analysis Demand for crypto domain names.

[JudgeMind]

The overall momentum in the crypto market has changed from bearish to bullish and we can expect to see higher highs in crypto prices in the near and distant future.

This switch in the market is great for domain investors, more new startups will emerge in the crypto space and blockchain technology will continue to evolve.

Keywords to focus on for investment.
.com .org .io

Bit
Btc
Bitcoin
Crypto
Coin
Chain
Block
Blockchain
Faucet
Token
AirDrop

 

[dande]

I sold that one in a trade for another domain + cash, but the combined value, although OK, was nowhere near the seven figures you could argue it's worth nowadays.

However, you must put things in perspective. Back in 2011/2012 the term "cryptocurrency" wasn't consensus even within the very small community of Bitcoin users. News sites used "cryptocurrency", "digital currency" and "virtual currency" interchangeably, and memory might be failing me but "cryptocurrency" didn't seem to be the front runner as the term that would eventually catch on.

In that same context, I hand registered cryptocurrency.org and let it expire the next year. The reason: it was a .org and I thought the .com was enough, considering the hundreds of other crypto .com's I had as well.

When you hear people talking about "crypto" nowadays, you might immediately make the Bitcoin / Blockchain connection. At that time, "crypto" was a short form for "cryptography", and some critics (with reason) said Bitcoin shouldn't be called a "cryptocurrency" any more than a secure website should be called a "crypto-site", because cryptography is just one (arguably small) part of the many technologies that glue Bitcoin together. Imagine yourself, as a domain investor, reading that from intelligent people and making an investment decision to put considerable amounts of money into "crypto" domains.

It was only in early 2017, after one of Bitcoin's many bubbles, that I sold the first crypto domain for six figures (CryptoBank.com), and have been able to sell a few other at that range since then.

Congratulation man! You're a wise investor. Despite the fact the knowledge about Crypto was limited back then, you still got the domains right, calls after calls.

 

[legendarynames]

How did you know Crypto stuff would become so big. It was not a popular concept in early 2010s. You must be an insider(?).

As everyone else here, I didn't know it would become so big, even though I told myself "this is the biggest invention since the Internet" after reading an article on how Bitcoin works for the third time (the first two I couldn't quite grasp it).

I had no insider information. I'm a curious person and was digging into one of my favorite forums at that time, the now defunct TalkGold - a haven for ponzi schemes and Internet scams, but also full of useful information on payment gateways, offshore structures, tax avoidance, etc. I remember I was specifically searching a better way for a remittance problem that I had, because Paypal was giving me so many headaches, when someone mentioned "bit coins" (with a space between). That was the start of it.

Mind you that in 2011, Bitcoin was already 2 years old and other early birds had had plenty of opportunity to go and grab the cream of the crop with respect of domains, which in fact they did. However, Bitcoin had just gone through one of its major crashes, and maybe because people thought the fad was over, they let the domains drop. I was an avid customer of SnapNames, buying premium names at $59.

I've never been much of a forum person but I did go to another Forum at that time and tried to gauge interest for Bitcoin, and with the exception of one guy, the whole community had a negative sentiment - fad, ponzi scheme, tool for criminals, etc. The amount of ignorance and lack of curiosity in such a brilliant technology the domaining community displayed at that time was staggering, with several domainers stating they would rather put money into "prime .com equity that will appreciate in value every year" than buy $100 worth of Bitcoin.

 

[legendarynames]

I posted a follow-up message and it is waiting moderation because I wrote the name of another domain community. How funny.

 

[legendarynames]

If you have sound crypto domains in your portfolio, I recommend you try renting them out with a purchase option to the buyer, rather than simply selling. Undeveloped has an excellent tool for this.

Over the years, I rented a number of domains that came back to me when the projects eventually failed, and failure rate is very high during the "crypto winters". So far I've made high five figures only by renting out domains that were returned to me after a few months of use.

 

[legendarynames]

How did you know Crypto stuff would become so big. It was not a popular concept in early 2010s. You must be an insider(?).

As everyone else here, I didn't know it would become so big, even though I told myself "this is the biggest invention since the Internet" after reading an article on how Bitcoin works for the third time (the first two I couldn't quite grasp it).

I had no insider information. I'm a curious person and was digging into one of my favorite forums at that time, the now defunct TalkGold - a haven for ponzi schemes and Internet scams, but also full of useful information on payment gateways, offshore structures, tax avoidance, etc. I remember I was specifically searching a better way for a remittance problem that I had, because Paypal was giving me so many headaches, when someone mentioned "bit coins" (with a space between). That was the start of it.

Mind you that in 2011, Bitcoin was already 2 years old and other early birds had had plenty of opportunity to go and grab the cream of the crop with respect of domains, which in fact they did. However, Bitcoin had just gone through one of its major crashes, and maybe because people thought the fad was over, they let the domains drop. I was an avid customer of SnapNames, buying premium names at $59.

I've never been much of a forum person but I did go to another popular domain forum at that time and tried to gauge interest for Bitcoin, and with the exception of one guy, the whole community had a negative sentiment - fad, ponzi scheme, tool for criminals, etc. The amount of ignorance and lack of curiosity in such a brilliant technology the domaining community displayed at that time was staggering, with several domainers stating they would rather put money into "prime .com equity that will appreciate in value every year" than buy $100 worth of Bitcoin.

So the info was already there, whether people paid attention to it is entirely another matter.

 

[dande]

As everyone else here, I didn't know it would become so big, even though I told myself "this is the biggest invention since the Internet" after reading an article on how Bitcoin works for the third time (the first two I couldn't quite grasp it).

I had no insider information. I'm a curious person and was digging into one of my favorite forums at that time, the now defunct TalkGold - a haven for ponzi schemes and Internet scams, but also full of useful information on payment gateways, offshore structures, tax avoidance, etc. I remember I was specifically searching a better way for a remittance problem that I had, because Paypal was giving me so many headaches, when someone mentioned "bit coins" (with a space between). That was the start of it.

Mind you that in 2011, Bitcoin was already 2 years old and other early birds had had plenty of opportunity to go and grab the cream of the crop with respect of domains, which in fact they did. However, Bitcoin had just gone through one of its major crashes, and maybe because people thought the fad was over, they let the domains drop. I was an avid customer of SnapNames, buying premium names at $59.

I've never been much of a forum person but I did go to another popular domain forum at that time and tried to gauge interest for Bitcoin, and with the exception of one guy, the whole community had a negative sentiment - fad, ponzi scheme, tool for criminals, etc. The amount of ignorance and lack of curiosity in such a brilliant technology the domaining community displayed at that time was staggering, with several domainers stating they would rather put money into "prime .com equity that will appreciate in value every year" than buy $100 worth of Bitcoin.

That's where successful investors stands out - being able to get the calls right even when others have something negative to say. I remember someone came to my office in 2014 to discuss Bitcoin. Though I was curious and really interested but didn't quite take it from there because the subject seemed very complex to me at that time. Then, Bitcoin was still around 0.5 for $1. Three years later, Bitcoin was selling at $20,000 per unit.

I salute guys like you who have been able to accurately predict trends. I haven't been that fortunate. It has been either I come late or miss entirely yet I am still able to make more than average Domainers. Imagine if I had got any future trend right?

Thanks for sharing your detail experience and we need guys like you here. People the community can look up to with good reasons, not just by post counts.

 

[Aroon Bhattia]

HODLR.com
DecentralizedCrypto.com
CentralizedCrypto.com

 

[Blueforever]

I sold that one in a trade for another domain + cash, but the combined value, although OK, was nowhere near the seven figures you could argue it's worth nowadays.

However, you must put things in perspective. Back in 2011/2012 the term "cryptocurrency" wasn't consensus even within the very small community of Bitcoin users. News sites used "cryptocurrency", "digital currency" and "virtual currency" interchangeably, and memory might be failing me but "cryptocurrency" didn't seem to be the front runner as the term that would eventually catch on.

In that same context, I hand registered cryptocurrency.org and let it expire the next year. The reason: it was a .org and I thought the .com was enough, considering the hundreds of other crypto .com's I had as well.

When you hear people talking about "crypto" nowadays, you might immediately make the Bitcoin / Blockchain connection. At that time, "crypto" was a short form for "cryptography", and some critics (with reason) said Bitcoin shouldn't be called a "cryptocurrency" any more than a secure website should be called a "crypto-site", because cryptography is just one (arguably small) part of the many technologies that glue Bitcoin together. Imagine yourself, as a domain investor, reading that from intelligent people and making an investment decision to put considerable amounts of money into "crypto" domains.

It was only in early 2017, after one of Bitcoin's many bubbles, that I sold the first crypto domain for six figures (CryptoBank.com), and have been able to sell a few other at that range since then.

Great work, thanks for letting us know, was the sale of cryptobank an inbound sale and was there some negotiation? Hope you don’t mind me asking.

 

[legendarynames]

Great work, thanks for letting us know, was the sale of cryptobank an inbound sale and was there some negotiation? Hope you don’t mind me asking.

I only do inbound sales. It was a 15 minute negotiation over the phone and the buyer paid promptly. He did not make a counter offer and that was quite surprising.

 

[mrcurly]

Nike applies for 'CryptoKicks' trademark

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cc...crypto-play-could-steal-facebooks-thunder/amp

 

[Chuck Davidson]

Greetings Guys,
I own over 100 coin domains of the top coins by market cap and have not seen much action on them, surprisingly. I have only gotten 1 inquire on an exact coin name but then buyer did not respond. I have gotten a couple inquires on CryptoSender.com and CryptoMinters.com but nothing solid. How is everyone else doing selling these names? Any insight or markets I may be missing?
best regards,
Chuck

 

[DomainBarracksRob]

@chuck davidson PM sent

 

[Rammbo]

Is it worth buying crypto names for German market?

 

[mrcurly]

Is it worth buying crypto names for German market?

Not sure, would they use Crypto or Krypto?

 

[legendarynames]

Not sure, would they use Crypto or Krypto?

They use Krypto. I have a few of them.

 

[Rammbo]

Only saw one krypto sale on namebio and several bitcoin sales

 

[Laguna]

I have
AI krypto //com

Maybe someone from Germany will buy it then

 

[DomainBarracksRob]

Been awhile since I picked up a .de

So I got

Krypto-Wetten .de (&com)

&

Krypto-SportWetten .de (&com)

"crypto bets/betting" & "crypto sports bets/betting" in German

Germany /.de in the only ext that I know of that uses and just about prefers the "-" Hyphenated names!

btw on Google Translate it comes out hypnated just like that " Krypto-wetten"

 

[alcy]

there is around 15 namebio sales in any tld.. for krypto keyword

but I don't think its worth it much... still I'll porlly renew my two .io:

krypto coin
krypto bank

 

[garptrader]

While I was having lunch just a while ago I was watching a crypto YouTube channel and they paused briefly for a sponsored video. I recall their sponsor was some sort of crypto exhange using a .io. I guess I was so focused on the .io that I forgot the name. I believe it started with a C. Companies just do not get domains. They think they are being cute or saving money by going with reg fee options but they don't realize how much those reg fee options cost them.

 

[legendarynames]

While I was having lunch just a while ago I was watching a crypto YouTube channel and they paused briefly for a sponsored video. I recall their sponsor was some sort of crypto exhange using a .io. I guess I was so focused on the .io that I forgot the name. I believe it started with a C. Companies just do not get domains. They think they are being cute or saving money by going with reg fee options but they don't realize how much those reg fee options cost them.

CEX.IO - a name with a serious radio test issue

 

[Rammbo]

Also looking at that list went ahead and regged
Bithandel.de
Bitbonus.de
Bitpayments.de
Kryptobonus.de

 

[slader23]

Greetings Guys,
I own over 100 coin domains of the top coins by market cap and have not seen much action on them, surprisingly. I have only gotten 1 inquire on an exact coin name but then buyer did not respond. I have gotten a couple inquires on CryptoSender.com and CryptoMinters.com but nothing solid. How is everyone else doing selling these names? Any insight or markets I may be missing?
best regards,
Chuck

I own a couple one is a small cap but 4L.com EXMR.com, had a $XXXX deal fall through on sedo for it but the buyer was not related to crypto.

I also own 0xBitcoin.com, which gets regular type in traffic despite not having an alexa rank. Pretty sure there is some traffic bleed from the .org. which makes sense.

 

[BrunoWillis]

CryptoSender.com and CryptoMinters.com but nothing solid.
Chuck

Interesting! I received some bargainer offers from a law company today for CryptoSenders.com and rejected them. No great domain but for sure not $125.

 

[dande]

CEX.IO - a name with a serious radio test issue

This name is one of the most stupid name I've ever seen by a big company. Very difficult to remember and almost impossible to pronounce correctly. I wonder if they think it's cool for Crypto company to sound like SEX?