NEW YORK, NY – According to NameBio, there were a total of 879 reported .com domain sales for domains containing the word "Loan". The highest reported sales were the domains “Loans.com” for $3,000,000.00 with the second place name as “PersonalLoans.com” for $1,000,000.00. Below are the top 100 .com domain name sales with "Loan" in the URL reflecting $5,482,806.00 in … [Read more...]
194 Online Tools to Run Your Domain, Development and Online Business
NEW YORK, NY – There are a lot of tools out there which make running your online business more efficient, reliable, secure and productive. Listed below are some of the services I use or have used in the past. They are all great services and are the ones I use currently, or have used in the past (My collection of goodies). If I have used an online tool and it makes my work easier, it's here. Domain Names (32) https://www.godaddy.com (Domain Registration [The King]) … [Read more...]
Top 100 .US (United States ccTLD) Domain Name Sales Over Past 5 Years (NameBio)
NEW YORK, NY – According to NameBio, there were a total of 834 reported .us domain sales over the past 5 years. The highest reported sales were the domains “Norm.us” for $150,000.00 with the second place name as “Band.us” for $20,200.00. Below are the top 100 .us domain sales which reflect $685,368.00 in sales. Domain Price Date Venue norm.us $ 150,000.00 5/23/2015 Uniregistry band.us $ 20,200.00 4/10/2013 Got.us cash.us $ … [Read more...]
Top 300 LLLL.net (4 Letter) Domain Sales of Last Decade; Best and Busiest Venues
NEW YORK, NY - On June 5th we looked at the Top 100 LLL.net 3 Letter Domains. On May 29th, we looked at the Top 100 .Net Domain Name Sales So Far This Year. In March, we looked at Top 100 Highest .net Domain Sales of All Time. Today, we're going to look at the Top 300 LLLL.net 4 Letter Domains (about last decade) [*According to NameBio] . This list represents $3,211,898.00 in sales and is for all LLLL.net domains which are on record with namebio.com. No sale over $19K took … [Read more...]
A Look at the Top Performing “Alternative” Top Level Domain; What’s Up with .XYZ?
NEW YORK, NY - It’s now been near two years from when Google’s new parent company Alphabet Inc. decided to launch their new corporate website on the .xyz domain, naming it abc.xyz. It’s also been near two years from when .xyz founder Daniel Negari forecasted that Google’s surprising move would effectively end .Com dominance worldwide. Not much has happened. Aside from the 5.2 million .xyz domain names registered, according to NameStat, it has done nothing but decline since … [Read more...]
List of Newer “Keyword Rich” gTLD Domains Changing Hands So Far This Year (NameBio)
NEW YORK, NY - This is not going to be an all inclusive list as some domain sales go unreported and some I've heard of which are not listed, such as "Homes.Forsale" and "Houses.Forsale", but this will give you a good idea of the types of names changing hands and the types of dots which are building momentum. The following list of gTLDs were listed at NameBio as closing sometime during this year (2017). They are listed in alphabetical order by TLD. The list does not include … [Read more...]
Top 100 LLLLL.com (5 Letter) Domain Sales So Far This Year (01/02/2017 – 06/21/2017)
NEW YORK, NY – According to NameBio, there were a total of 1,254 reported LLLLL.com (5 Letter) domain sales so far this year. The highest reported sales were the domains “Place.com” for $550,000.00 with the second place name as “Asset.com” for $406,000.00. LLLLL.com (5 Letter) domain names are still fairly easy to come by when they are random letters and you’ll find a great deal of them on sites like ExpiredDomains.net (if you have a membership click this … [Read more...]
Top 250 “Automotive” “Cars” and “Real Estate” .Com Domains Sold in Last 5 Years
NEW YORK, NY – Have a domain name with the word "Automotive" "Cars" or "Real Estate" within it? The following list contains the top 250 .com domain sales which have taken place within the last 5 years for domain names with the word "Automotive" "Cars" or "Real Estate" in the URL. This is for “reported” domain sales according to NameBio. The highest sale was TorontoRealEstate.com at $140,000.00 (Nice One!) Being from Long Island I also really like LongIslandRealEstate.com … [Read more...]
Top 89 “Hosting” and “Host” Related Domain Names Sold Over Last 5 Years
NEW YORK, NY – Have a domain name with the word “hosting” or "host" within it? Maybe its worth something, or maybe it isn’t. The following list contains the top 89 domain sales which have taken place within the last 5 years for domain names with the word “hosting” or "host" in the URL. This is for “reported” domain sales according to NameBio. Its good to see what types of domain names sell and which ones don’t and for how much. The majority of these transactions took place … [Read more...]
Top 100 .com Domain Sales Over the Last 5 Years Containing the Word “Domain”
NEW YORK, NY - Have a domain name with the word "domain" within it? Maybe its worth something, or maybe it isn't. The following list contains the top 100 domain sales which have taken place within the last 5 years for domain names with the word "domain" in the URL. This is for "reported" domain sales according to NameBio. Sometimes its good to see what types of domain names sell and which ones don't and for how much. The majority of these transactions took place on 6 main … [Read more...]
Top .US Domain Name Sales So Far This Year (01/05/2017 – 06/11/2017)
NEW YORK, NY – According to NameBio, there were just 60 reported .us domain sales so far this year. The highest reported sales were Crowe.us for $9,500.00 with the second highest name as BuyUSA.us for $3,200.00. I'm amazed that these .us domain names are doing so poorly. There was some discussion towards the end of last year and the beginning on this one on potential changes coming for .us that I guessed would have brightened its future some, but it does not look like … [Read more...]
Top 100 LLL.org 3 Letter Domain Sales So Far This Year (01/01/2017 – 05/25/2017)
NEW YORK, NY – According to NameBio, there were a total of 119 reported LLL.org domain sales so far this year. The highest reported sales were the domains “ahr.org” for $16,000.00 with the second place name as “gem.org” for $12,500.00. 3 Letter .org domain names are hard to come by and you’ll never see them on sites like ExpiredDomains.net. They are quickly snapped up before they drop completely. Below are the top 100 LLL.org domain sales of this year which reflect … [Read more...]
Top 100 LLL.net 3 Letter Domain Sales So Far This Year (01/02/2017 – 05/20/2017)
NEW YORK, NY – According to NameBio, there were a total of 846 reported LLL.net domain sales so far this year. The highest reported sales were the domains “dgh.net” for $24,000.00 with the second place name as “cha.net” for $20,000.00. 3 Letter .net domain names are hard to come by and you’ll never see them on sites like ExpiredDomains.net. They are quickly snapped up before they drop completely. Below are the top 100 LLL.net domain sales of this year which reflect … [Read more...]
Top 100 LLLL.com 4 Letter Domain Sales So Far This Year (01/01/2017 – 05/31/2017)
NEW YORK, NY – According to NameBio, there were a total of 4,468 reported LLLL.com domain sales so far this year. The highest reported sales were the domains “Refi.com” for $500,000.00 (a cool half-million!) with the second place name as “Kohl.com” for $144,500.00. 4 Letter .com domain names are hard to come by and you'll never see them on sites like ExpiredDomains.net (I've been checking daily all year). Below are the top 100 LLLL.com domain sales of this year which … [Read more...]
Top 100 .Com Domain Name Sales So Far This Year (01/01/2017 – 06/02/2017)
NEW YORK, NY – According to NameBio, there were a total of 26,110 reported .com domain sales so far this year. The highest reported sales were the domains “Fly.com” for $2,890,000.00 (Almost 3 Million!) with the second place name as “Freedom.com” for $2,000,00.00. Below are the top 100 .com domain name sales of this year based on data from NameBio. Domain MLS platform Sedo yet again took the majority of sales transactions with 23 percent of the sales. During this period … [Read more...]
Top 100 .Org Domain Name Sales So Far This Year (01/06/2017 – 05/27/2017)
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...]
Top 100 .Net Domain Name Sales So Far This Year (01/02/2017 – 05/28/2017)
NEW YORK, NY - According to NameBio, there were a total of 1,636 reported .net domain sales so far this year. The highest reported sales were 16.net for $60,000.00 with the second place name as esports.net for $50,000.00. It looks like there is still some decent sales on .net domains here and there. 12 of these domain names sold at NamesCon. Below are the top .net domain name sales of this year based on data from NameBio. 42 (nearly half) of all sales which took place … [Read more...]
Basically: How to Make a Good Website from a Domain Name; Layman’s Terms
NEW YORK, NY - Sometimes a simple explanation of how to do something can go a very long way. That is what we are doing this evening, we're going over how the heck to build a website from a simple domain name address. The basics; in layman's terms. First. The first thing you want to do with your project is to pick a good domain name. You want to pick a domain name with keywords related to whatever it is that you are building. For instance, if you were building a … [Read more...]
80% of Top 100 Highest .club Domain Buyers Leave Parked, Redirected, or Failing DNS
Next up in a new series of top 100 development potential domains lists is the .club domain. In comparison to top 100 LLL .com Liquid Domains, top 100 .net, and top 100 .org, I wanted to take a look at some gTLDs to see what buyers are actually doing with them and .club comes to mind first. The team at .club has done a fantastic job in marketing their new gTLD and it will be interesting to see. Sales figures are one thing when valuing domains, but actual development shows … [Read more...]
Throwback: Is Domain Parking Really Dead? If So, What Killed It? (Reprint: It’s That Good)
NEW YORK - A lot has changed with Domain Parking Revenue as well as Google Ad Earnings over the last, say, decade. There has been such great change that it's sometimes difficult to articulate - in a nutshell, why things have changed so drastically and in how many different ways this change has come about. I don't think anyone would argue that these changes have and continue to fundamentally reshape the entire industry. Last evening, I came across an article by writer and … [Read more...]
Just Another ‘Go-Nowhere’ Transaction at GoDaddy’s Aftermarket for Domains; WTF?
NEW YORK, NY - Let me begin by saying I am a big fan of GoDaddy.com and have been doing business with them since I began working on the Internet. I’m also a Wild West Domains reseller and believe it or not, I may not have even found this fantastic industry if it were not for Godaddy’s “Website Tonight” product which is now called “Website Builder” as it resulted in me building my very first website. In my opinion, GoDaddy.com is one of the best registrars for domains and I … [Read more...]
