.Shop announced they will be releasing 14,000 three letter names starting tomorrow. These names will have a standard renewal price. The announcement was made on the .shop website: 10/23/2017Over 14,000 New 3L Premium Names to be Released Tomorrow with Standard Renewal Fees We are excited to announce that more than 14,000 three character premium .shop names will be newly released October 24 at … [Read more...]
Sell your best 4L.com priced at $5,000 or less
This post is about 4L.coms and 4L.coms only. Post the best 4L.com you are willing to sell right now with a $5,000 max price. 1 name listed only. There have been a few who have tried to post more names using a different email address/name same IP all submissions will be deleted if caught. Names will get some added exposure on Twitter, which is where about one third of sales have generated … [Read more...]
new gTLDs made up 16 percent of the 2016 cases at WIPO
Ip-Watch.org published an article on the WIPO annual report. In that article William New broke down some statistics related to domain disputes. 2016 showed an increase of 10% in domain cases. From the article: In 2016, the total number of WIPO cybersquatting cases rose 10 percent, with a record 3,036 cases brought by trademark owners, involving 109 countries. The top three sectors for … [Read more...]
The future of all premium domain transactions?
There was an interesting conversation that took place on Twitter with Mike, Elliot Silver and Andrew Rosener. The topic dealt with financing purchases and also getting equity from certain deals. Andrew Rosener commented that he felt that this was the future of premium domain transactions. The conversation started with Elliot's tweet: A domain name may have a "perfect buyer," but that … [Read more...]
Sedo weekly sales led by Mainan.com
Sedo reported their weekly sales and Mainan.com topped the list at $20,000. Vejo.com came in second place at $18,000. 39 .com sales this week and again only 2 other gtlds. Grandel.online was the only new gtld sale. 17 cctld sales led by Me.io at 10,000 GBP. ($13,190) I am thinking that might have been cheap with the popularity of .io lately. No real themes this week, two "pay" related … [Read more...]
How do you like your content?
I was reading the article Morgan Linton wrote about domain blogs and it kind of fit in with an article I started on over the weekend. How do you like your content? Morgan was specifically talking about a Twitter conversation about Bitcoin and Domaining, that was being had by Rick Schwartz and Konstantinos from OnlineDomain.com. Do crypto and domaining dovetail? Are they separate animals that … [Read more...]
One investor asks,”4L CHIPS: Wasn’t it the best example of pump and dump?
In 2015 the emergence of so called ugly 4L.com names started their rise. People started posting wanted threads on Namepros, "Looking for 4L.coms no a,e,i,o,u,v." The prices started to pick up pretty rapidly, I owned two 4L.coms and the first one I auctioned on Namepros and it sold for $335. I auctioned the other on NameJet a couple months later and that sold for $1,500. Prices continued to … [Read more...]