Radix reported the details on 2021 finances. $38M in total revenue for 2021, 35% growth over 2020 (revenue is net of all discounts and rebates) 60% growth in Net Profit over 2020 Revenue Split – 15% standard registrations | 72% standard renewals 12.5% share in premiums revenue (both regs+ renewals) Top country – United States [R...

Donuts published their March domain trend report. The report covers the top premium domain names registered, most registered SLD keywords and other data. Group and Global seems to be constantly in the top 20 each month. In the month of March 2022, SLDs registered on Donuts TLDs were 15% shorter and included hyphens 33% less freq...

The first sale posted under April 1 at Namebio just now is the $125,000 sale of Elmer.com. The seller was Braden Pollock. I had an Uncle Elmer the only Elmer besides the glue I ever knew. Elmer.com dropped in 2018, caught by DropCatch and Braden won for $13,050. It looks like the name was at […] The post Braden Pollock sells Elmer.com for $12...

InternetX and Sedo have released their Global Domains Report for 2022. The report is a detailed analysis of the entire industry. A look at the latest developments, tendencies and trends and offering a view on potential market and business opportunities. Focus topics include: NFT, crypto and blockchain If there is one undeniable constant in the [...

Gambling.com was purchased for $2.5M at Sedo back in 2011. Using a category defining domain name the company behind it, Gambling.com Group Limited (Nasdaq: GAMB) has become a big player in the online gambling space. They went public last year and reported their earnings for 2021. Financially, the company recorded a full year North American […...

The Guardian published an article on .io and how the government of Mauritius wants control of .io. I first wrote about it back in 2015, and then again in July of 2020. Fortune cane out with another article, the provocative title of, Colonialism and crypto claims: Why the .io domain name extension faces an uncertain […] The post Mauritius chal...

I have always been of the mindset that you don't give away your gameplan for a new business to the general public. If you are looking to raise money to start it, sure put your presentation together for accredited investors. There is an interesting story about Knitting.com and the knitting community getting all riled up […] The post Here is wh...

Donuts published their February domain trend report. The report covers the top premium domain names registered, most registered SLD keywords and other data. In the month of February 2022, SLDs registered on Donuts TLDs were 20% shorter and included hyphens 21% less frequently than .com domain registrations. Top 20 Premium Domain...

Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and CyberSecurityJobs.com led the way at $205,000. Ceramictile.com was second at $39,999. ToBuy.com was third at $17,500. 44 .com sales 16 cctld sales 9 other tld sales Top 3 highlights of public SedoMLS sales are:     sizl.com at 14,000 USD atonce.comat 9,500 USD freedom.world at 8,995 US...

It's not just Swetha making solid sales with .xyz. Today Algo.xyz sold for $50,000 at Sedo. The domain name was registered in 2015 and looks like the same registrant who registered it is the seller. Algo registered in 452 extensions according to DOTDb.com. Algo is now tied with Move.xyz and Alliance.xyz for the 13th highest […] The post Algo....

Cyber Security is an important and highly competitive industry. The need for professionals in this field grows monthly. CyberSecurityJobs.com sold for $205,000 today at Sedo. The domain now forwards to the .net. The .com was registered in 2000. DotDB.com shows Cybersecurity registered in 357 extensions. CyberSecurityJobs.com 25. The only jobs.com s...

NameJet produced 68 domains over the $2K mark generating $380.5K in revenue. That was 25% lower domain sales than Jan. SnapNames produced 52 domains over the $2K mark with $229.9K in revenue. That was 22% lower sales than Jan. NameJet did have 10 domains over $10K eachSnapNames had 3 domain over $10K each.Top NameJet Domain […] The post NameJ...

Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and BeeCapital.com led the way at $68,000. Noba.com was second at $60,000. Linkspot.com was third at $39,400. 59 .com sales 27 cctld sales 8 other tld sales op 3 highlights of public SedoMLS sales are:     linkspot.com at 39,400 USD mybff.comat 25,000 USD symbio.cn at 9,999 EUR PokerNights...

Someone on Twitter posted some eye popping numbers on a few new gtld domain names. As someone who lives in Philadelphia can't wait to see what goes up on the name. On Namepros most are highly skeptical. Brad Mugford wrote: It is also pretty amazing for a Twitter account to have (13) tweets and 5,048 […] The post Those are some prices for .fin...

Radix our ad partner here, released their second half of 2021 premium domains report. I was surprised that three letter names were the most popular category. We tend to see more keywords sell for big money in new gtlds. Full year results were the best ever for total retail premium revenue, the number came in […] The post Radix's H2 2021 Premi...

Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and WWV.com led the way at 49,999 Euro, ($55,668) closely followed by Cont.com at $55,000. PrivateHouse.com was third at $30,000. 32 .com sales 20 cctld sales 17 other tld sales Top 3 highlights of public SedoMLS sales are:     privatehouse.com at 30,000 USD kastelo.comat 19,750 USD cemai....

Simone over at InterNetX.com put together a nice look at how some large companies are using their premium one word domain names. Bayer – aspirin.com The German pharmaceutical company presents a fantastic example of an international domain strategy. They registered the product-related domain under .com but if you access the website from a diff...

What do we call something 8 years old? Not new, not a baby, not even a toddler. While there is speculation about when the next round of "Not legacy TLD's" will be introduced, let's take a look back at the first 7 to launch in 2014. In a post I wrote, "It's a profit deal" […] The post 8 years later, a look at the first 7 new gtlds appeared fir...

Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and Rete.com led the way at 15,000 Euro, ($17,019). CFPB.com was second at $15,000. Genedecode.com was third at 10,000 GBP, ($13,589). 49 .com sales 24 cctld sales 3 other tld sales Top 3 highlights of public SedoMLS sales are:     cfpb.com at 15,000 USD genedecode.comat 10,000 GBP whirly....

NameJet sold 60% more domains in Jan than Dec. NameJet generated 47% more revenue in Jan than Dec. SnapNames was slightly behind in Jan than Dec for both sales and revenue. Top domain sale for NameJet was xem.com at $51,801 Top domain sale for SnapNames was crystalsprings.com at $15,700 Month of SALEDATE DOMAINNAME BRAND PRODUCT […] The post ...

GoDaddy (NYSE:GDDY) reported earnings today. 2021 Full Year Revenue Growth of 15%, Bookings Growth of 12%They announced a multi-year $3 billion share repurchase plan starting with intent to launch a $750 million accelerated share repurchase in the first quarter of 2022. The stock was up 78.50+4.29 (5.78%) in after hours trading. Business Outlook Fo...

Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and iSign.com led the way at $140,000. WV.de was second at 60,000 Euro, ($68,476) and Best.Casino was third at $60,000. 38 .com sales 38 cctld sales 7 other tld sales Top 3 highlights of public SedoMLS sales are:    losbravos.com at 15,000 USD mobic.net at 9,600 EUR herbalist.io […] The p...

Donuts published their January domain trend report. The report covers the top premium domain names registered, most registered SLD keywords and other data. In the month of January 2022, SLDs registered on Donuts TLDs were 19% shorter and included hyphens 16% less frequently than .com domain registrations. Top 20 Premium Domains ...

Radixs .Site Domains recently announced the closure of their #SiteIt contest, in partnership with Namecheap. Teodor Rupi won the contest and took home a nice selection of prizes. From the 6000+ entries, the Radix team shortlisted the finalists while the winner and runner-up were chosen by judge Kevin Harrington, entrepreneur, business executive, an...

Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and three names tied for the top spot. Three names that many might consider to not be of similar quality. Tegro.com, NFTstore.com and Veyron.com all sold for $55,000. Miso.com was right behind at $50,000. Am1.com sold for $29,900. 53 .com sales 27 cctld sales 8 other tld sales […] The post Sedo wee...

Quik.com made an announcement on LinkedIN with regards to their upcoming launch. My good friend Yinan Wang was the person that actually sold them Quik.com. They will be selling the domain names of the future according to their post on LinkedIn. Following its release, Quik.com will allow its users to easily mint, own, and sell […] The post Qui...

Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and Brasil.com led the way at $92,000. A Trio of $50,000 sales followed. CryptoTracker.com, Q.to and Filter.org. It's always interesting to see when such vastly different domain names sold for the exact same $50,000. 49 .com sales 22 cctld sales 9 other tld sales Top 3 highlights of […] The post Se...

With all the buzz and discussion around NFTs one area might have been lacking on the conversation side. TAXES. Protos.com published an article that at least in the U.S. the I.R.S. is gearing up to collect potentially billions. From the article: As reported by Bloomberg, tax experts in the US suggest profits from sales on […] The post The hunt...

Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and EZhealth.com led the way at $33,330. HeroMeta.com was second at $32,500. UAEBusiness.com was third at 26,000 Euro, ($29,466). 49 .com sales 29 cctld sales 11 other tld sales Top 3 highlights of public SedoMLS sales are:    ezhealth.com at 33,330 USD pagoda.co at 27,500 USD fanduelpick6.com ...

grancursosonline.com.br spent $90,000 for Gran.com. The domain name was sold by DomainHub.com. The site has a large social media following, over 1.9m followers on Instagram alone. Currently the domain name is forwarding to the .com.br. Gran.com was dropped once and then registered in 2004. Congrats to Domainhub.com. The post Brazilian company spend...

Giuseppe Graziano released his Q4 2021 liquid domain report. – Q3 2021 was an all time record quarter, with $20M in Escrow.com sales. Q4 broke again the new all time high with a 67% higher Escrow.com sales volume, an astonishing $34M. – 99% of theEscrow.comsales took place in the categories with the highest development index: ...

Doug Isenberg at Giga.Law posted a video and post on a record year for domain name disputes. From the article: One more reason that could be contributing to the rise in domain name disputes is a little bit of additional interest in some of the new top-level domains. In the second quarter of 2021, the […] The post 2021 was a Record-Setting Yea...

Sedo released three weeks of sales reports, the high sale being Pays.com at $350,000. Over 130 .com sales over the three weeks. Meta names, verse names, and one of the longer .xyz sales for decent money Blockchaingaming.xyz at $7,500. Highlights of public sales across all 3 weeks are: pays.com at 350,000 USD hire.bg at 75,600 […] The post Sed...

Donuts published their November domain trend report. The report covers the top premium domain names registered, most registered SLD keywords and other data. .Global seemed to be on the uptick in December. Top 20 Premium Domains Registered In The Month of December 2021 build.global pds.global hudson.global kimball.family psc.global maker.market bca....

I want to wish everyone a happy and healthy 2022. Looking back at 2021 there were a few 3 letter combinations, the Metaverse and Swetha that dominated the news in 2021. NFT Non fungible tokens, made a huge impact in 2021, some prominent domain investors swifted some or all of their attention to the NFT […] The post A look back at 2021 and the...

Verisign posted on their blog an update to the proceedings around .web. This ongoing saga seems to just keep muddling along. Hopefully ICANN will finally put an end to the uncertainty and make a definitive judgement and .web can eventually go live. From the post: The Panel ruled on Afilias application on Dec. 21, 2021. […] The post IRP Panel ...

Tech Crunch published an article titled, "WTF is .xyz?" It's no secret to domain investors in 2021 that Web3 companies have adopted .xyz in greater numbers this year. With Swetha and other leading the way there have been many more .xyz sales in 2021 than in the previous few years. In the article Daniel Negari […] The post TechCrunch asks "WTF...

Swetha sold 9 .xyz domain names including Glow.xyz for $79,888. Quest.xyz was her previous high at $69,888. What a way to end what has been an incredible year for Swetha. Congrats. glow.xyz 79,888 USD 2021-12-25 Swetha.xyz heir.xyz 19,888 USD 2021-12-25 Swetha.xyz fractional.xyz 14,888 USD 2021-12-25 Swetha.xyz qualia.xyz 9,888 USD 2021-12-25 Sweth...

There are so many NFT projects these days, I have been following the recent news on Paradise Trippies which to my novice NFT eyes looks like a cool project. I get emails all the time about different projects. One that caught my eye was for PUL3E. It's a women-led NFT project that has a focus […] The post Charity focused NFT project PUL3E goes...

Batteries.com is up for auction, the auction will close on Christmas Day. This is quite the promotion with a site at WelcomeToBatteries.com giving potential prospects all the reasons they want to own the domain name. Registration for Batteries.com is 1999, it dropped 3 times previous to that. Escrow.com one of our advertisers here will be […]...

Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and Regal.co led the way at 25,000 GBP, ($33,063). Uran.com was second at 25,000 Euro, ($28,168). Claim.co was third at 14,950 GBP, ($19,769). 41 .com sales 15 cctld sales 4 other tld sales Top 3 highlights of public SedoMLS sales are:    whiteangel.comat 10,000 USD chipgirl.com at 9,888 [̷...