Joseph Peterson dives into last month’s sales on Web.com’s aftermarket platforms.
Yesterday, I published a quantitative comparison of NameJet sales in December 2019 compared to 2015. Now let’s look at what sold last month, including both NameJet and SnapNames.
The top sale – WeedCenter.org ($23.1k) – is a bit surprising … and in more ways than one. Of course, 2-word .ORG domains don’t usually rake in so much green. Seldom do they top the sales charts. But marijuana (a.k.a. “weed”) is both a cash crop and a burgeoning industry, now that legalization is so widespread. Arguably .ORG has a certain cachet for a medical cannabis dispensary, due to its associations with non-profit projects. Still, it’s a curious fact that the matching .COM sits parked, un-utilized. Did the bidders try to buy it? What would they have paid? More? Or does this aged .ORG have its own special benefits – back-links for SEO perhaps. It has been a developed website since 2001. But – surprise! – it began as CIPM, the Center for Invasive Plant Management – literal weeds, not weed at all. Click here to see the full analysis…
Recently, the domain auction platform NameJet found itself 
