One of the most discussed and traded categories in domaining is the 4L.com space. Providing access to a wider number of investors as opposed to 2L.com and 3L.com which many don't have the budget for. In 2018 there were 7,862 reported 4L.com sales on Namebio. 2019 saw a drop to 5,514 reported names. Now if you look at 2018, Andrew Rosener successfully sold Zoom.com for $2million. If we remove … [Read more...]
Security experts are struggling to keep pace with the flood of domains invoking the virus
KrebsonSecurity.com published a piece that takes a look at the security professionals trying to keep up with the onslaught of corona/covid related domain names. From the article: By most measures, the volume of new domain registrations that include the words “Coronavirus” or “Covid” has closely tracked the spread of the deadly virus. The Cyber Threat Coalition (CTC), a group of several … [Read more...]
Owner of ColoringBook.com now owns 1600 coloring book domain names
1600 coloring book domain names is a lot of coloring book domain names. But that's how many Really Big Coloring Books® Inc. owns now as they bought out their top competitor. In a weird twist the competitor was not mentioned in the press release. Really Big Coloring Books owns the domain name coloringbook.com and now has what I would imagine is a stranglehold on the world of coloring book … [Read more...]
It looks like Notion.com has been acquired
Notion.com was registered back in October of 1997. The domain name looks to have been sold according to some new data. It looks like Notion.com was bought by the productivity app Notion.so. Notion.com is now forwarding to Notion.so and has CloudFlare nameservers. .So is the country code for Somalia. Tip of the cap to Adam from GreenJobs.com … [Read more...]
Ebl.com at auction on Sedo the name is reportedly stolen
The domain name EBL.com is apparently stolen and on auction at Sedo. Enrique Parrilla sent out a tweet and express his frustration. So it looks like Sedo should be halting the auction and letting this situation get resolved. Tip of the cap to Furquah … [Read more...]
Focusing on niches for the future of work and education
Instead of poor quality coronavirus domains I believe people should be looking at other niches amplified by the pandemic. Trends that will only grow stronger years into the future. Remote work, online classes, tutors, education. Work from home, etc... With articles like, Case Closed: Work-From-Home Is the World's Smartest Management Strategy Research from Stanford and other sources … [Read more...]
Some interesting coronavirus trademark filings
Intellectual property wise all the discussion regarding Covid-19 (Coronavirus) has centered on domain names. Taking a look at just one day's worth of bad domain name registrations can make one cringe at the waste of money. I took a quick look at the United States Patent and Trademark Office to see what gems are being considered for trademarks. I SURVIVED THE RONA CORONAVIRUS 2020 … [Read more...]