Mary Meeker's Internet trends report for 2019 has been released. Always a must read in my opinion as Mary has been doing this a long time and the report is filled with a lot of data. Recode waded through all 333 slides, ( I have only gone through about 100) Here are two takeaways from Recode.net read the full article. E-commerce is now 15 percent of retail sales. Its growth has slowed … [Read more...]
Swipe.io sells for $68,000 – biggest reported .io sale of all time
Swipe.io closed at $68,000 on Park.io to become the highest .io sale ever recorded according to Namebio. The domain was registered in 2012. There is a Swipe.io by Dignity Games in the Apple and Google app stores. The name was once parked at Undeveloped, swipe.io - a really cool domain parked on Park.io swipe.io/The best place to backorder/drop purchase expiring ccTLD domain … [Read more...]
“I don’t buy from domainers on principle”
To buy, or not to buy, that is the question. So the headline here comes from an email a reader sent me about an exchange they had with an end user. The reader sent a targeted email to just one person, asking them if they would be interested in the domain name they had for sale. The prospect replied, "Sorry Robert, I don't buy from domainers on principle." David. When they asked me what I … [Read more...]
The good, the bad and the ugly – NameJet – 2019 Edition
Back in 2016 we started a series here that looked at the best and worst about companies in the domain industry. Over the last 30 months a lot has changed at many companies so we are revisiting the good, the bad and the ugly. Each post will deal with just one company, readers are encouraged to share their positive and negative experiences. Suggestions for improvement are also … [Read more...]
The good, the bad and the ugly – Dynadot – 2019 Edition
Back in 2016 we started a series here that looked at the best and worst about companies in the domain industry. Over the last 30 months a lot has changed at many companies so we are revisiting the good, the bad and the ugly. Each post will deal with just one company, readers are encouraged to share their positive and negative experiences. Suggestions for improvement are also … [Read more...]
NameSilo wins Namepros best registrar 2019
The best registrar poll for 2019 on Namepros concluded today with NameSilo coming in first place. GoDaddy was second and Dynadot third. This is a poll ran roughly every 18 months, with 915 votes this time. The last two competitions GoDaddy won, taking 52% of the vote 3 years ago, and then beating NameSilo 253 votes vs 191 or 29.8% vs 22.5% roughly 18 months ago. For some registrars it's … [Read more...]
NameJet/SnapNames Combined Sales for May 2019
NameJet/Snapnames released their May sales report and VZN.com led the way at $23,700. There were 97 sales that came in at $2,000 or more. 17 of those were 4L.com, Yona.com was the highest sale at $13,688. There were 18 numeric sales with 570000.com being the high sale at … [Read more...]
