Radix an advertiser here released sales data for the second half of 2019. $1.67M in revenue; 22% growth over H1 2019 which was at $1.36M Closed 2019 at $3M in Premium Revenue, our best year so far.online, .tech and .store were the highest-grossing TLDs with respect to premium sales 220+ names sold with a price tag of $1,000 or more82% of premium domains registered in of before 2018 were … [Read more...]
Trends of future passed
Looking back of past "future" trends Many domain investors stake their claim in the areas of future trends and technologies. Whether it be vr, ar, ai, autonomous vehicles, defi, crypto, etc.. The debates then rage on domain forums about what will succeed and what will fail? Rebecca Sentance wrote an article on econsultancy.com that looks back at the past decades hype and failures. The … [Read more...]
Blockchain skills are the right skills to have for 2020
The NextWeb published a LinkedIn report on the top skills to have for 2020. Blockchain topped the list. Other tech skills such as cloud computing, ai and UX design also made the list. For those of you not possessing those skills, sales and affiliate marketing also made the top 10. Use the list to review domains you own and see if you have some names that match up well with the skills on the … [Read more...]
By the numbers – 3L.com sales down over $5m in 2019
Three letter .coms had a down year in 2019 vs 2018. Dollar volumes were down over $5 million in reported sales. 2018 had ICE.com at $3.5 million and DXL.com at $1,150,000. 2019 only brought about 1 seven figure sale with EKO.com at $1.5 million. Three letter .com reported total sales have been fewer over the last couple years. 836 total reported sales over the last 5 years (167 a year on … [Read more...]
Verisign: third quarter of 2019 closed with 359.8 million domain name registrations
Verisign Q3 2019 Domain Name Industry Brief: Internet Grows to 359.8 Million Domain Name Registrations in the Third Quarter of 2019 Data shows that the third quarter of 2019 closed with 359.8 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs), an increase of 5.1 million domain name registrations, or 1.4 percent, compared to the second quarter of 2019.1,2 Domain name … [Read more...]
The startups who raised the most money in 2019
Denise Stephan published a piece on the crunchbase blog of the startups that raised the most money in 2019. Number 1 was Flexport Last Equity Funding: $1B Series D Notable Investors: Softbank Vision Fund, DST Global, Founders Fund Flexport is a licensed customs brokerage and freight forwarder built around a modern web application. Its service includes a dashboard for businesses … [Read more...]
Would you like to charge a domain inquiry fee?
Would you like people to pay to make an offer on your name? Would you like to pay to make an offer on someone else's domain name? I read a tweet from George Kirikos about low ballers (someone offered him $500 for Orderly.com) George wrote: What sucks is the time wasters trying to buy domains at 1% of the floor price, spamming their lowball offers. I think Webmagic has it right, charging … [Read more...]
