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• 2020 Reported Country Code Sales up Over 20% Compared to 2019

  

  Reported Country code sales in 2020 were up over 20% in 2020 compared to 2019. There were 7,648 Total Sales vs 6,249 in 2019. $12.8m in dollar volume vs $10.5m... Read more

  Posted on 04 January 2021 BUSINESS, TECH

• Are You Looking to Do Anything Differently in 2021 When It Comes to Domaining?

  

  Domaining 2021 For some 5 or 6 years of middling .coms or new gtlds has not panned out. Some have told me they really wished they had abandoned domain names... Read more

  Posted on 01 January 2021 BUSINESS, TECH

• Should Sales Landers Have a Sales Pitch?

  

  John Berryhill started an interesting thread about sales landers. While the prominent attorney is usually discussing legal issues like UDRP’s and trademarks,... Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2020 BUSINESS, TECH

• VPN.com Announces University.com Sold for $1.11 Million to Tsunami VR in 2020

  

  VPN.com put out a press release today and it details the sale of University.com. Registered in 1999 it was dropped previous to that. ATLANTA and SAN DIEGO and... Read more

  Posted on 24 December 2020 BUSINESS, TECH

• Sedo Weekly Domain Name Sales Led by Spectacle.com

  

  Sedo released their last weekly domain name sales report of 2020. Spectacle.com led the way at $100,000. Sleepwave.com was second at $50,000 (great job by the... Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2020 BUSINESS, TECH

• Voice.com Seller Buys $650 Million in Bitcoin

  

  In domain industry circles MicroStrategy (Stock price: MSTR (NASDAQ) $317.60 +16.40) is known for being the company that sold Voice.com for $30,000,000. Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2020 BUSINESS, TECH

• Selling Early and Leaving $1.3 Billion on the Table

  

  Many early domain name investors sold a name way too early or knew of someone else who was not going to pay for a domain registration back in the day. Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2020 BUSINESS, TECH

• Niue Wants .nu Redelegated

  

  Niue wants it’s country code back! This is not something new as I have written before about how countries view their country code as a natural resource and... Read more

  Posted on 16 December 2020 BUSINESS, TECH

• GoDaddy Buys Payments Processor Poynt

  

  for $320 million to boost ecommerce offerings. GoDaddy said, Poynt’s technology will let it offer businesses a “complete suite of commerce and payment services”... Read more

  Posted on 15 December 2020 BUSINESS, TECH

• Sedo Weekly Domain Name Sales Led by FV.de

  

  Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and FV.de topped the list at 58,000 Euro, ($70,542). Weights.com was second at $52,000. OFTV.com was third at... Read more

  Posted on 15 December 2020 BUSINESS, TECH

• Google – 2020 the Year in Search

  

  Google released a video for the year in search 2020. The word of the year was “Why” it was asked more than ever in 2020. Top 5 Searches in the U.S. Read more

  Posted on 14 December 2020 BUSINESS, TECH

• Patterns.com Confirmed Stolen

  

  Bill Hartzer confirmed to me that he spoke with the owner of the domain name. Their IT guy eventually said that Netsol told them that it was part of the netsol... Read more

  Posted on 12 December 2020 BUSINESS, TECH

• LTU.com Reauctioned Closes at $32,001

  

  LTU.com closed for a second time at DropCatch. Last month it closed at $35,550 but it was a no pay. Of course this happened with Kau.com which went for less... Read more

  Posted on 11 December 2020 BUSINESS, TECH

• Sedo Weekly Domain Name Sales Led by Mim.com

  

  Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and Mim.com led the way at 110,000 Euro, ($133,173). Novoo.com came in second at $33,000 and devisenhandel.de... Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2020 BUSINESS, TECH

• NameJet/Snapnames November Sales Led by Chatroom.com

  

  The NameJet/Snapnames sales report for November is out and Chatroom.com led the way at $65,167 Premix.com second at $20,289. OneTwo.com was third at $12,056 and... Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2020 BUSINESS, TECH

• Someone Screwed up and Let PAA.com Drop – Owned by General Electric

  

  CSC Global describes themselves as: As the world’s leading corporate domain name registrar, CSC is the only company in the unique position to offer the most... Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2020 BUSINESS, TECH

• Indian Domain Dispute Filed Over a Sub-domain

  

  The publishers over at Our.in published a post about an INDRP proceeding that looks to be dealing with a sub domain. Ravi Kanth wrote: In case you read our... Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2020 BUSINESS, TECH

• TheDomains.com Turns 13

  Today TheDomains.com turns 13. Started back in 2007 on this very day by Michael Berkens. I have now been here for 7 of them and it’s been quite a ride. Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2020 BUSINESS, TECH

• Media Options Partners With DAN.COM To Provide Domain Brokerage

  

  Two industry leaders are getting together as DAN and Media Options team up. Market-leading domain brokerage firm, Media Options to provide its services to... Read more

  Posted on 03 December 2020 BUSINESS, TECH

• Sedo Weekly Domain Name Sales Led by Adan.com and Coach.co

  

  Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and there was a tie at the top. Adan.com and Coach.co both sold for 25,000 Euro, ($30,173). Decen.com was third at... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2020 BUSINESS, TECH