Michael Santiago detailed his sale of ChatGPT.com for $85,000. Back in January 2023 I published here on TheDomains that Ryan from Domain Buy App, Inc. sold ChatGPT.net for $8,900. The domain name is now on a parked page, though I do believe Ryan sold it to OpenAi so it's odd that they have not updated nameservers. At the time of that posting the term "chatgpt" was registered in 370 extensions. … [Read more...]
CENTR TLD Market Report 2024
CENTR released their latest TLD report. One of the things I thought that was interesting in the report was toward the bottom as it discussed how ChatGPT and A.I. overall could affect search and also domain names. From the report: The ChatGPT Effect – LLM Challenger to Search? As Large Language Models (LLMs) continue to become more widespread, understanding their impact on domain names … [Read more...]
Afternic Top Keywords sold for November 2023
Afternic released their keyword data for November 2023 and My stayed in the top spot. These are the top keywords sold for the month. Group was in second place and Ai was in the third spot. https://twitter.com/afternic/status/1745800801639862464 A look back at October 2023 Afternic Top Keywords sold … [Read more...]
Afternic Top 20 Keywords sold for June 2023
Afternic tweeted out their June 2023 top keywords list. My actually took the top spot followed by AI and Group. Looking at Sedo's trending list for June 2023 My and Group do not make the list, while AI and Bet are also in the top 10 as well. https://twitter.com/afternic/status/1695071668786311260 … [Read more...]
Identity Digital Domain Trend Report: February 2023
Identity Digital (formerly Donuts) published their February domain trend report. The report covers the top premium domain names registered, most registered SLD keywords and other data. In the month of February 2023, SLDs registered on Identity Digital TLDs were 27% shorter than .com domain registrations. Top 20 Premium Domains Registered In The Month of February … [Read more...]
Escrow.com Domain Investment Index Q4 2022
Escrow.com published their Domain Investment Index for Q4 2022. You can view the full report here. Year-on-year, Escrow has seen a 49.26% decrease in the total value of domain name transactions from $158M in 4Q21 to $80M in 4Q22. Over 75% of the fall in 4Q22 is attributable to the decrease in the volume of domain name transactions, which decreased by 20% from US$514M in FY21, to $411M … [Read more...]
What is a fair sales commission rate?
I am sure just about everyone is familiar with the sales commission changes coming across all GoDaddy properties, (GoDaddy.com, Afternic, DAN.com and Uniregistry). For those not familiar, To simplify commissions, effective Feb. 1, 2023, each marketplace is moving to a 15% commission rate for domain names pointed to Afternic, Dan, or Uniregistry nameservers at the time of the sale. If your … [Read more...]