For the first time in four years, I’m not attending NamesCon. The funny part is it’s only a few hours drive or a 45 minute flight away. It would have been nice to spend time with my buddies at DSAD and others that I tend to only see once a year at the [...] Continue reading →

As you are likely aware, there has been an outbreak of a new coronavirus, 2019-Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCOV), which was first identified in Wuhan, China. The virus has spread, with confirmed cases currently in 18 countries. The World Health Organization (WHO) has concluded that this is a Global Health Emergency. The health and safety of [...] Continue reading →

At the end of 2019, the US government passed a new bill authorising the Department of Defence to sell around 200 million Internet Protocol 4th version addresses. Several blocks of IPv4 addresses are planned to be sold out in ten years. Vincentas Grinius, CEO of Heficed, explains how these changes might affect the IP [...] Continue reading →

The NamesCon Global 2020 live domain name auction took place today in Austin, Texas and 136 domain names were auctioned. 74 of the 136 domains were sold. The other 62 domains didn’t reach the reserve price and are headed to the extended auction at GoDaddy. The 74 domain names were sold for a total of [...] Continue reading →

Add.com stole the show at NamesCon live auction. The name sold for $800,000 texashotels.comLot Number: 10SOLDHigh Bid: $6,200.00 (s***5) Toolchest.comLot Number: 20SOLDHigh Bid: $6,900.00 (onsite) icebergs.comLot Number: 30SOLDHigh Bid: $3,200.00 (e***0) Stardate.comLot Number: 40SOLDHigh Bid: $5,250.00 (onsite) iqiq.comLot Number: 50SOLDHigh Bid: $2,500.00 (onsite) earthlings.comLot Number: 60SOLDHigh Bid: $2,200.00 (onsite) bash.comLot Number: 70PASSEDHigh Bid: $75,000.00 (E***l) [...] Continue reading →

Kobe domains are being offered on eBay, for thousands of dollars. These domain names are referencing Kobe Bryant’s legacy and fame, and his untimely death. We’ve already pointed out that such domain registrations are not only unbecoming of Kobe fans, they are demonstrations of unethical attitude towards the pain and suffering of Kobe Bryant’s family. [...] Continue reading →

Earlier this afternoon during the NamesCon conference, Escrow.com announced its 2020 Master of Domains award winners. The awards are given to the ten highest grossing individual domain name brokers from the prior year. Escrow.com shared this year’s award winners with me along with some information about their business. Congratulations to the award winning domain brokers: [...] Continue reading →