Weeks ago Google came out and addressed the topic of expired domain names. On their blog "TheKeyword" they wrote: Expired domain abuse Occasionally, expired domains are purchased and repurposed with the primary intention of boosting search ranking of low-quality or unoriginal content. This can mislead users into thinking the new content is part of the older site, which may not be the case. … [Read more...]
Debanked.com “Coming Soon: Domain Names as Loan Collateral”
Debanked.com published an interesting piece on Domain Names as Loan Collateral. A company called Teller created a DeFi product to use domain names as collateral. From the article: a DeFi Cash Advance, a collateralized loan with 1-30 day terms. It’s just one of many products created by Teller, a peer-to-peer lending platform that relies on smart contracts to facilitate the transactions. The … [Read more...]
Gold.com acquired by JM Bullion, Inc
JM Bullion Inc acquired the premium domain name Gold.com. They already owned Silver.com. The company put out a press release. Congrats to Andrew Miller who brokered the deal. Press Release: JM Bullion, Inc. (JMB), a leading e-commerce retailer of precious metals and wholly-owned subsidiary of A-Mark Precious Metals, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMRK) (A-Mark), has acquired the gold.com domain. With this … [Read more...]
Do most investors actually know what a premium domain name is?
If you take any business that you participate in seriously, you have to know the rules of the game. One question that comes to mind when reading many tweets or posts on forums is the following, "Do you actually know what a premium domain name is?" I would say many do not, it can come from lack of experience (understandable) or perhaps it could be a language thing, the person might be dabbling … [Read more...]
NameJet/SnapNames August 2023 domain name sales led by Kaffee.com
NameJet/SnapNames released domain name sales data for August 2023. There was a L-L.com sale on each platform. C-H.com sold on NameJet while E-N.com sold on SnapNames. Only one Ai related sale with aispaces.com selling for $2,361. NameJet Domain Name Brand Name Type Gross … [Read more...]
Escrow.com releases their Domain Investment Index for Q2 2023
Escrow.com released their Domain Investment Index for Q2, 2023. They started out with their executive summary stating the following: Total domain name volume on Escrow.com eased from $129.8M in 1Q23 down to $89M. Overall, 2Q23 has less mega domains in comparison to the previous quarter. Volume is slowly picking back up after the recently held Namescon event at the beginning of … [Read more...]
The story behind WetPaint.com which expired and closed at $74,000
WetPaint.com was the big number yesterday closing at $74,000. The story behind WetPaint.com is pretty interesting. Wetpaint was named by Time Magazine as one of the 50 Best Websites of 2007. The company raised a decent chunk of venture capital in three different rounds. The last round being $25M in 2008. According to the company Wikipedia page, In December 2012, Wetpaint was acquired by … [Read more...]