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Blog on the domain industry including sales of domains, news and views on the industry including ICANN, UDRP, new gTLD's
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NameSilo Reports Record Revenue in Q3 2020
NameSilo for those that don’t know is a public company. It trades in Canada and on the Pink Sheets under the symbols (CSE:URL) (OTC:URLOF). The company... Read more
Posted on 01 December 2020 BUSINESS, TECH -
iCinema.com Sold for $50,000 in 2011 It Goes for Just 20% of That in 2020
Back in the heyday of the i keyword domain sale, iCinema.com sold for $50,000 on Sedo in 2011. The domain name was owned by Keen, Inc. and they sold it in 2011... Read more
Posted on 30 November 2020 BUSINESS, TECH -
Once Subject to UDRP and ACPA Battles NewportNews.com Expires
NewportNews.com is a domain name that has quite the history. A former owner once defended a UDRP successfully but then lost an ACPA case. This led Michael... Read more
Posted on 29 November 2020 BUSINESS, TECH -
NameSilo Adds .org Transfer Promo to the Mix
A couple days ago NameSilo announced a Black Friday/Cyber Monday special for .com at $7.99 and today they announced a below cost .org special for $9.99. Roundin... Read more
Posted on 27 November 2020 BUSINESS, TECH -
Q & A with Bhavin Turakhia from Radix
Radix put on an invitation only show called Converge a couple weeks ago. In that event there was a good Q A with founder Bhavin Turakhia . Bhavin spent about... Read more
Posted on 25 November 2020 BUSINESS, TECH -
List up to 3 .coms for Sale $2,500 Or Less
We haven’t done one in awhile and a couple readers emailed if there would be one before Black Friday for some potential extra spending money. List up to 3... Read more
Posted on 21 November 2020 BUSINESS, TECH -
Chatroom.com Closes at $65,167 on NameJet
Chatroom.com closed at $65,167 at NameJet on Thursday. Creation Date:March 9, 1996 DOTDB.com shows 92 extensions registered and 2,991 related domains. These... Read more
Posted on 20 November 2020 BUSINESS, TECH -
Sedo Weekly Domain Name Sales Led by Gereedschap.nl
Sedo released their weekly doamin name sales and gereedschap.nl led the way at 35,750 Euro, ($42,418). Tools in Dutch. Flinks.com was second at $25,000 and... Read more
Posted on 17 November 2020 BUSINESS, TECH -
New Disclaimer Alert for GoDaddy Appraisal Tool
Over the weekend I noticed a little triangle as an alert when using the GoDaddy appraisal tool. How it used to look Disclaimer The Estimated Value is based on a... Read more
Posted on 16 November 2020 BUSINESS, TECH -
Kau.com and Epara.com See Much Lower Prices on the Reauction
The bidding action was a bit more subdued the second time around for KAU.com and epara.com. Back on October 29, I wrote about Kau.com and epara.com closing for... Read more
Posted on 12 November 2020 BUSINESS, TECH -
Sedo Weekly Domain Name Sales Led by Segretaria.it
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and segretaria.it led the way at 62,000 Euro, ($73,209). Italian for secretary. Merkato.com was second at $35,000.... Read more
Posted on 10 November 2020 BUSINESS, TECH -
Name.com Will Now Allow Billing in Preferred Currency
Name.com sent out an email that customers can now select their preferred currency. This will help customers to avoid currency conversion fees. Name. Read more
Posted on 09 November 2020 BUSINESS, TECH -
Escrow.com Domain Investment Index Q3 2020 Total Transactions $77.5 Million
Escrow.com released their Q3 2020 stats and sales rebounded to $77.5 million vs $55.2 million Q2. You can download the full report here Escrow. Read more
Posted on 09 November 2020 BUSINESS, TECH -
How Should Auction Houses Handle Non Payment by the Winning Bidder?
Back on October 29, I wrote about Kau.com closing at $100,350 at DropCatch. That bidder did not pay, it’s being reauctioned. Is that the right way to handle... Read more
Posted on 07 November 2020 BUSINESS, TECH -
GoDaddy Posts Q3 Revenue of $844.4 Million
GoDaddy (NYSE:GDDY) posted third quarter earnings today. In 2020 they have added 1 million customers. Stock up $1.50 in After Hours trading Highlights: Q3... Read more
Posted on 04 November 2020 BUSINESS, TECH -
Sedo Weekly Domain Name Sales Led by Uncle.com
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and Uncle.com was top of the list at $66,002. I wrote yesterday that the domain name moved to the Cayman Islands,... Read more
Posted on 03 November 2020 BUSINESS, TECH -
PayPal Gives Some Insight on Crypto Rollout and Integration
PayPal has been in the news within the domaining community due to it’s banning of Epik and Namebio, reported earnings yesterday. PayPal reported revenues of... Read more
Posted on 03 November 2020 BUSINESS, TECH -
Uncle.com Moves to the Cayman Islands Has an Asking Price That Will Please Some
Back on October 18, the domain name Uncle.com sold for $66,002 at Sedo. The domain name registered since 1994 was owned by a Canadian IT specialist. Many... Read more
Posted on 03 November 2020 BUSINESS, TECH -
NamePull Gets a 23x Return on GreenFunder.com
Thursday had some decent domain name resales. NamePull.com scored a nice sale on Thursday selling GreenFunder.com for $4,999. This resulted in a sweet return... Read more
Posted on 30 October 2020 BUSINESS, TECH -
Reported Cctld Sales in 2020 Higher in 10 Months Than 2019 and 2018 Full Year
October is winding down and there are two full months left in 2020. When we look at reported country code domain name sales, they have already surpassed 2019 an... Read more
Posted on 29 October 2020 BUSINESS, TECH
