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...]
Joe.Link being used by Biden Campaign
The Biden campaign looks to be using Joe.Link in probably the best way .link should be used. As a branded URL shortener. Video announcing Kamala Harris as VP (read the description): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfACU9wC1ok JOE.LINK/APP for App Store: … [Read more...]
Fasthosts richest domains report was interesting to say the least
Fasthosts.co.uk published a report on the most valuable domains. They really should have worded it as most valuable websites, because that's what they are talking about and it's development and traffic that determined the placements. It seems odd to me that Amazon.com did not make the top 10. Of course this is just one company's valuation process. Yahoo with a market cap of $47 billion made the … [Read more...]
BarclaysBank.com begging for a UDRP or a good buy?
Good buy, Bad buy, Crazy buy? BarclaysBank.com sold for $3,003 on NameJet a couple days ago. Barclays is a British multinational investment bank and financial services company. One of the most powerful institutions in the world. Back in 2015 we wrote about Barclays redirecting their .com to .barclays. They said they would be transitioning away from the .com and the .co.uk. They said … [Read more...]
StephenColbert.com expires goes for $633
If you are a television personality on a major network, I think it's a major mistake not to own your name in .com. Stephen Colbert had done The Colbert Report from 2005 to 2014 and been on CBS with The Late Show with Stephen Colbert since September 2015. He does not have the Twitter handle @stephencolbert, that account is suspended. He uses @stephenathome. He has 18.8 million … [Read more...]
Domaining.com monthly brokerage bulletin Volume 2
Francois sent out the second brokerage bulletin where brokers have a chance to let people know what they got This is the second issue of the domaining.com monthly bulletin which exclusively features names for sale by brokers. If you are a broker and want to list your names in the next issue please contact us. Brannans.com Inch.com ... $500KAlum.com ... $300KDevils.com ... … [Read more...]
Rat.com launches
A member on Namepros posted the launch of their new project on Rat.com. The service will charge users $2.99 a month for an ad free experience. Rat.com was conceived of by a group of developers who grew tired with the amount of trolls and fake profiles populating social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn today, themselves a broader extension of what many call "fake news". … [Read more...]