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 industry to offer customers the best quality, choice, and … [Read more...]
From Perfect.com to Proactis.com
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 it’s snapping up Perfect Commerce, a U.S.-based source-to-pay (S2P) provider.Assuming shareholder approval, the … [Read more...]
The Domain Theft Project’s time is now
6 years ago to the day, Phil Corwin published a piece on the ICA website about domain theft. The domain theft project. To be fair Corwin laid out that it was considering initiation. There has been a lot of domain industry press attention lately to domain thefts. We don’t know for sure if this problem is becoming more acute or is just being reported on more often. But, regardless of the level … [Read more...]
Making a profit with aged domain names
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 interested in building sites on aged domains. … [Read more...]
How Chris Snyder acquired Banks.com
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 Domain Capital financed the Banks.com domain … [Read more...]
Jobless.com sells for $2,500 after selling for $19,025 nine years ago
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 number has been drifting down over the past few months. When it comes to domain names Jobless.com seems … [Read more...]
piratebay.org is at $25,250 at DropCatch closing today – Risky play?
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 have PirateBay.org closing at DropCatch. The auction … [Read more...]