Doug Isenberg at Giga.Law posted a video and post on a record year for domain name disputes. From the article: One more reason that could be contributing to the rise in domain name disputes is a little bit of additional interest in some of the new top-level domains. In the second quarter of 2021, the .shop TLD appeared in the most number of disputes behind .com across all of the UDRP dispute … [Read more...]
Donuts Domain Trend Report: OCTOBER 2021
Donuts published their October domain trend report. The report covers the top premium domain names registered, most registered SLD keywords and other data. In the month of October 2021, SLDs registered on Donuts TLDs were 26% shorter and were hyphenated 7% less than .com domain registrations. Top 10 TLDsTop 10 .live PremiumDomains SoldMost RegisteredSLD … [Read more...]
The meta registrations won’t quit and someone went Meta Crazy on Facebook names
This meta registration craze continues to gather momentum. Back on October 11 I did a post taking a look behind the keyword Meta. Some incredible sales have fueled speculation, like MetaXR.com for $60,000, Metapayments.co at $53,450 that one was 9 days old. MetaDating.net was registered at Dynadot two weeks ago and sold for $35,000 at Sedo. metaavatars.net. The name was 122 days old when it … [Read more...]
Liquid Market Report for Q3 2021 released
Giuseppe Graziano released his Q3 2021 Liquid Market Report This was a record quarter with over $12M in 2L .com sales. The record in 2L .com sales contributed to make Q3 2021 the best quarter since the inception of the Report in 2016.96% of the sales reported by Escrow.com have taken place in the category with the highest development index, i.e. 2L (30%); 3L .com (24%); 4L (12%), 2C … [Read more...]
ETH was on fire in September (the keyword)
The keyword ETH was absolutely on fire in September. There have been 16 reported ETH exact sales on Namebio and 7 took place in September. Mark Levine sold 4 of them and in extensions you would not necessarily think the keyword and extension match perfectly. Eth.hockey for $3,999 Well done Mark. .Club stole the show at $200,000 and .Website rounded out September selling for $50,000. Back in … [Read more...]
Verisign DNIB shows Q2 2021 closed with 367.3m registrations across all TLD’s
Verisign VRSN (NASDAQ) released their Q2 2021 Domain Name Industry Brief The second quarter of 2021 closed with 367.3 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs), an increase of 3.8 million domain name registrations, or 1.0%, compared to the first quarter of 2021.1,2 Domain name registrations have decreased by 2.8 million, or 0.7%, year over year.1,2 .Com and .Net … [Read more...]
Ethos Capital To Acquire Controlling Interest of Donuts
After failing to acquire Public Interest Registry (PIR) the entity that runs the .org extension, Ethos Capital is back in the headlines. They have added to their investment in Donuts, Inc. and now have the controlling stake. On their website Erik Brooks and Fadi Chehadé the Co-CEO's announced the following: As Co-CEOs of Ethos Capital, LLC (“Ethos Capital”), we are happy to announce that … [Read more...]