Sedo reported their weekly sales and .com did not take the top spot for a change. Flix.it sold for $22,000 to lead the way. Bitcoins.co sold for $10,000. The top .com sale was moneymaster.com at $11,000. MLLM.com I thought this was the best buy out of the list, it sold for 2,050 Euros. Domain … [Read more...]
ICYMI: The top posts of June on TheDomains
In June we tried to touch upon a few topics like affiliate marketing and trademark law, both articles were well received. Thanks to all our readers and advertisers. The top 5 posts by views for June: Domainers don’t agree on much Do you do any affiliate marketing Domain Investors Need To Learn Some Trademark Law Father’s Day $500 Blowout $9,888 is today’s magic number for … [Read more...]
Another record initial coin offering
Duncan Riley of Silicon Angle wrote about another record breaking ICO or initial coin offering. Instead of going the VC route, some startups are raising funds through ICO's. Someone was talking to me about the month of June as it related to domaining. They felt it was a down month. I replied that in June I spoke to more people who I have only known as domain investors, that wanted to talk more … [Read more...]
INTA study shows most new gtld registrations are defensive
The International Trademark Association (INTA) conducted a study into new gtld registrations. I thought this was interesting when it came to premium pricing, 15% flatly refuse to pay premium pricing and another 6% pay for top marks only. They uploaded the survey results to the ICANN community wiki From the report: REGISTRATION ACTIVITY IS HEAVILY DEFENSIVE INTA members are active in the … [Read more...]
GoDaddy has integrated four new registrars to its expiry and Aftermarket
More inventory will be coming to GoDaddy auctions. Monica from Bite (http://www.biteglobal.com) informed us that GoDaddy has integrated four new registrars to its expiry and Aftermarket following its recent acquisition of Host Group Europe: 123-Reg.co.uk, Heart Internet, Domain Factory and hosteurope.com. This will add thousands of additional domains to GoDaddy's platform per month and … [Read more...]
Where is your favorite place to sell domain names?
There are a multitude of places to sell your domains names. Popular aftermarket sites like Sedo and Afternic have been around for years. GoDaddy gives sellers a variety of ways to sell, from 7 day auctions to premium listings. Specialty sites such as BrandBucket and Brandroot offer sellers of brandable domains a boutique experience to market their names. Efty allows it's customers to find a … [Read more...]
Social Media companies on notice in Germany as new legislation passes
Back in March we wrote about a proposed German law to fine social media companies that did not remove hate speech. The New York Times reported that the law has passed and things are about to get tricky for social media companies doing business in Germany. There is plenty of speech that is obviously wrong to any reasonable person, but there might be some instances where things are gray. That … [Read more...]