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.NET Year in Review (2018): Top 100 Highest Reported .NET Domain Sales (NameBio)

October 14, 2019 By John Colascione 1 Comment

PALM BEACH, FL – This is another follow-up from last years list; .NET Year in Review (2017): (It's been a busy year and it looks as though I got to it late this year) According to NameBio, as of now there are 2,430 total domain sales are on the books for the .net domain name in 2018. (Compared to the 4,325 .ORGs) The value of these top 100 totals just $946,689 - much worse than the .org domains did ($1,698,630.00) last year - looks bad for .net. We can add this … [Read more...]

.ORG Year in Review (2018): Top 100 Highest Reported .ORG Domain Sales (NameBio)

October 14, 2019 By John Colascione 1 Comment

PALM BEACH, FL – This is a follow-up from last years list; .ORG Year in Review (2017): Top 100 Highest Reported .ORG Domain Sales (NameBio) According to NameBio, as of now 4,325 total domain sales are on the books for the .org domain name. The value of these top 100 totals $1,698,630.00, about 500k higher than the year prior, however, it is later in the year and some straggling sales could appear when they are finally reported. These lists seem to change slightly if and … [Read more...]

Top 100 .com Domain Name Sales of 2016 Verses 2017 Suggests Market Stabilization

June 23, 2018 By John Colascione 1 Comment

NEW YORK, NY - Last year about this time (June) I compared the highest valued .com sales of 2015 to 2016 which were publicly available at that time via NameBio.com (the list changed slightly today effectively creating a $2M difference and 30% decline rather than 35% indicated at that time[provided that 2015 remained unchanged]). It's also important to note that 2015 contained two blockbuster sales for $8M each. Today, comparing numbers for 2016 to 2017, from what data is … [Read more...]

Uh Oh: 400,000 Less gTLD Registrations First Quarter of 2018, Vs Previous Quarter

June 14, 2018 By John Colascione 1 Comment

NEW YORK – New gTLD proponents will be less than excited to learn that according to the latest Verisign Domain Name Industry Brief, new gTLD domain registrations, despite there being more awareness :) and more names available for registration, such extensions experienced a decline of 400,000 registrations or loss of 2% within the first Quarter of 2018 (Q1) when compared to the last Quarter of 2017 (Q4). Verisign creates these industry briefs to include quarter-over-quarter … [Read more...]

Remove Other TLDs from Equation and NamesCon 2018 Still Reflects ‘Great’ Year

February 18, 2018 By John Colascione 2 Comments

NEW YORK, NY - This morning I wanted to look at the live auction results for NamesCon over the last three years, what's on record at NameBio, which is here. That list showed that not only was there a slight rebound in total domain sales this year, but that the 2018 live auction netted the largest dollar amount total over the three year period. It also showed that the percentage of transactions for .com domains grew over the period with 56% being .com in 2016, 63% in 2017, … [Read more...]

Last Three Years of NamesCon Live Auction Shows Slight Rebound in Average Prices

February 18, 2018 By John Colascione 2 Comments

NEW YORK, NY - Looking at the last three years of NamesCon live auction sales totals shows a slight bump in domain prices from last year. Even without 2018's leading sale, Great.com, which sold for $900,000.00, the numbers still look pretty decent. Below are the last three years of domain name sales from the live auction results, according to NameBio.com. Along with those sales and sales prices is the average sale price without each auctions top performing domain for that … [Read more...]

.ORG Year in Review (2017): Top 100 Highest Reported .ORG Domain Sales (NameBio)

January 7, 2018 By John Colascione 4 Comments

NEW YORK, NY – According to NameBio, 3,503 .org domain sales were reported last year (compared to 3,664 .net and 66,159 .com sales). The value of these top 100 is just $1,161,492.00 (about $125K less than their .net legacy competitor and about 1/25th of the $25M in .coms).  The majority of these .org domain sales also, like .net sales, took place at venue Sedo.com, taking 36% of the top 100 (35% .net). Particularly interesting is the performance for this list of top 100 .net … [Read more...]

.NET Year in Review (2017): Top 100 Highest Reported .NET Domain Sales (NameBio)

January 7, 2018 By John Colascione 2 Comments

NEW YORK, NY – According to NameBio, 3,664 .net domain sales were reported last year (compared to 66,159 .com). The value of these top 100 is just $1,291,335.00 (about 1/25th of the $25M in .coms).  The majority of these .net domain sales took place at venue Sedo.com, taking 35% of the top 100. Below are the top 100 highest valued .net sales for 2017. Domain  Price  Date Venue co.net  $           100,000 10/22/2017 Aishwin.com app.net  $             … [Read more...]

.COM Year in Review (2017): Top 100 Highest Reported .COM Domain Sales (NameBio)

January 6, 2018 By John Colascione 2 Comments

NEW YORK, NY - According to NameBio, 66,159 .com domain sales were reported last year. The value of these top 100 is over 25 Million Dollars ($25,163,289.00).  The majority of the domain sales took place at venue Uniregistry, taking 24% of the top 100. Below are the top 100 highest valued .com sales for 2017. Domain  Price  Date Venue fly.com  $       2,890,000.00 4/4/2017 Private eth.com  $       2,000,000.00 10/22/2017 Sharjil … [Read more...]

Top 25 Highest Paying Ad Verticals in 2017 According to WordStream & Adwords

October 21, 2017 By John Colascione Leave a Comment

NEW YORK, NY – If you're displaying ads on your websites using Google’s AdSense program you’re likely making money based on people – not content. This means that the ads displayed on your sites’ depends mostly on your users’ interests and not necessarily your websites’ content. This is because, unlike years past, Google displays ads based on user interest, recently visited websites and re-marketing technology. The industry has changed greatly over the last few years and … [Read more...]

What Do You See Here? Top 10 Legacy Domain Name Sales Over Last Few Years

September 3, 2017 By John Colascione Leave a Comment

NEW YORK, NY - Thanks to sites such as Namebio, we can examine REPORTED domain name sales over the years in just about any order or scenario. Today I wanted to look at the top 10 domain name sales over the last few years for legacy and some popular domain extensions. They are listed here twice; once accounting for only characters in the domain and then again for those including numeric and dashes. There has been some changes in the investments from foreign countries such as … [Read more...]

Digital Advertising Revenue Hits $19.6B in Q1 2017, Highest Q1 Earnings on Record

June 18, 2017 By John Colascione Leave a Comment

NEW YORK, NY – The first quarter of 2017 marked the highest ever Q1 earnings for digital advertising in the U.S., hitting $19.6 billion, according to the latest IAB Internet Advertising Revenue Report released today by the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) and prepared by PwC US. Climbing 23 percent, or $3.7 billion, from the same period just a year ago, these earnings represent the second-highest quarter of all time, and follow on the heels the industry’s strongest … [Read more...]

Top 100 .Org Domain Name Sales So Far This Year (01/06/2017 – 05/27/2017)

May 30, 2017 By John Colascione Leave a Comment

NEW YORK, NY – According to NameBio, there were a total of 1,451 reported .org domain sales so far this year totaling $584,650.00. The highest reported sales were the domains "RiseUp.org" for $75,000.00 with the second place name as "Convenience.org" for $55,000.00. Notably, the two highest priced .org domain sales here did beat-out the highest .nets within the same period, the overall numbers are lower than .net sales during the same period ($646,016.00).  Below are the … [Read more...]

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