Giuseppe Graziano released his Q4 2021 liquid domain report. - Q3 2021 was an all time record quarter, with $20M in Escrow.com sales. Q4 broke again the new all time high with a 67% higher Escrow.com sales volume, an astonishing $34M. - 99% of the Escrow.com sales took place in the categories with the highest development index: $22.2M in 3L .com sales; $6.6M in 4L .com and $5M in … [Read more...]
Sedo weekly domain name sales led by Giveaways.com
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and Giveaways.com led the way at $78,000. Microfaser.com was second at 37,500 Euro, ($42,536). CryptoArtGallery.com was third at $35,000. 61 .com sales 13 cctld sales 7 other tld sales Top 3 highlights of public SedoMLS sales are: beem.xyz at 14,888 USDvelki.com at 10,000 USDcoffeelist.com at 9,995 USD Domain … [Read more...]
2021 was a Record-Setting Year for Domain Name Disputes
Doug Isenberg at Giga.Law posted a video and post on a record year for domain name disputes. From the article: One more reason that could be contributing to the rise in domain name disputes is a little bit of additional interest in some of the new top-level domains. In the second quarter of 2021, the .shop TLD appeared in the most number of disputes behind .com across all of the UDRP dispute … [Read more...]
Sedo releases 3 weeks of sales led by Pays.com
Sedo released three weeks of sales reports, the high sale being Pays.com at $350,000. Over 130 .com sales over the three weeks. Meta names, verse names, and one of the longer .xyz sales for decent money Blockchaingaming.xyz at $7,500. Highlights of public sales across all 3 weeks are: pays.com at 350,000 USDhire.bg at 75,600 EURme.tube at 25,000 USD Top 3 highlights of public SedoMLS … [Read more...]
Donuts Domain Trend Report: December 2021
Donuts published their November domain trend report. The report covers the top premium domain names registered, most registered SLD keywords and other data. .Global seemed to be on the uptick in December. Top 20 Premium Domains Registered In The Month of December … [Read more...]
A look back at 2021 and the 3 acronyms,along with Meta and Swetha that dominated the year
I want to wish everyone a happy and healthy 2022. Looking back at 2021 there were a few 3 letter combinations, the Metaverse and Swetha that dominated the news in 2021. NFT Non fungible tokens, made a huge impact in 2021, some prominent domain investors swifted some or all of their attention to the NFT market. People like Shane Cultra, Jonathan Tenenbaum, Alan Dunn, the Booth brothers really … [Read more...]
IRP Panel Sanctions Afilias, Clears the Way for ICANN to Decide .web Disputes
Verisign posted on their blog an update to the proceedings around .web. This ongoing saga seems to just keep muddling along. Hopefully ICANN will finally put an end to the uncertainty and make a definitive judgement and .web can eventually go live. From the post: The Panel ruled on Afilias’ application on Dec. 21, 2021. In this latest ruling, the Panel not only rejected Afilias’ application … [Read more...]