Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and SkyWin.com led the way at $275,000. Nevis.com was second at $100,000. Star247.com third at $18,000 tied with Dominari.com. Sex.xyz has a high premium renewal so looks like someone just wanted out of the renewal. 34 .com sales 17 cctld sales 7 other tld sales Highlights of public SedoMLS sales are: Domain … [Read more...]
Q4 2022 Liquid Domains Report
Giuseppe Graziano released his liquid domains report for Q4 2022. - Q4 2022 saw a significant decline in sales volume: Escrow.com sales went down by 51%, while public sales as reported by ShortNames.com went down by 85%. - The number of publicly transacted domains went up by 21%, possibly a sign of a higher number of liquidations. - 4N .com domains were the only positive note. Sales went up … [Read more...]
Twitter may finally be ready to monetize premium Twitter handles
According to a report by The New York Times it looks like Elon Musk shares an opinion that myself and some others in domaining have held on Twitter handles. The good ones are worth money. Mike first wrote back in 2009 about a TechCrunch story that said, “Twitter handles are quickly becoming as desirable as domains”. A new service just lauched this week called Tweexchange, a … [Read more...]
Sedo releases 3 weeks of sales data – Top sale TopFX.eu at 100,000 Euro
Sedo today is releasing three weeks of sales data. With the end of the year holidays we did not have reports for a couple weeks. TopFX.eu is the highest sale of all three weeks at 100,000 Euro, ($107,522). Teamo.com was the highest .com sale at $80,500. Highlights of public SedoMLS sales are: One thing that stood out to me was only one new gtld sale in 3 weeks. … [Read more...]
Identity Digital Domain Trend Report: December 2022
Identity Digital (formerly Donuts) published their December domain trend report. The report covers the top premium domain names registered, most registered SLD keywords and other data. Apparently someone likes .creditcard. Gold.Creditcard for some reason shows a Sedo lander saying it's expired. In the month of December 2022, SLDs registered on Identity Digital TLDs were 28% shorter … [Read more...]
Flippa 2022 Insights Report
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...]