Brent Oxley's domain names are now unlocked at GoDaddy. Paul Nicks posted the following at Namepros: All, I’d like to provide the community with another update on the recent situation. I appreciate all the opinions and engagement from the community.As we reviewed our policies and procedures, our goal was to do what’s right for our domain investors and to protect the industry from domain theft. … [Read more...]
Sedo weekly domain name sales led by UM.co
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and UM.co led the way at 55,000 Euro, ($65,368). Jejo.com was second at $39,595 and May24.com was third at $39,000. 43 .com sales 25 cctld sales 6 other tld sales Top 3 highlights of public SedoMLS sales are: · jejo.com at 39,595 USD · commandiq.com at 14,825 USD · apolloinvest.com at 10,400 USD *AD*Register your new … [Read more...]
NameJet/Snapnames February sales led by PayZone.com
NameJet/Snapnames released their February sales data. The top sale was payzone.com at $15,000. The top SnapNames Sale: smartjx.com - $11,554 DOMAINNAMEBRANDTYPESALES AMOUNTpayzone.comNamejetExpiring$15,000cheapmovies.comNamejetBrokerage and Escrow$12,345cheapmovies.comNamejetExpiry$12,345artlex.comNamejetExpiring$11,000architectureforhumanity.orgNamejetBrokerage and … [Read more...]
Other Registrars reply when asked how they would handle the Oxley situation?
So while there is other stuff going on in domaining, for many the only thing that matters is the Brent Oxley domain lockdown at GoDaddy. Someone registered FireAman.com referring to the CEO of GoDaddy Aman Bhutani and redirected it to the thread on Namepros. I started another thread to get the input from other domain registrars. How would they handle it? Namecheap was approached to lock … [Read more...]
Sedo weekly domain name sales led by 509.com
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and 509.com led the way at $106,000. This was a haircut from the last time it sold. Swap.io was second at $50,000 and vollautomat.de was third at 20,000 Euro, ($23,803). 69 .com sales 39 cctld sales 6 other tld sales Top 3 highlights of public SedoMLS sales are: · trustcoin.com at 10,000 EUR · lsev.com at 10,000 … [Read more...]
Escrow.com releases their Q4 2020 report – sales total $93.8m
Escrow.com released their Q4 Domain Investment Index report. The total transacted domain name amount continues to show signs of recovery from the impact of the pandemic - with a strong Q4 of $93.8 million compared to $77.5 million in Q3. Domain sales over $50,000 increased as Fortune 500 companies relaxed controls on capital expenditure. Download the full report … [Read more...]
The Brent Oxley domain lockdown turning into PR nightmare for GoDaddy
Since James Iles wrote about Brent Oxley having his domain names locked by GoDaddy due to someone filing a complaint in India, Namepros has erupted. Many have started transferring names out, I mentioned the story to someone this morning who neither goes to Namepros anymore or reads most blogs. He replied back 30 minutes later he was transferring his 700 names out. The thread at Namepros … [Read more...]