So earlier in the week we saw the 2 million pound bid on Lifestyle.com cancelled. Some wondered how could this happen? Sedo makes people submit to greater verification to bid 10,000 or more. Additional Certification may be required: Please note that in order to place bids above 10,000.00 EUR, an additional certification is required and completion of this process may take several business … [Read more...]
The Novi domain registrations start pouring in
Yesterday it was announced that Facebook was rebranding the name of their digital wallet Calibra which is tied to their Libra digital currencies. The name was inspired by the Latin words “novus” and “via,” which mean “new” and “way,” respectively. Yes I did say "currencies" as The Verge points out "Although Facebook initially said that there would be a single Libra coin pegged to a … [Read more...]
Sedo weekly sales led by ElectricCar.com
Sedo released their weekly sales and ElectricCar.com led the way at $180,000. 1269.com was secind at $40,500 and Pop.shop was third at 28,650 Euro, ($31,301). 51 .com sales 25 cctld sales 6 other tld sales It was a good week for .CO which had the top cctld sale Wholesome.co and Site.co. .Fr had a nice week as well. .Shop was the new gtld winner this week with Pop.shop and … [Read more...]
GoDaddy valuations changed – they took $3k off one of my names
I was looking at GoDaddy valuations and I had a name in there of mine. I then was doing some stuff for a few hours and came back and hit refresh for whatever reason. The value of the name dropped by like $900, I was like that's weird not that automated appraisals mean much. In a poll I did on Namepros, 0 was the majority of votes given when asked their importance on a scale of 0 to 10. So … [Read more...]
Discord now using Discord.com as main address
Discord the video and chat app geared toward gamers announced on Twitter that they are now Discord.com The company has operated on DiscordApp.com and acquired the domain Discord.com back in 2017. It looks like the .com was a redirect to the discordapp.com domain they have used since the start. The company also owns Discord.app. If you are not familiar with Discord you can read this … [Read more...]
What they do right – what do they do wrong – Afternic
Over the last few years we have published a series The good, the bad and the ugly. Readers have been able to leave their feedback and some companies have reached out over the years and let me know they took the posts to heart. This year I want to try to change it up a bit and, What they do right and what they do wrong. Focusing in a little deeper to give better feedback to industry … [Read more...]
GrubHub has registered and dropped a lot of domain names
Restaurants and Domain Names There is so much going on with restaurants during this pandemic. Most restaurants have had to switch to take out and delivery. A lot of restaurants use companies like GrubHub and DoorDash to facilitate these deliveries. All I ever read is that these restaurants feel like they are getting squeezed by the commissions charged by these companies. I believe there … [Read more...]