MacRumors.com published a piece on Apple registering a number of AppleOne related domain names. Apple has a meeting taking place on 9/15 and an announcement may be coming on a new service. Whether they can get the .com or net will remain to be seen. I doubt they will get the .com. Appleone.com is a developed website, an employment agency. Appleone.net is currently parked and for … [Read more...]
$50,000 purchase to $720,000 sale
The biggest reported domain name sale of 2020 comes in at $720,000. Namepros member Keith posted in 2017 that he purchased Nas.com for $50,000 in BTC. He added the BTC actually cost him next to nothing. He posted tonight he sold Nas.com for $720,000. Well done and one hell of a flip. … [Read more...]
DAN-BODIS partnership to provide a hybrid landing page
Announced to coincide with the start of NamesCon Online, our ad partner DAN and Bodis have announced a partnership. I had early access to the new hybrid sales landing pages and I think it's a good move for both companies. From the release: DAN and BODIS are partnering on a unique first ever hybrid monetization-sales landing page. This partnership will finally allow domain owners to maximize … [Read more...]
Radix announces launch of Namify
Radix is entering the name spinning space with Namify, located at Namify.tech. The name-spinner is aimed at solopreneurs, small business owners and startups looking for affordable brand building solutions that include brand name, domain name, social media handles as well as a brand logo. Unlike most other brand name spinners that simply add prefixes and suffixes to the keywords inserted … [Read more...]
Sedo weekly domain name sales led by Lokal.com
Sedo reported their weekly domain name sales and Lokal.com led the way at 40,600 Euro, ($47,822). OOTD.com was closed behind at $40,000 and RoboticProcessAutomation.com third at 22,000 Euro, ($25,914). 54 .com sales 30 cctld sales 5 other tld sales Top 3 highlights of public SedoMLS sales are: · yhxc.net at 15,000 USD · lumen.eu at 12,999 … [Read more...]
Radix Premium Domains Report – First Half 2020
Radix's Premium Domains report for the first half of 2020 is out and here is a look at some of the performance points. $1.96M in revenue; 19% growth over H2 2019New premium registrations contributed to ~50% of the total premium revenue for this period41% jump in new premium registrations vs H2 2019$996K in premium renewal revenue.TECH was the highest-grossing TLD with $360K in premium … [Read more...]
An in depth look at domain names surrounding the upcoming election
Election Domain Names Kacey C at DigitalShadows.com wrote a very ind depth article on domain names and the upcoming election. Delving into which names are being used for malicious purposes and which are just bad for a candidates brand. She looked at domain names in three different categories: Misconfigured or illegitimate sites: Typosquats that were not correctly configured when … [Read more...]