It has been well established that two-letter .COM domains hold significant value for both investors and end-users. Thanks to their scarcity, their ability to instantly instill trust in visitors, and their global appeal, two-letter .COM’s are commonly thought to have at least a mid-six-figure valuation.… Read more →
Last month during a DNAcademy Friday night social, Michael Cyger mentioned that he listens to domain industry podcasts on his daily run. I suddenly realized that while I do subscribe to a few podcasts, I could be listening to more of the great domain industry podcasts that have been released.… Read more →
In 2017, Court Cunningham and Phil DeGisi founded Perch, a company that acted as a marketplace for buying and selling homes. After starting out on PerchHomes.co, the founders ultimately decided to upgrade to the premium Perch.com name. The venture received plenty of funding, too, with Perch getting $250 million in funding between 2018 and 2019 alone.… Read more →
Over the past few years, Hostgator founder Brent Oxley has amassed a portfolio consisting of some of the best .COM domain names in existence. Paying somewhere in the eight-figure range to create the portfolio, Brent has now listed the majority of his domains for sale at Oxley.com.… Read more →
Liquid domain name broker Giuseppe Graziano, the founder of GGRG, has announced that he is launching a new service. Developing from his LXME platform which enabled users to liquidate certain short domain names, Giuseppe has now launched LMX using the LMX.com domain.
According to an email from Giuseppe, the switch to the new LMX brand still offers the chance to acquire high value domains in the following categories:
three-letter .COM…Facebook has spent millions of dollars on domain name purchases. From the two-letter .COM, FB.com, for $8.5 million to Facebook.com itself for $200,000 as an upgrade from TheFacebook.com (a decision immortalized by Justin Timberlake in The Social Network, telling Zuckerberg to “drop the ‘the'”).… Read more →