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• NameJet/Snapnames December Sales Led by WeedCenter.org

  

  Web.com released December sales ($2,000 and above) and WeedCenter.org led the way at $23,100. Nameservers.com was second at $20,001. Models.net came in third... Read more

  Posted on 02 January 2020 BUSINESS, TECH

• By the Numbers – 2019 Was Not a Great Year for Four Letter .coms

  

  Four letter .com domain names are one of the most popular categories for domain investors. 2019 saw a significant down tick in total sales, close to 30%.... Read more

  Posted on 01 January 2020 BUSINESS, TECH

• Do You Still Want to Be a Domainer?

  

  I want to wish everyone a Happy New Year, I am here at the helm, Mike and Judi are in Pasadena for the Rose Bowl. Michael might be better at college and pro... Read more

  Posted on 01 January 2020 BUSINESS, TECH

• From Voice.com to .org, 2019 Was a Monster Year

  

  Domaining in 2019 was a very busy and very interesting year. We saw the largest sale ever reported as Voice.com sold for $30 million. Chad Wright’s WebQuest... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2019 BUSINESS, TECH

• Reported Country Code Sales in 2019 up Over 2018

  

  Country code sales ticked up in 2019 versus the last two years. Over dollar volumes were slightly up, with the number of total sales up substantially vs 2018.... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2019 BUSINESS, TECH

• Is Cats.com Worth $1million?

  So the owner of Cats.com Algis Skara told the Huffington Post India the name is back on the market. Skara cleaned up some misconceptions about whether or not Th... Read more

  Posted on 28 December 2019 BUSINESS, TECH

• New.Life Gets a Christmas Present as Open.money Sells for $25,000

  

  Namepros member New.Life got his wish from Santa Claus, his third five figure new gtld sale of the year. A couple of months ago New.Life sold two new gtld... Read more

  Posted on 25 December 2019 BUSINESS, TECH

• Rebranding Trends for 2020

  

  Forbes published an article on the trends surrounding rebranding. Looking back at 2019 and forward to 2020. Those who own and trade short names especially . Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2019 BUSINESS, TECH

• Should New Gtlds Be Viewed Through the Lens of a 20 Year Plan?

  

  I have been under the weather this weekend so I have not been reading texts and emails right away as normal. A few people were mentioning to me the post we did ... Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2019 BUSINESS, TECH

• Last Sale Post of the Year, Generate Some Christmas Cash

  Last sales post of the year, a chance to make some last minute Christmas money. I got a few emails this week asking if there would be a post? Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2019 BUSINESS, TECH

• Verisign: Third Quarter of 2019 Closed with 359.8 Million Domain Name...

  

  Verisign Q3 2019 Domain Name Industry Brief: Internet Grows to 359.8 Million Domain Name Registrations in the Third Quarter of 2019 Data shows that the third... Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2019 BUSINESS, TECH

• Reported New Gtld Sales in 2019 Down Over $2million from 2018

  

  2019 was not a great year for reported new gtld sales, after 2018 saw dollar volumes rise by 700,000, 2019 is looking down over $2 million. Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2019 BUSINESS, TECH

• Neuvoo.com to Become Talent.com

  

  Neuvoo is a job board that operates at Neuvoo.com. The company does not have a great rating over at TrustPilot with 92% of ratings as bad. Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2019 BUSINESS, TECH

• Wow A $147,000 Haircut?

  

  Sexe the French word for Sex sold in the .org extension back in 2008, by none other than the founder of this blog, Michael Berkens. Michael sold the domain... Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2019 BUSINESS, TECH

• Sedo Weekly Sales Led by Xchange.com

  Sedo released their weekly sales, (the last report for 2019) and Xchange.com led the way at $42,077. Meds.co was second at 18,750 Euros, ($20,898).... Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2019 BUSINESS, TECH

• The Good, the Bad and the Ugly – Efty 2019 Edition

  

  Back in 2016 we started a series here that looked at the best and worst about companies in the domain industry. Over the last 30 months a lot has changed at man... Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2019 BUSINESS, TECH

• ArsTechnica Tries to Get PIR to Open up About .org

  

  Ars Technica published a piece today on the pending .org sale. In another attempt to get PIR to release documents, Ars Technica reported that they contacted... Read more

  Posted on 16 December 2019 BUSINESS, TECH

• What is on Your Christmas List Domaining Wise?

  

  Image by Clker-Free-Vector-Images from Pixabay With 10 days til Christmas what would you like Domainer Clause to bring you for Christmas? What changes or new... Read more

  Posted on 15 December 2019 BUSINESS, TECH

• Who is in Charge of Domains at Maxim?

  

  Maxim magazine has been around since 1995, started in the U.K. and then headquartered in New York since 1997. The magazine has gone through some ownership... Read more

  Posted on 14 December 2019 BUSINESS, TECH

• The Good, the Bad and the Ugly – The Domain Industry

  

  We have been running a series for a few years, The good, the bad and the ugly” An opportunity for readers to discuss what they like and don’t like about a... Read more

  Posted on 12 December 2019 BUSINESS, TECH