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• 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

• Sedo Weekly Domain Name Sales Led by RCV.com

  

  Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and RCV.com led the way at $53,000. Tourist.de was second at 32,000 Euro, ($37,792). CultWines.com was third at... Read more

  Posted on 27 October 2020 BUSINESS, TECH

• Forbes Contributor Asks “Is Google Helping End The Dominance Of .COM?” NO!

  

  A Forbes contributor, Johan Moreno published an article on Google, new gtld domains and .com. Some of the stats are not correct, the author ends the article wit... Read more

  Posted on 27 October 2020 BUSINESS, TECH

• EveryTeam.com Expires After Being Purchased for $35K in 2018 and $3million in...

  

  The domain name EveryTeam.com has quite the history. Registered on my birthday in August of 2002. In 2005 it was billed as the social network for the sports fan. Read more

  Posted on 25 October 2020 BUSINESS, TECH

• NamesCon Online 2021 $59 Early Bird Pricing Open Now

  

  NamesCon sent out an email and announced registration is open for early bird pricing. $59 is the price. I thought it was an excellent platform this year and... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2020 BUSINESS, TECH

• PayPal Terminates It’s Relationship with Epik

  

  It looks like PayPal has stopped doing business with domain name registrar Epik. A member at Namepros noticed they could not use PayPal and thought it was a... Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2020 BUSINESS, TECH

• Verisign Reports Q3 Earnings Revenue of $318 Million for Q3 2020, up 3.1...

  

  VeriSign (NASDAQ:VRSN): reported earnings for Q3. Stock unchanged after hours. Q3 Non-GAAP EPS of $1.28 misses by $0.07; GAAP EPS of $1.49 beats by $0.23.... Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2020 BUSINESS, TECH