A look back at the past week in expired domain name sales. SnapNames turned in the top expiry result this week: 489.net ($7.2k). Such 3-digit .NETs are fairly rare in these charts, since only 1000 exist and those few rarely expire. The last time we ... Continue Reading13 Comments
Toot.com for $31.8k and other expired domain name sales
· Expired DomainsToot.com leads expired domain name sales. Close observers will have noticed the absence of SnapNames results from my last article, which only covered NameJet expired domains. In the week since NamesCon, most of us have drifted homeward and settled back ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Expired Domain Report – NamesCon edition
· Expired DomainsHere's what you might have missed in the expired domain market. Last week, much of the domain industry's attention converged at NamesCon, including a live auction arranged by NameJet + RightOfTheDot. (Quite a successful auction, I might add.) Yet for ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Inside NameJet’s record month
· Domain SalesThe journey to a record December at NameJet. Did you catch that? Maybe not. To really appreciate just how marvelous NameJet's (podcast) performance was during December – indeed, throughout the whole of 2015 – let's rewind and play things back in slow ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Kabei.com, JunGong.com lead expired domain report
· Expired Domains[Editor's note: this Expired Domain Report normally would have been published at the end of last week. It was delayed due to the New Year holiday.] After a pair of 5-figure Chinese Pinyin domains topped the previous chart, my first reaction this time ... Continue Reading5 Comments
Zhuang Jia: Chinese Pump and Dump
· UncategorizedJoseph Peterson draws parallels between market manipulators in Chinese stock markets and the domain name market. An article just published by Bloomberg gives us an x-ray glimpse into a Chinese investment culture reliant on pump-and-dump schemes. The ... Continue Reading42 Comments
BenPao.com at $25.7k in Chinese-dominated week for expired domains
· Expired DomainsChinese buyers pick up the top spots last week. Thanks to mulled cider and holiday caroling, this article appears later than usual. Fa la la la la! While these auctions took place the week prior to Christmas (December 16-22), we decided against ... Continue Reading2 Comments
What if TLDs are Chinese?
· UncategorizedDo certain top level domain names have a Chinese meaning? We've often seen TLDs repurposed. For instance, .ME and .TV – originally the country codes of Montenegro and Tuvalu, respectively – are mainly understood as words. While .SI means Slovenia in ... Continue Reading11 Comments
Expired Domain Report – Chewbacca, Adorno…
· Expired DomainsAny bets: Who needs to be more frequently Flead.com ($211) – an ewok or Chewbacca? Seeing Adorno.com ($2.8k) in the charts this week, I'm sorely tempted to bore everybody with an essay on the philosopher, Theodor Adorno, who'll never let me forget that ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Constipated.com, Roper.com and more expired domain name sales
· Expired DomainsLast time, China was conspicuously absent from the high end of NameJet / SnapNames expired domain auctions; and I proposed 1 theory as to why. Since then, Chinese-style domains have made a comeback; but they're clearly playing second fiddle. China ... Continue Reading4 Comments