An article on NewsBTC.com reported a poll by CapGemini that gauged the interest of high net worth individuals and their interest in cryptocurrency. No surprise there was greater interest from millionaire's who were 40 and under as compared to those 60 and over. 13% of those over 60 expressed an interest. From the article: The survey, which was based on responses from more than 2,600 HNWIs … [Read more...]
Sedo weekly sales led by SecureChain.com
Sedo reported their weekly sales and SecureChain.com led the way at $30,000. OnlineCasino.mx was the number two sale at 19,600 Euros. ($22,715). 59 .com sales 15 cctld sales 10 other tld sales Bit.ch was an interest domain hack if being used that way. 8,000 Euros. ($9,271). Life.Club was the highest new gtld sale at $7,000. Domain … [Read more...]
Buyer of Vacation.Rentals believes the days of high priced .com sales are coming to an end
Mike Kugler is the gentleman that purchased Vacation.Rentals for $500,300. Currently the highest reported new gtld sale. Yes Gay.app has been touted as being sold for $1million. No confirmation by any source that industry participants rely on. A website by the name of AMAfeed.com did a Reddit style ask me anything with Mike. Some of the questions were about the website, others about vacation … [Read more...]
first quarter of 2018 closed with approximately 333.8 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains
Verisign released their Q1 2018 Domain Name Industry Brief Of note was the decrease in new gtld registrations, they actually showed a decrease of 400,000 names. Some statistics from the report: The first quarter of 2018 closed with approximately 333.8 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs), an increase of approximately 1.4 million domain name registrations, or … [Read more...]
Sedo weekly sales led by Feed.co
Sedo released their weekly sales and Feed.co led the way at $85,000. Sportline.com was the top .com sale at $50,000. UScoin.com sold for $34,888. 58 .com sales 8 cctld sales 8 other gtld sales Only 1 three letter.com and 1 four letter.com. CCtld's had been reporting 15 + sales a week, so this week was a little light. Domain … [Read more...]
Betting names dominate trending keywords for May
Verisign released their trending keywords for May and with the recent change in sports betting laws no surprise that Sports, Bet, and gambling made the top 10 for … [Read more...]
Facebook launches gaming portal on FB.GG
Facebook launched their gaming creator portal on a .GG domain. The country code for Guernsey has become popular for esports. Facebook is using the domain name FB.GG. Some background: Wikipedia info .gg is the country code top-level domain for the crown dependency of Guernsey, including the islands of Guernsey, Alderney, Sark, Herm, Jethou and Lihou (plus several uninhabited islands and … [Read more...]