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The .XYZ Registry will reach a major landmark Sunday, June 2, when the new TLD administrator turns 10 years old. Continue reading...

The temperature in the domain aftermarket is rising with a trio of hot six-figure sales that rank among the year's biggest to date. Continue reading...

Domain Name Sold at Domain Lore: Sold price: £2449, Ended on: 2024-05-28 19:43:52

After 25 years in the business, Kate Buckley's brokerage business continues to blossom with the launch of Defining.com. Continue reading...

NamesCon Global returns to Austin for a four-day event starting June 5 when DNJ's Ron Jackson will have 3 onstage interviews he is looking forward to. Continue reading...

May has been a BIG month for .ORG with a $225,000 domain sale and the opening on the 2024 .ORG Impact Awards. Continue reading...

A breakdown of all announced domain sales $500 and over, Domains, venue and sale price data courtesy of Namebio.com This data assumes all sales from Park.io, Sav.com, Register.TO, GoDaddy, NameJet, DropCatch, Dynadot, SnapNames, Whois.ai, Catched.com, Docky.ly and NamesCon are wholesale and all...

New role will be exclusively focused on domain name investors. Paul Nicks has moved to a new role at GoDaddy as the company shifts some management aspects of its domain name business. Nicks previously served as President, Domain Registrars and Investors. His new role is VP, Domain Investor. The...

A web3 company valued at $1 billion pays dearly for a .org domain name. Web3 froth tends to help domain name sales, and this week’s top public sale at Sedo is an example. Humanity Protocol, a web3 company that just raised $30 million, bought humanity.org for $225,000. That makes the top 10...

Star domain broker Kate Buckley and partner Todd Henderson are off to a fast start at their Defining.com branding agency. Continue reading...

Domain Name Sold at Domain Lore: Sold price: £2650, Ended on: 2024-05-20 15:58:16

How domain investing helped Doron Vermaat buy a house. On today’s show, domain investor and Efty co-founder Doron Vermaat returns to the show to talk about some of his latest domain sales. He compares his results in 2023 to 2022, and shares some sales (including a .io domain for $70k). If you...

Forum deletes old stale accounts as part of a fresh beginning. Domain name forums DNForum and AcornDomains have purged 500,000 accounts, most of them yesterday. Helmuts Meskonis acquired both of the forums last year. He has since worked to revitalize DNForum, which has languished under multiple...

Domain Name Sold at Domain Lore: Sold price: £1000, Ended on: 2024-05-20 13:35:00

Finding good domain names available for hand registration is a skill that only the best domain name investors are good at. I count myself in that category. For example, check out this sweet domain I picked up earlier this month: The SDL market is huge, and the more SDLs, Ks, and FJs you can...