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Active domain investors always re-invest their sales proceed in you guessed right domain names. James Booth shared news of his latest acquisition,AR.ai, a rare, two letter domain in the world's hottest ccTLD currently. Whilst James did not reveal how much money he spent on this beauty registered in 2017, we're certain that he […] The post J...
Memelord founder, Jason Levin, broke the internet earlier todayor at least the portion that follows his meme-making business venture, launched in 2024 on the domain Memelord.tech. Jason shared a printout of a transaction completed via Escrow.com, showing partial details for the acquisition of Memelord.com for the sum of $25,000 dollars. That domain...
Even after high-profile domain hijackings, many companies don't use this low-cost service for added protection. In 2013, a hacker gained access to The New York Times' domain registrar account and changed the nameservers. It was an attack the publication could have avoided if it had used Verisign Registry Lock. Registry Lock adds another layer of [&...
Tuning.com led all domain name sales this week at Sedo. The domain name sold for 72,000 Euro, ($83,928). RubberDuck.com sold for $56,048 to take second place. Dink.ai sold for $30,000 as three .ai led all the cctld sales at Sedo for the week. Domain name …
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and Tuning.com led the way at 72,000 Euro, ($83,928). RubberDuck.com was second at $56,048 and Dink.ai was third at $30,000. 47 .com sales 27 cctld sales 12 other tld sales Domain name Price Currency .COM tuning.com 72000 EUR rubberduck.com […] The post Sedo weekly domain name sales led by...
Sedo Domain Sales report: The domain Tuning.com sold for 72,000 Euro ($83,945 dollars) tops this week's list of sales at the Sedo marketplace. This is the latest domain sales report by Sedo.com, for the week ending on October 28, 2025. Information in this report has been provided by Sedo, premium sponsors of DomainGang. […] The post #Sedo :...
VUR Village Trading No 1 Limited, operator of the "Village Hotels" chain across the UK, tried to claim the Ghanaian domain TheVillageHotelGh.com, arguing it infringed its registered VILLAGE and VILLAGE HOTELS marks. The site in question promoted a small boutique hotel in Kumasi, Ghana, with no apparent connection to the British group. While the Pan...
Domain Days Dubai 2025 hosted by AEserver.com and the Dubai Blockchain Center wrapped up its most ambitious edition yet at the Marriott Resort Palm Jumeirah on October 2223, delivering a record attendance, powerhouse sessions, and a closing night worthy of a Hollywood finale. More than 300 attendees, 51 speakers, and 30 international sponsors [&#...
This argument comes up every now and then and it drives me a little crazy. Someone posts about building out one of their domains and the gatekeepers show up: "Real domainers don't develop, they invest." As if the two things can't coexist. I don't get this mentality at all. When I'm looking at a domain to buy, I'm already thinking about what could ...
Complainant Demanded Respondent Sell Domain Name or Would Bring UDRP Most UDRP cases are run of the mill cases that consist mainly of very similar fact patterns which disclose a clear case of cybersquatting. A significant minority however, are laden with unique circumstances, challenging legal questions, or conflicting evidence. Some such complicat...
Nearly a year and a half ago, I wrote about the $400,000 acquisition of Somewhere.com, which was one of the largest one word .com domain name sales last year. Somewhere.com was acquired by Nick Huber, and the domain name was used to brand Support Shepherd. In a LinkedIn video posted yesterday, Nick Huber discussed why […]Catchy.com
This month has been an absolute whirlwind for .ART CMO Jeff Sass, Over the past 17 days he's gone from Florida to Portland, Oregon to London to Dubai to Dublin, Ireland, spending time in every one of those city's to help grow the community around that TLD. He's not done yet either. Next week it is on to Miami for NamesCon Global.
DropCatch is a top-tier backordering platform built to secure expiring domains the instant they drop. With the backing of hundreds of ICANN-accredited registrars, the service maximizes success by sending rapid-fire registration attempts the moment a name is released. If more than one user has placed a backorder, the domain moves to auctionwhere inv...
DNS Magnitude rankings are a surprising way to look at top level domain popularity. Cloudflare announced today that it is publishing new data related to top level domains and their popularity. The new section in Cloudflare Radar ranks top level domains by their "DNS Magnitude", which is a measure of how many unique clients send […] Post link:...
.CV has been doing more in 2025 to increase their visibility. They only have a couple reported domain sales at Namebio. Ai.Cv sold for $20,000 at the end of 2024. I interviewed Opeyemi Awoyemi and I was surprised to see that after being used for personal resume sites, another angle is CV being used for […] The post Talking all things .CV with...
Popular domain registrar Spaceship has crossed a major milestone: 5 million domains under management, a huge leap from the 1 million mark it celebrated just a year ago. The surge appears fueled by new registrations rather than portfolio migrations: 86% of domains were registered directly at Spaceship, while 14% arrived via transfers. When domains d...
Spaceship has hit 5Million domains under management and released a recent trends breakdown. com vs. all other TLD registrations Only 17% of registrations are .com, compared to all other TLDs, which represent 83%. When we hit 1 million domains under management, .com accounted for 13% of registrations. While theres been a slight increase, it still [&...
Dynadot released their September 2025 Aftermarket report. The sales data comes in a number of categories. Expired auctions, Last Chance auctions, Backorder auctions, User auctions and Marketplace. The top sale came from the marketplace so the domain investor reaped the rewards. Auto.Finance sold for $45,000. Zeus.org sold for $15,071.26 to take sec...
Hub.xyz – GoDaddy customer (United States) Forwardthinking developers use .xyz domains to champion innovation in AI. Ethereum Layer-2 network Ten.xyz is designed to bring encrypted computation and AI agents to web3. AI platform Side.xyz introduces AI-Agent-Marketing infrastructure to support sustainable community growth in web3. Decentralize...
Verisign provides data after short seller raises alarm. Shares in Verisign plummeted on Friday before swiftly recovering. It was a bit surprising to see the decline after Thursday's earnings release. It seemed like the company had a solid quarter and, more importantly, things were looking up for domain growth. But Verisign created an opening with [...
Atom.com is holding its Black Friday sale beginning on November 28th. The deep sale prices may be good for buyers, but they may not be great for sellers who will still have to pay the (relatively high) commission rate on a successful sale. Sellers are able to opt-in or opt-out of offering Black Friday sale […]Catchy.com
Exploring hype vs. reality in web3 and domain names. There's been a lot more noise lately about web3 and how blockchain can be applied to domain names. Domain investor Shane Cultra is well-versed in this intersection, so I asked him to come on the show to separate hype from reality and to discuss where he […] Post link: What is web3 good for?...
Rock Robotic Inc. filed a UDRP against RockRobotics.com, pointing to its registered ROCK ROBOTIC trademark for lidar hardware and alleging the domain was configured to redirect to a competitors website. Respondent, Phoenix LiDAR Systems, remained the listed registrant according to the registrar despite asserting a transfer had occurred. Complainant...
On Saturday we covered Swetha‘s sale of Surge.xyz so what's a better way to start the week than with another domain sale by the Indian prodigy domainer! Launching her first sale on Spaceship‘s SellerHub, Swetha scored $7,000 dollars in exchange for the domain Shoal.xyz. The buyer is upgrading from ShoalResearch.xyz and is now forwarding...
I don't do a ton of outbound marketing to sell my domain names. Not only can outbound be a bit disheartening, but it's also generally not the best way to get top dollar for domain names. Obviously, I prefer to negotiate with prospects who have expressed an interest in my domain names. That being said, […]Catchy.com
I'll start with something that might piss off a few domain investors: most end users don't care about your premium domain. There it is. Before you close the tab or start typing an angry comment, just hear me out for a second. I've been in this space long enough to watch domainers convince themselves that every startup founder is losing sleep over...
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Who said that .ai and .io domains are the ones getting all the sales? Indian domain investor, Swetha Yenugula, shared her latest .XYZ sale earlier today; Surge.XYZ changed hands for the sum of $50,000 dollars. The transaction completed using Escrow.com, a refreshing change from Afternic's dominance in the "BIN" field. In fact, the domain transactio...
RICHMOND, VA – Slipknot, one of heavy metals most commercially successful and enduring acts, has launched a new legal campaign to reclaim control of a domain name if it feels belongs to them more than twenty years after the web address was registered. The case, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District […] The post Slipk...
DropCatch is a top-tier backordering platform built to secure expiring domains the instant they drop. With the backing of hundreds of ICANN-accredited registrars, the service maximizes success by sending rapid-fire registration attempts the moment a name is released. If more than one user has placed a backorder, the domain moves to auctionwhere inv...
RESTON, VA – Every quarter, Verisign releases its Domain Name Industry Brief (DNIB) – a data-packed snapshot of the global domain landscape. The Q3 2025 report just dropped, revealing how domain registrations, renewals, and growth trends are shifting across .com, .net, country-code extensions, and hundreds of new generic TLDs. For profe...
LRC Products (aka the DUREX people: durability, reliability, and excellence since the 1930's) found someone in the UAE trying to slip one past them and filed a UDRP. The Respondent registered Durex.me, threw up a "Launching Soon" page using the DUREX logo, and then, after a C&D notice, declared the domain was for sale. Asking […] The post...
A couple of decades in this business and I still get prospects who make me want to throw my laptop across the room. You know the typelowballing you with a ridiculous, insulting number for a domain worth 100 X that amount, demanding three months of traffic stats before theyll even tell you their budget, or lecturing you about the quality of domain n...
The curtain has come down on the 2025 Domain Days Dubai conference. We have a full conference review coming soon, but in the meantime we have some news about a new name for the show, the dates it will be held in 2026 (and a few snapshots from this year's event).
Sedo held a week-long GreatDomains auction, featuring premium domains in a variety of TLDs, from October 16-23, 2025. This Sedo auction attracted 279 domain submissions and the results are in. A total of 58 domain names were sold for an estimated grand sum of $29,476 dollars (when tallied from from various currencies.) The top sale […] The po...
Domain name parking hasn't been great for quite some time, but it recently took a major hit with recent Google updates. ParkLogic, which is operated by Michael Gilmour, is a business that specializes in domain name monetization. I have not used its platform, but the company helps domain investors monetize and sell domain names. I […]Catchy.co...
EDMI Limited of Singapore filed a UDRP against the domain EDMI.com, claiming rights in the acronym for its smart metering business. The Panel noted the Complainants trademarks but found no evidence that the Respondent, a domain investor operating in India, targeted those marks when acquiring the domain at a 2020 GoDaddy auction. EDMI is a […]...
Proxyman is a native, high-performance macOS app, which enables developers to capture, inspect, and manipulate HTTP/HTTPS requests/responses with ease. The app is available via the domain name Proxyman.com, registered in 2000. Proxyman's founder, Noah Tran, shared news that the domain was acquired earlier this year for $122,000 dollars. The transac...
Domain base grew at faster clip in most recent quarter. Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) announced Q3 earnings after the market closed today. The company added 1.45 million domains to the combined .com/.net domain base during the quarter. It processed 10.6 million new registrations, compared with 9.3 million in the same quarter a year ago and 10.4 […]...
DropCatch is a top-tier backordering platform built to secure expiring domains the instant they drop. With the backing of hundreds of ICANN-accredited registrars, the service maximizes success by sending rapid-fire registration attempts the moment a name is released. If more than one user has placed a backorder, the domain moves to auctionwhere inv...
.Med is an advertiser here on TLDinvestors.com and I was checking out some sites that have registered a .med and are using it as their main or only extension. I came across Sophont.med. They describe themselves: Founded in 2025, Sophont aims to be the DeepSeek of medical AI by releasing large-scale, transparent multimodal models in […] The po...
NamesCon Global 2025 is less than two weeks away; the biggest, baddest domain conference of the year is taking place between November 5th-6th in Miami, Florida. Arrive one day early to relax and take advantage of the amenities and be part of the NamesCon welcome party. Did you know that the event has its own […] The post NamesCon 2025: Get th...
Company went after singular version of descriptive domain name it owns. Online art marketplace and print-on-demand company Pixels.com, LLC, has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking. The company, which owns the domain metalposters.com (plural), filed a cybersquatting dispute against the domain metalposter.com (singular). You don't have...
AI has become one of the most powerful tools available to us domain investors. Whether you're trying to uncover the next big name, evaluate which domains to renew, or sell premium domains more effectively, AI can save time and sharpen your strategy. By integrating AI into your daily workflow, you can: [*]Discover hand-reg opportunities in trendin...
GoBob.xyz – Namecheap customer (United Kingdom) Developers in the Bitcoin ecosystem use .xyz domains to create innovative infrastructure and expand decentralized finance. Bitcoin mining initiative Proto.xyz develops modular hardware and open-source management software. Web3 platform Omega.xyz aims to pioneer Bitcoin DeFi with cross-cha...
I've been bidding on and following Namecheap expiry auctions for .AI and .IO domain names. Most auctions have a standard starting bid of $15 plus the renewal fee. There are some that have $5 or $10 minimum bids, but most seem to be $15. One thing I noticed is that some auctions have a starting […]Catchy.com
Hims, Inc. filed a UDRP against Daniel Sandvik / Vitamail AS of Norway over the domain 4him4her.com, claiming confusion with its HIMS and HIMS & HERS trademarks used for its telehealth and wellness platform. Complainant argued that the domains use of him and her directly referenced its marks and was likely registered for resale or […] The...
Google LLC filed a UDRP against Shahid Sheikh / Emitac Enterprises Solutions LLC of India over the domain AndroidEnterprise.com. Complainant holds long established ANDROID trademarks registered worldwide since 2010 and operates its Android Enterprise platform for mobile device management. The domain, registered in 2025, resolved to a Get This Domai...
Lancer .com leads September's domain sales on NameJet and SnapNames. NameJet and SnapNames combined to sell 127 domains for $2,000 or more in September, totaling $743,000. Here are some of the sales that stand out to me. Lancer .com $63,000 – The top sale is a great domain. Lancer is registered in 105 extensions, and […] Post link: Name...
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