the value … [Read more...]