Another five figure .io sale as Leet.io sells for $10,000. This was not an expired auction. Looking at the Whois it looks like Mike Carson's company Humbly, LLC sold the domain name. The domain name redirects to REH.at. The buyer is a street artist who has a background in software engineering. For those unfamiliar with the term Leet Leet (or "1337"), also known as eleet or leetspeak, is … [Read more...]
Reported cctld sales in 2020 higher in 10 months than 2019 and 2018 full year
October is winding down and there are two full months left in 2020. When we look at reported country code domain name sales, they have already surpassed 2019 and 2018 full year sales. 2020 sales are 6,344 sales for $10.5 million vs 2019 full year sales of 6,249 sales for $10.5 million. The country codes fueling the sales are the usual suspects. .Co.uk, .de, .co, .io and .ai. .Co.uk has … [Read more...]
Fortune is the latest publication to highlight the uncertainty around .io
There seems to be more and more articles coming out with regards to .io and how the natives of the Chagos Islands want their extension back. I first wrote about it back in 2015, and then again in July of this year. Fortune is out with another article, the provocative title of, 'Colonialism' and crypto claims: Why the .io domain name extension faces an uncertain future" The article (which is … [Read more...]
ABC.io auction winding down at $50,000 as Insurance.io goes for $22,500
ABC.io which is listed with a $200,000 buy it now at DAN.com was pushed to auction at Sedo with a $50,000 bid. According to Sedo the seller is out of China. There are a few hours left if you are looking to jump the current leader. Namebio just reported 10 minutes ago that Insurance.io went for $22,500 at Park.io. So within 10 hours we could have the 4th and 17th highest reported .io sales … [Read more...]
Blockchain gaming company moves from .io to .games
In a post written on Medium, Chase Freo reported that Alto.io is pivoting to Outplay Games. Chase wrote, this is a complete overhaul of the product and services it is developing. This pivot is taking Outplay Games to an entirely different direction from its last year’s offering of NFT centric tool sets. These are the types of rebrands that many who are fans of new gtld domains like to … [Read more...]
The largest .io sale of all time is going to be used for a Crypto app
Last month Swipe.io sold for $68,000 at Park.io. This marks the largest reported .io sale of all time. It looks like the name was bought by a crypto company and Swipe.io will be an app that allows users to spend 20+ cryptocurrencies from a non-custodial wallet. Interestingly there is a Swipe.io that is a game produced by Diginity Games. This is an actual game in both the App store and … [Read more...]
Swipe.io sells for $68,000 – biggest reported .io sale of all time
Swipe.io closed at $68,000 on Park.io to become the highest .io sale ever recorded according to Namebio. The domain was registered in 2012. There is a Swipe.io by Dignity Games in the Apple and Google app stores. The name was once parked at Undeveloped, swipe.io - a really cool domain parked on Park.io swipe.io/The best place to backorder/drop purchase expiring ccTLD domain … [Read more...]