NEW YORK, NY – According to NameBio, there were a total of 336 reported .WS domain sales over the last 5 year period. These top 100 total $82,059.00 in sales. The highest reported sales on this list were the domains “MovieTube.ws” for $3,650.00 with the second place name as “Skaau.ws” for $2,676.00. The .ws domains' official use is a Country code top-level domain for the Country of Samoa which was originally known as Western Samoa (WS). Samoa is an island nation located in … [Read more...]
Sedo.com Releases Weekly Domain Name Sales List 10/16/2017 – 10/22/2017
NEW YORK, NY – Just 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 Pleam.com at 20,000 EUR ($23,519.40 US), the top ccTLD as symbiosys.cn at 10,000 EUR ($11,759.90 US) and the top other as Love.bet at $6,999.00 USD. Here is the entire list for Sedo.com sales from 10/16/2017 – 10/22/2017. Domain … [Read more...]
Near 16,000 Bets Placed on Newer “.Art” gTLD Domain Name So Far This Year
NEW YORK, NY - On May 10th, 2017 during general availability I registered two .art domain names; the cost? That is simple: $24.57. The reason? That’s not as clear as I only have a handful of gTLDS. I guess I was trying to do what most domainers do when they happen to remember a new domain name is being released and it also happens to be general availability time - get the jump on others and grab some good ones to resell in the future. The two domains I registered were … [Read more...]
Sedo.com Releases Weekly Domain Name Sales List 10/09/2017 – 10/15/2017
NEW YORK, NY – Just 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 Mainan.com at $20,000 USD, the top ccTLD as Me.io at 10,000 GBP ($13,197.15 USD) and the top other as Salud.info at $4,500.00 USD. Here is the entire list for Sedo.com sales from 10/09/2017 – 10/15/2017. Domain … [Read more...]
Sedo.com Releases Weekly Domain Name Sales List 10/02/2017 – 10/08/2017
NEW YORK, NY – Just 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 Wealth365.com at $60,000 USD, the top ccTLD as Truss.co at $12,500 USD and the top other as Skin.clinic at $2,500.00 USD. Here is the entire list for Sedo.com sales from 10/02/2017 – 10/08/2017. Domain … [Read more...]
Sedo.com Releases Weekly Domain Name Sales List 09/18/2017 – 09/24/2017
NEW YORK, NY – Just 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 Medically.com at $53,000.00 USD, the top ccTLD as Experience.tv at 35,000 USD and the top other as StaySafe.org at $5,000.00 USD. Here is the entire list for Sedo.com sales from 09/18/2017 – 09/24/2017. Domain … [Read more...]
List of 300+ Cryptocurrency Domain Name Sales and Sale Prices [All Time] (NameBio)
NEW YORK, NY - The other evening I made a list of domain name sales which contained the exact match word of "Bitcoin" in the domains, but that list left lots of domains off the table since there is so many different types of Cryptocurrencies. This list, still not all inclusive, includes more different types of cryptocurrencies and keywords such as Coin, Litecoin, Blockchain, Ethereum, Ripple, Crypto and many other terms. I built the list with several rounds of … [Read more...]
Top 100 Domain Names with Exact Word “Bitcoin” in URL Sold (All Time) [NameBio]
NEW YORK, NY - Bitcoin is an innovative and new worldwide cryptocurrency and digital payment system. As of the time of this writing, according to Google, 1 Bitcoin equals $3,640.00 US dollars. The following list of domain names are recorded at NameBio as having been sold over the last six years which contain the exact full word "Bitcoin" but does not include other popular names in the same space which would include "Crypto" or related "Coin" domain names. According to … [Read more...]
Update: Top 100 .Net Domain Sales So Far This Year (01/02/2017 – 09/09/2017)
NEW YORK, NY - Earlier this year I gathered a list of top sales from NameBio for the .net extension. This list requires an update as Uniregistry released sales numbers which contain some very impressive sales for short.net domains (NameBio added the entire list to its database yesterday). Listed below is an updated record of .net domain names which have been reported publicly and have closed this year reflecting $1,068,769.00 in sales. I've been watching single word .net … [Read more...]
Sedo.com Releases Weekly Domain Name Sales List 09/11/2017 – 09/17/2017
NEW YORK, NY – Just 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 WomenInc.com at $25,000.00 USD, the top ccTLD as iliad.it at 11,000 EUR ($13,192.85 US) and the top other as livelife.net at $2,868.00 USD. Here is the entire list from Sedo sales from 09/11/2017 – 09/17/2017. Domain … [Read more...]
‘Toys R Us’ Should Shut Retail Operation, Rebrand as “Toys.com” Before Too Late
NEW YORK, NY – Year after year Toy giant and massive retailer “Toys R Us” finds itself in a difficult situation fast becoming worse. According to Bloomberg, the company is about to file Bankruptcy and it could come as soon as today. Toys R Us has been trying to keep up with online retailers such as Amazon and discount stores such as Wal-Mart whom have already out-maneuvered them by far building large bustling online operations, something Toys R Us has been struggling to … [Read more...]
List of 424 New gTLD Domain Names Which Changed Hands This Year (NameBio)
NEW YORK, NY - I hate to sound like I am complaining, because no-one asked me to look into this, but I am pretty confident I just inspected the longest list of broken, junk, parked, meaningless web sites I've seen in a single sitting. Long, grueling, and very unrewarding we'll call it - as I've learned not much more than I already suspected before, which is that most of these new gTLD domains seem like hypothetical, wishful-thinking lotto tickets that will likely be bets (or … [Read more...]
Phishing: Watch-out for New Dangerous Godaddy Email Phishing Attempt
NEW YORK, NY - This is just a quick reminder to remain vigilant of all sorts of threats from hackers, email-spoofers, phishers and scammers; you can never let your guard down these days when it comes to your accounts, financial information and especially your domain accounts, because loss of your domain name can be loss of your business and will likely be permanent. Just this week news broke about an Equifax hack that hit credit histories of up to 143 million … [Read more...]
Sedo.com Releases Weekly Domain Name Sales List 08/28/2017 – 09/03/2017
NEW YORK, NY – Just 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 netlife.com at $75,000.00 USD, the top ccTLD as monitoring.de at 9,999 EUR ($11,918.31 US) and the top other as otn.org at $7,500.00 USD. Here is the entire list from Sedo sales from 08/28/2017 – 09/03/2017. Domain … [Read more...]
US Fortune 500 Businesses, Their Domain Name Characteristics, and Secure Status
NEW YORK, NY - Each year Fortune Magazine publishes a list of the largest companies in the United States by revenue. Below is the list for 2016. Also below, are some interesting characteristics of their domain name choices including whether or not these companies are prepared for SSLs on their corporate websites. 494 are using .com domain names, 4 use .nets, 1 .org, and 1 .xyz. 494 (98.8%) have chosen the ".com" extension for their domain name. 235 (47%) are running … [Read more...]