Escrow.com released their Domain Investment Index for Q3 2022. Data from the report shows: Domain name sales saw a 28% decrease in total transactions in 3Q22, dropping from $105M in 3Q21 to $75M, domain name sales have increased by 8%, from $449M in 2021 to $489M in 2022, trailing twelve months up to September this year. That being said, domain name sales through Escrow.com have also seen … [Read more...]
Should sales landers have a sales pitch?
John Berryhill started an interesting thread about sales landers. While the prominent attorney is usually discussing legal issues like UDRP's and trademarks, this was about sales landers. John showed some examples he liked and went on to say in another post: A "for sale" page doesn't really convey what might motivate someone to buy a domain name. However, a sales page with a sales pitch … [Read more...]
What they do right – what do they do wrong – Efty
Over the last few years we have published a series The good, the bad and the ugly. Readers have been able to leave their feedback and some companies have reached out over the years and let me know they took the posts to heart. This year I want to try to change it up a bit and, What they do right and what they do wrong. Focusing in a little deeper to give better feedback to industry … [Read more...]
New Zealand’s Domain Name Commission wins appeal in lawsuit against Domain Tools
Domain Tools lost a case against New Zealand's Domain Name Commission (DNC). The issue is over Domain Tools publishing personal data of .nz registrants. Reseller.co.nz wrote: New Zealand’s Domain Name Commission (DNC) has had its injunction blocking a US company from "scraping" details of domain owners upheld by a higher court.The US Court of Appeals' decision prevents DomainTools from … [Read more...]
Another example of how automated appraisals miss the mark by a mile
Tonight Sedo sold CasinoEngine.com for $40,000, the Australian company that owned the name since 2003 cashed in big time. EveryMatrix a company based out of Romania is involved in iGaming and has a product called "Casino Engine". EveryMatrix is an independent company offering award-winning software solutions to the iGaming industry. It was founded in 2008 by a team of innovative and … [Read more...]
Tough Domains – Free Domain Development and Domain Sales Page for All
The holidays are upon us and what better gift to a domainer than free domain development and free make an offer pages. This week ToughDomains has increased its free plan from 20 domain development and domain for sale pages to support for upto 2,500 domains for free. With the release of GDPR it has become even more important to have a clear way for buyers to contact you and having a clear, … [Read more...]
Escrow.com announces beta for third party integration
Escrow.com made an announcement they deemed their biggest announcement ever. They are starting a public beta for their API. The key component from my perspective was they said the following: Built by developers, for developers, any business can integrate the safety and security of escrow payments to their platform as simple as common payment methods such as Stripe or Paypal. If the … [Read more...]