CVC Capital Partners to acquire a majority stake in Namecheap
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Domain investors cannot have nice things. All summer it has seemed like Spaceship has declared war on GoDaddy. Lower commissions, rolling out new features almost weekly. Now other’s outside the industry are noticing. The Wall Street Journal reported that CVC Capital Partners is nearing a deal to acquire a majority stake in Namecheap, valuing the […]
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Jeff Gabriel of Saw.com was feature on the Max Branstetter podcast (MaxPodcasting,com). It’s a roughly 48 minute listen and Jeff goes over a myriad of topics. a small sample of what you will hear in this episode: AD Smart Domain Monetization Starts at Bodis sign up today AD For a better Escrow experience checkout EscrowDomains.com […]
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Well that’s just super, Logan Flatt sets record for highest reported .xyz domain sale
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Logan Flatt sold Super.xyz for $287,607 at Atom. This becomes the highest reported .xyz sale of all time. Bull.xyz was the previous high. Name has moved to Safenames Congrats to Logan bull.xyz 199,888 USD 2022-10-20 Swetha.xyz quantum.xyz 199,000 USD 2024-02-17 Afternic 1.xyz 181,720 USD 2016-04-24 West.cn 9.xyz 175,166 USD 2015-12-21 West.cn grid.xyz 150,000 USD 2025-06-26 […]
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AI once again Sedo’s most searched keyword in August 2025
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Sedo posted their most searched keywords for August 2025. AI was first, followed by Crypto and Therapy. You don’t see therapy a lot in these most searched/sold lists. AD Smart Domain Monetization Starts at Bodis sign up today AD For a better Escrow experience checkout EscrowDomains.com AD Miss Dan.com yet? Chat directly with buyers & […]
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In a few months it will be James Iles three year anniversary at GoDaddy. Previous to working at GoDaddy James was an active blogger at JamesNames.com. James has always been one of the most helpful people at GoDaddy in my opinion, whenever I have a question he finds the answer. I wanted to see what […]
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GNAME is now offering the ability for customers to auction their names held at GNAME on the GNAME auction platform. Now I would make sure you go over all of the terms and conditions first. They are charging a $1 fee for unsold domain names, so I guess the focus in on no reserve auctions […]
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You.com is in the enterprise A.I. space. They just raised $100M in a series C round and are now valued at $1.5B. Dharmesh Shah, co-founder/CTO of HubSpot purchased You.ai for $700,000 back in 2023. AD Smart Domain Monetization Starts at Bodis sign up today AD For a better Escrow experience checkout EscrowDomains.com AD Miss Dan.com […]
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James Booth posted on X he sold USDC.ai for $59,888 at Atom. Acquired in 2023 for just $190 at Dynadot. DotDB.com shows it registered in 231 extensions. Congrats to James AD Smart Domain Monetization Starts at Bodis sign up today AD For a better Escrow experience checkout EscrowDomains.com AD Miss Dan.com yet? Chat directly with […]
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August 2025 new gtld sales come in just a tad under $700K – .xyz dominates the top 5
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284 reported new gtld domain name sales at Namebio for August 2025. .Xyz took the top 4 spots with Liquid.xyz leading the way. Nikul from Hypernames.co purchased the name for $8,000, a big buy for an investor back in 2021. .Dev and .App posted 2 sales each. $699K in total sales Domain Price Date Venue […]
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Mike Carson of Park.io fame just posted he sold Adapt.ai for $300,000. This will tie for 4th all time with Rush.ai when it comes to reported .ai domain sales. He paid $6,510 in 2022. Domain Price Date Venue you.ai 700,000 USD 2023-10-06 Sedo cloud.ai 600,000 USD 2025-07-02 GoDaddy law.ai 350,000 USD 2025-08-16 Sedo rush.ai 300,000 […]
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