Sedo released their last weekly domain name sales report of 2020. Spectacle.com led the way at $100,000. Sleepwave.com was second at $50,000 (great job by the seller). Heal.me was third at $43,000. 50 .com sales 43 cctld sales 9 other tld sales Top 3 highlights of public SedoMLS sales are: · prestige.io at 10,495 USD · 5qr.com at 7,988 USD · furniture.de at … [Read more...]
Voice.com seller buys $650 million in Bitcoin
In domain industry circles MicroStrategy (Stock price: MSTR (NASDAQ) $317.60 +16.40) is known for being the company that sold Voice.com for $30,000,000. While the company still owns a nice portfolio of domain names, they are a big believer and big holder in Bitcoin. They now hold more Bitcoin than the U.S. government. CoinTelegraph wrote: Business intelligence company MicroStrategy has added … [Read more...]
Selling early and leaving $1.3 billion on the table
Many early domain name investors sold a name way too early or knew of someone else who was not going to pay for a domain registration back in the day. Years ago I was talking to someone who was into domain names real early and he said a friend at one time was basically on a suicide watch. He owned some great domain names when they were free. When registration fees were introduced he balked … [Read more...]
Niue wants .nu redelegated
Niue wants it's country code back! This is not something new as I have written before about how countries view their country code as a natural resource and want to control their own digital identity. Back in February Wired wrote a piece on several small countries and their fight to be in control of their cctld. Ending what they deem a digital colonization. The Chagossians want .io back as I … [Read more...]
GoDaddy buys payments processor Poynt
GoDaddy buys payments processor Poynt for $320 million to boost ecommerce offerings. GoDaddy said, Poynt’s technology will let it offer businesses a “complete suite of commerce and payment services”; Poynt CEO Bedier will run a newly created commerce division. Poynt has raised $128 million in VC funding. GoDaddy (NYSE:GDDY) saw it's shares up a little under 1.5%. … [Read more...]
Sedo weekly domain name sales led by FV.de
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and FV.de topped the list at 58,000 Euro, ($70,542). Weights.com was second at $52,000. OFTV.com was third at $32,000. 53 .com sales 18 cctld sales 3 other tld sales Top 3 highlights of public SedoMLS sales are: · clmlaw.com at 9,995 USD · palamo.com at 8,999 USD · vacid.com at 7,500 EUR Domain … [Read more...]
Google – 2020 the year in search
Google released a video for the year in search 2020. The word of the year was "Why" it was asked more than ever in 2020. Top 5 Searches in the U.S. Overall Top Searches Election resultsCoronavirusKobe BryantCoronavirus updateCoronavirus symptoms Matt Southern took a deep dive and his article is worth reading over at Search Engine Journal. … [Read more...]