Donuts published their August domain trend report. The report covers the top premium domain names registered, most registered SLD keywords and other data. SLDs registered on Donuts TLDs were 24% shorter and were hyphenated 9.4% less than .com domain registrations. Top 20 Premium Domains Registered In The Month of August … [Read more...]
Verisign DNIB shows Q2 2021 closed with 367.3m registrations across all TLD’s
Verisign VRSN (NASDAQ) released their Q2 2021 Domain Name Industry Brief The second quarter of 2021 closed with 367.3 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs), an increase of 3.8 million domain name registrations, or 1.0%, compared to the first quarter of 2021.1,2 Domain name registrations have decreased by 2.8 million, or 0.7%, year over year.1,2 .Com and .Net … [Read more...]
The Curious case of Adventist.com
There has been an interesting legal battle brewing with regards to the domain name Adventist.com. Davide F. Schiavetti of Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C. broke down parts of the case on Jdsupra.com. Mr. Schiavetti likes to refer to domain investing as, “domain name warehousing”. The parties in this case are, The General Conference Corporation of Seventh-day Adventists and … [Read more...]
Active working sites Namebright.com and Gab.com listed for sale at Sedo
Some people just like to screw around, it looks like someone listed Namebright.com for sale on Sedo, (already one bid). Namebright.com is also listed for sale on GoDaddy and Afternic. DropCatch.com is listed for sale on Afternic. MediaOptions.com Andrew Rosener's company is listed on GoDaddy and Afternic. Someone else listed Gab.com for sale and there are 3 bids. I mean someone has to stop … [Read more...]
Rick Schwartz tweets that Ass.com is under contract for $6m + Royalties
Rick Schwartz just tweeted out that he has a deal for Ass.com at $6 million plus royalties. He mentioned that he cannot yet say how the domain name will be used. Congrats to Rick on another big deal. Recently Rick won greatest domain investor of all time here and on Namepros. … [Read more...]
Be careful bidding on Vegan.com
Vegan.com is listed for sale (private seller) at NameJet. @Frans over at Namepros said he spoke to the owner and it has been listed fraudulently. Frans wrote: Vegan (dot) com has been added in auction with a very low reserve ($5k - $10k) on NameJet.Just spoke with the owner via his old WHOIS email (e/r/i/k/@ vegan (dot) com), and he says it is NOT for sale and has been "fraudulently added". … [Read more...]
Adult domain names will no longer be allowed on Ebay starting June 15
Ebay is cracking down on all things sex starting June 15, 2021. In a letter sent to members, “We have revised our policy on adult articles”, the notice says. “As of June 15, 2021, items that display sexual activity, sexual content, or sexually suggestive poses will no longer be allowed on eBay.com. “ Items in the following categories are no longer allowed on eBay: DVD and adult … [Read more...]