Last March DomainHacks.com sold Capital.xyz for one of the higher .xyz sales of all time. The domain name sold for $105,000. Capital.xyz was purchased by Capital Software & Services Inc. A disclaimer at the bottom states that they are a financial technology company and not a bank. Banking services provided by Blue Ridge Bank, N.A.; [...] Continue reading →

Braden Pollock is one of the more well known and one of the most successful domain investors in the business. He is now joining the board of directors at the ICA. From the release: The ICA is proud to announce the expansion of our Board of Directors. Starting this month, Braden Pollock is taking a [...] Continue reading →

FrozenYogurt.com a domain name registered in 1995. Nestlé is the Swiss multinational let it drop. We had a little contest here, guess the closing price and win $20. Alex guessed $8,500 and just missed being exactly right. Alex says January 3, 2023 at 4:17 am Somewhere near $8500. I registered a domain that was dropped [...] Continue reading →

Nestlé is the world’s largest food & beverage company, the Swiss multinational let one slip through the cracks on the domain name side. Registered in 1995, FrozenYogurt.com was left to drop and was caught by DropCatch. DotDB.com shows that Frozen Yogurt is registered in 42 extensions. There are over 400 more registrations with a keyword [...] Continue reading →

Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) released their Q3 2022 Domain Name Industry Brief (DNIB). As of Sept. 30, 2022, the 10 largest TLDs by number of reported domain names were .com, .cn, .de, .net, .uk, .org, .nl, .ru, .br and .xyz From the report: The third quarter of 2022 closed with 349.9 million domain name registrations across [...] Continue reading →

Identity Digital (formerly Donuts) published their November domain trend report. The report covers the top premium domain names registered, most registered SLD keywords and other data. In the month of November 2022, SLDs registered on Identity Digital TLDs were 26% shorter than .com domain registrations. Top 20 Premium Domains Registered In The Month of November 2022 mp.ltd [...] Continue reading →

It was 7 years ago today that the founder of this blog Mr. Michael Berkens surprised everyone by announcing he sold his portfolio to GoDaddy. The press release partially read like this: This acquisition consists of approximately 70,000 domain names, including 373.com, Faculty.com, CarAuctions.com, and iBill.com. It also includes names targeted at small businesses such [...] Continue reading →