Reglikedomain industry desk

“We Buy TLDs”

“We Buy TLDs”

Firms really want to buy TLDs, but at a fair price.

I was amused to see a sign at Afilias’ booth at ICANN 63 in Barcelona today that read “We Buy TLDs” (pictured).

It reminds me of that old t-shirt that read “I Buy .Coms”. I think Skenzo created the shirts.

Now people are buying entire namespaces.

Afilias is not alone in wanting to acquire top level domains. Donuts has purchased some and Radix is actively looking. CentralNic, Neustar, etc. are all on the lookout to expand their portfolios.

There still seems to be a disconnect between the price fresh top level domain owners want for their domains compared to how much buyers are willing to pay. Some sellers are perhaps stuck on 2014 prices while buyers are valuing them based on 2018 reality. That’s why many of the transactions you see are for defunct domains.

Also on the wire

Other reporting from the domain desk.

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