Over the years in reading many threads and posts it always seemed that the majority opinion was that more domain investors lose money than make money. I have had conversations with people who expressed their opinion that 80% plus were losing money over the long haul. A poll at Namepros which had 177 votes, went against those opinions with the majority of voters claiming to be profitable over … [Read more...]
Sedo weekly sales led by Sturm.de
Sedo released their weekly sales and a German name took the top spot with Sturm.de selling for 30,940 Euros, ($38,377). Sturm is German for storm. The top .com was DotData.com at $29,888. 53 .com sales 21 cctld sales 5 other gtld sales There were a few chain/crypto names - OpenChain.com, Bloxs.com, EmojiCoins.com. A couple betting related cctlds with Betr.io and … [Read more...]
NameSilo releases Marketplace revenue numbers
NameSilo posted on Namepros an update to their marketplace numbers. Another heated point in the very long NameSilo thread is about their marketplace and max bidding. Namepros member Keith said he would have paid $10,000 perhaps $20,000 for a name sold there for $75. This is the first post from Keith and you want to read the next full page, it's a back and forth between Keith and NameSilo with a … [Read more...]
Amidst death threats and people showing up at his door, Eric Lyon is moving to new role
Years ago a long time domainer expressed to me that I was a fool, he had no idea why I was a moderator at Namepros, especially working for free. I said well it's good to give back and help other people in the industry, though it can be a pain in the butt from time to time. He told me he would never even post on Namepros as it was not worth his time, so moderating was a foreign concept. I … [Read more...]
Sedo weekly sales led by Dax.com
Sedo released their weekly sales and Dax.com led the way at $500,000. Edit.com was number two at $140,000. 43 .com sales 16 cctld sales 5 other gtld sales Crypto.club sold for $10,000 Domain … [Read more...]
Customer has 8 four letter .coms stolen, be alert
John Berryhill alerted people of the following stolen 4L.coms. The following names were stolen from a GoDaddy customer: wumz.com fexz.com cclw.com yded.com clcy.com kdtx.com wohp.com ubve.com The names interactivebrain.com and cloneclothing.com appear also to have followed similar unauthorized transfer patterns. The same person attempted a theft of qauf.com, but the intended … [Read more...]
Purple.com sold for $900,000
George Kirikos who sought retweets as currency for his research efforts, set up a series of clues on a domain that sold last year that would chart in the top 10 for 2017 domain sales. The domain is Purple.com, I was really the only one playing along with George, and discovered the mattress firm merged with Global Partner Acquisition Corp. The details lie in the Edgar filings GPAC And Purple … [Read more...]