Numeric domains take the lead in this week's Expired Domain Report. A few days ago, while reviewing the month of September, I measured China's contribution to high-end sales at NameJet. (Hint: It wasn't small.) And in my previous weekly article, I ... Continue Reading4 Comments
NameJet’s September in Review
· UncategorizedLooks like July, 2 months ago, was just a dress rehearsal for September at NameJet. During July, the auction platform set its all-time record by selling an LL.com for $555k. As for September? $694k. Also, back in July, NameJet set a record total for ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Expired Domain Name Report: Over 200 names
· Expired DomainsWhich do domainers need – a PriceTracker.com or a ProblemGamblingGuide.com? Both! But we're incorrigible gamblers; so naturally we spent more to learn how to spend ($7.4k) than how not to spend ($1.6k). Indeed, PriceTracker.com was last week's top expired ... Continue Reading5 Comments
HaoZhan.com for $27.3k and other expired domain name sales
· Expired DomainsA weekly wrap of expired domain name sales. One reading of HaoZhan.com ($27.3k) is "warlike" (好战 / hào zhàn). China fortunately isn't – not compared to the USA – but its domain buyers sure are aggressive lately! At least 3 of the top 4 expired domain ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
The new and improved Expired Domains Report!
· Expired DomainsNow with SnapNames, too. Domains expire all over the place, day in day out. Some expirations are shadowed by backorders, which can lead to auctions. Depending on the TLD, the registrar, and – yes – even chance, those auctions may take place at ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Expired Domain Report: What are 6 digit domains worth?
· Expired DomainsA look back at the past week in expired domain name sales. China is no stranger to these weekly charts, usually sitting as guest of honor or even at the head of the table. Pinyin, LLLs, short numerics ...of course. Yet certain Chinese subcategories – ... Continue Reading8 Comments
Westland.com at $16.2k and other expired domain name sales
· Expired DomainsA look back at the past week in expired domain name sales. Our planet's dirt must be popular. At NameJet last week, 3 of the top 4 auctions contained words like "earth", "world", and "land". Let's not read too much into that coincidence, though. ... Continue Reading3 Comments
NameJet’s August in Review – 3 character slow down?
· Expired DomainsJoseph Peterson reviews the past month of domain sales at NameJet. August was a slow month at NameJet – where sales above $2000 are concerned anyway. With that upper price range contributing a total of $399.5k, the auction house fell far ... Continue Reading4 Comments
AISE.com at $19.5k and other expired domain name sales
· Expired DomainsJoseph Peterson's weekly roundup of expired domain name sales. China is back with AISE.com ($19.5k) foremost among expired domain sales at NameJet. These days any LLLL.com attracts bids, whatever the letters; yet this domain ought to be classified as ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
This week’s Expired Domain Name Report
· Expired DomainsJoseph Peterson reviews the past week in expired domain name sales. Turns out this is my 100th article for DomainNameWire.com. Saying "Domain.TLD sold for $$$ because ???, implying Blah" – that's the easy part. What's tricky, as a writer, is ... Continue Reading8 Comments