Page Howe did a post today on DN.biz that Uniregistry expired inventory is going to Dynadot's marketplace. Page wrote: Uniregistry names seem to carry a higher than normal $50 fee, (Dynadot owned names start at $12.99) and seem to be at a set time, about 8 PM EST. That a smart move as opposed to the tough to follow all day expired names period for Dynadot names. You can read the … [Read more...]
“I don’t buy from domainers on principle”
To buy, or not to buy, that is the question. So the headline here comes from an email a reader sent me about an exchange they had with an end user. The reader sent a targeted email to just one person, asking them if they would be interested in the domain name they had for sale. The prospect replied, "Sorry Robert, I don't buy from domainers on principle." David. When they asked me what I … [Read more...]
Why are people bidding on these names?
So I was looking at GoDaddy auctions just now and a bunch of names that seem to make no sense have a few bids and are around $30+. I would speculate these are all Chinese based bidders, but even when searching Google and using the translate with Pinyin enabled returned nothing. Some of these names have been regged for 14 years so who knows? The number to the far right if there is one, that … [Read more...]
Verisign Q1’19 DNIB: Internet Grows to 351.8 Million Domain Name Registrations
Verisign released their first quarter DNIB report for 2019. Notable findings in the report include: · Q1 2019 closed with approximately 351.8 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs), a 0.9 percent increase compared to the fourth quarter of 2018 and a 5.4 percent increase … [Read more...]
Someone needs to stop Roy Flanders’ domain names from expiring
Hopefully Enom or someone else can step up but the domains of a domain investor who passed away are expiring and it needs to stop. Ron Jackson wrote about Roy Flanders back in December of 2016. sadly Roy passed away. I did not know the man personally but for those that did he seemed to be really a great guy. In 2012 he donated $250,000 to the Nantucket Cottage Hospital's Annual Fund. It was a … [Read more...]
Celebrating a $2,000 a year domain registration?
So there is an article out today on Forbes written by Dan Pontefract Mr. Pontefract is the CEO of The Pontefract Group, a company that helps people become better at leadership. A best-selling author of OPEN TO THINK, THE PURPOSE EFFECT & FLAT ARMY. So he starts off talking about how he went out on his own in late 2018 to start his own firm. He was happy to find he could get his name in … [Read more...]
Toni.com actually sold for $22,472
A commenter here stated that Toni.com did not sell for $42,500, the first bidder reneged and Deepak Ramani acquired the name for a lower price. I posted about this on Namepros and Michael Sumner from Namebio posted he has a way to see the updated price and it was $22,472. Thanks to everyone who helped get to the actual real price for Toni.com. … [Read more...]