Godaddy.com sold 34,132 domain names through its Aftermarket/Auction system in February down slightly from January when it sold 35,803. February sales were led by Xe.co which sold for $37,500 Here are the…
Category: Domain Valuation
DomainMongrel.com Launches New Domain Appraisal Tool: Here’s Some Comparisons
If your a frequent reader of TheDomains.com you know we are not great fans on domain name appraisal tools so we might be surprised to see us announce yet another one, DomainMongrel.com…
IDNX/Sedo: Number Crunching Shows, Domains Sell Faster With “Charm Prices”
This is a Guest Post by Thies Lindenthal, Sedo.com’s product manager for domain pricing, and a visiting scholar at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Center for Real Estate. Mr. Lindenthal holds…
Domainindex.com Downgrades .Co.uk From AA To B: Introduction of .uk TLD “Would Massively Destroy the Value of Existing .co.uk Domains
Domainindex.com, downgraded its rating for .co.uk from AA to B. The step has been taken after the release on October 1, 2012 of a three-month consultation by Nominet, the not-for-profit manager of…
Marchex’s Sales Prove It: Estibot Appraisals Are Worthless
As a domain owner there is nothing more frustrating than having someone argue that the asking price of your domain is too high because its over “Estibot Appraisal” (unless your price is…
BargainDomains.com Is 1st Marketplace That Is Allows Sellers To Include DNWStats.com In Their Domain Sale Listings
BargainDomains.com just added a feature that allows Sellers to add a link to a DNWStats.com report to the BargainDomains.com sale pages. For example checkout this domain for sale on BargainDomains.com, HandymanServices.com. As…
ICANN Opens Flood Gates To New Extensions
ICANN has unimously voted to allow an unlimited amount of new TLD’s, using any combination of letters and numbers, including non-Latin characters. In CNN article annoucing the decision it states in part:…