PALM BEACH, FL - A four-letter “.com” domain name has been purchased for the staggering price of $15 million dollars. NFTS.com was first registered approximately 18 years ago, likely for $10.00 or $20.00. Who knew that the letters “NFTS” would become a four-letter acronym for “non-fungible tokens,” - unique cryptographic tokens? Four letter domains, often referred to as "LLLL" domains, are relatively scarce. There are roughly 457,000 possible four-letter combinations and … [Read more...]
The Domain Name “Carbon.Network” Sold At $18,000 Last Week According To Sedo
WEST PALM BEACH, FL – The domain name “Carbon.Network” sold at $18,000 this past week according to the latest SEDO.com weekly domain sales report. The long and unusual looking web address is currently leading to a parked page and in my opinion, I find it as unusual as its appearance that someone would believe the domain was worth that price. I wonder how much more traffic their project will receive now that they own this category killer domain name? Anyway, also notable on … [Read more...]
Generic Domain, Angel.com, Hits SEDO Weekly Sales List at $2,000,000
WEST PALM BEACH, FL – The generic domain name “Angel.com” sold at $2,000,000 this past week according to the latest SEDO.com weekly domain sales report. The five letter generic web address is currently leading to a crowdfunded movie studio website said to allows angel-investor users to choose which titles get funded. Also notable is a .de domain “credit.de” that sold for a 40,000 EUR ($48,138.00) and a .net … [Read more...]
SEDO Weekly Sales List Includes Three Letter .Com Domain for $105,000
WEST PALM BEACH, FL – The domain name “GWI.com” sold at $105,000 this past week according to the latest SEDO.com weekly domain sales report. The three letter web address is currently leading to an HTTP Error 404 page. Also notable is the .se domain “mitt.se” that sold for 17,000 EUR ($19,909) and a .chat domain “m.chat” which fetched $25,000. The .se is a country code top-level domain (ccTLD) assigned to Sweden, a country in … [Read more...]
SEDO Weekly Sales List Includes Three Letter .Com Domain Sold at $117,500
WEST PALM BEACH, FL – The domain name “PLP.com” sold at $117,500 this week according to the latest SEDO.com weekly domain sales report. The purchase appears to be an upgrade for Cleveland, Ohio based Preformed Line Products, which is also using the single generic dictionary word domain Preformed.com. Also notable is the three letter (LLL) .org domains “JSR.org” and “NYV.org” which sold for $9,800 and 8,800 respectively. Each week, SEDO releases a list of domain names … [Read more...]
SEDO Weekly Domain Sales List Confirms Sale of… “Confirm.com” at $108,000
WEST PALM BEACH, FL – Another SEDO weekly sales list is on the books with Confirm.com listed sold at $108,000 according to the latest SEDO domain sales report. The domains is currently parked at OXLEY.com indicating you-know-who bought it. Other notable sales were IU.de for 25,520 EUR ($30,011) and five letter .NET domain asahi.net for $11,900. Each week, SEDO releases a list of domain names which have been sold including highlights of .COM, ccTLDs and notable … [Read more...]
SEDO Weekly Sales List Includes Legacy Domain “YJYZW.NET” Sold at $9,999
WEST PALM BEACH, FL – The domain name capsules.com sold at 50,000 USD this week according to the latest SEDO.com weekly domain sales report. What seems more notable is another .net domain name, YJYZW.NET, currently not resolving, which closed for 9,999 USD. Each week, SEDO releases a list of domain names which have been sold including highlights of .COM, ccTLDs and notable domains in ‘other’ TLD categories. It is always nice to see short “legacy” .net domain name sell for … [Read more...]
Five Letter .COM Tops Sedo.com Weekly Sales List 7/27/2020 – 8/2/2020 at $99K
WEST PALM BEACH, FL – Recently released is Sedo’s weekly sales list, a weekly list of public transactions above $2,000. This weeks highlights included the top .com sold as hiPhi.com at $99,999 USD, the top ccTLD as Hausfinanzierung.de at 14,000 EUR ($16,517.90 US) and the top other as Gxyjjt.org a at $9,000 USD [will be interesting to see what hiPhi.com is used for]. Here is the entire list for Sedo.com sales from 7/27/2020 – … [Read more...]
Memento.com Sells at Sedo for $148,000
WEST PALM BEACH, FL – The domain name memento.com has sold at Sedo.com according to their latest weekly domain sales report. The name, currently parked at Godaddy.com, is a word which means “an object kept as a reminder or souvenir of a person or event” – pretty interesting its worth that much. You just never know these days what a domain name will be sold for. People often ask my opinion of what their domain names might be worth, and in most cases, no one really knows. It … [Read more...]
Legacy Domain “Movies.net” Premiers In SEDO Weekly Sales List at $45,000
WEST PALM BEACH, FL – According to a weekly sales release issued by SEDO domain marketplace and parking provider, the domain name “Movies.net” (parked at Godaddy) has changed hands for the cool sum of $45,000, making it the highest ‘public’ sale of the week. Each week, SEDO releases a list of domain names which have been sold including highlights of .COM, ccTLDs and notable domains in ‘other’ TLD categories. It is nice to see a short “legacy” .net domain name sell … [Read more...]
ICANN Moves Forward With 20 Million Deal While World Preoccupied with Epidemic
PALM BEACH, FL – Rahm Emanuel once said, “You never let a serious crisis go to waste.” I’d bet that’s been on the mind of ICANN, The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, these last couple weeks, as President and CEO, Göran Marby, announced the organization has decided to move forward with its controversial twenty-million-dollar deal, many feel is nothing short of a bribe, with its latest renewal of the .com Registry Agreement with Verisign. The … [Read more...]
Must Be Nice To Be “THE Sheriff” with “Sheriff.org”… URL Branded Vehicles
PALM BEACH, FL – Sometime back in 1996 someone had a pretty decent idea down in Florida; to register the Internet domain name “Sheriff.org” for the Broward County Sheriff's Office. I’m often reminded of this ‘solid decision’ as I live one county North and often see these URL branded police vehicles Wizz by me with “Sheriff.org” branded on the back bumper. I always think, there’s probably a lot of Sheriff’s offices around the entire country that wish they had that URL. … [Read more...]
U.S. Supreme Court to Consider Trademark Rights on Generic Internet Domain Names
PALM BEACH, FL - On Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to consider whether the addition of “.com” to a generic word or phrase can be trademarked when it reviews “United States Patent and Trademark Office v. Booking.com B.V.” on Docket No. 19-46 with the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. The issue has reached the highest court in the country after lower courts reversed the decisions of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office ("USPTO") and Trademark … [Read more...]
Sedo.com Releases Weekly Domain Name Sales List 11/11/2019 – 11/17/2019
PALM BEACH, FL – Recently released is Sedo’s weekly sales list, a weekly list of public transactions above $2,000. This weeks highlights included the top .com sold as GamesApp.com at $15,000 USD, the top ccTLD as Porn.co at 20,000 EUR ($22,154.90 US) and the top other as Dawn.org a at $50,000 USD [will be interesting to see what Dawn.org is used for]. Here is the entire list for Sedo.com sales from 11/11/2019 – … [Read more...]
VeriSign Quarterly Reports Indicate Legacy “.net” and “.org” Future Not So Wonderful
PALM BEACH, FL – Each quarter, VeriSign, Inc. (VRSN), releases its “THE DOMAIN NAME INDUSTRY BRIEF” market report, highlighting the growth of the domain name system as well as the individual growth of name registration, in numbers, for various extensions including their own “.com”, and “.net” domain names. These reports also include other legacy extensions such as Public Interest Registry's “.org” and leading country-code “ccTLDs.” Not surprisingly, ccTLDs continue to grow … [Read more...]