It looks like around 12,000 .XYZ domain names were registered in the first few hours into the $.01 .XYZ domain promotion. According to ntldstats.com, Uniregistry had 41,299 .XYZ registrations as of yesterday's z0ne report before the announcement which was made around 5PM EST. According to the last zone update there were 53,381 .XYZ domain name registered at Uniregistry. So basically the … [Read more...]
Sedo Weekly Transactions Total $1million led by Minpaku.com
Over the past week, 480 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1m. 63% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: Top .com: minpaku.com at 17,000 USD Top ccTLD: enalquiler.es at 6,300 EUR Top “other” TLD: holz.kaufen at 5,000 EUR Minpaku was sold by a Korean registrant and was purchased by what looks like the … [Read more...]
Quick Poll: How Many .XYZ Domains Are You Going To Register at $.01
Now that Uniregistry announced that it's offering .XYZ domain name registrations at just one penny now through June 2nd we thought we would run a quick poll to ask you how many domains you are planning on registering. Our answer range from none to over 10,000 so vote now on the right hand side of thedomains.com (on June 3rd the price moves uo to $.18 per domain) Here are you … [Read more...]
.Store Passes 500+ Sunrise Registrations With 5 Days to Go
The new gTLD .store which entered the sunrise phase on the 6th of April, is already slated to make its mark in the Top 10 new gTLDs in terms of sunrise performance, standing at the 515 sunrise orders with 5 days of the sunrise remaining. As the first e-commerce focused domain, .store has seen an eclectic mix of brand applicants ranging across different industries and categories from fashion … [Read more...]
Cash.us closes at $20,100 amid a ton of .us expiring auctions
It was .US day on Go Daddy and there were some interesting closing prices. More than likely all these domains get renewed but it was still an interesting exercise to look at which names closed highest. Here are the names I tracked that closed four figures and higher: Cash.us closed at $20,100 130 bids Wallet.us closed at $18,250 142 bids Gaming.us closed at $15,000 123 … [Read more...]
Seller of CB.CN Pays 1million Yuan to buy it back
Some recent sales reported on by Ename.cn show that CB.cn was bought back by the person who sold the domain last year. The domain was reportedly sold for mid six figure Yuan and now has been purchased for one million Yuan. Emotional attachment was the given reason for the repurchase. Thanks to Kassey Lee for translating the Ename.cn stories. Some other sales include Huan.cn, QDW.com and … [Read more...]
Where will 212.com close ? $50 to the winner
We were running a contest on the 13.co auction and that auction just closed early as the name was renewed. So we are going to still give you a chance to win $50 this week. 212.com is on auction at NameJet, the current bid is $749,999 USD. So leave your guess on the closing price and the person closest will win $50. Payable by Paypal only. The $50 will be paid to the winner then you can donate … [Read more...]