Someone on Twitter posted some eye popping numbers on a few new gtld domain names. As someone who lives in Philadelphia can't wait to see what goes up on the name. On Namepros most are highly skeptical. Brad Mugford wrote: It is also pretty amazing for a Twitter account to have (13) tweets and 5,048 followers…seems legit. Also, the (3) tweets above with a collective almost 1,500 … [Read more...]
Radix’s H2 2021 Premium domains Report
Radix our ad partner here, released their second half of 2021 premium domains report. I was surprised that three letter names were the most popular category. We tend to see more keywords sell for big money in new gtlds. Full year results were the best ever for total retail premium revenue, the number came in at $5,884,189. Highlights: $2.98M in retail premium revenue3Ls most popular … [Read more...]
Sedo weekly domain name sales led by WWV.com
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and WWV.com led the way at 49,999 Euro, ($55,668) closely followed by Cont.com at $55,000. PrivateHouse.com was third at $30,000. 32 .com sales 20 cctld sales 17 other tld sales Top 3 highlights of public SedoMLS sales are: privatehouse.com at 30,000 USDkastelo.comat 19,750 USDcemai.com at 7,800 USD Domain … [Read more...]
A look at how some large companies use their premium domain names
Simone over at InterNetX.com put together a nice look at how some large companies are using their premium one word domain names. Bayer - aspirin.com The German pharmaceutical company presents a fantastic example of an international domain strategy. They registered the product-related domain under .com but if you access the website from a different country, you will be redirected to the … [Read more...]
8 years later, a look at the first 7 new gtlds
What do we call something 8 years old? Not new, not a baby, not even a toddler. While there is speculation about when the next round of "Not legacy TLD's" will be introduced, let's take a look back at the first 7 to launch in 2014. In a post I wrote, "It's a profit deal" I checked in on the first 7 when they were just 4 months old. Here is what the numbers looked like: .bike … [Read more...]
Sedo weekly domain name sales led by Rete.com
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and Rete.com led the way at 15,000 Euro, ($17,019). CFPB.com was second at $15,000. Genedecode.com was third at 10,000 GBP, ($13,589). 49 .com sales 24 cctld sales 3 other tld sales Top 3 highlights of public SedoMLS sales are: cfpb.com at 15,000 USDgenedecode.comat 10,000 GBPwhirly.com at 10,000 USD Domain … [Read more...]
Sedo weekly domain name sales led by Wordplay.com
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and Wordplay.com led the way at $100,000. Mode.io was second at $50,000. Broadcast.co was third at 25,000 Euro, ($28,378). 41 .com sales 32 cctld sales 3 other tld sales op 3 highlights of public SedoMLS sales are: wordplay.com at 100,000 USDmode.ioat 50,000 USDrailautomation.com at 10,000 USD Domain … [Read more...]