.Tech turns 2 years old today, Radix ( an advertiser on TheDomains) has put together an infographic and look back at the first two years of this new gtld. Certainly the keyword tech is a very popular keyword, Popularity Index "tech" is the 4th most popular topic on the internet by domain count. #1. web #2. net #3. art #4. tech #5. cloud #6. shop #7. home Source: … [Read more...]
Alexa top 500 website auction gets suspended on Flippa
Supposedly an Alexa top 500 (Top 100 in the U.S.) website was being auctioned on Flippa, this auction has been suspended the seller looks to now be banned. The URL was hidden and you needed to sign an NDA to gain access. The bidding originally had a starting price of $1m. A couple days later when I looked there were 4 bids and a high bid of $1,999 so they changed the bidding parameters. The … [Read more...]
Where are you investing your domain dollars?
A lot of different niches en vogue and some slipping out of vogue. From VR to Crypto to Emojis to AI. EMDs vs brandables, .com vs non coms. Where are you currently putting your domain dollars? … [Read more...]
Gay.com given away to Los Angeles LGBT Center
Gay.com was once one of the best known gay personal websites on the net. The site came online in 1997 and is still getting 200,000 visitors a month, according to it's owner VS Media. VS Media acquired Gay.com last year. Gay.com’s new owner, will be the Los Angeles LGBT Center. According to a post on Yahoo, VS Media appraised the site at $6.9 million before donating it. Read more commentary … [Read more...]
Prices of .TV; .XXX, .Porn, .Sex, .Adult Domain Names all set to Rise on September 1st
The wholesale price set by the registry of .TV, .XXX, .Porn and .Adult are all increasing on September 1, 2017 and registrars are of course raising their prices on these extensions for registrations and renewals Of course the price of the domain name you will pay will vary registrar to registrar. The Wholesale cost of .TV which is operated by Verisign is increasing to $25 a year. I have … [Read more...]
Ethereum.com for sale reserve is just $10 million
It looks like Evergreen is brokering Ethereum.com the domain was registered in 2011. Asking price a cool $10 million. The original registration looks to be back in 2003 but the name was dropped. The domain actually dropped 3 times, so there are 3 people in the world who are yelling at the moon, "WHY DID I DROP THAT NAME, A LOUSY $8 TO RENEW." Previous screenshot here Tip of the cap to … [Read more...]
Sedo weekly sales led by OpenSourceCMS.com
Sedo reported their weekly sales and OpenSourceCMS.com was the top sale at $35,000. Crypto names continue to get bought up with CrypyoStars.com selling for $6,565. Crypto.Tech selling for $2,999 .IO took 2 out of the top 3 cctld sales. Gamble.io led the way at $10,000. Domain … [Read more...]