We have been running a series for a few years, The good, the bad and the ugly” An opportunity for readers to discuss what they like and don’t like about a particular company in the domain space. In this post give your thoughts on domain conferences. What is not allowed: Personal attacks on individuals at the chosen companyPromoting a competitorPosting domains for sale … [Read more...]
A look at the history of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
With the news out today that Lotto.com was saved in a UDRP complaint, though there was no finding of reverse domain name hijacking. There is an article published by Gerald M. Levine a few weeks back at IPlegalCorner.com that's worth reading. Mr. Levine takes a look back at the history of RDNH and provides some other stats on UDRP's as a whole. From the article: Between 2000 and 2019 (with … [Read more...]
NameSilo presents December marketplace sales data
Using Visme which is a pretty little free tool for presentations, NameSilo posted data for December sales. They broke down the data in a way we would love to see every marketplace present. Check out all the data here … [Read more...]
Sedo weekly sales led by Touhou.com and a 62,000 3L.net
Sedo released their extended weekly sales report as they did not release data over the holiday season. Touhou.com was the top sale at $75,000 and OGE.net sold for $62,000 to come in second. The Touhou Project, often referred to simply as Touhou, is a bullet hell shoot 'em up video game series created by one-man Japanese dōjin soft developer Team Shanghai Alice. Wikipedia 96 .com … [Read more...]
We asked what % of domain sales reports do you believe? 75% was top vote-getter
Back in November we asked what percentage of reported sales do you believe? 75% was the top vote-getter followed by 50%. Props to the 1 person that believes nothing. #PollTroll We also asked if all big sales should be questioned? This was on the heels of the Chocolate.com saga from Namepros. … [Read more...]
Breaking news – Not all domain sales are reported
"Hey bro there are many sales that are not reported!" That seems to be the mantra of half the commenters when a post is published regarding reported sales data. This is not news, everyone knows this, the posts I am referencing never made any implication that these are the only sales, or run your business by these numbers only. Some people ran with the numbers, such as a post I wrote on what … [Read more...]
By the numbers – 3L.com sales down over $5m in 2019
Three letter .coms had a down year in 2019 vs 2018. Dollar volumes were down over $5 million in reported sales. 2018 had ICE.com at $3.5 million and DXL.com at $1,150,000. 2019 only brought about 1 seven figure sale with EKO.com at $1.5 million. Three letter .com reported total sales have been fewer over the last couple years. 836 total reported sales over the last 5 years (167 a year on … [Read more...]