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

 

[legendarynames]

I have one of the best crypto domain portfolios (CryptoMarket.com, CryptoAsset.com, BlockchainInfo.com, etc.) and can confirm the number of inquiries/sales, which had dropped dramatically last year, started to increase once again, but still nowhere near the volume/prices of the last Bitcoin peak ($20,000).

However I'm already in talks for one possible six figures sale which would be the first this year.

 

[TERADOMAIN]

Hello Friends,

Checkout Goko (.) com

It become Crypto Exchange.

I sold for $25K in February. I will share more details later with full story via blog under my portfolio site soon. It was brokered by Ename. I acquired Goko for $2999 in 2017. It was one of my favorite 4L. Happy to see been developed as Crypto Exchange.

I was checking what happened to my recent sales and found Goko become Crypto Exchange.

I sold one of my friend's 4L for nice $XXXXX range which become Crypto Exchange too. But I leave it upto him if he wish to share or not.

Last 3 months activities only.

• 1 Mid $XXXXX offer (Negotiation going on)
• Couple Low $XXXXX offers on couple names in my signature
• Sold Couple names for $XXXXX each which already become Crypto Exchange

Nice 4L + Finance Related names been acquired or inquired by new startup in 2019. I am sharing info related to only this thread. Lots of activities going on outside this niche as well.

Thanks

 

[legendarynames]

$400? This is unbelievable! How much did you sell it? I'm asking because this is definitely a X,XXX,XXX domain if it where to be mine.

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.

 

[ResoluteDomains]

Just sold VOICE.io to a blockchain company for $25K. Will be interesting to see what they do with it...

 

[TERADOMAIN]

Hi,

I received Mid $XXXXX offer last month for one of name in my signature via one of very reputed broker representing enduser. Negotiation is going on. Lets see what happens. I will be fine either way.

Couple Low $XXXXX offers on couple other names in my signature. Inquiries increased in last couple months.

Thanks

 

[JudgeMind]

4 offers on godaddy in the past week for BTCcasino.ca. I’m holding onto this one. Note the offers were from 3 seperate parties.

 

[legendarynames]

Great names, especially the CryptoMarket.com. Are you the original registrant?

This one I recall having bought on Snapnames. However I have registered hundreds of such names starting in 2011. I also bought Cryptocurrency.com off Sedo for $400, and re-sold it two years later.

I actually think CryptoAsset.com is even a better name and I sort of coined this term - when I hand registered it, I found no other references. If you read the news nowadays, "crypto asset" as a term is rapidly becoming common place, which is only natural as the applications of blockchain technology have expanded beyond simple currencies.

 

[biggie]

the coin may bounce back, but because of over supply of crypto related names, I don't think many domain names will survive those yearly renewals

marijuana,cannabis and cbd investments, have taken money out of crypto, just like crypto took money out of chips.

I guess that's something to chew on



imo….

 

[pavan kumar t]

acquired Faucet (.io)

 

[NYJimbo]

Well, at least the near future. There seems to be a solid bottom on BTC and crypto overall for now, but still there is nothing supporting crypto currency. Sentiment right now is good, but the moment everyone remembers that the whole thing is based on nothing, it might go back to the 3000's and then domains go idle again.

Crypto domains are probably a long term hold. Buy them when people drop them due to bearishness and then sell when the bull comes back. Still don't think we will see $10k BTC without several major, painfull sell-off's.

 

[55Domains]

received another one for BitcoinBank.org this morning, low-mid XXXX, will hold on still...

 

[Larion]

just came across this article, in which @NamePros is mentioned...

https://news.bitcoin.com/cryptocurrency-domains-have-become-hot-property/

 

[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.

 

[slader23]

Well, at least the near future. There seems to be a solid bottom on BTC and crypto overall for now, but still there is nothing supporting crypto currency. Sentiment right now is good, but the moment everyone remembers that the whole thing is based on nothing, it might go back to the 3000's and then domains go idle again.

Crypto domains are probably a long term hold. Buy them when people drop them due to bearishness and then sell when the bull comes back. Still don't think we will see $10k BTC without several major, painfull sell-off's.

Not sure if you know what you're talking about, because over the past 12 months bitcoin has sold off more than 80% since it's ATH, it's extremely over sold. At this point fundamentals are taking over as overall crypto adoption has been increasing dramatically since last year.


More importantly within 1 year bitcoin miner rewards will reduce by 50%, history has shows that there is always price appreciation leading up to and succeeding the halvening. Price appreciation must happen for miners to remain profitable as their mining rewards diminish over time.

 

[dande]

Hello Friends,

Checkout Goko (.) com

It become Crypto Exchange.

I sold for $25K in February. I will share more details later with full story via blog under my portfolio site soon. It was brokered by Ename. I acquired Goko for $2999 in 2017. It was one of my favorite 4L. Happy to see been developed as Crypto Exchange.

I was checking what happened to my recent sales and found Goko become Crypto Exchange.

I sold one of my friend's 4L for nice $XXXXX range which become Crypto Exchange too. But I leave it upto him if he wish to share or not.

Last 3 months activities only.

• 1 Mid $XXXXX offer (Negotiation going on)
• Couple Low $XXXXX offers on couple names in my signature
• Sold Couple names for $XXXXX each which already become Crypto Exchange

Nice 4L + Finance Related names been acquired or inquired by new startup in 2019. I am sharing info related to only this thread. Lots of activities going on outside this niche as well.

Thanks

Nice on @TERADOMAIN. I sold ZZEX.com easly last year to the Chinese at XX,XXX. Just recently I discovered there's new Cryptocurrency out of China called ZZEX. I suspect they may be the buyer.

 

[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.

 

[alcy]

4 offers on godaddy in the past week for BTCcasino....ca. I’m holding onto this one. Note the offers were from 3 seperate parties.

wow that's promising... anything you can say about offer ranges? here or by pm. would appreciate. ty.

I own:

btccasino

.net
.co
.biz
.xyz

 

[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.

 

[JudgeMind]

as with many fads and trends, good opportunities do exist, when you get in early.

that I can certainly agree with.

the thing is...
the early birds skim the cream from the top,
and most of the middle, gets resold around to domainers
the latecomers reg the sludge from the bottom,
while having the same hopes as those of the cream skimmers.

and that's being illustrated now in this thread, as members post their crypto domains

"time won't tell, when a fad has faded, until it's too late"



imo...

I agree. Also, I’m not in anyway suggesting for folks to go out and handreg a bunch of names with the keywords I posted above. There are good opportunities out there to buy good names still. Expired auctions, direct from owners.. etc.

 

[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

 

[TERADOMAIN]

Hello Friends,

Checkout 499.io

Become Decentralized Community. Sold by me couple months ago. Seems like I will double check which one of assets sold by me become some new start up in this sector.

Goko & 499 does not represent keyword from Crypto Sector but still being selected by Enduser for the projects in that sector. So basically people do go for short and sweet items for their brand name.

Thanks

 

[ResoluteDomains]

Wonderful sale, curious How are you able to tell it's a blockchain company Guessing the Broker told you that much ? Congrats btw, great name and nice hold. Saw you completed sales thread post! vn

The WHOIS was finally updated. Company is called block.one

 

[kam]

Agreed. I think another bullish cycle is coming for crypto currency.

 

[BrunoWillis]

I hope my aircrypto.com, coindiscuss.com, cryptopurchase.net and other domains will be gold in 2 years Yes, it has probably formed a bottom. But it's not a one way road, and clearest sign for a new rally will actually be a correction of the current rally followed by a new high.