TheDomains.com turned 17 this month, it was back in 2007 when Michael Berkens decided to throw his hat in the blog arena. Michael started buying domains a decade earlier in 1997. The one and only Ron Jackson did a feature on Michael back in 2009. December has probably been the most important for Michael's domaining career as 8 years later in December as well, Michael sold his portfolio to … [Read more...]
Rick Schwartz $1.225M Lease with option deal on HurricaneDamages.com
Rick Schwartz posted on X that he booked a 7 figure lease with option deal on HurricaneDamages.com. Rick's X is private so not as many people see his posts. As the turnaround continues… Inked a deal this morning for a lease with option to buy on a $35 hand registered domain from 2004; http://HurricaneDamages.com $1,225,000 BOOM! Not too bad for a $35 handreg. Right before this news … [Read more...]
.ART Acquires HUG to Empower the Next Generation of Digital Artists
New York, NY & Washington, DC – December 12, 2024 .ART Registry, operator of the leading domain for the art and creative community, is proud to announce the acquisition of HUG (thehug.xyz), an inclusive social marketplace co-founded by Randi Zuckerberg and Debbie Soon. This acquisition reinforces .ART's commitment to empowering artists globally with innovative tools and opportunities across … [Read more...]
Interview with GNAME’s Johnson Zhang
Johnson Zhang is the CEO of GNAME, they are based out of Singapore. Johnson took the time to answer some questions about GNAME and where he sees the domain industry going in the future. 1) It looks like 2024 has been a solid year for GNAME, are you happy with how things have gone? Yes, 2024 has indeed been a solid year for GNAME, and we are satisfied with the current development. Not only … [Read more...]
Sedo weekly domain name sales led by Qamar.com
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and Qamar.com led the way at $50,000. Rugs.it was the highest cctld at 29,500 Euro, ($31,004). EPJ.com sold for $16,625. 42 .com sales 25 cctld sales 6 other tld sales Highlights of public SedoMLS sales are: FashionPay.com at 16,199 USDDigikit.com at 16,000 USDCrysto.com at 8,998 USD Domain … [Read more...]
Grit.org Podcast #48 why this transformer company upgraded to Maddox.com, plus details on UC.com
Grit Brokerage released their latest podcast, discussing sales like UC.com, Lug.com and their guest on the show is Mac Spiller who used Grit to help them acquire Maddox.com as an upgrade and rebrand from their former name. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlK_r7N3TEo … [Read more...]
Mark Levine on Domain Academy
Mark Levine from DomainTheory.com spent close to an hour talking with Joe Styler and James Iles on GoDaddy's Domain Academy video series. Mark is always a good listen, he has done quite well in domain names and shares how he got started. It's worth a listen. https://youtu.be/aucmx93lx2Y?si=TO7i45jo5MnMivfx … [Read more...]