Verisign (VRSN:NASDAQ) released their Domain Name Industry Brief for Q1 2022. 350.5 million names of which 174.7 million were .com and .net. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The first quarter of 2022 closed with 350.5 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains, an increase of 8.8 million domain name registrations, or 2.6%, compared to the fourth quarter of 2021.1,2 Domain name … [Read more...]
Has .io lost it’s shine?
Today someone asked me if I was interested in some .io domain names he was selling. They were just random LLL names no strong acronyms or anything like that. So I told him no and he asked me if the shine was off .io? I told him I really have not heard that much .io news in 2022. But I wanted to check the data for 2022. As we approach the halfway mark of 2022, .io sales along with .co are … [Read more...]
Sedo weekly domain name sales led by Mixed.com
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and Mixed.com led the way at $115,000. Onda.com was second at $80,000. ItJobs.mx was third at $35,000. 45 .com sales 34 cctld sales 8 other tld sales Highlights of public SedoMLS sales are: omni.app at 25,000 USDdezy.comat 22,500 USDmcity.net at 7,500 EUR Domain … [Read more...]
Sedo now offering 6 more payment options
When it comes to accepting payments from all over the world, it always seems that some have a preferred method that's not accepted. Sedo made an announcement that they have added 6 new payment methods that customers can now use. These fall along different geographical lines. The new methods: American Express (CC) Cartes Bancaires (CC) iDeal Trustly giropay Klarna Pay … [Read more...]
NameJet/SnapNames May 2022 domain sales led by Vip.org
NameJet/SnapNames released their May 2022 domain name sales. NameJet had an 18% increase in the number of domains sold over $2K but a 20% drop in average sales price.SnapNames $2K domains sales slowed down by 17% but the average sales price increased 2%.NameJet had 4 domains sold over $10K with VIP.org leading the way at $36,888.SnapNames had 3 domains sold over $10K with NOAA.com sell for … [Read more...]
Sedo weekly domain sales led by Yachts.com
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and Yachts.com led the way at $600,000. Sold by longtime domain investor Eric Borgos. Auto.ae was second at $110,000 and Tysk.com third at $30,000. 48 .com sales 21 cctld sales 13 other tld sales Highlights of public SedoMLS sales are: hd.today at 25,000 USDantelope.ioat 22,200 USDhistoric.org at 12,000 USD Domain … [Read more...]
Move over Web3 hype here comes Web5
So while there has been a lot of buzz around Web3 it appears some are focused on Web5. Jack Dorsey co-founder and former CEO of Twitter, Inc., as well as the founder and principal executive officer of Block, Inc. is the man behind Web5. Dorsey tweeted out: Tracey Follows wrote a post on Web5 for Forbes. The actual definition given in the TBD presentation pack is as follows: “Web5 is a … [Read more...]