JD Supra is an online repository of free legal information, including documents, filings, newsletters. Every month they post a newsletter on domain names. Tuesday was the May newsletter and it's worth a look. [co-authors: Laëtitia Arrault, Sean Kelly, Cindy Mikul, Maria Rozylo, and Tony Vitali] One topic centered on the increasing popularity of .de with some stats provided. International … [Read more...]
Quite possibly the ugliest name to sell for three figures ever?
While reviewing new gtld domain name sales for April, I came across this beauty. RKLARMSBO0C2Z3KOR3BFSKIOWMUGZ1NWBEX8QVALLSTRLK5IDNNWXWQZOQMDIZF.SITE. I initially contacted Michael at Namebio and said this one might be a mistake but did a double look and Michael looked into it as well. Registered in 2021 by a company from England. Dropped after a year. Checking out Ahrefs it's a link play. … [Read more...]
Donuts Domain Trend Report: February 2022
Donuts published their February domain trend report. The report covers the top premium domain names registered, most registered SLD keywords and other data. In the month of February 2022, SLDs registered on Donuts TLDs were 20% shorter and included hyphens 21% less frequently than .com domain registrations. Top 20 Premium Domains Registered In The Month of February … [Read more...]
CyberSecurityJobs.com becomes the largest Keyword-Jobs reported sale of all time
Cyber Security is an important and highly competitive industry. The need for professionals in this field grows monthly. CyberSecurityJobs.com sold for $205,000 today at Sedo. The domain now forwards to the .net. The .com was registered in 2000. DotDB.com shows Cybersecurity registered in 357 extensions. CyberSecurityJobs.com 25. The only jobs.com sale higher than this one is … [Read more...]
Those are some prices for .finance names
Someone on Twitter posted some eye popping numbers on a few new gtld domain names. As someone who lives in Philadelphia can't wait to see what goes up on the name. On Namepros most are highly skeptical. Brad Mugford wrote: It is also pretty amazing for a Twitter account to have (13) tweets and 5,048 followers…seems legit. Also, the (3) tweets above with a collective almost 1,500 … [Read more...]
Radix’s H2 2021 Premium domains Report
Radix our ad partner here, released their second half of 2021 premium domains report. I was surprised that three letter names were the most popular category. We tend to see more keywords sell for big money in new gtlds. Full year results were the best ever for total retail premium revenue, the number came in at $5,884,189. Highlights: $2.98M in retail premium revenue3Ls most popular … [Read more...]
A look at how some large companies use their premium domain names
Simone over at InterNetX.com put together a nice look at how some large companies are using their premium one word domain names. Bayer - aspirin.com The German pharmaceutical company presents a fantastic example of an international domain strategy. They registered the product-related domain under .com but if you access the website from a different country, you will be redirected to the … [Read more...]