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• Facebook Launches Hobbi and at Least a Couple Domain Owners Hope It’s a Success

  

  Facebook through their NPE Team has launched what many are calling a Pinterest like app. Facebook has been launching new consumer-focused apps under the... Read more

  Posted on 16 February 2020 BUSINESS, TECH

• GoDaddy Reports Q4 and Full Year 2019 Results

  

  GoDaddy (NYSE:GDDY) reported earnings after the close today. After hours stock moving up 74.15 +3.28 (4.63%) The company made news on Tuesday with the... Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2020 BUSINESS, TECH

• Back in 2013 GoDaddy Decided Not to Compete on the Registry Side

  

  With all the news around GoDaddy ( NYSE: GDDY ) acquiring Name Administration Inc, and Uniregistry. There was some of the back and forth between .commers and ne... Read more

  Posted on 13 February 2020 BUSINESS, TECH

• Did Cocoon.com Sell for $225,000?

  

  This Week in Startups did a video with the founders of Cocoon. Cocoon is a special app for your most special relationships, designed to keep you close no... Read more

  Posted on 13 February 2020 BUSINESS, TECH

• NameJet/Snapnames January Sales Led by Koles.com

  

  NameJet/Snapnames January 2020 sales led by Koles.com at $73,055. Xinda.com was second at $22,101 and FIH.com was third at $20,402. 88 sales for the month... Read more

  Posted on 12 February 2020 BUSINESS, TECH

• ArsTechnica Covers the Verisign Proposed Price Hike

  

  The backlash over Verisign raising prices was picked up by a publication outside the domain industry. ArsTechnica.com published a piece today that highlighted... Read more

  Posted on 12 February 2020 BUSINESS, TECH

• Sedo Weekly Sales Led by Stairs.com

  

  Sedo released their weekly sales and Stairs.com led the way at $67,500. ThaiCasino.com was second at $60,000. Jane.ca was third at $25,000. 41 .com sales 19... Read more

  Posted on 11 February 2020 BUSINESS, TECH

• GoDaddy Acquiring Uniregistry and Name Administration

  

  The first blockbuster deal of the decade. Something that someone predicted to me who had no knowledge over the holiday season. Read more

  Posted on 11 February 2020 BUSINESS, TECH

• Corp.com Possibly the Most Dangerous Domain on the Net?

  

  A great article on KrebsonSecurity.com was posted that talked about an early domain investor selling a valuable and potentially dangerous domain name. Read more

  Posted on 09 February 2020 BUSINESS, TECH

• After Missing on Earnings Verisign Stock off Over 5% Today

  

  VeriSign (VRSN) came out with quarterly earnings of $1.31 per share, they missed on Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.34 per share. Last year they had earnings of... Read more

  Posted on 07 February 2020 BUSINESS, TECH

• What Was the Best Buy from NamesCon Live Auction?

  

  Best Buy??? Now that it’s been a week since the NamesCon live auction. Which buy did you think was the best buy? When the auction was going on and I was live... Read more

  Posted on 07 February 2020 BUSINESS, TECH

• .ME Premium Domains Available for Registration Starting March 4th

  

  In a post yesterday .Me said they will be releasing approximately 2,800 premium domains on March 4. This might be a little too late as .me is just another... Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2020 BUSINESS, TECH

• Sedo Weekly Sales Led by Chauffage.fr

  Sedo released their weekly sales and Chauffage.fr led the way at 62,500 Euros, ($69,006). BitcoinPoker.com was second at $65,000. We all have owned a few 4L.net... Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2020 BUSINESS, TECH

• Seller of Write.com Discussed His 6 Figure Flip

  

  The domain name write.com has had a few owners over the years. The domain is now owned by Brent Oxley and listed for sale. Write.com sold on Snapnames for... Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2020 BUSINESS, TECH

• New York Times Covers the .Ai Extension

  Steve Lohr of the New York Times published a piece on the .AI extension. .Ai has become a windfall for Anguilla. It was once just a side job for the man... Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2020 BUSINESS, TECH

• ICYMI: January 2020 – Top Stories

  The top posts of January 2020 on TheDomains January saw Rat.com launch, Adam Dicker back out of an appearance on You Tube and the NamesCon Live Auction. Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2020 BUSINESS, TECH

• Report: 28.99% of Domains Are Re-registered by Other Users

  

  Who Is Hosting This took a deep dive into the world of domain registrations and domain name renewal rates. They enlisted the services of Whois XML API, and put... Read more

  Posted on 02 February 2020 BUSINESS, TECH

• Add.com Sells for $800,000 to Lead NamesCon Live Auction

  

  Add.com stole the show at NamesCon live auction. The name sold for $800,000. Offices.com sold for $260,000. The two LL.coms did not meet reserve. 74 out of 136... Read more

  Posted on 31 January 2020 BUSINESS, TECH

• Elon Musk Talks About the 10 Years and $10 Million to Get Tesla.com

  

  On the Third Row Tesla Podcast Elon Musk talks about the 10 year effort to buy Tesla.com. He mentioned the trademark for $75,000 buying the domain was a whole... Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2020 BUSINESS, TECH

• TheMortgage.com from $500,000 to $15,050

  

  Handshake icon One of yesterday’s biggest sales reported by Namebio was TheMortgage.com. The domain name sold for $15,050 but in 2000 the name sold for $500,000... Read more

  Posted on 29 January 2020 BUSINESS, TECH