PALM BEACH – What do you do when a live and online auction produces lackluster results? Why, you re-run it again a couple of months later (Just kidding - As soon as I saw the title of the email, Back by “Popular Demand”, I thought, yea right – but NUMBERS my friends, do not lie, and those numbers show that Domaining, is indeed very much alive and well; at least at NamesCon it is.) Yesterday, NameJet.com and RightOfTheDot.com announced via email and a formal press … [Read more...]
Internet Sales Tax Law Could Change This June; Decision on South Dakota v. Wayfair
NEW YORK - The U.S. Supreme Court will make a critical decision in the coming weeks that could give states the right to tax small businesses on the Internet. What is being decided is whether or not a decision from 1992 should be upheld in a new case, which prevents States form being able to tax, audit or regulate businesses and individuals that do not reside in their state (Ex: online businesses, who are located elsewhere but do transact business in a state). If the … [Read more...]
Call for Donuts to Release Proof of Original “Record Breaking” gTLD Sale in Late 2017
NEW YORK – With another ‘out of the ordinary’ new Generic Domain Name sale publicly announced by Donuts Inc. for Vacation.Rentals (reportedly acquired for $500,300.00 in an all-cash deal) this becomes their second earth-shattering alternative-dot transaction in the last twelve months of which many will agree, appears to be sent straight from the heavens above. In fact, all of their employees should vacate the Kirkland, Washington premises immediately and purchase lottery … [Read more...]
Super Great Week for Liquid Domains Worthy of Very – Very Close Inspection!
NEW YORK, NY – The year seems off to a good - no - great start, with lots of single word .com domain names and one .org topping the charts, thanks in part to NameJet, ROTD, and the NamesCon Auction which has led to several of these closed transactions as of late. Also worth mentioning is the ‘out of the ordinary’ colossal .org sale of Star.org, at SEDO for $225,000.00 (the highest sale through SedoMLS channel to date according to SEDO’s PR and marketing team), Wow! .COM … [Read more...]
How .COM Domain Names Have Changed Value Over Time; Commercial Interest Term
NEW YORK, NY - There is only one thing better than speculation; and that's fact. Wouldn't you agree? Let’s look at some historical sales data on .com domain names which have “sold at least twice” and include the words “real estate”, a good commercial interest term. (Data gathered from a list of every .com domain name on record at NameBio which sold more than once in the past 10 years). Thanks to NameBio, we can see that out of 39 transactions, 20 of them (51%) declined … [Read more...]
Sedo.com Releases Weekly Domain Name Sales List 12/11/2017 – 12/17/2017
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 Hornet.com at $60,000.00 USD, the top ccTLD as Hyper.ai at 10,000 EUR ($11,841.50 US Dollars) and the top other as crypto.today at 3,000.00 EUR ($3,552.45 US Dollars) Here is the entire list for Sedo.com sales from 12/11/2017 – 12/17/2017. Domain … [Read more...]
Sedo.com Releases Weekly Domain Name Sales List 12/04/2017 – 12/10/2017
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 magicfiber.com at $28,000.00 USD, the top ccTLD as girls.co.uk at 9,995 GBP ($13,312.34 US Dollars) and the top other as ai.guide at $3,500.00 USD. Here is the entire list for Sedo.com sales from 12/04/2017 – 12/10/2017. Domain … [Read more...]
Sedo.com Releases Weekly Domain Name Sales List 11/13/2017 – 11/19/2017
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 Sanda.com at $75,000.00 USD, the top ccTLD as stromfreunde.de at 21,420 EUR ($25,139.58 US Dollars) and the top other as gdpr.org at $15,000.00 USD. Here is the entire list for Sedo.com sales from 11/13/2017 – 11/19/2017. Domain … [Read more...]
New gTLD Domain Sales from Major Marketplaces; What’s Developed?
NEW YORK, NY – Another list is being published today; this one is for new gTLD domain names which have been recorded at NameBio. All off these transactions have taken place over the last five years and this list ONLY contains the sales which are listed at NameBio - there are many hand registered and private or unrecorded domain sales which will not be here. Note: I only examined 100 domains max from each extension, highest dollar amounts first. Here is what I looked … [Read more...]
31 Years Later: A Look at the Top 100 .DE Domain Sales Over Past 5 Years
NEW YORK, NY – According to NameBio, there were a total of 3,460 reported .DE domain sales over the last 5 year period. These top 100 total $4,282,897.00 in sales. The highest reported sales on this list were the domains “kik.de” for $246,080.00 with the second as “kaffee.de” for $237,474.00. Kik.de appears to be a major clothing retailer, while kaffee.de (which changed hands several times - latest this year in August) is a coffee company website waiting on further … [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...]
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...]
Sedo.com Releases Weekly Domain Name Sales List 08/14/2017 – 08/20/2017
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 ipb.com at $36,600.00 USD, the top ccTLD as rechnung24.de at 18,000 EUR ($21,164.67 US) and the top other as format.net at $10,000.00 USD. Here is the entire list from Sedo sales from 08/14/2017 – 08/20/2017. Domain … [Read more...]
“ShoeBuy” Becomes “Shoes” – Walmart Maximizes Domain Acquired in $9M Deal
NEW YORK, NY - Back in April I wrote about the “Category Killer Domain” Shoes.com which was acquired in a $9M transaction by Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Today, it looks like that investment is being put into good-use by retail giant Wal-Mart. The transaction began in late March of this year and by April 29th 2017, according to the Archive.org website, ShowBuy.com began redirecting to Shoes.com ShoeBuy.com (according to the Archive.org April 29th 2017) Shoes.com … [Read more...]
Sedo.com Releases Weekly Domain Name Sales List 06/19/2017 – 06/25/2017
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 ymb.com at $35,000.00 US, the top ccTLD as qwant.de at 12,500 EUR ($14,180.62 US) and the top other as casino.co.jp $20,000.00 US Here is the entire list from Sedo sales from 06/19/2017 - 06/25/2017. Domain … [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...]
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...]
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 .Info Domain Name Sales So Far This Year (01/03/2017 – 05/25/2017)
NEW YORK, NY – According to NameBio, there were a total of 101 reported .info domain sales so far this year totaling $90,327.00. The highest reported sales were the domains “Train.info” for $12,438.00 with the second place name as “Bus.info” for $10,732.00. Both domains are developed and look identical so they were purchased by the same buyer. To what is likely no ones surprise, .info domains significantly lower than both .net sales ($646,016.00) and .org sales (totaling … [Read more...]
