Oops. U. S. Gov forgets to renew domain it won in a settlement, so now it has to sue to get it back. The United States of America has filed an in rem cybersquatting lawsuit (pdf) against GIBill.com in an effort to recover the domain name. The government obtained the domain name from affiliate [...] Continue reading →

Harley-Davidson among end user buyers at GoDaddy. Harley-Davidson bought LiveWire.com for its electric motorcycle brand. GoDaddy has published a selection of its top sales from February, led by Ava.com for $792,000. Some other interesting sales include Harley-Davidson buying a domain for its electric motorcycle line, a guy named Terry spending six figures on his first [...] Continue reading →

A look at the final auction prices, closeouts and more from the domain auction list posted on July 27, 2021. 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 [...] Continue reading →

GoDaddy released today its February 2021 domain name sales report. The list is inclusive of all channels (GoDaddy, Afternic, Uniregistry) and the price listed is the final price paid by the buyer. You can see below the top 20 public domain sales for February 2021: Domain Price ava.com $792,000 livewire.com $632,500 monero.com $316,250 unchained.com $174,999 [...] Continue reading →

GoDaddy's latest list of their aftermarket domain sales (from February) is full fo 6-figure eye poppers. [...] Continue reading →

Facebook agrees to buy OnlineNic’s owned and operated domains to settle part of a dispute. Facebook will soon be the proud owner of hotwifecuckolds .com, magiksex .com, and hundreds of other domain names currently owned by the domain name registrar OnlineNic. It’s part of a deal to settle a dispute between Facebook and OnlineNic [...] Continue reading →

There are moments of pure excitement with the world of domain investing. Winning a competitive auction, receiving a domain name sale payment email from a domain name marketplace, confirming an inbound or outbound domain name transfer, an inquiry or offer from a qualified prospect, and a fruitful negotiation with a tough counterpart. I am sure [...] Continue reading →