The Deal or No Deal finale is now open at DNWE.com you have a chance to win a domain names, sell it, swap it for the mystery domain. If you are randomly selected as the winner the choice is yours. Ryan Ewen did a good job with this one and it's nice to see a contest where there is a prize that everyone will enjoy. Go here to play … [Read more...]
Giuseppe Graziano gives some insights from the Breakfast Club
(Image Credit Giuseppe Graziano) Giuseppe Graziano who publishes the Liquid Market Report but out a very detailed post on the business of domain investing. He added in commentary from legends in the business along with ChatGPT. The article touches upon some comments that are a few years old but still relevant. Nat Cohen remarked during the burst of the Chinese short domain bubble, ‘A market … [Read more...]
This is how you make sure you never get the domain name you want
In 28 years of domaining you see a lot, I have been on forums where people believed domain investors should be thrown off a mountain because they were sitting on a domain name they wanted. Others resorting to the traditional reverse domain name hijacking. But it seems like someone has started a Change.org petition to get a domain investor to sell them a domain name. The company is called Devco, … [Read more...]
InterNetX/Sedo release their Global Domain Report for 2024
InterNetX spends a great deal of time and effort each year to produce their Global Domain Report. This year there is a large emphasis on A.I both the technology and .ai domain names. There is a lot of data, comments from industry participants including Andrew from DNW, Elliot at DomainInvesting.com, Page Howe, Theo from DomainGang.com, Neha Naik from Radix, Munir Badr, Joe Alagna and many … [Read more...]
John Berryhill posts a warning about dealing with GoDaddy brokers
John Berryhill does not start many threads at Namepros. He is a valuable contributor and answers a lot of questions in existing threads. So when he started one I wanted to read what he had to say. The post was published in Warnings and Alerts. The title was eye catching, "Why You Can't Trust GoDaddy Brokers" John goes on to explain some of the problems he sees when dealing with brokers who do … [Read more...]
GoDaddy Q1 2023 earnings miss, stock down in after hours trading
GoDaddy Inc. (NYSE: GDDY) reported their Q1 2023 earnings. Stock was down 7% in after hours trading to $67. It closed at $72.29 during normal trading hours. They came out with quarterly earnings of $0.30 per share, missing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.52 per share. This compares to earnings of $0.41 per share a year ago. These figures are adjusted for non-recurring items. This … [Read more...]
Escrow.com Domain Investment Index Q4 2022
Escrow.com published their Domain Investment Index for Q4 2022. You can view the full report here. Year-on-year, Escrow has seen a 49.26% decrease in the total value of domain name transactions from $158M in 4Q21 to $80M in 4Q22. Over 75% of the fall in 4Q22 is attributable to the decrease in the volume of domain name transactions, which decreased by 20% from US$514M in FY21, to $411M … [Read more...]