Hashim.com sells for $75,888
DotCorner tweeted out a big sale that came in from Afternic. Hashim.com sold for $75,888 at the buy it now it looks like. Great sale and goes to show the demand for first name .coms is strong.
Companies using .xyz that raised millions
Namepros member Lox posted a list of projects/companies using a .xyz and the funding they have raised. Blox.xyz $12MMartianwallet.xyz $3MMozart.xyz $3MOtterspace.xyz $3.7MShibuya $6.9MRelics.xyz $1.1MParagraph.xyz $1.7MNFTPort.xyz $26MTea.xyz $8.9MSound.xyz $5MFair.xyz $4.5MEuler.xyz $32MProof.xyz $50MSell.xyz $1.5MHQ.xyz $5MSaga.xyz $6.5MGlass.xyz $5MKoop.xyz $5MN.xyz $40MHalliday.xyz $6MHighlight.xyz $11MMojito.xyz $20MDisco.xyz $26MTokenProof.xyz $5MDynamic.xyz $7.5MMultipl.xyz $3MVega.xyz $5MMara.xyz …
Spain.net sells for less than half the price it did back in 2011
We don’t see the fanfare around country domains today like we did years ago. Back in the day people like Chris Chena acquired Paraguay.com for $150,000. Brazil.com sold for $500,000 back in 2009. Today Spain.net sold for the second time around. It sold for $40,000 …
Bitcoin.com being sued for TM infringement by Jack Dorsey’s Block
CoinTelegraph.com published a piece on Jack Dorsey’s Block Inc. which operates at Block.xyz, suing Bitcoin.com over alleged trademark infringement due to it launching a token named Verse. Digital payments company Block Inc. is pursuing legal action against Roger Ver’s Bitcoin.com over alleged trademark infringement involving …
Fitting.com sells for a second time, a little more than 4x what it sold for in 2008
Fitting.com sold for $30,000 on Flippa., Names ending in -ing have super strong names like hosting, gambling, dating. I have some buy side clients who always tell me don’t send me any -ing. I think this is a good one since it can be both …
.io and .co see 2022 sales numbers drop precipitously vs 2021
2022 has not been kind to .io and .co reported sales numbers. Both extensions have seen a pullback in 2022 vs 2021. The .io extension has been popular with tech companies for many years. All the while embroiled in the controversy of the Chagossians wanting …
A different vision of the Metaverse
Louis Rosenberg is the CEO of Unanimous AI, chief scientist of the Responsible Metaverse Alliance, and global technology adviser to the XR Safety Initiative. He published an interesting article on what the Metaverse will actually look like compared to all the hype that has permeated …
Web3 Domain Alliance Formed
The Web3 Domain Alliance has been formed by the likes of Unstoppable Domains and other blockchain domain name providers. The one company that does not appear on the site is Handshake Domains. The website is live at https://www.web3domainalliance.com/ They have a pledge posted on the …
Z-Library domain names seized
TorrentFreak reported that the U.S. Department of Justice seized several domains related to Z-Library. Z-Library is a shadow library that has nearly 12 million copies of books in its digital archive, From the article: Late last week, Z-Library lost control over its main domain names. …
GoDaddy sponsored post on TechCrunch about the importance of premium domains
GoDaddy ran a sponsored post on TechCrunch on the importance of acquiring a premium domain name. Nice to see them spend some cash on the topic of acquiring domain names. It keeps the topic fresh on the mind of investors and startsups reading TechCrunch. The …