The .blackfriday extension has always been a head scratcher for some domain investors. An extension for one day that many think they know the history behind, actually it's a myth. The real history comes from where I live, Philadelphia. The true story behind Black Friday, however, is not as sunny as retailers might have you believe. Back in the 1950s, police in the city of Philadelphia used … [Read more...]
Sendoo.com $7,000 purchase in 2018 left to drop – Miniature.Golf goes for 28% of previous sale
Domain Name Sales Action 8-13-20 The domain name sales action on Thursday was led by DC.ag a domain name that according to Namebio was picked up for just $135 at the end of May and sold at Sedo for $14,174. Sendoo.com was a domain name that sold in 2018 for $7,000 and was left to drop. It closed at $1,220 at DropCatch. There are developed websites at Sendoo.me and Sendoo.se a Swedish company … [Read more...]
Mask.com is now the highest priced domain name at BrandBucket
Last November I took a look at the highest priced domain names on BrandBucket. Lend.com was the highest at $2.5 million and Nude.com at $1.5 million. Neither name is now listed for sale at BrandBucket. Mask.com is now listed on BrandBucket and has the highest asking price at $2 million. The domain name registered in 1995 was owned by The Mask Group out of San Mateo, California. It went … [Read more...]
Google update was a bug
It's Google Wednesday! I am kidding of course but here is our second Google story today. A couple days ago there was a lot of reactions to what was seen as a major update for Google search. It got a lot of people flustered and wondering what was happening with their websites position in the serp. Barry Schwartz over at Search Engine Roundtable wrote about one of the biggest updates he had … [Read more...]
Google opposes trademark application on Floogle
Google is opposing the trademark registration of Floogle. A gentleman by the name of David Dennis filed an application for trademark on the word FLOOGLE. Goolgle claims it is likely to cause consumer confusion because of the similarities of the trademarks as both are also in connection with COVID-19 information websites. Google actually won a UDRP case on the domain name Floogle.org back in … [Read more...]
Sedo weekly sales led by BuyWeed.com
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and BuyWeed.com led the way at $50,000. Founders.net was second at $37,500. RoadTest.com was third at $16,500. 51 .com sales 20 cctld sales 9 other tld sales Top 3 highlights of public SedoMLS sales are: · y.at at 13,750 USD · yjyzw.com at 9,999 USD · magneticlashes.com at 9,995 USD Domain … [Read more...]
At what point does it become ok to own a reported stolen domain name?
There is quite the discussion going on at Namepros with regards to a domain name that was first reported stolen in 2007. Provenance is important in things like art and domain names. In an interview with Giuseppe Graziano, Nat Cohen was asked the following? What do you think needs to happen for the domain industry to outgrow its current status and for domains to become a widely held … [Read more...]