Back on October 18, the domain name Uncle.com sold for $66,002 at Sedo. The domain name registered since 1994 was owned by a Canadian IT specialist. Many believed the domain was a steal. It had to be noted it was a wholesale transaction, an auction at Sedo. The new buyer seems to agree with those that think it's a 7 figure name. The domain name moved to Uniregistry. The buyer as noted by … [Read more...]
NamePull gets a 23x return on GreenFunder.com
Thursday had some decent domain name resales. NamePull.com scored a nice sale on Thursday selling GreenFunder.com for $4,999. This resulted in a sweet return as they acquired it for $220 in 2017 at GoDaddy auctions. Alaa.com purchased for $2,300 in 2008 at NameJet, 12 year hold results in a $4,999 sale at Sedo. Detectives.org acquired for $329 in 2019 at NameJet, it sold for $1,050 at … [Read more...]
Reported cctld sales in 2020 higher in 10 months than 2019 and 2018 full year
October is winding down and there are two full months left in 2020. When we look at reported country code domain name sales, they have already surpassed 2019 and 2018 full year sales. 2020 sales are 6,344 sales for $10.5 million vs 2019 full year sales of 6,249 sales for $10.5 million. The country codes fueling the sales are the usual suspects. .Co.uk, .de, .co, .io and .ai. .Co.uk has … [Read more...]
Two $50,000 + closes at DropCatch – Kau.com closed at $100,350
A couple big domain name closes at DropCatch on Wednesday. Kau.com closed at $100,350 and epara.com closed at $58,056. Kau.com was registered in 1996 and owned by a Japanese company. There are no trademarks for KAU as a standalone registration. Kau is the southernmost district on the island of Hawaii. The name of a river in India and an airport code for an airport in Finland. Epara.com was … [Read more...]
Sedo weekly domain name sales led by RCV.com
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and RCV.com led the way at $53,000. Tourist.de was second at 32,000 Euro, ($37,792). CultWines.com was third at $25,000. 30 .com sales 15 cctld sales 10 other tld sales Top 3 highlights of public SedoMLS sales are: · tamilguide.com at 6,500 EUR · lini.cn at 6,250 USD · specialfriends.com at 5,000 GBP Domain … [Read more...]
Forbes contributor asks “Is Google Helping End The Dominance Of .COM?” NO!
A Forbes contributor, Johan Moreno published an article on Google, new gtld domains and .com. Some of the stats are not correct, the author ends the article with the following: .COM still holds about 22% of all TLD registrations, according to data from Domain Name Stat. A leading gTLD, .xyz, has about 1.36%. Namepros member eCalc had the right numbers, Domain Name Stat may want to get … [Read more...]
EveryTeam.com expires after being purchased for $35K in 2018 and $3million in funding
The domain name EveryTeam.com has quite the history. Registered on my birthday in August of 2002. In 2005 it was billed as the social network for the sports fan. The company that owned the domain name was out of Reston, Virginia. Press release circa 2005: Reston, VA (PRWEB) December 14, 2005 EveryTeam.com, the first social networking website dedicated to enhancement of sports fan … [Read more...]