Earlier the news broke that Parler.com moved to Epik and now GoDaddy has apparently booted AR15.com. 15 years ago I said this was the way I thought the Internet would be in the future. Splintered as a series of "Internets" Countries who want to protect a valuable resource would keep out what they don't like. And companies who want to thwart those with different belief systems would apply … [Read more...]
Dot CLUB hits record 72 premium names sold in one day
Colin from Dot Club tweeted out that .Club had the most premium .club sales in one day on Saturday. 72 names sold. The prices and renewal fees were not included in the tweet. Colin did provide the list. … [Read more...]
In 2020 .org continued it’s upward trend in reported domain sales
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...]
Will Registrars ban or delete “hate” domain names in the future?
Disclaimer: This post is for adults only, should not be read around children or at work, the subject of the article deals in words many will find offensive or possibly be triggered by. With social networks censoring being in the spotlight this week. Someone asked about hate related domain names eventually being shut down. On Namepros @Jeffrey asked, Will Registrars ban or delete "hate" … [Read more...]
Epik Update on Afternic Fast Transfer Status
Epik provided an update on their termination from Afternic Fast Transfer. In the blog post Epik gives some insight into what factors played a part in the decision from their view. From the post We believe there were several factors involved, including our reports of repeated Afternic security issues with their platform harming both registrars and domain investors who trusted them. Instead of … [Read more...]
Sedo weekly domain name sales led by Limit.com
Sedo reported their weekly domain name sales report and Limit.com led the way at $120,000. Termine.de was second at 21,000 Euro, ($25,817). Frugality.com was third at $22,500. 64 .com sales 39 cctld sales 6 other tld sales Top 3 highlights of public SedoMLS sales are: · signalpro.com at 8,999 USD · bive.com at 8,000 USD · youreyes.de at 7,500 EUR Domain … [Read more...]
2020 Reported Country code sales up over 20% compared to 2019
Reported Country code sales in 2020 were up over 20% in 2020 compared to 2019. There were 7,648 Total Sales vs 6,249 in 2019. $12.8m in dollar volume vs $10.5m in 2019. Average selling price per domain name was almost unchanged, $1,677 vs $1,681. There were six 6 figure sales in 2020 vs three in 2019. Sedo remains the leader in country code sales. They accounted for $6.9m of the $12.8m in … [Read more...]