To all our readers throughout the world, Mike and I would like to wish you all a Merry Christmas. Thank you for reading TheDomains and posting comments. A special thank you to all those who have spent some of their weekend helping with the Twitter situation. … [Read more...]
PSA: Ignore all tweets
Please ignore all tweets that came after the tweet at 1:01 am that said "test"from @thedomains. The account has been hacked and the hacker is trying to pretend everything ok, saying we got it back. There will be a post when that's accomplished, all tweets are not legit. Please report @thedomains if you have time and click the box for It appears their account is hacked Thank you … [Read more...]
Crypto registrations have gone Bat Sh*t Crazy
Unless you have been focusing on other things or living off the grid you know that Crypto is white hot. With all the coverage of Bitcoin, Ethereum, etc... The interest in crypto related domain names has gone through the roof. Verisign released their November top trending keywords and it was dominated by crypto related … [Read more...]
After starting slow GoDaddy comes back to win best registrar again in Namepros poll
So back in 2016 there was a best registrar poll on Namepros where GoDaddy won going away. They had over 50% of the vote. So last month I posted the 2017 poll and GoDaddy trailed early but came on at the close for the win. The early leader was NameSilo who seems to be an upcoming favorite with many domain owners. A few registrars really need to take a look at themselves and wonder how they … [Read more...]
Sedo weekly sales led by Hornet.com
Sedo released their weekly sales and Hornet.com was the top sale at $60,000. Goldi.com was right behind at 50,000 Euros, ($59,207). Goldi.com up and running, it's a video job search platform. 48 .com sales 20 cctld sales 5 other gtld sales Crypto and coin were represented in com, cctlds and new gtlds. Crypto.today sold for 3,000 Euros, ($3,552). Hyper.ai was the top cctld sale at … [Read more...]
Overstock going after o.com? Probably not as they focus on Crypto
With O.com hitting the auction block I thought Overstock would be interested in finally getting the .com after the whole O.co effort. But then I read an article on Inc.com which touched upon Overstock possibly getting ready to sell off the retail business and become a blockchain company. The company is launching one of the largest ICO's. From the article: Byrne said the funds from the ICO … [Read more...]
Radix shares financial numbers for the first time
Radix an advertiser here on TheDomains.com has put out an update on their business. 50% of total revenues coming from the renewals of non premium domains is a decent sign in my opinion. Some of the key highlights of the attached report: · 50% + of the total revenue comes from non-premium domain renewals · $1.76 million can be attributed to premium domains sold & … [Read more...]