It's no secret to anyone active in the expired auction scene that Huge Domains and their bot are a big deal on GoDaddy auctions. A thread titled, HUGE DOMAINS SNIPING GODADDY CLOSEOUTS got things going on Namepros. The thread has 21,000 views and 430 replies. It's a long read and an informative read, if you have not read it you should bookmark it. Today Namepros member Dave put forth an … [Read more...]
Namepros takes further steps to protect it’s moderators
Namepros has made a change with regards to moderator identifiers, amidst threats spelled out in the post below, Namepros smartly has moved to mod team id's. In March of 2018 Eric Lyon was receiving threats and had his role changed at Namepros. In February of 2017 Namepros reached 1million discussions and it sucks to see things get to this level. I was a mod there for 12 years but I cannot say … [Read more...]
Should Epik just buy Namepros?
Rob Monster of Epik has become the most prolific poster on Namepros over the last couple months. Rob is embarking on a lot of different projects and is putting them all out there on Namepros to get feedback. Domain Microfinance Program As some folks here know, I am a big fan of Digital Empowerment projects that scale. Over the last year, I have seen lives transformed by people becoming … [Read more...]
Escrow.com vs Epik the battle continues
There is an epic (pardon the pun) battle that sparked up last night on Namepros between Jackson Elsegood and Rob Monster. This thread is not a new thread, it started back in January. The dispute has been about whether the escrow services provided by Epik are truly escrow services. John Berryhill has weighed in along with many Epik customers. Jackson posted a link to a story about an … [Read more...]
Over 50% polled would not pay more than $999 for a domain name
So I started a poll a few weeks ago on Namepros which closed yesterday. The question posed was the following: What's the most you'd pay for a domain in the aftermarket? Over 53% would not pay higher than $999 with 16.7% saying they only hand reg. Nothing; I only hand reg 104 vote(s) 16.7% $100 73 vote(s) 11.8% $101 to $499 78 vote(s) 12.6% $500 to $999 75 vote(s) 12.1% $1,000 39 … [Read more...]
A look at domain sales for the first half of 2019
Bob Hawkes published a look at the first half of domain sales in 2019. Using data from Namebio Bob gives a detailed look at the first half of reported sales. I thought there were some interesting takes like the spike up in .me and the numbers for new gtld domains. From the report: Sales Numbers I used the NameBio database to look at how the rate of domain sales in the first half of … [Read more...]
NameSilo wins Namepros best registrar 2019
The best registrar poll for 2019 on Namepros concluded today with NameSilo coming in first place. GoDaddy was second and Dynadot third. This is a poll ran roughly every 18 months, with 915 votes this time. The last two competitions GoDaddy won, taking 52% of the vote 3 years ago, and then beating NameSilo 253 votes vs 191 or 29.8% vs 22.5% roughly 18 months ago. For some registrars it's … [Read more...]
