Anyone who watches the hit tv show Pawn Stars will be familiar with Chumlee (Austin Lee Russell). Well it seems Chumlee is in the candy business but did not secure the domain names for his business. TMZ posted a story this morning about the owner of chumleescandy.com and chumleescandyontheblvd.com admitting that he regged the domains in order to sell them to Chumlee. From the article: Keys … [Read more...]
Is it Harder today to be a domainer vs 10 years ago?
One of the more popular debates in domaining is who had the easier time? Was it easier in 2007 to make money than it is today? That's the latest thread I came across on Namepros. I know Rick Schwartz has tweeted out in the past that it was harder back in the day, he said, "Wasn't so easy. I invested in the net that was a FAD at the time. There was no playbook/aftermarket. It was a GREAT UNKNOWN … [Read more...]
.Tech turns 2
.Tech turns 2 years old today, Radix ( an advertiser on TheDomains) has put together an infographic and look back at the first two years of this new gtld. Certainly the keyword tech is a very popular keyword, Popularity Index "tech" is the 4th most popular topic on the internet by domain count. #1. web #2. net #3. art #4. tech #5. cloud #6. shop #7. home Source: … [Read more...]
Gay.com given away to Los Angeles LGBT Center
Gay.com was once one of the best known gay personal websites on the net. The site came online in 1997 and is still getting 200,000 visitors a month, according to it's owner VS Media. VS Media acquired Gay.com last year. Gay.com’s new owner, will be the Los Angeles LGBT Center. According to a post on Yahoo, VS Media appraised the site at $6.9 million before donating it. Read more commentary … [Read more...]
Prices of .TV; .XXX, .Porn, .Sex, .Adult Domain Names all set to Rise on September 1st
The wholesale price set by the registry of .TV, .XXX, .Porn and .Adult are all increasing on September 1, 2017 and registrars are of course raising their prices on these extensions for registrations and renewals Of course the price of the domain name you will pay will vary registrar to registrar. The Wholesale cost of .TV which is operated by Verisign is increasing to $25 a year. I have … [Read more...]
Ethereum.com for sale reserve is just $10 million
It looks like Evergreen is brokering Ethereum.com the domain was registered in 2011. Asking price a cool $10 million. The original registration looks to be back in 2003 but the name was dropped. The domain actually dropped 3 times, so there are 3 people in the world who are yelling at the moon, "WHY DID I DROP THAT NAME, A LOUSY $8 TO RENEW." Previous screenshot here Tip of the cap to … [Read more...]
Emojis.com purchased in 2010 looking like a great investment
Emojis have been talked about a lot over the last few months with regards to domain names. From i❤️domains to the excellent guide produced by DNAcademy, to a high schooler named Shane Brunswick, an incoming high school sophomore who created Domainoji.com, an emoji domain registration website that automatically converts emojis to punycode. One of the best names in the space Emojis.com is … [Read more...]