Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and Crypto.co.uk led the way at 100,000 GBP, ($130,441) to be fair when it was announced it was roughly $127,500 on conversion. MyNames.com was the top .com sale at 15,000 Euro, ($16,672). 27 .com sales 15 cctld sales No other tld sales Domain … [Read more...]
DNWE Scavenger Hunt – DEAL or no DEAL now open
The Deal or No Deal finale is now open at DNWE.com you have a chance to win a domain names, sell it, swap it for the mystery domain. If you are randomly selected as the winner the choice is yours. Ryan Ewen did a good job with this one and it's nice to see a contest where there is a prize that everyone will enjoy. Go here to play … [Read more...]
Sedo weekly domain name sales led by UpSign.com
Sedo reported their weekly domain name sales and UpSign.com led the way at 55,000 Euro, ($60,278). Sorteos.com was second at 50,000 Euro, ($54,805). Arcs.com sold for $30,000. iPL.net sold for $27,000. Baddie.com sold for $21,000. 34 .com sales 20 cctld sales 9 other tld sales Domain … [Read more...]
TechCrunch: “Maybe Friend wasn’t crazy for spending $1.8M on a domain after all”
Friend.com was in the news at the end of July. Avi Schiffmann posted on X that the company purchased Friend.com for $1.88M on a payment plan. Some thought it was crazy to spend that much and voiced their outrage on X. TechCrunch published an article on the purchase and went deeper into branding and domain names. The first thing I found interesting was that Avi Schiffmann, the founder and CEO … [Read more...]
GNAME has some auction features that other places should emulate
When talking about how to stop game playing at auctions, someone suggested to me that it would be great if you could make bidders have money in the account and freeze a percentage. Well it turns out GNAME does do that. When you look at their auction terms they note, 1. A 20% deposit of the bid amount will be temporarily frozen in your account and will be unfrozen when your bid is exceeded … [Read more...]
Advising someone to basically go the RDNH route probably not a good idea
In what can only be described as a clown show of an X thread, one participant stood out as a shining example of why you do not take unsolicited legal advice. You can read the whole thing on X. TL;DR Startup named Camel (not a great brand imo because the tobacco company is so well known and you are never getting the .com) Founder offers $200 for Camel.ai that owner paid $40K Founder … [Read more...]
Giuseppe Graziano gives some insights from the Breakfast Club
(Image Credit Giuseppe Graziano) Giuseppe Graziano who publishes the Liquid Market Report but out a very detailed post on the business of domain investing. He added in commentary from legends in the business along with ChatGPT. The article touches upon some comments that are a few years old but still relevant. Nat Cohen remarked during the burst of the Chinese short domain bubble, ‘A market … [Read more...]