Welcome to the Daily Roundup for September 5, 2016 I hope everyone had a good Labor Day weekend not sure I did much buying and no selling. Domain movements spotted by Mike Former Marchex domain names sold by @GoDaddy/ @namefind: Hotfashions.com Worldwidegolf.com Softspot.com Smartsport.com JustTalk.com Buyersdepot.com Dailytravel.com Livearchive.com … [Read more...]
Longest Domain Escrow Ever? XND.com In Sedo Escrow For 6+ Years Just Transfers
The domain name XND.com just transferred to a new owner yesterday, someone in China. A three letter .com finding its way to China is certain not news, but what is really interesting about this domain is that is sold back in January 2010 for $10,500. The domain name according to Domaintools.com has been sitting in escrow every since. That's right over 6 1/2 years: Here is how the whois … [Read more...]
The Number of .Com Domains Pass 128 Million For 1st Time According To Verisign
The number of registered .com domain names have passed 128 Million for the 1st time according to Verisign the registry for .com. According to Verisign the number of .com domain names in the Domain Name Base as of today is 128,015,138 The Domain Name Base as defined by Verisign "is the active zone plus the number of domain names that are registered but not configured for use in the … [Read more...]
The Daily Roundup for 9/2/16
Welcome to the Daily Roundup for September 2, 2016 Domain movements spotted by Mike Former Marchex domain names sold by @GoDaddy/ @namefind: RealTimeCoach.com BestProduct.com 17hours.com Urbanstore.com Sales by @GoDaddy/@namefind of our old domains: Latexwear.com Filesavers.com VisitOakland.com, a domain we turned down $15K a bunch of times from the city. Other … [Read more...]
Looks Like At Least 4 Brands Paid Tens of Thousands Each To Register 6 .Shop Domain
Yesterday, September 1, 2016, was the first day of the Early Access Program (EAP) for .Shop. I found six .Shop domain registrations that were made on September 1 by 4 brand-holders. It's possible these registrations could have been made in the Sunrise period if the brands were registered with the Trademark Clearinghouse but Sunrise for .Shop closed on August 29, 2016. First day of EAP … [Read more...]
DOJ Says .Com Price Cap Will Remain At $7.85 Until 2024
The Department of Justice in a letter sent on August 31stto Senator Cruz and his colleagues in response to their August 12th letter inquiring on antitrust and Verisign after the transition and .Com RA extension makes clear that NTIA, in consultation with DOJ, retains full authority to extend the Cooperative Agreement and the .Com price freeze through 2024. "We note that the current extension … [Read more...]
Namejet.com Reports $570K in Sales In August
Namejet.com released all of its sales for August 2016 of $2,000 or more which totaled just under $570,000. Only those domains that were paid for by August 31 were included in the report All domain names were lead by Cock.com which sold for $93,000 Here are the domains: Domain Name Payment … [Read more...]