In this week’s Top Topics, domain investors reveal how many domains they sold in August, a domainer shares news of a $10,000 sale, and where have your domain sales originated from recently? How Was Your August? In the domain name industry, August can be a barren month. With most of the corporate [...] Continue reading
Recently I went through the .com and .xyz domain names in my portfolio, deciding which to renew prior to the price increases that took place Sept. 1. With another .com price increase coming in 2022, it won’t be long before the process is repeated. But how do we determine which domain names should be renewed? [...] Continue reading
In this week's Top Topics, we look at NFTs and why domain investors are seemingly moving much of their attention over to this new asset class. Elsewhere, George Kirikos has discovered another seven-figure domain name sale. Why Are Domain Investors Buying NFTs? NFTs, non-fungible tokens, have dominated domainer Twitter feeds and discussions [...] Continue reading
Initially the .org extension was intended mainly for organizations, particularly not-for-profit organizations. However, for decades anyone can register and use an .org domain name, and it is regularly one of the strongest extensions after .com. In this article, I look at who is buying .org domain names by examining how names sold to end [...] Continue reading
In this week’s Top Topics, we look at three domain sales at various price points. Firstly, there’s a seven-figure sale, then a six-figure sale, and lastly, a five-figure deal. Elsewhere, a domainer asks about tracking their own domain names and we discuss an interesting rebrand. Marketing.com Sold for $2.5 Million This [...] Continue reading
When you are considering a domain name acquisition, does it matter who owned the name previously, what price they asked, and the marketplaces they used to try to sell the domain name? We all know to check for possible developed use of a domain name, in case there was abuse that taints the name, but [...] Continue reading
In this week's Top Topics, we look at the strategy around domain name renewals in light of the upcoming domain name renewal hike from Verisign. Elsewhere, pricing at the other end of the spectrum, domain sales, is discussed, and have you ever gone big on .CO? Does It Make Sense to Renew in [...] Continue reading