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Ethos Capital To Acquire Controlling Interest of Donuts
After failing to acquire Public Interest Registry (PIR) the entity that runs the .org extension, Ethos Capital is back in the headlines. They have added to thei... Read more
Posted on 22 January 2021 BUSINESS, TECH -
Right of The Dot to Host a Live Auction
Monte Cahn’s Right of The Dot is going to be holding their own live auction next month. In a press release out today, ROTD announced that on February 25 they... Read more
Posted on 21 January 2021 BUSINESS, TECH -
Sedo Weekly Domain Name Sales Led by HolyGround.com
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and HolyGround.com led the way at $60,000. Flow.me was close behind at 48,000 Euro, ($58,195). MusicMarket.com was... Read more
Posted on 19 January 2021 BUSINESS, TECH -
Newz.com Buyer Revealed
Riz from EmpireNames.com sold Newz.com for $70,000 in December. He had purchased it just three months before for $15,500. Riz mentioned he did so with the help... Read more
Posted on 17 January 2021 BUSINESS, TECH -
NameJet/Snapnames December 2020 Sales Led by Huodong.com
Web.com released December 2020 sales for NameJet/Snapnames Top NameJet Sale: huodong.com – $35,001Top SnapNames Sale: fakeid.com – $17,000NameJet had 13... Read more
Posted on 14 January 2021 BUSINESS, TECH -
Sedo Weekly Domain Name Sales Led by FaceYoga.com
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and FaceYoga.com led the way at 55,000 GBP, ($74,855). You can read more about FaceYoga. HostGrid.com was second... Read more
Posted on 12 January 2021 BUSINESS, TECH -
Q4 2020 Liquid Market Report Shows a Decline in Sales to End the Year
Giuseppe Graziano released the Q4 2020 Liquid Market Report. Public Disclosed Sales Q4 2020 were down ▼ 10.92% according to the report. $2,730,378... Read more
Posted on 12 January 2021 BUSINESS, TECH -
Checkout.com Raises $450m a Look at the History of This Premium .com
Checkout.com just raised $450 million, according to TechCrunch, the company wants to build a one-stop shop for all things related to payments, such as... Read more
Posted on 12 January 2021 BUSINESS, TECH -
GoDaddy Boots AR15.com
Earlier the news broke that Parler.com moved to Epik and now GoDaddy has apparently booted AR15.com. 15 years ago I said this was the way I thought the... Read more
Posted on 11 January 2021 BUSINESS, TECH -
Dot CLUB Hits Record 72 Premium Names Sold in One Day
Colin from Dot Club tweeted out that .Club had the most premium .club sales in one day on Saturday. 72 names sold. The prices and renewal fees were not... Read more
Posted on 11 January 2021 BUSINESS, TECH -
In 2020 .org Continued It’s Upward Trend in Reported Domain Sales
The .org extension was in the news a lot in 2020, many organizations, investors and other interested parties were anxious about a potential sale of the... Read more
Posted on 10 January 2021 BUSINESS, TECH -
Will Registrars Ban Or Delete “hate” Domain Names in the Future?
Disclaimer: This post is for adults only, should not be read around children or at work, the subject of the article deals in words many will find offensive or... Read more
Posted on 08 January 2021 BUSINESS, TECH -
Epik Update on Afternic Fast Transfer Status
Epik provided an update on their termination from Afternic Fast Transfer. In the blog post Epik gives some insight into what factors played a part in the... Read more
Posted on 05 January 2021 BUSINESS, TECH -
Sedo Weekly Domain Name Sales Led by Limit.com
Sedo reported their weekly domain name sales report and Limit.com led the way at $120,000. Termine.de was second at 21,000 Euro, ($25,817). Frugality.com was... Read more
Posted on 05 January 2021 BUSINESS, TECH -
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
