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Whonami-The domain name .XYZ approaching 1,25 million registrations until now

The domain name .XYZ approaching 1,25 million registrations until now.

341,022 .XYZ domain name registrations are from GMO Internet, 233,873 are from NameCheap, 147,221 are from Xin Net Technology Corporation, while 112,629 ae from Chengdu West Dimension Digital Technology Co., Ltd.

Totally, there are 1,240,452 .XYZ domain names registered. According to ntldstats, 14.27% of all new gTLD registrations are .XYZ registrations until now.

Two new gTLDs have more than 500,000 registrations : .XYZ and .Top. Eight new gTLDs have more than 200,000 : .Party (208,363 registrations), .Win (268,163     registrations), .Club (298,985     registrations), .Science (327,727 registrations), .网址 (xn--ses554g) (368,266 registrations), .Wang (487,371 registrations), .Top (577,911 registrations) and .XYZ (1,240,452 registrations)
(Reported by DomainNews)

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Whonami-Rick Schwartz Sells Four Domain Names for Over $1,325 Million

Rick Schwartz Sells Four Domain Names for Over $1,325 Million:

Rick Schwartz has recently announced that he has sold four domain names for $1,325 Million dollars.

Among the domain names sold is 6565.com, which set another records for a four number .com domain name.A few days later Rick Schwartz managed to set another record, selling 8181.com domain name for $225,000 .

Rick Schwartz ,also known as the Domain King managed to sell 399.com and 6N.com and,all together,the four domain names sold this week totaled more than $1,325 million.

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Whonami-Sedo’s Numeric .Club domain name Auction is Underway

Sedo’s Numeric .Club domain name Auction is Underway:

Sedo is hosting these days the dotCLub domain name auction. The auction features 37 .club domain names and will end November 19,2015 .

All the domain names included in the auction have 1-99 USD Reserve range.

At the time of writing this article, all the domain names included in the auction received bids.

666.club has the highest bid – 3,200 USD, followed by 333.club – 1,150 USD and 111.club – 1,111 USD.

Some other interesting domain names included in the auction are :
555.club
988.club
800.club
788.club
788.club
112.club

(Written by domainnews)

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Whonami-Pepsicofinanceeurope.com Domain Name in Arbitration

Pepsicofinanceeurope.com Domain Name in Arbitration:

An arbitrator with the National Arbitration Forum has recently awarded the domain name Pepsicofinanceeurope.com to PepsiCO.The company submitted the complaint on October 6, 2015.

According to whois records, the domain name was first registered in November,2014

PepsiCO owns many trademark registrations for the “Pepsi” mark all over the world.Therefore,it is more than obvious that the disputed domain name is confusingly similar with its trademark .Moreover,the company contended in the complaint that the respondent has no rights or legitimate interests in the disputed domain name and that the respondent registered and used the disputed domain name in bad faith .

One of the key points of this complaint was when PepsiCO managed to demonstrate that the respondent used the domain name to gather “customer information using the Complainant’s PEPSI mark. The use shows actual knowledge of the Complainant’s PEPSI mark and use of it to deceive Internet users into giving up their data which can be sold or otherwise misused for profit.”

PepsiCO managed to establish all three elements required under the ICANN Policy and the Panel ordered the disputed domain name to be transferred from the respondent to the complainant.
(Written by domainnews)

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Whonami-Stock and Domain Names

Stock and Domain Names

There are a number of parallels that can be drawn between investing in domain names and investing in the stock market. You can make money from stocks by buying low and selling high and by pocketing the dividend, if any, paid out on the stock during the time you own it.

Similarly, the primary profit in most domain name investments will be unlocked at the time the domain is sold or leased. Even a relatively minor transaction can yield a several thousand percent profit. After all, at $10 a registration, in the case of a new domain, it doesn’t take much to make a profit. At the same time, if the domain name is receiving even a modest stream of targeted traffic, this can be harnessed and turned into an ongoing revenue stream while you wait to complete a transaction for the domain (essentially, this is the “domain dividend” of owning that domain.)

There are also a number of significant differences between stocks and domain names. For instance, there is a well-established market for stocks with firm prices agreed upon by a large number of players – a liquid market in which stocks can generally be bought and sold at any time. The domain name market is far more nebulous, with many players and few rules. It is a highly illiquid market with no guarantees that a particular domain name can sell in any given time frame, or indeed, at all.

By now, you should have noticed a pattern emerging. Stocks, while by no means a safe investment, are very low risk when compared to domain name investments.

Domain name investments are ultra-high risk,. They have the potential of a very high return on investment for the right domains, if a buyer can be found, and the prospect of losing the entire value of the investment if one can not. The latter scenario is by farthe more common one as most people buying domain names to resell end up losing much or all of the money they invested.

(Written by Igoldrush)

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Whonami-The final Top 10 domain names sales charts for 2013

The final Top 10 domain names sales charts for 2013

#1 with IG.COM 4,700,000 USD, in the final list was #9 & #10 FINANCES.COM, HOUSING.COM 500,000 USD.

No Domain Sold For Where Sold
1 IG.com $4,700,000 Igloo/NetNames
2 KK.com $2,400,000 Moniker/SnapNames
3 114.com $2,100,000 Pvt Sale
4 eBet.com $1,350,000 Pvt Sale
5 Fix.com $850,000 WebsiteProperties
tie
5 Hot.com $850,000 Moniker/SnapNames
tie
7 MathGames.com $725,000 Pvt Sale
8 ReverseMortgages.com $600,000 Igloo/DomainNameSales
9 Finances.com $500,000 Pvt Sale
tie
9 Housing.com $500,000 Pvt Sale
tie
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Whonami-Some tips to sell your domain names

There are Some tips to sell your domain names

1. Display a “for sale” message on your domain’s home page

2. Sell your domains on Flippa, Sedo…

3. Embrace fixed pricing if you really want to move your domains

4. Optimize the WHOIS record for sales

5. Don’t hide behind WHOIS privacy

6. Have realistic price expectations

7. Respond promptly to any purchase inquiries you get

8. Use “charm pricing” to increase the likelihood of a sale

There’s a reason a lot of products on store shelves have prices that end in “99” or “98”. This is called “charm pricing” and it has to do with retail psychology.

You can and should apply this best practice to your domain name pricing. For example, even though a domain name priced at $1,999 is only $1 less than a domain name priced at $2,000, the $1,999 domain will “feel” like a much better deal to many potential buyers.

Domains, like most products with charm pricing, have been statistically proven to sell much faster. I know this may sound crazy, but it works!

(Written by Flippa)

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Whonami-The ways to sell your domain names independently

The ways to sell your domain names independently:

There are three different ways to market a domain name yourself, depending on the effort you are willing to expend and how quickly you would like to sell the domain name. You can choose to do nothing , set up a basic web page , or create an active site .

Do Nothing

The simplest way to market the domain name requires no extra effort after the domain name is bought. Just do nothing, and wait for a potential buyer to look up your domain name, see that it is already taken, and send you an offer to purchase it from you. As you can no doubt guess, the chances of success from such a passive method are fairly slim, unless you have somehow managed to reserve a truly fantastic name that everyone else missed.

Set up a basic Web page

The next step up is to create a very simple page connected to that domain, with a short message such as “The following domain names are for sale. Please contact <e-mailaddress@domain.com> for more details.” followed by a list of the domain names for sale. The benefits of this sales method is that it requires very little time and effort, yet it allows potential buyers to at least visit your site on the web, even if there is nothing there.

You will need to link your web page to your domain name. This is beyond the scope of this introductory document. Please consult with your ISP for more details, or find out the information independently.

Create an active site

If you are prepared to devote a great deal of time and effort to marketing the domain name, there is only one possible line of attack: create a fully-fledged web site, attract visitors to the site and place a notice prominently somewhere on the site to indicate that the domain name is for sale. The decision to create an active site should not be made lightly; in order to attract sizeable numbers of visitors and increase the chances of selling your domain name, the site should provide interesting, useful information.

The benefits of an active site are two-fold. Firstly, a site which attracts many visitors will have a greatly increased chance of catching a buyer’s eye in the fickle world of cyberspace. Secondly, if the site is popular enough, it could be put on the market as a going concern: the buyer purchases not only the rights to the domain name, but also the information [and readership] of the site. This is similar to the goodwill factor for shops: purchasing a successful bakery will cost more than purchasing a vacant shop and turning it into a bakery, as the daily flow of customers has been factored into the sales price. Equally, a successful, popular web page is worth more than an empty site.

(Written by Igoldrush)

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Whonami-How to Determine The Value of Your Domain Names

The Value of Your Domain Names:

Here are a few guidelines to help you understand the potential value of your domain name…

A) Do you receive unsolicited offers to buy the name?

If you get emailed offers to buy the domain name without it being listed for sale anywhere, that clearly shows it has SOME value to somebody. Essentially, you have a new base price when trying to establish a valuation: the amount of the unsolicited offer.

B) Is the domain name a “.com” name?

.com is still king of the domain name hill. Generally, a .com domain name will have 5-10x or more the value of the same name with any other extension. Cars.com may be worth millions – but nobody’s going to pay millions for Cars.net!

C) How long is the domain name?

Generally, the shorter the better when it comes to domain names – as long as this shortness doesn’t come through throwing away words or letters, or substituting numbers for letters. GoForIt.com is a nice little domain name, with some value. Go4It.com is worth less than that. GoFrIt.com is essentially worthless.

D) Is the domain name hyphenated?

Sometimes, hyphens help to preserve clarity, but generally they reduce the value of a domain name. Sports-Cars.com will most likely sell for less, even much less than SportsCars.com…

E) Is the domain name spelled correctly?

If there are any misspellings in the domain name, you can knock 99% or more off the price of most domain names. SportsCars.com (to wear this example a little thinner) is a nice domain name. SpertsCars.com most likely wouldn’t fetch $50. If in doubt, always consult Dictionary.com

F) Is the “thing” the domain name refers to generally a singular or a plural “thing”?

This is one of the hardest value factors to consider, given how subjective it is. Still, the effort can be rewarding. BuyTicket.com is most likely worth less than BuyTickets.com, but Chat.com is most likely worth more than Chats.com.

G) Does the domain name resort to prefixes or suffixes?

Prefixes or suffixes can REALLY hurt the value of a domain name. For example, add an “e” or “i” or “my” in front of the domain, or a “site” behind it and you’ve just destroyed most of its value. (Exceptions exist of course, such as EBay.com which is worth millions of times Bay.com, but that is because of the tens of millions of dollars poured into branding the domain name. Seen totally independently of the site/service it relates to, eBay.com is worth much less than Bay.com)

H) How many words are there in the domain? How common are these words?

Generally, the more words in the domain name, the less it is worth. But common two-word expressions are worth more (sometimes MUCH more) than rare one-word expressions. And common three-word expressions can be worth more than rare one-word expressions. Example: SportsCars.com is worth more than Semantics.com. FreeEmailAddress.com is worth more than Superiority.com.

When comparing domains with the same number of words, think of the likely audience and the commercial applicability of the domain name. Example: Cars.com is a very obviously commercial one-word domain name. Semantics.com, while having some value, doesn’t have a very clearly defined audience or potential use, and is much less commercial. Cars.com might ultimately be worth more than a thousand times the value of Semantics.com, yet they’re both one-word domain names.

Just because a domain name is in the dictionary, it doesn’t automatically make it valuable! It’s a frequent myth on many domain name discussion and auction sites that any one-word domain name must be worth thousands – WRONG!

If the domain name has no COMMERCIAL value, it generally has little or no value, period.

Example: “Gerontocracy” is in the dictionary, but you’re not going to get rich off Gerontocracy.com

Armed with the answers to the above questions, you can at least get some idea of the value of your domain name.

At one end of the scale, if you receive frequent unsolicited offers to purchase your correctly-spelled one-word commercially valuable .com domain, then you may be sitting on a real winner.

FAR off to the other end of the value scale (at the $0 point), if your domain name has 4 words in it, one of which is misspelled, you’re out of luck.

You may be feeling frustrated at this point with the whole concept of trying to establish a value for your domain name…; It’s worth persevering, since without even a ballpark idea of value, you’re going to find it much harder to locate a buyer for the name and close a deal. And if, after taking a long, hard, as-objective-as-possible look at your domain name, you come to realize that it’s not worth anything, then either:-

A) Develop a website using the domain name (this adds value to it)

B) Sigh, make a mental note that the domain name is not worth RENEWING (!) and move on to considering other domain names.

(Written by Igoldrush)

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Whonami-Top 20 domain names sales, Car.info Takes the Checkered Flag with Biggest Domain Sale Reported during March 23, 2015 – March 29, 2015

Top 20 domain names sales, Car.info Takes the Checkered Flag with Biggest Domain Sale Reported during March 23, 2015 – March 29, 2015.

This week with Sedo’s $76,000 sale of Car.info leading the elite list. That is also the second biggest non .com gTLD sale reported so far this year, trailing only the $120,000 sale of Move.org in February.

This was a much needed shot in the arm for the non .com gTLD category – the first time in three weeks the group has produced a sale above four figures. This week they had two of them with #8FHB.net also taking a place on the top half of the Big Board with a $14,888 sale that Maz Ghani completed through Afternic.

While the .coms did not get their customary penthouse suite this week they still flexed the most muscle overall, piling up 16 of the 21 chart entries (the extra spot resulted from a tie for the final position). Heritage Auctions led the .com onslaught with #2Import.com at $66,000. Flippa.com followed with an impressive Daily Double, banking $60,000 for #3 Goliath.comand $50,000 for #4 Consoles.com.

Sedo rounded out the first five with Cyberobics.com at $22,500 and they went on to sweep 16 chart entries overall. Their roster included a pair of 3-letter .com sales –  #7 TKQ.com at$15,011 and #13 (tie) WSX.com at $11,880. Sedo also rang up all three of the ccTLDs that earned places on the leader board. That trio was led by #16 Portfolio.me at $10,700.

(Reported by DNJournal)