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In 2020 .org continued it’s upward trend in reported domain sales

January 10, 2021 by Raymond Hackney

The .org extension was in the news a lot in 2020, many organizations, investors and other interested parties were anxious about a potential sale of the registry to Ethos Capital. Then on April 30, 2020 ICANN says no sale on .org. On the reported sales side of the coin, .Org has continued an upward trajectory in sales over the last 5 years. Year# of salesTotal Dollar VolumeAverage Sales … [Read more...]

NameSilo adds .org transfer promo to the mix

November 27, 2020 by Raymond Hackney

A couple days ago NameSilo announced a Black Friday/Cyber Monday special for .com at $7.99 and today they announced a below cost .org special for $9.99. Rounding off our Black Friday promotions - .ORG transfers are now below cost! Transfer your .ORG domains to NameSilo for $9.99 and get 1 free year added to your expiration date (provided you haven't already renewed within the past 45 days). … [Read more...]

ICANN says no sale on .org

April 30, 2020 by Raymond Hackney

Miracles do happen ICANN get's it right on Dot Org The ICANN board announced that Ethos Capital will not acquire the PIR Registry. Today, the ICANN Board made the decision to reject the proposed change of control and entity conversion request that Public Interest Registry (PIR) submitted to ICANN. Full announcement Today, the ICANN Board made the decision to reject the proposed change … [Read more...]

GradeSlam raises $7.5 million rebrands to Paper.co

March 11, 2020 by Raymond Hackney

So Gradeslam.org put out a press release today and announced funding and a new name. They are moving from a .org to a .co. They are a Canadian company. MONTREAL, March 11, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- GradeSlam, the education company founded by McGill University graduates Philip Cutler and Roberto Cipriani, announced today that it has raised 7.5 million USD in funding. Along with the funding … [Read more...]

EFF questions ICANN at Winter Meetings with regards to .org sale

March 9, 2020 by Raymond Hackney

The Electronic Frontier Foundation published an article today after participating in a public forum today The forum was part of ICANN’s winter meeting. Elliot Harmon and Mitch Stoltz stated that ICANN did not answer any of their questions today. Ethos Capital is out there trying to ease some of the fears by forming a stewardship council but many see it as empty. From the article: Ethos … [Read more...]

After selling for $7,500 in 2013 5G.org left to expire

February 23, 2020 by Raymond Hackney

5G.ORG closed at $6,150 on GoDaddy yesterday. The domain was previously sold for $7,500 in 2013. The domain name was under privacy at GoDaddy and parked at Sedo up until expiration. Historical Sales 7,500 USD on 2013-06-26 at Sedo In 2013 5G was a future standard, today all the buzz is about 5G. 5G - Wikipedia 5G is the fifth generation wireless technology for digital … [Read more...]

Wow A $147,000 haircut?

December 17, 2019 by Raymond Hackney

Sexe the French word for Sex sold in the .org extension back in 2008, by none other than the founder of this blog, Michael Berkens. Michael sold the domain name for $151,400 at his website MostWantedDomains.com. The buyer was a French company that looked like this back in 2008. (No nudity but still NSFW). There was even mention of the acquisition price, translated into English: Domain … [Read more...]

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