Someone on Twitter posted some eye popping numbers on a few new gtld domain names. As someone who lives in Philadelphia can't wait to see what goes up on the name. On Namepros most are highly skeptical. Brad Mugford wrote: It is also pretty amazing for a Twitter account to have (13) tweets and 5,048 followers…seems legit. Also, the (3) tweets above with a collective almost 1,500 … [Read more...]
Radix’s H2 2021 Premium domains Report
Radix our ad partner here, released their second half of 2021 premium domains report. I was surprised that three letter names were the most popular category. We tend to see more keywords sell for big money in new gtlds. Full year results were the best ever for total retail premium revenue, the number came in at $5,884,189. Highlights: $2.98M in retail premium revenue3Ls most popular … [Read more...]
8 years later, a look at the first 7 new gtlds
What do we call something 8 years old? Not new, not a baby, not even a toddler. While there is speculation about when the next round of "Not legacy TLD's" will be introduced, let's take a look back at the first 7 to launch in 2014. In a post I wrote, "It's a profit deal" I checked in on the first 7 when they were just 4 months old. Here is what the numbers looked like: .bike … [Read more...]
Donuts Domain Trend Report: January 2022
Donuts published their January domain trend report. The report covers the top premium domain names registered, most registered SLD keywords and other data. In the month of January 2022, SLDs registered on Donuts TLDs were 19% shorter and included hyphens 16% less frequently than .com domain registrations. Top 20 Premium Domains Registered In The Month of January … [Read more...]
Radix’s #SiteIt Contest picks a winner from over 6,000 entrants
Radix’s .Site Domains recently announced the closure of their #SiteIt contest, in partnership with Namecheap. Teodor Rupi won the contest and took home a nice selection of prizes. From the 6000+ entries, the Radix team shortlisted the finalists while the winner and runner-up were chosen by judge Kevin Harrington, entrepreneur, business executive, and original Shark on ABC.com’s Shark … [Read more...]
Donuts Domain Trend Report: December 2021
Donuts published their November domain trend report. The report covers the top premium domain names registered, most registered SLD keywords and other data. .Global seemed to be on the uptick in December. Top 20 Premium Domains Registered In The Month of December … [Read more...]
Donuts Domain Trend Report: OCTOBER 2021
Donuts published their October domain trend report. The report covers the top premium domain names registered, most registered SLD keywords and other data. In the month of October 2021, SLDs registered on Donuts TLDs were 26% shorter and were hyphenated 7% less than .com domain registrations. Top 10 TLDsTop 10 .live PremiumDomains SoldMost RegisteredSLD … [Read more...]