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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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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 -
DNForum Picks up Epik as a Sponsor Opens up Marketplace
DNForum sent out some news this morning they are opening their marketplace for free users and they picked up Epik as a sponsor. There is $25 worth of credit at... Read more
Posted on 29 January 2020 BUSINESS, TECH -
15 NFL Teams Have Had Their Twitter Account Hacked
Welcome to Super Bowl Week! It looks like 15 NFL teams have had their Twitter accounts hacked. @MySportsUpdate broke the news. Reading the last tweet from... Read more
Posted on 27 January 2020 BUSINESS, TECH -
Xiaomi Founder, on the Importance of a Domain Name
Xiaomi Corporation is a Chinese electronics company founded by Lei Jun in 2010 and headquartered in Beijing. Lox posted a link to a video of the founder of... Read more
Posted on 27 January 2020 BUSINESS, TECH -
“Domain Trading Can Be the Most Rewarding Hobby and a Fantastic Business If You...
Nic.at published a look at domain name trading and referenced some words of wisdom from Rick Schwartz and contrasted them with a new trader starting out, Niels... Read more
Posted on 25 January 2020 BUSINESS, TECH -
Radix Finished 2019 with $3M in Premium Revenue
Radix an advertiser here released sales data for the second half of 2019. $1.67M in revenue; 22% growth over H1 2019 which was at $1.36M Closed 2019 at $3M in... Read more
Posted on 23 January 2020 BUSINESS, TECH -
GolfBet.com Sells for $100,000
Pierluigi Buccioli on LinkedIn describes himself as a Gambling Domains Collector, Online Entrepreneur. He announced he sold GolfBet. Read more
Posted on 22 January 2020 BUSINESS, TECH -
DAN Introduces a New Markup Model
DAN (an advertiser on TheDomains.com) announced a new lease to own option. Everything is spelled out in a post on Medium. Introducing a new markup model Our... Read more
Posted on 22 January 2020 BUSINESS, TECH
