Disclaimer: Nothing below is a recommendation or a solicitation to buy or sell any domain name or do business with any of the companies mentioned below. Aron Meystedt announced today that his proof of concept for selling fractional ownership in domain names has sold out. Shares in NNR.com were sold valuing the 3L.com at $30,000. Here was the offering memo: NNR.com - Purchase Shares … [Read more...]
Warned.com was not a garden variety “pricing mistake”
Four days ago I wrote an article about Warned.com and the buyer being told the price was not correct. The sale was not going to complete and the buyer refunded. The buyer stated they paid x,xxx for the domain name Warned.com, a domain name owned by Frank Schilling's Name Administration Inc. The price may have been $2,000 and I say that because another member on Namepros said they saw the … [Read more...]
Emerging trends that have sparked cultural shifts
David Cohen wrote an interesting piece on AdWeek about data/trends related to Twitter. Twitter Reveals 18 Emerging Trends That Marked U.S. Cultural Shifts Since 2016 Cohen breaks down the billions of tweet data that Twitter unveiled. Why I think this can be useful for a domainer is it might help to show you where some naming themes you have been interested in, might be falling out of … [Read more...]
Apparently it’s not hard to get a .gov domain
Would you like a .gov address? It might be easier than you think to secure one, and that's not a good thing. KrebsonSecurity.com published an article about how a researcher filled out a form, grabbed some letterhead and impersonated a mayor of a small U.S. city. Basically they committed wire fraud to secure a .gov domain. From the article: “I used a fake Google Voice number and fake Gmail … [Read more...]
The startups who raised the most money in 2019
Denise Stephan published a piece on the crunchbase blog of the startups that raised the most money in 2019. Number 1 was Flexport Last Equity Funding: $1B Series D Notable Investors: Softbank Vision Fund, DST Global, Founders Fund Flexport is a licensed customs brokerage and freight forwarder built around a modern web application. Its service includes a dashboard for businesses … [Read more...]
Domain registrars are saying “Thank you Boomer”
Baby Boomers might not be thrilled with the term "Ok boomer" but registrars and registries sure are. Aja Romano @ajaromano writes on VOX.com "The earliest mentions of OK boomer can be traced as far back as 2015 on 4chan, where the phrase was used as an insult by the forum’s anonymous users, aimed at other anons who seemed out of touch. But the phrase really took off this year on TikTok, … [Read more...]
LittleBean.com rebrands to LittleChickpea.com
LittleBean.com A Portland Vegan Ice Cream Company has to rebrand to LittleChickpea.com because Gerber (a Nestle company) has a trademark for Lil' Beanies. This is a discontinued product line. Willamette Week covered the story. From the story: "Our lawyers reached out to theirs and they said they had discontinued the line and had no intention of doing anything with it," Camden says. So … [Read more...]