Last November I took a look at the highest priced domain names on BrandBucket. Lend.com was the highest at $2.5 million and Nude.com at $1.5 million. Neither name is now listed for sale at BrandBucket. Mask.com is now listed on BrandBucket and has the highest asking price at $2 million. The domain name registered in 1995 was owned by The Mask Group out of San Mateo, California. It went … [Read more...]
At what point does it become ok to own a reported stolen domain name?
There is quite the discussion going on at Namepros with regards to a domain name that was first reported stolen in 2007. Provenance is important in things like art and domain names. In an interview with Giuseppe Graziano, Nat Cohen was asked the following? What do you think needs to happen for the domain industry to outgrow its current status and for domains to become a widely held … [Read more...]
Founder of Notarize.com talks domain names and reveals purchase prices
Michael Daigle (The domain king of Near Me names) found the purchase price of Notarize.com. The founder says during the interview below that he paid 40-45k for spindle.com. Notarize.com was $42,000 Pat Kinsel talks about the price of Notarize.com in one podcast and spindle.com in another. He mentions not being a fan of lease to own. In The VentureFizz Podcast: Pat Kinsel - Founder and CEO … [Read more...]
James Altucher at Flippa conference and some of his older domain name thoughts
Flippa ran a one day virtual show back at the beginning of July. The show was named "Own Your Future" James Altucher was one of the featured speakers. Flippa has now uploaded his talk to YouTube. Altucher is a guy that provides a lot of interesting thoughts and ideas, can also be very controversial. James has strong opinions on not buying a home or sending children to college. His podcast … [Read more...]
Invest.com is running a private auction til the end of August
There is an article on AmericanThinker.com a publication I had never read before until Koolishman at Namepros published a link. Talks about how China is trying to muscle an American company out on the domain name Invest.com. When you go to invest.com you are redirected to thehelpingcompany.com. The domain Invest.com is owned by The Helping Company and is currently being offered for … [Read more...]
ElectricCar.com sold for $180,000 a look at what else the buyer is doing
Back in May ElectricCar.com was sold for $180,000 at Sedo. The domain was brokered by Dave Evanson and owned by Namepros member @TeraDomain of QualityNames.com. The new owner has a landing page up that states the website is currently not selling a product. So the purchase may very well be investment related. The owner also lists other names he owns, they … [Read more...]
Verisign Q2 2020 revenue of $314 million up 2.6 percent from Q2 2019
VeriSign Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN) on Thursday reported second-quarter net income of $152.5 million. Stock was virtually unchanged on Thursday. VeriSign, Inc. and its subsidiaries (“Verisign”) reported revenue of $314 million for the second quarter of 2020, up 2.6 percent from the same quarter in 2019. Verisign reported net income of $152 million and diluted earnings per share (diluted “EPS”) of$1.32 … [Read more...]