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Skip to contentMenuHomeAboutAdvertiseContactWeekly DigestAfter Changing Hands for $7.5 Million in 2006, Diamond.com Sells AgainMay 6, 2022 by James Iles 1 Comment In May 2006, Diamond.com changed hands in a deal worth $7.5 million. Since then, this iconic domain has hosted several iterations of a jewelry store, with owners looking to capitalize on the prestige of Diamond.com.By 2015, Diamond.com was put up for sale, and in 2018 the domain changed hands, with the name displaying a landing page promoting a cryptocurrency exchange.…Crypto Wallet Ballet Buys Ballet.comMay 4, 2022 by James Iles 2 Comments Cryptocurrency companies are likely buyers of one-word .com domains. Since the beginning of 2021, Swan.com, Exodus.com, and Tent.com have all been acquired by crypto wallet providers. Now, another one-word domain has moved into the hands of a cryptocurrency company.Ballet, a Las Vegas-based company, was founded in 2019 by Bobby Lee, an entrepreneur that founded Bitcoin exchange BTCC in 2011 before selling it in 2018.…New VC Fund, Blank Ventures, Acquired Blank.comMay 3, 2022May 3, 2022 by James Iles Leave a comment It’s not just funded startups acquiring one-word .com domains, it’s the funders, too.A new venture capital fund called Blank Ventures has secured the one-word .com domain, Blank.com. The fund looks to have been formally set up in early 2022 under the name Blank Ventures Fund.…Top Sedo sales from Q1 of 2022April 29, 2022 by James Iles Leave a comment Domain marketplace Sedo facilitated thousands of sales in Q1 of 2022. While many of those are undisclosed, NameBio lists an impressive set of sales closed at Sedo between January 1 and March 31, 2022.Here, I’m taking a look at the top 10 sales from Q1 2022 to see who bought each domain, and possibly why.…Booth Brothers Announce $150,000 GBet.com SaleApril 28, 2022 by James Iles 3 Comments Domain investors Andy Booth and James Booth have partnered together to produce many domain sales and acquisitions over the years, including the purchase and sale of Extend.com in 2019.The brothers, who spend much of their time in the NFT space now, have once again teamed up to sell GBet.com…Afternic Beta Gets a Mobile VersionApril 26, 2022 by James Iles 2 Comments GoDaddy’s Afternic marketplace has long been a popular destination for domain sellers and is responsible for thousands of sales per year. While the marketplace is a go-to for domainers, the design of the marketplace is in need of some renovation.Behind the scenes, GoDaddy has been reinvigorating the Afternic platform and has offered a public beta program for some time, allowing Afternic members to use the latest beta features.…Post navigationOlder postsPage1Page2…Page76Next →Popular Stories.wpp-cards-compact { margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; padding: 0; } .wpp-cards-compact li { display: flex; align-items: center; list-style: none; margin: 0 0 1.2em 0; padding: 0 0 1em 0; border-bottom: #ddd 1px solid; } .in-preview-mode .wpp-cards-compact li { margin: 0 0 1.2em 0; padding: 0 0 1em 0; } .wpp-cards-compact li:last-of-type, .wpp-cards-compact li:only-child { margin: 0; padding: 0; border-bottom: none; } .wpp-cards-compact li .wpp-thumbnail { overflow: hidden; display: inline-block; flex-grow: 0; flex-shrink: 0; margin-right: 1em; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1; background: #f0f0f0; border: none; } .wpp-cards-compact li a { text-decoration: none; } .wpp-cards-compact li a:hover { text-decoration: underline; } .wpp-cards-compact li .taxonomies, .wpp-cards-compact li .wpp-post-title { display: block; font-weight: bold; } .wpp-cards-compact li .taxonomies { margin-bottom: 0.25em; font-size: 0.7em; line-height: 1; } .wpp-cards-compact li .wpp-post-title { margin-bottom: 0.5em; font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.2; } .wpp-cards-compact li .wpp-excerpt { margin: 0; font-size: 0.8em; }$400,000 WorldClass.com Buyer Also Acquired Canadian.com for $269,000, Plus Japanese.com and MoreMediaOptions Brokers Sale of Originals.com to Logan PaulAfter Changing Hands for $7.5 Million in 2006, Diamond.com Sells Again© JamesNames 2022. 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