Radix (an advertiser here) is temporarily waiving the restore fee on all their strings. This is being supported by 75 registrars who have enrolled in the program. Here is the full release In an effort to reduce customer burden on domain-related spending during current market conditions, we are supporting a temporary waiver on the Restore Fee for all Radix TLDs. This waiver is in effect … [Read more...]
NameSilo March 2020 marketplace and registration stats
NameSilo (an advertiser here) released Marketplace Stats for March 2020. Two posts broke down marketplace stats and domain registrations stats. On the marketplace side, 84% of all domain sold were .com. The highest sale was $10,500. The average sale was $265. Oddly the character length that generated the most sales was 15. Read all the marketplace related stats on the NameSilo … [Read more...]
.CLUB to postpone wholesale price increase in 2020
Last year .club announced modest price increases for their wholesale registration fees to be implemented July 1, 2019, July 1, 2020, and July 1, 2021. In light of the current situation they have decided to postpone the wholesale price increase that had been scheduled for July 1, 2020.To clarify, there will not be any .CLUB wholesale price increase during 2020 at all. Jeff Sass told me, We … [Read more...]
Where are your thoughts on 4L.coms?
One of the most discussed and traded categories in domaining is the 4L.com space. Providing access to a wider number of investors as opposed to 2L.com and 3L.com which many don't have the budget for. In 2018 there were 7,862 reported 4L.com sales on Namebio. 2019 saw a drop to 5,514 reported names. Now if you look at 2018, Andrew Rosener successfully sold Zoom.com for $2million. If we remove … [Read more...]
Things not to say to an undercover agent – Coronaprevention.org seized by ICE
CoronaPrevention.org seized ICE has seized the domain name Coronaprevention.org. Apparently the seller listed it for sale and engaged in communication with an undercover agent. Among the things he relayed to the agent was that it was “genius” to sell “fake testing kits” using this domain. The seller further stated that the seller “wanted to do that but I couldn’t get enough cash to bulk buy … [Read more...]
Post the best .com you have for sale for $500 or less
$500 or less .COM ONLY READ EVERYTHING FIRST so you are not surprised if your comment is not published ore removed. This post should be used to sell a name where you are making some money with no commission, and leave a little for the next buyer. With things the way they are I am going to allow up to 5 names to be listed to give you a little more exposure. A few people emailed asking if … [Read more...]
Verisign reports Q1 2020 earnings Revenue up 2%
Verisign, Inc ((NASDAQ: VRSN) reported first quarter 2020 earnings. Financial Highlights Verisign ended the first quarter of 2020 with cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities of $1.14 billion, a decrease of $79 million from the end of 2019.Cash flow from operating activities was $180 million for the first quarter of 2020, compared to $187 million for the same quarter in … [Read more...]