When a company cannot get their exact brand name in .com some go with a .co or .io and others look for a common prefix like, get, try or buy + their…
Category: Domain Names
Translate.com new owner revealed
Last November I wrote about Translate.com closing at $853,000 on Flippa. This was a developed website. I kept checking the whois and said to a friend maybe it did not sell because…
How lucky have you been in domaining?
A topic that I had sitting in drafts for a bit came to light in a thread on Namepros. The topic being luck. How much does luck matter in domaining? How lucky…
Verisign saw a net increase of 1.29 million registrations during the fourth quarter of 2018
Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) reported earnings today after the close for Q4 2018 and full year results. They reported revenue of $307 million for the fourth quarter of 2018, up 4.0 percent from…
SelfieSticks.com sells for 71% less than it did January 2015
Back in 2015 SelfieSticks.com sold on NameJet for $29,100 and today it closed at $8,200. The seller took a 71% loss on the domain name. The domain was held for just over…
Escrow.com releases initial Domain Investment Index report
Escrow.com released their first ever Domain Investment Index. The report looks to highlight and make the case for domains as an asset class. Escrow.com wrote: We believe that domain names as an…
When your brand is a misspell of a misspell things can get confusing
So I was watching tv the other day and saw a commercial for a company called Blooom. I was like wait three o’s? Now of course the add an extra letter, misspell…