Sales at Dan.com increased month-to-month in October. The domain name aftermarket remained strong last month, according to data from Dan.com. Leanne McMahon aggregated the sales data and found: 4368 public sales UP 189 4 six figure sales ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Afternic launches new upgrades in beta
· UncategorizedSome users get access to improved seller management tools today. GoDaddy's domain name aftermarket Afternic has launched upgrades to its seller systems in beta. This afternoon, the company rolled out the beta to a randomly selected group of 10% ... Continue Reading4 Comments
GoDaddy aftermarket now accounts for 10% of revenue
· Domain RegistrarsDomain name aftermarket is accounting for more of GoDaddy's revenue. GoDaddy's (NYSE:GDDY) domain name marketplace business now accounts for about 10% of the company's revenue, up from the mid-single digits in 2018. The company disclosed this ... Continue Reading2 Comments
New GoDaddy domain listing wizard generates 350k aftermarket listings
· Domain RegistrarsCompany introduced tool that enables its typical customer to list domains for sale. GoDaddy recently made listing domains for sale easier for all of its customers, not just domain name investors. Customers who have unused domain names in their ... Continue Reading8 Comments
Interview: Dofo aims to fix domain search
· ServicesDomain search company wants to make it easier to find domains to register or buy. Finding aftermarket domain names is difficult. The two big domain marketplaces, Sedo and Afternic, don't have search functions that help domain investors ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Domain name industry consolidation needs to have its limits
· ServicesDomain name industry consolidation is necessary, but competition is crucial. As I walked around NamesCon yesterday, I saw the signs of consolidation in the domain name industry. There's Hexonet, now part of CentralNic, which has gobbled up many ... Continue Reading11 Comments
Tucows exits its domain name portfolio
· Domain RegistrarsCompany no longer holds a portfolio of domains for the secondary market. Tucows (NASDAQ: TCX) released its Q3 earnings yesterday. You can see the numbers here (pdf), but they aren't the headline for the domain segment. Instead, it's this: after many ... Continue Reading9 Comments
New guide: Get Started Selling Your Domains
· Domain SalesThis free guide helps you list your domains for sale and get them in front of the most searchers possible. I get a lot of emails from friends-of-friends that have heard I'm "the domain guy." These people have a lot of domains they've collected over ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Notable Web.com aftermarket domain sales from August
· Domain SalesA previously-used .org domain leads the way. Web.com has reported its public aftermarket sales of $2,000 or more for August. Between NameJet and SnapNames, the company sold 76 domains for $2,000 or more, totalling just over $400,000. The top ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Sedo CEO Matthias Conrad – DNW Podcast #247
· PodcastsHow Matthias Conrad views the domain aftermarket so far. Matthias Conrad joined Sedo as its new CEO at the beginning of the year. On this show, Matthias talks about his impression of the domain aftermarket—and Sedo—after about half a year on the job. ... Continue Reading2 Comments