Today we are going to take a trip back to the past, a time before anyone knew Rosener, Berkens or Schilling. A time when many corporations, especially those outside of the tech sector did not know if they should even grab a domain name. According to Wired Magazine only one-third of the Fortune 500 had registered an obvious version of their names back in 1994. Want a domain with that … [Read more...]
Spend.com buyer revealed
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 name was in use as a A Multi-Currency Digital … [Read more...]
Fractionalized domain ownership – Is it a scam, a long term play, brilliant?
Fractional domain ownership has been having quite the conversation the last couple days. John Berryhill started it off by replying to a 3 year old post written by the incomparable Bob Hawkes. Bob who is always very humble and respectful of all opinions, asked someone to remind him in 3 years if he was wrong about there being a Domain Investment Trust that would be publicly traded in 3 … [Read more...]
CENTR Study Highlights Key Domain Characteristics Driving Renewal Rates
CENTR.org released data from a study on domain name renewal rates. The study reveals a clear trend: domains with high-content websites have significantly higher renewal rates (90.1%) than those used for parking (78.5%) and those without web content (70.5%) - see chart below. Domain age was also found to play a significant role in renewal likelihood, with a 54.5% renewal rate at the end of … [Read more...]
TrumpPatriot.com deemed offensive at Sedo
Markfromslo posted on Namepros that he was trying to list the domain name TrumpPatriot.com at Sedo and Afternic. Afternic rejected for TM but Sedo rejected for offensive which has some a bit miffed. Initial post: I have a domain name, TrumpPatriot.com. I'm not that interested in the name, but I want to list it. I can't at Afternic because they say it's a Trademark issue. Okay. So I listed … [Read more...]
TechCrunch: “Maybe Friend wasn’t crazy for spending $1.8M on a domain after all”
Friend.com was in the news at the end of July. Avi Schiffmann posted on X that the company purchased Friend.com for $1.88M on a payment plan. Some thought it was crazy to spend that much and voiced their outrage on X. TechCrunch published an article on the purchase and went deeper into branding and domain names. The first thing I found interesting was that Avi Schiffmann, the founder and CEO … [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...]