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Many domain investors and startup owners are enthusiastic about the .io domain extension. Quality single word names can command five-figure prices. The extension has one of the best global sell-through rates of all extensions.

The rate of...

A wholesale domain name transaction refers to a domain investor acquisition. For example one investor buying a domain name from another here on NamePros, or an investor acquiring a domain name in an expired domain auction.

A retail...

Initially the .org extension was intended mainly for organizations, particularly not-for-profit organizations. However, for decades anyone can register and use an .org domain name, and it is regularly one of the strongest extensions...

About a week ago I received the following message from domain name investor JudgeMind.

Throughout 2020 I’ve been watching the prices of auctions at venues like GoDaddy soar to new highs. Prices are now almost out of reach for the average...

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Most large businesses will brand on a single-word domain name, whether that is a dictionary word, a creative spelling, or a made-up word.

Still, it is true that there is a place for longer domain names. In this article I look at the sales...

With Christmas in just forty-one days, consumer activity in preparation for the big day is increasing day by day. Estimates show that spending in the USA for Christmas tops $1 trillion, with much of that spending taking place online. One of...

Web3 is a hot term these days, with many startups in the sphere, and existing companies reimagining themselves as Web3.

In this article, I take a look at the names of 156 top Web3 companies. I also study what extensions are popular, and the...

The second half of 2021 saw eye-popping sales in exact ETH domain names, even in extensions with few significant prior sales. In this article, I take a look at the current status of those domain names, recent ETH name sales data, and how...

Afternic recently provided data insights from the 2022 sales year. While precise numerical values are not given, graphical results are presented for total dollar volume, average price, sell-through rate and average revenue per domain. This allows...

When people see a domain extension in use, they are more apt to consider using that extension for their own business, organization or personal site. That is a huge advantage for .com domain names, along with country code extensions for some...

Last week I looked at sale statistics for the .io domain extension, as well as the history and regulatory framework. In this post I analyze the types of names that sell in the extension, plus sales venue statistics. I also take a look...

The .app domain extension was released for general availability by Google on May 8, 2018, after a short sunrise period with higher registration costs. Now in circulation just over two years, I thought this an opportune time to look at...

Tree names find widespread use in successful brands. Trees are associated with strength, endurance, growth and beauty, so it is not surprising that so many brands are built on tree names.

The dividing line between trees and other plant forms is...

MicroStrategy may not be one of the world’s most instantly recognisable brands, but they have amassed a portfolio of highly valuable domains. Founded in 1989, MicroStrategy has offered business intelligence and analytical services ever since. The...

Last year, DNJournal recorded more than $26 million worth of sales in their "Top 100 Reported Sales" table, lead by six deals valued at $1 million or more. It's can be interesting to revisit past sales, especially high-value sales, to see exactly...

The majority of domain investors will have come across a domain owned by Digimedia at some point while navigating the web. Lead by founder Scott Day and president Jay Chapman, Digimedia started registering and acquiring an expansive portfolio of...

While the United States is probably the dominant power in domain names, its own country code extension, .us, has not achieved the same strength. For example, even though Canada has about one-tenth the population of the United States, its...

This article takes a look at the highest-value domain name sales from 2023, at least those reported on NameBio. I also compare the year with the preceding few years, to get a sense of the nature and health of the upper end of the domain...

The demand for names for new businesses globally is immense. While current figures are probably even higher, Moya K. Mason estimated that worldwide about 305 million businesses are attempted each year, of which roughly one-third, or 100...

The first six months of 2022 resulted in 76,000 NameBio-listed domain sales of $100 or more, accounting for a dollar volume of just over $84 million.

That is an increase of 0.9% in number of sales compared to the same six...

This article looks at 2021 high-value NameBio-listed .com domain name sales. I only included sales with prices of $25,000 or more. There were 369 sales, totalling $62.1 million in total dollar volume.

Many retail sales do...

During recent seasonal promotions several registrars offered .tv domain names at the lowest price in many years, perhaps forever. I suspect I was not alone in picking up some names for a trial investment in the extension.

That brings up...

The European Economic Area (EEA) includes the European Union (EU) plus countries from the European Free Trade Association (EFTA). The EEA has a combined population of more than 540 million, and a GDP of more than $16...