The domain name Launchable.io has expired and it's up for auction on Park.io.
I'm not sure if I like this one. It's brandable and relevant to the TLD, but it's a bit long.
The domain names men.gg and apk.gg are currently at auction on Park.io.
Not many bids for these two. They're both at about $100 with less than 24 hours left.
The auction for the expired/dropped domain name DigitalMarketings.uk has just closed at £877 (~$1,177)
The "s" is killing this domain, but the buyer probably cares more about the backlinks it has.
The domain name HundredAgents.com was registered less than three months ago, and it's already been sold for $7,573 at Sedo.
Odd sale?
Spaceship launched a new service within their SellerHub domain marketplace called SafePay. This is basically an escrow service for domain sales that are agreed outside the SellerHub marketplace.
The commission rate depends on the chosen payment method: 3% for wire transfer and Bitcoin (BTCPay), and 5% for credit and debit cards, PayPal, Apple Pay, and Google Pay.
There are 17,576 possible three-letter combinations for any domain extension. For the .ai extension, only 303 three-letter domain names are still available for registration, which is slightly below the 2% mark.
DomainGang published a list of the remaining 3L .ai domain names.
GoDaddy and Namecheap are equally old companies and they are the first- and second-largest domain registrars in the world, respectively.
Both of them also run aftermarket auctions for their expired domains.
But why most of the valuable expired domain names are at GoDaddy? You'd rarely find a high-value expired domain at Namecheap auctions. Are Namecheap's domains just mostly "cheap"?
Lexsynergy is an accredited domain registrar located in the UK. They offer premium domain registration and brand management services, so it's not your regular cheap registrar.
Is it worth the premium price? Do they offer anything special for UK businesses? Quality support maybe?
James Booth just struck a deal on the domain name Thunder.io: it was bought at the BIN price of $179,995.
The domain is listed at Atom but the sale was at Afternic (that's gonna be a costly commission!)
This is a very "striking" domain name, and it's the highest .io domain sale of 2026 thus far.
Someone with a bad habit bought a whole bunch of sketchy-looking numeric .app domain names from NameSilo a year ago, and they are all about to drop.
Here's a partial screenshot from NameSilo's marketplace showing some of those domains:
NameSilo sells .app domains for $16.99, so it's not one of those cheap $0.99 TLDs!
What's with that?
Some pre-owned, expired .co.uk domain names that may seem worthless on the surface sell for thousands. Why? Because they have SEO value.
The following domains were bought today from expired auctions for the prices listed next to each one:
They have some strong backlinks including from major news websites, but do you think they're worth that much?
The domain name Aviator.gg recently expired and it was caught by Docky.ly where it is currently being auctioned.
This domain doesn't have a high resale value, but it's good for an end user.
The numeric domain name 44.co.uk has recently expired and dropped after 22 years.
It's currently being auctioned at DomainLore. Only one bid @ £2,500 with more than 2 days left.
Do Chinese buyers like .co.uk domains?
Sedo broker Dave Evanson confirmed the sale of the domain name MC.com for "approximately" $3,000,000. Sedo represented the buyer and Saw.com represented the seller.
That's a very rare and valuable two-letter domain name. Many big companies could use it.
The current registrant is based in Tokyo, Japan according to the WHOIS record.
NameNews.com would make a good domain name for an industry news blog. Maybe that's the plan of whoever just bought it for $6,433 from an expired domain auction at GoDaddy.
The domain name Twig.com has been mostly uselessly registered since 1993! The previous owner even insisted that this domain is NOT for sale!
Here's a screenshot from the site taken in 2020:
Well, looks like he (or another owner maybe) gave in eventually.
This domain has been sold for $695,000 at ApexMoon.com (X post).
Twig.com is now an agentic development environment.
Just because it's not for sale doesn't mean it's NOT for sale. Even if it's NOT for sale, it might still be for sale for the right price!!
It's not easy to sell a .gg domain name, unless it's a short one-word that's related to gaming. Clan.gg is a perfect example of such a name, and it's just sold for $15k at Afternic.
This domain was previously bought for $686 in 2022. It looks like that buyer let it expire because the current registration date in the WHOIS record is 27th September 2025.
Someone who apparently doesn't value a three-letter .com domain name just let AAE.com expire and drop. It was caught be DropCatch and it's currently at auction.
Don't bother, you can't afford it!!
Current bid is $45,000 with more than 3 days left. This may close in the low six-figure range.
I used both Namecheap's and Spaceship's cPanel shared hosting, and both worked well for simple (nothing heavy) websites.
Namecheap is still stuck in an age where they make you pay extra for a premium SSL certificate. You get 50 free PositiveSSL certs for the first year, then you pay a renewal fee for each one.
Spaceship offers both PositiveSSL and Let's Encrypt SSL certificates. I use the latter since it's free.
At least Namecheap doesn't charge you a renewal fee for email accounts like Spaceship does.
I noticed that my site hosted on Spaceship gets a lot more bot traffic than the one hosted on Namecheap's servers. This could just be a coincidence since bots randomly target any/all websites.
Overall, Spaceship's cPanel shared hosting is more affordable than Namecheap's if you consider the renewal fees of the plan + extras (SSL at Namecheap & email at Spaceship)
Pricing breakdown:
Renewal prices can be tricky to notice on their sites. They could be more straightforward about it.
Has anyone tried hosting a heavy site or app at either of these providers - like an eCommerce site? How did it go?
There are more than 30k registered .ninja domain names, but you can't see any of them!
According to nTLDStats, 18.8% of .ninja domains (or about 1 in 5) are registered at GoDaddy.
Why do ninjas like GoDaddy so much?
GoDaddy sells .ninja domains at $16 for registration and $48 for renewal. At Dynadot and Porkbun, it's about $5 for registration and $25 for renewal.
