So JB Lions mentioned an email that came in today about Jewelry.com changing to Welry.com "What is Welry? Welry is on a mission to create the digital destination for all things jewelry. As part of the Richline Group, one of the largest jewelry manufacturers in the US, we're using our long-standing knowledge in the jewelry […] The post Moving ...

Back in April I asked if the future of NamesCon was virtual? It looks like it's going to at least be apart of the future. I thought the online show went off very well and exceeded expectations. I think it needs to be a permanent event. 1020 domaining professionals registered for NamesCon Online, coming from […] The post NamesCon 2021 schedule...

Sedo released their weekly domain names sales and Just.me led the way at $50,000. Holland.de was second at 29,000 Euro, ($34,054). Brilliant.net was third at $27,500. 51 .com sales 27 cctld sales 11 other tld sales Top 3 highlights of public SedoMLS sales are:    cene.com at 12,500 USD youjuyouzhu.net at 12,400 USD […] The post Se...

Frank from MapleDots found this one, Perfect.com redirects to Proactis.com. Now this is not a new name, Proactis is a public company out of the U.K. They acquired Perfect Commerce in 2017. U.K.-based spend management and e-procurement solution provider Proactis announced Friday its snapping up Perfect Commerce, a U.S.-based source-to-pay (S2P) prov...

Janet Cho and Christel Harlacher from the firm of Williams Mullen published a piece on Trademark rights that's worth giving a once over and bookmarking. Especially for those new to domaining who sometimes have the wrong impression of trademark rights. The post titled: Ten Trademark Myths and How They Can Hurt Your Business clears up […] The p...

As we now enter the fourth quarter of 2020, reported domain name sales are way off 2019's pace. No surprise really with what has been going on in the world, a global pandemic, environmental and economic hardships have made 2020 one of the worst in recent memory. This is a domain name blog, so we […] The post As we enter Q4, 2020 domain name ...

2020 has been the year of the online conference. Thanks to Covid-19 many conferences including NamesCon moved online. With that move has come a greater use for .online as the conference website. Radix (an advertiser here) published a post showing 8 conferences using their .online extension. From the Radix Blog: Virtual Events 2020: 8 Major […...

MarketBeat.com is a website I have stumbled upon a few times while searching Google. I was reading NichePursuits.com and came across a recent podcast interview with the founder. It's a pretty interesting story and a good listen for anyone looking to start an online business. The founder Matt Paulson was running a bunch of online […] The post ...

Domain names like WebMonkey.com, PDFzone.com and most recently ConstitutionUS.com are all aged domain names that went for big money at auction. These domain names were all aged, with a solid backlink profile and strong in other metrics like domain authority and trust flow. Richard Patey published a very good article on the topic for anyone […...

Banks.com was once a publicly traded company. Elliot Silver reported in 2010 about an agreement with Domain Capital. I just learned that Banks.com, a company that is publicly traded on the American Stock Exchange under ticker symbol BNX, has entered into a sale-leaseback agreement with domain financing company, Domain Capital. It appears that Domai...

Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and Trajectory.com led the way at $50,000. WOWCasino.co.uk was second at 23,900 GBP, ($30,450). OneCare.com was third at $25,000. 34 .com sales 21 cctld sales 9 other tld sales Top 3 highlights of public SedoMLS sales are:    cloudautomation.com at 9,500 USD orandaya.com at 7,999 USD […...

A few days ago I wrote about PirateBay.org closing at $50,000 on DropCatch. Next in line was ThePirateBay.com, also caught by DropCatch and closed at $35,150. ThePirateBay.com was originally registered in 2004. Metrics Ahrefs domain rating of 33 Backlinks 7,973 78% dofollow Referring Domains 1,212 68% dofollow Majestic.com shows a Trust flow of 12 ...

There have been 7,064 reported new gtld sales at Namebio. These sales total $26.6 million. The top 10 brought home $3,169,431 or approximately 12% of all reported sales. .Top and .Games both placed multiple entries in the top 10, with 2 each. Online.Casino and Casino.Online both made the top 10. Online.Casino is a developed directory […] The ...

Over at Namepros today Lambo.com posted an AMA and revealed that he sold the domain name Coinex.com for $500,000. Great sale on Lambo.com's part, it looks like Media Options was involved too. The post AMA at Namepros reveals $500,000 sale appeared first on TheDomains.com.

Web.com released their August aftermarket report, and ZML.com led the way at $34,000. Taiyuan.com was second at $17,500 and RumorFix.com was third at $15,750. Just 74 sales $2,000 or more in August, 67 were .com. zml.com $34,000.00 NameJet taiyuan.com $17,500.00 NameJet rumorfix.com $15,750.00 SnapNames ncvc.org $10,500.00 NameJet cybersales.com $9...

Jobless is unfortunately a keyword that is on the minds of many in 2020. The Covid-19 pandemic has caused a spike in jobless claims in the U.S. and many other parts of the world. Below is a look at Google trends which saw a spike from 4 to 100 for the keyword jobless in March. […] The post Jobless.com sells for $2,500 after selling for $19,02...

The Pirate Bay is one of, if not thee most well known bit torrent websites on the Internet. There are several domain extensions affiliated with the Pirate Bay. The Pirate Bay first came online during the summer of 2003, its main point of access was thepiratebay.org. ThePirateBay.org and ThePirate-Bay.org are hosting content and today we […] T...

Honest opinion or validation When it comes to opinions, some people care about everyone's opinion, others only care about the opinions of those that are more successful and others don't give a damn what anyone thinks on a certain topic. When the topic of domain appraisals comes up, things can get spicy and sometimes nasty. […] The post Do dom...

MacRumors.com published a piece on Apple registering a number of AppleOne related domain names. Apple has a meeting taking place on 9/15 and an announcement may be coming on a new service. Whether they can get the .com or net will remain to be seen. I doubt they will get the .com. Appleone.com is a […] The post Apple registrations point to a ...

The biggest reported domain name sale of 2020 comes in at $720,000. Namepros member Keith posted in 2017 that he purchased Nas.com for $50,000 in BTC. He added the BTC actually cost him next to nothing. He posted tonight he sold Nas.com for $720,000. Well done and one hell of a flip. The post $50,000 purchase to $720,000 sale appeared first on TheD...

Announced to coincide with the start of NamesCon Online, our ad partner DAN and Bodis have announced a partnership. I had early access to the new hybrid sales landing pages and I think it's a good move for both companies. From the release: DAN and BODIS are partnering on a unique first ever hybrid monetization-sales […] The post DAN-BODIS par...

Radix is entering the name spinning space with Namify, located at Namify.tech. The name-spinner is aimed at solopreneurs, small business owners and startups looking for affordable brand building solutions that include brand name, domain name, social media handles as well as a brand logo. Unlike most other brand name spinners that simply add prefixe...

Radix's Premium Domains report for the first half of 2020 is out and here is a look at some of the performance points. $1.96M in revenue; 19% growth over H2 2019 New premium registrations contributed to ~50% of the total premium revenue for this period 41% jump in new premium registrations vs H2 2019 $996K […] The post Radix Premium Domains R...

Election Domain Names Kacey C at DigitalShadows.com wrote a very ind depth article on domain names and the upcoming election. Delving into which names are being used for malicious purposes and which are just bad for a candidates brand. She looked at domain names in three different categories: Misconfigured or illegitimate sites: Typosquats that wer...

The registry for .LU the country code of Luxembourg announced they will be opening up registrations for 1 and 2 character .LU domain names. The end of 20 years of non-availability. From the release: From 31 August to 15 December 2020, through its DNS-LU service operating the national registry for .lu, the Restena Foundation is […] The post .L...

Some consolidation in the New Zealand registry space as Site Direct announced the acquisition of DomainsDirect.nz. Scoop.co.nz reported: SiteTech Group is proud to announce the acquisition of New Zealand based company, Domains Direct, who specialise in providing low cost .nz domain names. Domains Direct will continue to operate alongside SiteTech G...

Mike Mann announced the sale of SPCM.com Purchased 10/9/12 $409, and sold for $49,950. Newer domain name investors think, wow, why? Just a chip, not pronounceable. None of that matters when you have all the most important domain dynamic in place, a deep pocketed buyer with a real name for those four letters. The buyer […] The post SPCM.com so...

So there is a post on AVN.com (NSFW, the ads on the site, not the article) The service is operated by adult industry veterans JuicyAds Founder "Juicy Jay" and Jimmy "Wizzo" with more than 42 years combined experience. Broker.xxx has launched a dedicated adult domain marketplace loaded with a portfolio it says is worth more […] The post Broker...

Sedo announced that Matthias Conrad is stepping down as CEO and the new CEO will be Michael Robrock the current COO. Release Cologne, September 1, 2020 – After 20 months in his position as CEO at the German internet company Sedo GmbH, Matthias Conrad is stepping down due to personal reasons. He will be succeeded […] The post Matthias Co...

There seems to be more and more articles coming out with regards to .io and how the natives of the Chagos Islands want their extension back. I first wrote about it back in 2015, and then again in July of this year. Fortune is out with another article, the provocative title of, ‘Colonialism' and crypto […] The post Fortune is the latest ...

Jerrick.media is rebranding to Creatd. The company looks to have purchased the domain name Creatd.com from Brandpa. The name was listed at BrandBucket for $2,395 as seen here on DNBolt.com. Jerrick is the owner of Vocal.media 650,000 creators who have published over 150 million words, which has been attributed to over 400 million minutes of […...

CoinTelegraph posted that the domain name Sex.crypto sold for 230 ETH or close to $90,000. Earlier today, the domain ‘sex.crypto'soldfor 230 ETH, or approximately $90,000 at press time. The domain extension .crypto is generated by Unstoppable Domains and is censorship-resistant. The transaction, which occurred on OpenSea's token marketplace, ...

Verisign VRSN (NASDAQ) released their second quarter Domain Name Industry Brief. Domain Name Industry Brief, which shows that the second quarter of 2020 closed with 370.1 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs), an increase of 3.3 million domain name registrations, or 0.9 percent, compared to the first quarter of 2020....

Hola.me was sold at Sedo for $8,500 in 2018. It was the third highest .me sale of 2018. The domain name had just been listed for sale on a proprietary landing page. After it sold it just showed a Domain Agents landing page that the domain name was for sale. Source. The domain name dropped […] The post Hola.me a waste of $8,500 appeared first ...

Ammar (Ammudamus over at Namepros) one of the top .tv investors in the business just sold Mexico.tv for $10,000. Ammar announced the sale of Trading.tv on August 7. It was sold for $9,000 at Sedo back in 2015. He posted how it went down on Namepros I just sold Mexico.TV for $10,000 in a private […] The post Mexico.tv sells for $10,000 appeare...

Chris Duckett published an interesting article over at ZDNet on just how few name servers are responsible for the majority of domain names. The article illustrates the potential problems for outages as many opt for a convenient cloud based solution vs your own server. Sans Institute dean of research Johannes Ullrich looked into how many […] T...

READ EVERYTHING FIRST so you are not surprised if your comment is not published or removed. ANY EXTENSION THIS WEEK 10 Names max post more and you get blocked Of course with a lot of links some posts get held, they will be approved as soon as they are seen, some people repost their […] The post Weekend blowout sell any name you like $299 or ...