I fished for 24 hours Saturday morning at 07:00 to Sunday at 07:00, in a tournament on the Susquehanna. I felt like I was in some kind of crazy weather vortex. The morning was chilly, but a nice reminder that fall was here. By the afternoon I burned the crap out of my [...] Continue reading →

Last week, from 9 to 11 September, the ICANN Board held a virtual workshop focused on organizing our work and ensuring that we are fully prepared to deliver on our operational priorities. With ICANN69, our Annual General Meeting (AGM), quickly approaching, it was also an opportunity to discuss some of the pressing issues the community [...] Continue reading →

Here’s a question I’ve seen asked quite a bit over the years and it popped up again on Twitter this weekend: In general I think looking at the number of domains someone has can be misleading at times. There are domain investors that make very good money [...] Continue reading →

A few days ago I wrote about PirateBay.org closing at $50,000 on DropCatch. Next in line was ThePirateBay.com, also caught by DropCatch and closed at $35,150. ThePirateBay.com was originally registered in 2004. Metrics Ahrefs domain rating of 33 Backlinks 7,973 78% dofollow Referring Domains 1,212 68% dofollow Majestic.com shows a Trust flow of 12 and [...] Continue reading →

Today: MaltaIGamingSummit.com sold for $10,351 / Long-tail domains in today’s market / Buying domains with GD Appraisal – Budget: Up to $500.00 / and more… Here are the new discussions that caught my eye in the domain community today: [...] Continue reading →

In this week’s Top Topics, we profile a hand registered domain that was reportedly sold for $8,000, Dofo releases their domain industry report for August, and an AMA chat uncovers a six-figure domain sale. Elsewhere, there are some further details disclosed about the record-setting $30 million Voice.com sale. I Sold BullionBlocks.com for $8,000 [...] Continue reading →

A look at the final auction prices, closeouts and more from the domain auction list posted on September 19, 2020. If there is an asterisk (*) next to a price, it means that the name was at auction from a private seller (rather than an expiring name) and may have had a reserve.  I’m only showing where [...] Continue reading →