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...]
A look at the top 10 new gtld sales of 2019
Here is a look at the top ten new gtld sales so far in 2019. (Of course these are only sales that are reported, we have no way of knowing that which has never been reported). No extension placed more than one entry in the top ten. Free.Games The top sale was the highly publicized sale of Free.Games. Chad Wright and his WebQuest Inc sold the name for $335,000. The name was acquired in a … [Read more...]
Radix releases their premium sales for the first half of 2019
Radix an advertiser here on TheDomains, released their first half report on premium sales for 2019. You can view the whole report here Here are some highlights of the report: $1.36M in revenue; at par with H2 2018.online, .tech and .site were the highest-grossing TLDs with respect to premium sales80+ names sold with a price tag of $2,500 or more 78% of premium … [Read more...]
Sedo weekly sales led by LGV.com
Sedo released their weekly sales and LGV.com led the way at $35,000. Definitely.com was in second place at $19,500. Online Casino is always a powerful keyword combo and this week there were two related sales. OnlineCasino.cl sold for 10,000 Euros, ($11,157) and OnlineCasino.cn sold for $4,999. 45 .com sales 21 cctld sales 3 other tld sales A couple interesting .net sales with … [Read more...]
ExerciseBalls.com drops – the name has been around the block
ExerciseBalls.com closed at DropCatch yesterday for $5,212. This was the third time the name sold, each time for a lower price. However there is one other step along the way, it sold as a website a little over 2 years ago on Flippa for $10,650. Ali Zandi was the seller of the website. From the sales listing: Background The domain ExerciseBalls.com was acquired in 2015 from SnapNames after … [Read more...]
Escrow.com vs Epik the battle continues
There is an epic (pardon the pun) battle that sparked up last night on Namepros between Jackson Elsegood and Rob Monster. This thread is not a new thread, it started back in January. The dispute has been about whether the escrow services provided by Epik are truly escrow services. John Berryhill has weighed in along with many Epik customers. Jackson posted a link to a story about an … [Read more...]
Verisign reports Q2 earnings – ended the second quarter of 2019 with 156.1 million .com and .net registrations
Verisign (VRSN) reported earnings today, they reported net income of $148 million and diluted earnings per share (diluted “EPS”) of $1.24 for the second quarter of 2019, compared to net income of $128 million and diluted EPS of $1.04 for the same quarter in 2018. The operating margin was 65.9 percent for the second quarter of 2019 compared to 63.8 percent for the same quarter in 2018. … [Read more...]