Radix (an advertiser here on TheDomains) reported 2019 results. The company showed over 54% growth in profit for 2019, revenue grows by over 26%. Highlights of the report include: $21M in total revenue for 2019, 26% growth over 2018 (revenue is net of all discounts and rebates)54% growth in Net Profit in 2019 over 2018Revenue Split - 25% standard registrations | 64% standard renewals$2M in … [Read more...]
Sedo weekly sales led by Codi.com
Sedo released their weekly sales and Codi.com led the way at $40,000. The sale was made by legendary domain investor Garry Chernoff. Another well known domainer (Future Media Architects) came in second with Digid.com selling for 30,000 Eur, (33,432). .Co had a strong week, izi.co was the top sale at 13,000 Eur, ($14,533). YJZG.org if I asked for $10 on Namepros I could not get it, but any … [Read more...]
Congressman – Being able to look up who owns and operates a website is essential for safety
Congressman Bob Latta (R-OH05)serves on the Energy and Commerce Committee as the Republican Leader on the Communications and Technology Subcommittee. Last week he published a House resolution with regards to WHOIS. In a press release on House.gov “Being able to look up who owns and operates a website is not just a tool necessary for public transparency, but it is essential for … [Read more...]
GolfBet.com buyer revealed
Six weeks ago I published an article on the sale of GolfBet.com for $100,000. Pierluigi Buccioli announced the sale on LinkedIn. At the time he had mentioned that he did not sign an NDA. He also mentioned that he had reason to believe that the PGA Tour was the buyer. Variety is out today with an article that confirms that suspicion. The domain currently forwards to … [Read more...]
Sell your shorties 1-3 characters max.
Short names only 1 to 3 characters any extension. If it's any extension other than com/net/org LIST THE RENEWAL PRICE, premium or non premium. This is a new one, we have never tried this with 1 to 3 characters max and a $15,000 max budget. If everyone just prices everything at $15,000 it will just be a dud unless everyone has 3L.coms to move. So this post is for the best name you are willing … [Read more...]
B-social dropping the hyphen and rebranding to a 4L.com
B-Social has secured £7.8m in funding and is now dropping the hyphen and getting a short new name. The company that is building a social bank is rebranding to Kroo.com. The domain was registered in 1996 and was purchased on NameJet for $2,555 in 2016. According to BusinessCloud.co.uk B-social has over 8,500 customers who have spent more than £1m with their B-Social cards and have shared … [Read more...]
AskMe.com closed in 2016, laid off 4,000 people, domain closes today at $95,000 on NameJet
AskMe.com closed at $95,000 on NameJet on Wednesday. The domain was owned by Getit Infoservices Private Ltd. A company with an interesting backstory. The company based out of India closed up and laid off 4,000 people. LiveMint.com wrote: AskMe.com logs off operations, 4,000 employees lose their jobs. AskMe accuses its investor, Astro Entertainment Networks Ltd that owns 99% stake in the … [Read more...]