Verisign released their Q1 2018 Domain Name Industry Brief Of note was the decrease in new gtld registrations, they actually showed a decrease of 400,000 names. Some statistics from the report: The first quarter of 2018 closed with approximately 333.8 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs), an increase of approximately 1.4 million domain name registrations, or … [Read more...]
Betting names dominate trending keywords for May
Verisign released their trending keywords for May and with the recent change in sports betting laws no surprise that Sports, Bet, and gambling made the top 10 for … [Read more...]
Josh Metnick just keeps on selling crypto related domains
Josh Metnick continues to sell crypto domains, some of them I would never even think of registering. Names like, 0x.fund. Josh sold it for $5,000. He explained to me in an email, (0x is shorthand for Ethereum -- all Ethereum addresses start with a "0x..." e.g. check out 0xproject.com (symbol: ZRX) or Bounty0x.io (symbol: BNTY). He also sold: CanopyCoin.com - $1,750 token888.com - $6,000 … [Read more...]
Results on Trust and Sentiment
At the beginning of the year we asked a couple questions, How do you feel about domaining in 2018? In another post who do you trust the most. 166 votes were recorded on investor sentiment, results below: Bullish 45% 74 Bearish 27% 45 Same as in the past 28% 47 107 Voters told us how their 2017 was when it came to domaining. The … [Read more...]
Startups on Radix domains rake in $436 mn in VC funding
Radix an advertiser here at TheDomains decided to put together a report on all the venture capital raised by companies using their extensions. .Tech was the most popular extension taking the top 7 spots. Innoviz.tech raised $82 million, the .com parked and registered since 1996. Tenx.tech raised $81 million, the .com forwards to Ten-X.com a developed website. Shadow.tech raised $71.7 … [Read more...]
Verisign’s December top trending keywords are all about crypto
Verisign released their top trending keywords for December. No surprise it was crypto dominated again. Everything in .com was coin/crypto related. .COM .NET coin crypto crypto chain block block chain corp blockchain river wallet press ripple associates crypt currency altcoin mountain appliance parts … [Read more...]
Are you bullish on domaining in 2018?
A fair number of domain investors had their attention off in other areas in 2017. The stock market did well and many were totally enamored with cryptocurrencies. Are you as interested in domaining as years past, or are you diversifying into crypto and spending more of your time on developments there? How do you feel about domaining in 2018 Bullish Bearish Same as … [Read more...]