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...]
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...]
What Do You See Here? Top 10 Legacy Domain Name Sales Over Last Few Years
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...]
Top 100 .com Domain Name Sales with “Loan” in the URL (of All Time – NameBio)
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...]
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...]
21 Years Later: Look at the Top 100 .TV Domain Sales Over Past 5 Years
NEW YORK, NY – According to NameBio, there were a total of 859 reported .TV domain sales over the last 5 year period. These top 100 total $1,461,847.00 in sales. The highest reported sales on this list were the domains “USA.TV” for $125,000.00 with the second place name as “SC.TV” for $40,000.00. USA.tv is parked at Uniregistry, while SC.TV is redirected to www.SmithsonianChannel.com. The domain is popular because it is an abbreviation of the word television, but its … [Read more...]
16th Year Anniversary for .biz gTLD: Let’s Look at Top 100 Sales Over Past 5 Years
NEW YORK, NY – According to NameBio, there were a total of 936 reported .Biz domain sales over the last 5 year period. These top 100 total $474,673.00 in sales. The highest reported sales on this list were the domains “Hotel.biz” for $25,000.00 with the second place name as “LLC.biz” for $23,520.00. Hotel.biz redirects to Hotels.com while LLC.biz is developed and appears to be owned by a German company. Significant as far as recent gTLD discussions and debate, although … [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 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...]
Extraordinary Opportunity for Well-Positioned Players; Declining Industry?
NEW YORK, NY – Some companies reap high returns by investing heavily in a declining industry. Others sell out before competitors recognized the decline. Based on some numbers I posted yesterday, there’s no wonder it sparked some chatter back and forth on NamePros.com on whether the overall sales numbers are up or down (when compared to the entire list) or what's causing the decline, or if the decline is even accurate when viewing the entire years data (not just the top … [Read more...]