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The legacy .su domain name, .co, and more top stories from last month. 1. ICANN moves to retire Soviet-era .SU country domain name – Both ICANN and the .su registry have responded by saying that the formal process hasn't started. And that's true what I reported is that ICANN sent a letter to .su […] Post link: March's top domain name s...
Two popular domain registrars, Porkbun and Dynadot, launched fresh new products today, taking advantage of the new month's beginning. Porkbun changed its porky domain brand to something a tad more adult. Or should we say, several shades of orange more adult! Rebranding as an adult web site is a sure-fire way to get more clicks: […] The post P...
New domain aftermarket search platform has promising features. I typically use ExpiredDomains.net to find expired domains and other marketplace domains to buy. However, I always keep my eyes open for new platforms that can help me find good domains to acquire. One such platform that recently launched might be worth a look. Domain360 makes it [̷...
The first quarter of the year came to an end yesterday. All in all, the domain aftermarket seems pretty strong from my perspective. I had a solid Q1, recording multiple sales at Afternic, Sedo, Atom.com, and privately. Included in this is four new Lease to Own deals – three via Afternic and one via Atom. […]Catchy.com
Investors concerned about UDRPs filed against domains on payment plans should review this case. One of the concerns people have about selling domains through lease-to-own payment plans is if the domain name becomes subject to legal action or a cybersquatting dispute. Well, here's an example of what can happen when a UDRP is filed against […] ...
Eye of the Tiger is a 1982 song by Survivor, best known as the theme for the movie Rocky III. Its driving beat, power chords, and motivational lyrics made it an anthem of perseverance and determination. Eye of the Tiger topped the Billboard Hot 100 for six weeks and still remains one of the most […] The post EyeOfTheTiger.comA domain investor...
The NYSE welcomes @GoDaddy and Walton Goggins to celebrate its 10th anniversary of listing! $GDDY https://t.co/9XYaVN4Moh — NYSE (@NYSE) April 1, 2025 GoDaddy executives range the opening bell this morning at the New York Stock Exchange. The honor was given to GoDaddy to celebrate the 10 year anniversary of GoDaddy becoming a publicly traded...
When Responding Matters Why is it important to file a response in a UDRP dispute? Sometimes the respondents rights / legitimate interest may be evident even in default cases, for instance based on the disputed domain name (e.g. a dictionary term), manner of use of the domain name, the websites content, and/or respondents personal information (e.g. ...
A breakdown of all announced domain sales $500 and over, Domains, venue and sale price data courtesy of Namebio.com This data assumes all sales from Park.io, Sav.com, GoDaddy, NameJet, DropCatch, Dynadot, SnapNames, Whois.ai, Catched.com, Docky.ly and NamesCon are wholesale and all others are retail. Full Rundown See bottom of page for detailed fil...
Hilariously named .blog registry operator Knock Knock Whois There has been ordered to change its name to "Knock Knock RDAP There" or risk the wrath of ICANN Compliance. The company has been told it has 30 days to file papers requesting the name change with the California Secretary of State, or ICANN will initiate termination […] The post .blo...
Devinit.org expired and closed at $36,500 at GoDaddy auctions. The organization Development Initiatives is the trading name for Development Initiatives Poverty Research Ltd, registered in England and Wales. Development Initiatives (DI) is a global organisation harnessing the power of data and evidence to end poverty, reduce inequality and increase ...
Spend.com was the highest ever transaction publicly reported at DropCatch. The domain auction ended at $802,500. In 2007 Spend.com sold for $77,000 at HuntingMoon.com. The domain name was sold again for $275,000 at Sedo in 2017. Spend.co a domain name that both myself and Michael Berkens owned, sold for $12,995 by Adam Maysonet. The domain […...
The buyer of Spend.com acquired the dropped domain in a DropCatch auction for $802,500 dollars in January. Since then, no updates were made to the landing page of Spend.comuntil today. Spend.com has rolled out a web site that sits behind Cloudflare DNS, masquerading its web host's IP addresses. The web site's social media accounts remain […] ...
Domain transfers will be easier and faster with new improvements. Domain name aftermarket Afternic released enhancements to its domain transfer process today. Afternic says the system will make domain transfers easier and faster. While many domain transfers happen automatically through Afternic's Fast Transfer system, domains that require manual ac...
Afternic is introducing advancements in our domain delivery process known as transaction assurance (TA). Starting today, sellers may notice transactions closing faster, with increased automation and improved processes. Plus, even more transactions will now be fully automated from start to finish, all within a new user interface. Combining the best ...
Reppo.xyz – Squarespace customer (United States) Pioneering developers use .xyz domains to drive innovation at the intersection of AI and blockchain technology. AI-driven platform AgentLayer.xyz aims to transform industries with autonomous agent networks. Payments platform Skyfire.xyz combines AI and blockchain to enable autonomous pay...
How these two domain investors did last year. Its time for our recurring podcast with domain investors Mark Levine and Logan Flatt! Mark and Logan come on the show frequently to share their domain investing results, talk about whats working, and whats not working for them. On todays show, they detail their 2024 domain investing […] Post link:...
Domain investor Brent Oxley continues to expand his domain portfolio with high-quality acquisitions. Brent's primary interest lies in English dictionary words but he also seeks out premium short domains and valuable geo-domains that capture his attention. While we're not familiar with the budgetary details of the most recent acquisition lot, here's...
A breakdown of all announced domain sales $500 and over, Domains, venue and sale price data courtesy of Namebio.com This data assumes all sales from Park.io, Sav.com, GoDaddy, NameJet, DropCatch, Dynadot, SnapNames, Whois.ai, Catched.com, Docky.ly and NamesCon are wholesale and all others are retail. Full Rundown See bottom of page for detailed fil...
The domain ASLA.com was registered in 1995 and 30 years later it was lost in UDRP filed by the American Society of Landscape Architects, Inc. that operates from ASLA.org. Archive.org copies of the web site show that since at least 2004, an organization called "American Seminar Leaders Association" made use of the domain. That organization […]...
A breakdown of all announced domain sales $500 and over, Domains, venue and sale price data courtesy of Namebio.com This data assumes all sales from Park.io, Sav.com, GoDaddy, NameJet, DropCatch, Dynadot, SnapNames, Whois.ai, Catched.com, Docky.ly and NamesCon are wholesale and all others are retail. Full Rundown See bottom of page for detailed fil...
Sedo held a keyword domain auction with user-submitted domains that took place fromMarch 20-27, 2025. The Sedo auction attracted 98 domain submissions and the results are in. A total of 11 domain names were sold for an estimated grand sum of $1,176 dollars (when tallied from from various currencies.) The top sale was Hot-Dog.net that […] The ...
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RNX.com and BRH.com were registered way back in February of 1996. Both names were left to expire and their auctions at GoDaddy closed today. RNX.com closed at $41,500 and BRH.com closed at $39,550. Now these domain names are at Tucows so I believe the registrant still has time to renew. Back in January I wrote […] The post RNX.com and BRH.com...
My Afternic Lead Center is full of Stalled, Qualifying, Confused, and Unknown leads. As a domain investor, this is pretty confusing and slightly frustrating. I don't blame Afternic brokers for this because I have become familiar with how their platform works, but I do think Afternic and GoDaddy should better educate its sellers on the […]Catc...
ICIM International S.r.l. is an Italian pharmaceutical company founded in the 1930s; it filed a UDRP against the domain BioNike.com. The Complainant owns an Italian cosmetic brand called BioNike, having formed from the Greek Bio (life) and Nike (victory). The brand is showcased on the domain BioNike.it. The Chinese (Hong Kong) based Respondent clai...
More domains will be monetized with ad networks that don't do a good job of stopping scams and malware. Google is opting all advertisers out of AdSense for Domains, which will likely lead to the ad program's demise. This is a blow to domain monetization and the domain industry as a whole. But beyond that, […] Post link: Google Adsense change ...
A breakdown of all announced domain sales $500 and over, Domains, venue and sale price data courtesy of Namebio.com This data assumes all sales from Park.io, Sav.com, GoDaddy, NameJet, DropCatch, Dynadot, SnapNames, Whois.ai, Catched.com, Docky.ly and NamesCon are wholesale and all others are retail. Full Rundown See bottom of page for detailed fil...
I have a bit more than 100 domain names listed for sale on Atom.com, and a handful are listed on its Ultra Premium Marketplace (UPM). This afternoon, I received an email from Atom informing me that "Domain Talk" was added to Tangy.com, which is one of my UPM-listed domain names. According to the email I […]Catchy.com
It might come back to bite you. Earlier this month, The Financial Times wrote a story about an asset management firm that changed its name from Aberdeen to Abrdn. Apparently, the company's CEO made the switch partly because the Aberdeen.com domain he wanted was in use by another company. An outside marketing firm warned him […] Post link: Don...
Automattic, which runs WordPress.com and the .blog gTLD registry, says it's switching to Hello Registry from its current provider. Hello Registry is a joint venture of two like-minded national ccTLD non-profits: Canadian (.ca) registry CIRA and Dutch (.nl) registry SIDN. It was launched last November, having been developed under the name CIRA Regis...
I'd always planned, if it turned out ICANN's former interim CEO Sally Costerton was getting paid an absolutely, ridiculously, eye-popping pay packet, that it might be amusing to try to pin the nickname "Cost-a-tonne" on her. Thanks. I'm here all week. Try the turbot. But she wasn't even ICANN's highest-compensated employee last year, according to [...
Barman posted on X that they sold Zip.ai for $200,000. The cool thing was they shared some details on the sale. The coolest is it is the only .ai domain name they owned. 100% STR. They had agreed to sell for $50,000 about 6 months ago but the buyer disappeared. Congrats to Barman on a […] The post Zip.ai sells for $200,000 appeared first on T...
WEST PALM BEACH, FL – In the age of AI, social media, and voice search, you might think domain names have taken a back seat. But GoDaddys latest Consumer Pulse survey proves otherwise – and its a wake-up call for any business that wants to be taken seriously online. To celebrate the 40th birthday of […] The post GoDaddy Consumer S...
Anza.xyz – GoDaddy customer (United States) Innovative blockchain developers use .xyz and XYZ Registry domains like .Game to showcase forward-thinking Solana-focused projects. Modular blockchain project Eclipse.xyz aims to harness the strengths of Ethereum and Solana. Layer-2 blockchain Atlas.xyz aims to deliver low-cost, reliable solutions ...
The reported sale of Zip.ai wasn't as zippy as it seems. The $200,000 dollar domain sale took place on Afternic but only after a failed $50,000 dollar transaction fell through six months ago. Thanking his ghosting buyer from 1/2 year ago, domain investor Barman shared the news of his only .AI domain via X: Some […] The post Zip.ai has been so...
Company continues to hire as it prepares for launch this year. A new wholesale/reseller registrar is making a big splash in the industry even though it hasn't launched its product yet. OpusDNS sponsored last year's NamesCon in Austin and this month's CloudFest. It has also been hiring lots of industry professionals. I caught up with […] Post ...
Sedo held a .AI domain auction with user-submitted domains that took place fromMarch 6-13, 2025. The Sedo auction attracted 184 domain submissions and the results are in. A total of 17 domain names were sold for an estimated grand sum of $9,390 dollars (when tallied from from various currencies.) The top sale was Transitive.ai that […] The po...
A breakdown of all announced domain sales $500 and over, Domains, venue and sale price data courtesy of Namebio.com This data assumes all sales from Park.io, Sav.com, GoDaddy, NameJet, DropCatch, Dynadot, SnapNames, Whois.ai, Catched.com, Docky.ly and NamesCon are wholesale and all others are retail. Full Rundown See bottom of page for detailed fil...
Form 990 reveals salaries and contractor payments. ICANN published its Form 990 tax return for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024. The non-profit's total revenue for the fiscal year on a tax basis was $184.8 million, compared to $163.7 million in the prior year. The difference can mostly be attributed to higher investment income. […] Post l...
WHOIS is dead, they sayand that's just a technicality. DomainTools is still the quintessential domain query and analytics tool, regardless of the protocol used. Here comes W.is, short, free, and with some fun perks. It's clearly built for domain investors in mind as it keeps things tight and clean, using new programming technologies. For example, [...
iZ.com closed at $517,500 at Namecheap. There were 255 bids from 26 bidders. In 2021 QEIP.com successfully completed the sale of IZ.com for $625,000. You don't see 2L.coms expire and you have to wonder after spending $625,000 how this happened? It will be interesting to see if it gets paid. AD Smart Domain Monetization Starts […] The post iZ....
Namecheap notified its Namecheap Market customers of an adjustment to the end times for auctions and a simplified process for its closeouts. Domain name auctions will all end at the same time each day. The time is 11am Eastern Time and the equivalent times throughout the world. You can do the math to understand when […]Catchy.com
Registrar makes changes to how expired domain auctions work. Namecheap announced today that it's making changes to expired domain name auctions. First, the company is standardizing auction end times rather than staggering them throughout the day. All auctions will end at 11 am ET US (New York). Of course, bidding on domains with last-minute bids [&...
AdHoc.xyz – GoDaddy customer (United States) Creative agencies use .xyz domains to build their online hubs and highlight their portfolios. Branding agency LetterA.xyz works with world-renowned brands like Casetify, Ann Taylor, and Kate Spade. Production studio FutureFrank.xyz creates media for global brands like Nike and Weight Watchers. Crea...
In an email to customers, BrandBucket announced that it's "taking a break" from cross-listing domains on Afternic. As shared by domain investor Bogdan Vovchuk on X: BrandBucket continues to have distribution relationships that will allow its inventory to reach the majority of registrars. We have also invested heavily the past two years to build a [...
Registrars sell below the wholesale cost to win customers and to get registry rebates. $5.00. $5.75. $6.99. These are prices some domain registrars are currently charging for new .com domain registrations. The wholesale price for new registrations is $10.26, so why do some domain registrars sell domains below cost? You might see .com domain registr...
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