GoDaddy Q2/2022: Positive growth, #domain sales undecipherable

GoDaddy released its Q2/2022 financial statement yesterday, rocking the numbers as far as revenue and year to year growth goes. The biggest domain registrar in the world reported a 9% annual increase in revenue, with Normalized EBITDA hitting 30% year to year. GoDaddy displayed strong performance in its eCommerce solutions platforms, such as hosting and […]

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The Domain King’s latest #domain acquisitions

The Domain King, Rick Schwartz, has been busy cherry-picking domain names in the aftermarket, making some cool acquisitions. Rick’s favorite aftermarket platform appears to be DropCatch, a popular marketplace for domain investors and end-user bidders. In recent weeks, Rick’s added several new domains he won at DropCatch auctions and here’s a portion of these acquisitions: […]

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#Domains versus #crypto : Who wins the duel?

This month’s Editorial is about domain investors moving their hard-earned cash to cryptocurrencies and facing a very hard week. Cryptos dropped 15% – 20% on average across the board, and the market is extremely volatile; the so-called “correction” might take long to recover from. If you panicked and liquidated your crypto, no worries: there are […]

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Top of the world : #Sedo CEO delivers speech from the Austrian Alps

It doesn’t always get lonely at the top; Tobias Flaitz, CEO of Sedo since early 2012, delivered an enthusiastic speech atop the Austrian Alps. Thanking the employees of Sedo for their hard work and contributions in making the company the top domain marketplace, Tobias Flaitz also took credit for leading Sedo to the top: I […]

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Going Dutch : Entrepreneurs won’t pay much for domains in The Netherlands

If you’re dreaming of selling domains to a Dutch buyer, better drop your asking price – a lot. A new research on domain adoption and budgets for domains by Dutch entrepreneurs, produced some very interesting results. About 80% of Dutch entrepreneurs have been able to register the domain name of their first preference without any […]

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Domain After-Aftermarket : Where unwanted domains go to die

Ever wondered what happens to domains acquired on aftermarket web sites? The majority of them, as high as 78.8%, end up being left undeveloped and are either auctioned off repeatedly on NameJet, or become repositories of unrelated PPC ads for Viagra and incontinence pads. Wouldn’t it be better to take those domains out of their […]

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Domainer buying guide: How to buy domains from BuyDomains

Earlier this month we covered the subject of how to acquire domain names owned by Mike Mann’s DomainMarket.com. Another important venue that maintains a strong inventory of domains, is BuyDomains.com. The company is a division of NameMedia; Since 1999, BuyDomains has been assisting business owners and entrepreneurs create their online presence and find the domain […]

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Flippa and FreeMarket compete for “Apple Watch” domain violations!

When it comes down to listing domains with trademark issues, newcomer domain venue FreeMarket.com appears to be mimicking Flippa‘s early days. Both domain marketplaces have a fair share of domains that contain corporate names and famous marks, such as Microsoft, iPhone and Apple. FreeMarket.com does not charge for its listings, but it has only been […]

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TDNAM & Sedo to get local competition as 123-reg launches domain marketplace

123-reg, a British registrar and web hosting provider, launched “Sell My Domains“, a new service that aims to simplify the process of buying and selling domains. Sitting atop a tested hardware and network infrastructure, the “Sell My Domains” marketplace invites 123-reg customers to search for domain names and select from those listed in the marketplace. […]

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Regional Bank of Sedo a reality: $1.5 billion in assets

What happens when the biggest and healthiest player in the domain sector decides to up the ante? Long-known for its established stronghold in the domaining circles, domain aftermarket and PPC provider Sedo is now moving into a much larger territory: Banking. The location is perfect: headquartered in the heart of New England, the Bostonian corporation […]

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Ammar Kubba Steals Frank Schilling’s Thunder with $5,664 for ‘Child Support’

About a month ago we wrote how uber-domainer Frank Schilling retains a solid stronghold of the ‘deadbeat dad’ market, with the domain name DeadbeatDads.com The domain is yet another money-maker for Frank as apparently, the number of fathers who failed to make at least one child support payment has increased by 27% since last year. […]

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