NameJet/Snapnames reported their July sales ($2,000 or more) and 4M.com was the top sale at $36,000. Update Vito caught an error which I will email NameJet about, ZIZ.com and ZLZ.com sold for $25,000 each, not $5,000. Beings.com was second at $16,302 and Vota.com was third at $15,000. 91 sales in total. 4m.com$36,000.00NameJetNamesCon Europe - … [Read more...]
Final Thoughts: 1st Asheville Domain Investor Meetup
It’s been an exciting few days here in Asheville as an eclectic group of domain investors traveled from near and far to share visions, dreams, and ideas to help one another and the domain industry in general. The farewell breakfast Saturday morning and the Brewery Tour that same afternoon were just the activities to put a nice bow on all the good accomplished over the last few days. … [Read more...]
Sale price of Navigator.com revealed
I had read a tweet some weeks back from Jamie @DotWeekly. It was regarding Navigator.com and Gentry Underwood. Gentry Underwood has acquired the https://t.co/OBdzqzsqAs domain name for his newest startup. It appears the domain was acquired around August 2018 according to whois history records. #AI #teamwork #brand #premium #domain https://t.co/In89RehGI1— Jamie Zoch (@DotWeekly) June 19, … [Read more...]
GoDaddy reports earnings and dives 5% in after hours before rebounding
GoDaddy (NYSE:GDDY) reported earnings today, this coincided with the news that CEO Scott Wagner would be stepping down and being replaced by Aman Bhutani, who most recently served as president of Brand Expedia Group. The stock was up on the day but took a dive in after hours trading once the earning were reported. Excluding one-time items, the company posted earnings of 1 cent, below … [Read more...]
No! .com investors are not threatened by new gtld’s
So I read an article on the Flippa blog by Max Guerin that seems to want take shots at .com investors, Rick Schwartz and the "traditional domain press." In an article titled "The Rise of Alternative Domains" Guerin starts out the gate with cheap shots, Some domain investors have been complaining about new gTLDs (new general top-level domains) seeing in them a threat to their almighty … [Read more...]
The good, the bad and the ugly – Escrow.com 2019 Edition
Back in 2016 we started a series here that looked at the best and worst about companies in the domain industry. Over the last 30 months a lot has changed at many companies so we are revisiting the good, the bad and the ugly. Each post will deal with just one company, readers are encouraged to share their positive and negative experiences. Suggestions for improvement are also … [Read more...]
A look at the top 10 new gtld sales of 2019
Here is a look at the top ten new gtld sales so far in 2019. (Of course these are only sales that are reported, we have no way of knowing that which has never been reported). No extension placed more than one entry in the top ten. Free.Games The top sale was the highly publicized sale of Free.Games. Chad Wright and his WebQuest Inc sold the name for $335,000. The name was acquired in … [Read more...]
