It's hard being all things to all people and trying to get paid by all sides as well. NameMarket wrote a post on Namepros that shined light on something I had not come accross before, and neither did GoDaddy's Paul Nicks and Joe Styler. While searching one of his names on GoDaddy he got a message that said, Sorry, word1word2.com is only available at auctions. "Not up for a bidding war? … [Read more...]
Digital advertising to grow 19% to $129.34 billion
If you invest in domain names one of the things you want to see remain vibrant is the online ad market. More money and more campaigns spent online creates more opportunities for domain sales. MediaPost published a look at 2019 for digital and traditional ad spending. Digital advertising will exceed traditional advertising in the U.S. this year, according to an eMarketer forecast -- growing 19% … [Read more...]
Who is the best registrar in 2019 and why?
I am asked every week who is the best domain registrar? My answer is always it depends on your specific needs and interests. For me it's Epik, GoDaddy, Name.com. Epik.com for the pricing, all the tools provided such as escrow, free privacy, marketplace, payment plans, etc... GoDaddy for their reach, their auction platform and that for a lot of people outside of domaining, GoDaddy = Domain … [Read more...]
Sedo weekly sales led by DuoBank.com
Sedo released their weekly sales and DuoBank.com was the top sale at 30,000 GBP, ($39,197). Sail.me sold for $21,500 a great sale for an extension that has not been doing much in the way of big sales for a few years. LangKawi.com also sold for $21,500. 37 .com sales 21 cctld sales 4 other tld sales Domain … [Read more...]
Translate.com new owner revealed
Last November I wrote about Translate.com closing at $853,000 on Flippa. This was a developed website. I kept checking the whois and said to a friend maybe it did not sell because there was no update. Well now it's updated, the buyer was revealed on Slator.com as they found a Ukranian website that revealed the buyer. However, in early February 2019, Ukrainian website Vector revealed the … [Read more...]
An updated look at LL.com data
Ename produced an excellent piece on LL.com domains, the article is chock full of data and graphs. Some of the findings include: There are 676 LL.com domains in the world, among which 378 domains, that is, 55.9% have been set up to websites, and 298 domains remain website undeveloped. 378 LL.com end users are located in 27 countries (where the companies and private website owners are … [Read more...]
Web.com Aftermarket Platform Sales for January
Usually we report the NameJet monthly sales but now that NameJet is 100% owned by Web.com they will also include SnapNames … [Read more...]