Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and FaceYoga.com led the way at 55,000 GBP, ($74,855). You can read more about FaceYoga. HostGrid.com was second at 23,550 GBP, ($32,187). Third is a Japanese name, 白ごはん.com it looks like it means Shiro Gohan or White Rice. It sold for 22,000 Euro, ($26,849). 45 .com sales 21 cctld sales 13 other tld sales Top 3 highlights of public … [Read more...]
Q4 2020 Liquid Market Report shows a decline in sales to end the year
Giuseppe Graziano released the Q4 2020 Liquid Market Report. Public Disclosed Sales Q4 2020 were down ▼ 10.92% according to the report. $2,730,378 Escrow.com Sales Q4 2020 were down ▼ 17.49% at $11,023,223. Check out the full report here … [Read more...]
Checkout.com raises $450m a look at the history of this premium .com
Checkout.com just raised $450 million, according to TechCrunch, the company wants to build a one-stop shop for all things related to payments, such as accepting transactions, processing them and detecting fraud. It focuses on large merchants and tries to make its product as customizable as possible so that you integrate it as an infrastructure partner in your product. Looking back at the … [Read more...]
GoDaddy boots AR15.com
Earlier the news broke that Parler.com moved to Epik and now GoDaddy has apparently booted AR15.com. 15 years ago I said this was the way I thought the Internet would be in the future. Splintered as a series of "Internets" Countries who want to protect a valuable resource would keep out what they don't like. And companies who want to thwart those with different belief systems would apply … [Read more...]
Dot CLUB hits record 72 premium names sold in one day
Colin from Dot Club tweeted out that .Club had the most premium .club sales in one day on Saturday. 72 names sold. The prices and renewal fees were not included in the tweet. Colin did provide the list. … [Read more...]
In 2020 .org continued it’s upward trend in reported domain sales
The .org extension was in the news a lot in 2020, many organizations, investors and other interested parties were anxious about a potential sale of the registry to Ethos Capital. Then on April 30, 2020 ICANN says no sale on .org. On the reported sales side of the coin, .Org has continued an upward trajectory in sales over the last 5 years. Year# of salesTotal Dollar VolumeAverage Sales … [Read more...]
Will Registrars ban or delete “hate” domain names in the future?
Disclaimer: This post is for adults only, should not be read around children or at work, the subject of the article deals in words many will find offensive or possibly be triggered by. With social networks censoring being in the spotlight this week. Someone asked about hate related domain names eventually being shut down. On Namepros @Jeffrey asked, Will Registrars ban or delete "hate" … [Read more...]
