Would you like a .gov address? It might be easier than you think to secure one, and that's not a good thing. KrebsonSecurity.com published an article about how a researcher filled out a form, grabbed some letterhead and impersonated a mayor of a small U.S. city. Basically they committed wire fraud to secure a .gov domain. From the article: “I used a fake Google Voice number and fake Gmail … [Read more...]
Sedo weekly sales led by Buoy.com
Sedo released their weekly sales and Buoy.com led the way at $110,000. Clean.Tech was the second highest sale at $30,000. WeLog.com was third at $20,000. 41 .com sales 26 cctld sales 4 other tld sales Domain … [Read more...]
The startups who raised the most money in 2019
Denise Stephan published a piece on the crunchbase blog of the startups that raised the most money in 2019. Number 1 was Flexport Last Equity Funding: $1B Series D Notable Investors: Softbank Vision Fund, DST Global, Founders Fund Flexport is a licensed customs brokerage and freight forwarder built around a modern web application. Its service includes a dashboard for businesses … [Read more...]
A look at the top 10 .Org sales and where they are today
.Org is next up in our series of taking a look at the Non coms. Checking in on where the top 10 biggest sales in the extension are up to lately. ( Sales data courtesy of Namebio). .Org has 3 of it’s top 10 all time sales take place in the last 3 years. poker.org1,000,000 USD2010-02-26Sedoq.org500,000 USD2018-10-21LegalBrandMarketingautoinsurance.org440,000 USD2011-04-07Media … [Read more...]
Domain registrars are saying “Thank you Boomer”
Baby Boomers might not be thrilled with the term "Ok boomer" but registrars and registries sure are. Aja Romano @ajaromano writes on VOX.com "The earliest mentions of OK boomer can be traced as far back as 2015 on 4chan, where the phrase was used as an insult by the forum’s anonymous users, aimed at other anons who seemed out of touch. But the phrase really took off this year on TikTok, … [Read more...]
Sell your best 4,5,6L pronounceable .coms
List your best 4, 5, 6 pronounceable .coms, names must be pronounceable. $2,000 max price. So this post is for .com only and the max price is $2000. You may list up to 3 names. There have been a few who have tried to post more names using a different email address/name same IP all submissions will be deleted if caught. Names will get some added exposure on Twitter. The post should … [Read more...]
That time when they doubted Mike’s sale
Long before the doubts about Chocolate.com, were the doubts about a sale from the founder of this blog. In 2012 Michael sold NewYorkApartmentsForSale.com and the comments on Namepros went from nice sale, and wow that's a great price for such a long name to: Still under Sedo Escrow...after 2.5 months It smell fishy This domain is still in escrow after 3 months, yet it is still listed … [Read more...]