Blake Hutchison CEO of Flippa, published the 2022 Flippa Insights Report. It's a long and detailed look at all things Flippa in 2022. From the top search terms, to which sectors were hot, to the number of new registered buyers there is a lot to decipher. 170,000 net new buyers joined the Flippa platform with these buyers segmented into three distinct type(s) – Institutional & Company … [Read more...]
Buyer of Capital.xyz looks to have acquired Capital.app
Last March DomainHacks.com sold Capital.xyz for one of the higher .xyz sales of all time. The domain name sold for $105,000. Capital.xyz was purchased by Capital Software & Services Inc. A disclaimer at the bottom states that they are a financial technology company and not a bank. Banking services provided by Blue Ridge Bank, N.A.; Member FDIC. The Capital Software & Services Inc. … [Read more...]
Braden Pollock joins Board of Directors at Internet Commerce Association
Braden Pollock is one of the more well known and one of the most successful domain investors in the business. He is now joining the board of directors at the ICA. From the release: The ICA is proud to announce the expansion of our Board of Directors. Starting this month, Braden Pollock is taking a board seat after his nomination received overwhelming support from ICA Members. Braden is … [Read more...]
FrozenYogurt.com closes at $8,600 one reader was within $100 of guessing exact closing price
FrozenYogurt.com a domain name registered in 1995. Nestlé is the Swiss multinational let it drop. We had a little contest here, guess the closing price and win $20. Alex guessed $8,500 and just missed being exactly right. Alex says January 3, 2023 at 4:17 am Somewhere near $8500. I registered a domain that was dropped recently and had to pay only new registration price. It was a 8 … [Read more...]
Nestlé drops the ball and allows FrozenYogurt.com to drop – Where does it close?
Nestlé is the world's largest food & beverage company, the Swiss multinational let one slip through the cracks on the domain name side. Registered in 1995, FrozenYogurt.com was left to drop and was caught by DropCatch. DotDB.com shows that Frozen Yogurt is registered in 42 extensions. There are over 400 more registrations with a keyword like someone's name in front of Frozen Yogurt. … [Read more...]
A look back at 2022 from Crypto to Web3 to .xyz and more
First and foremost a Happy and Healthy New Year to all our readers, advertisers and partners. Looking back at 2022 it was quite the interesting year. From NFTs, Crypto, .xyz and DAN being acquired, there was a lot going on. One theme that has been developing for awhile really took hold in 2022. The decentralization of domain investor engagement and commentary. If you go back a decade … [Read more...]
An attempt to Hijack a Domain Seizure Order, Posing as a Rightsholder failed
TorrentFreak.com published an article where there was an attempt to hijack a domain name seizure order. MindGeek who runs many popular online adult video websites won millions of dollars and the right to take over domain names won in a lawsuit. A lot of times when a company loses a copyright infringement case in the online porn space they just move to new domain names. That is what is apparently … [Read more...]