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...]
Escrow.com releases their Domain Investment Index for Q2 2023
Escrow.com released their Domain Investment Index for Q2, 2023. They started out with their executive summary stating the following: Total domain name volume on Escrow.com eased from $129.8M in 1Q23 down to $89M. Overall, 2Q23 has less mega domains in comparison to the previous quarter. Volume is slowly picking back up after the recently held Namescon event at the beginning of … [Read more...]
The story behind WetPaint.com which expired and closed at $74,000
WetPaint.com was the big number yesterday closing at $74,000. The story behind WetPaint.com is pretty interesting. Wetpaint was named by Time Magazine as one of the 50 Best Websites of 2007. The company raised a decent chunk of venture capital in three different rounds. The last round being $25M in 2008. According to the company Wikipedia page, In December 2012, Wetpaint was acquired by … [Read more...]
Escrow.com Domain Investment Index Q4 2022
Escrow.com published their Domain Investment Index for Q4 2022. You can view the full report here. Year-on-year, Escrow has seen a 49.26% decrease in the total value of domain name transactions from $158M in 4Q21 to $80M in 4Q22. Over 75% of the fall in 4Q22 is attributable to the decrease in the volume of domain name transactions, which decreased by 20% from US$514M in FY21, to $411M … [Read more...]
Radix H1 2022 Premium Domain Report
Radix (an advertiser here) released their H1 2022 Premium Domains Report. $3.8M in retail premium revenue Includes $2.5M in Premium retail renewal revenue $390K in annuity Premium sales for .Tech; highest grossing TLD 24% growth in Premium new registrations from H2 2021 38% growth in Premium retail renewal revenue from H2 2021 Read full report here … [Read more...]
ICObench.com expires and closes over 6 figures at GoDaddy auctions
icoBench.com was a free ICO rating platform and a blockchain community supported by a wide range of experts that provides analytical, legal, and technical insights to the investors. That's according to CrunchBase. The domain name expired and closed at $101,000 at GoDaddy auctions. Their Facebook page has 11,000 plus followers but not updated since 2021. The domain authority and backlinks are … [Read more...]