SAN FRANCISCO, CA - One month after Squarespace entered into a deal to purchase Google Domains – which encompasses all of it’s assets, including approximately 10 million domains that are owned by millions of customers – web content management company WordPress has announced they would be offering former Google users free domain transfers for the first million domains that choose to move to their platform for a limited time. Currently, Google Domains customers … [Read more...]
Interest Continues In Alternative Domain Name, “.io” By Internet, Tech Firms
PALM BEACH, FL - When it comes to building a successful company, two of the most vital components to first establishing your digital presence – the main way that your customers are most likely to discover you – is to create a website and to choose an appropriate domain name. While the.com extension is by far the most commonly used by companies – and the one most consumers seek – there are a plethora of other extensions available out there to choose from. For the … [Read more...]
GoDaddy Makes Two Recent Acquisitions of Leading Domainer Tools and Services
TEMPE, AZ - GoDaddy, the well-known domain registrar and hosting company, announced last week they will be acquiring competing domain sales company Dan.com, a move that GoDaddy stated would enable them to “reach more potential buyers.” Previously launching under the name Undeveloped, Dan.com made a name for themselves by attempting to undercut the competition by reducing their initial industry-standard commission fee of 15 percent to just 9 percent, which led to several … [Read more...]
.ORG Year in Review (2021): Top 100 LLL.org LLL.org 3 Letter Reported Sales (NameBio)
PALM BEACH, FL – According to NameBio, there were a total of 156 'reported' 3-letter LLL.org domain sales last year in 2021. The highest reported sales were the domains “UWW.org” for $47,000.00 which took place at Uniregistry, now owned by GoDaddy. The second place name was “NMF.org” for $25,000. 3 Letter .org domain names are hard to come by and large sales are pretty rare. Below are the top 100 LLL.org domain sales of 2021 which reflect $397,736.00 in sales. Platform … [Read more...]
Top 100 Public Domain Name Sales for 2021 (YTD) According to NameBio.com
PALM BEACH, FL – I haven't done one of these in a good while, since 2019. Lets see what the market looks like this year. Here is how 2021, year to date (YTD) is looking as we get very close to the end of the year. The domains sales are those listed at NameBio.com, a site which keeps track of, and records publicly reported sales. Keep in mind that some sales are private or under non-disclosure agreements or otherwise go unreported for one reason or another. This list … [Read more...]
Domain Name Investing, Alt Extensions Gets Highlight on Southeast News Stations
TENNESSEE - Jamey Tucker is a local television news technology journalist who created a segment called “What the Tech?” over 20 years ago. Tuckers’ segments include tech tips, tricks, gadgets, and news with one this month focused on digital real estate on the internet with websites. The recent segment included a spotlight on the $3.1 Million Sale of Whisky.com by the Castello Brothers as an example of how much money changes hands for those who snap up catchy names in the … [Read more...]
Hyphenated Domain Name Fetches Over $61k In Latest SEDO Weekly Sales Report
WEST PALM BEACH, FL – The hyphenated domain name “TN-I.com” sold at $61,990 this past week according to the latest SEDO.com weekly domain sales report. The web address is currently parked. I've always avoided hyphenated domains unless the words being used are ordinarily hyphenated or it separates two extremely popular words mostly used together. There are some instances where this works well, but with TN-I, let's just say I'm not a fan of this one. Also … [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 .io Indian Ocean Domain Sold At Whopping $50,000
WEST PALM BEACH, FL – The domain name “509.com” sold at $106,500 this past week according to the latest SEDO.com weekly domain sales report. The numeric web address is currently hosting what appears to be a site in the middle of development or using a GoDaddy website builder program. Also notable is the .io domain “swap.io” that sold for a whopping $50,000 and a .club domain “ox.club” which fetched 10,000. The .io is a country code top-level domain (ccTLD) … [Read more...]
Big Domain Auction Coming In Less Than Ten Days And Pre-Bidding Is Now Open
PALM BEACH, FL – A big domain auction is coming up in less than ten days and pre-bidding is now open for the event which will be held from a live video production studio in College Station, Texas, beginning at Noon (12:00 PM CST) February 25, 2021. Like most of Monte Cahn’s RightoftheDot major auction events, World Champion Auctioneer Wayne Wheat will be rattling off the names of virtual property to change hands for what will likely be, some big sales. Wheat is an … [Read more...]
SEDO Weekly Sales List Includes Three Letter .Com Domain Sold at $450,000
WEST PALM BEACH, FL – The domain name “Zag.com” sold at $450,000 this week according to the latest SEDO.com weekly domain sales report. The purchase seems to be a perfect upgrade for Santa Monica based ZAG Entertainment, which has been using the hyphenated Zag-Inc.com. Also notable is a .co domain “Kitchen.co” which sold for a whopping $84,792 (weird). Each week, SEDO releases a list of domain names which have been sold including highlights of .COM, ccTLDs and notable … [Read more...]
Another Five Figure Legacy “.Net” Sale on SEDO Weekly Sales List – Sold at $15k
PALM BEACH, FL – While the four letter domain name Fook.com sold at $15,000 this week according to the latest SEDO.com weekly domain sales report, also notable is the one word legacy .net domain name Limitless.net which also sold at $15,000. Last week Sin.net change hands at $20,000. 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 … [Read more...]
SEDO Weekly Sales List Includes Three Letter .Net Domain Sold at $20,000
WEST PALM BEACH, FL – The domain name BetterCare.com sold at $30,000 this week according to the latest SEDO.com weekly domain sales report. Also notable is the three letter legacy .net domain name Sin.net which sold at $20,000. 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 names sell. Here … [Read more...]
SEDO Weekly Sales List Includes .Org Domain Sold at $36,523, .Me at $58,437
WEST PALM BEACH, FL – The domain name EditPad.org sold at $36,523 USD this week according to the latest SEDO.com weekly domain sales report. Also notable is .me domain name (country code top-level domain assigned to Montenegro), flow.me at $58,437 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 … [Read more...]
SEDO Weekly Sales List Includes Three Letter .Org Domain Sold at $25,000
WEST PALM BEACH, FL – The three letter domain name NMF.org sold at 25,000 USD this week according to the latest SEDO.com weekly domain sales report. Also notable is .co domain name (country code top-level domain assigned to Colombia), ROOTS.co at $14,500 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” .org domain names … [Read more...]