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• The Startups Who Raised the Most Money in 2019

  Denise Stephan published a piece on the crunchbase blog of the startups that raised the most money in 2019. Number 1 was Flexport Last Equity Funding: $1B Serie... Read more

  Posted on 26 November 2019 BUSINESS, TECH

• A Look at the Top 10 .Org Sales and Where They Are Today

  

  .Org is next up in our series of taking a look at the Non coms. Checking in on where the top 10 biggest sales in the extension are up to lately. ( Sales data... Read more

  Posted on 26 November 2019 BUSINESS, TECH

• Domain Registrars Are Saying “Thank You Boomer”

  

  Baby Boomers might not be thrilled with the term “Ok boomer” but registrars and registries sure are. Aja Romano @ajaromano writes on VOX. Read more

  Posted on 25 November 2019 BUSINESS, TECH

• Sell Your Best 4,5,6L Pronounceable .coms

  List your best 4, 5, 6 pronounceable .coms, names must be pronounceable. $2,000 max price. So this post is for .com only and the max price is $2000. You may lis... Read more

  Posted on 23 November 2019 BUSINESS, TECH

• That Time When They Doubted Mike’s Sale

  

  Long before the doubts about Chocolate.com, were the doubts about a sale from the founder of this blog. In 2012 Michael sold NewYorkApartmentsForSale. Read more

  Posted on 22 November 2019 BUSINESS, TECH

• LittleBean.com Rebrands to LittleChickpea.com

  LittleBean.com A Portland Vegan Ice Cream Company has to rebrand to LittleChickpea.com because Gerber (a Nestle company) has a trademark for Lil’ Beanies. This... Read more

  Posted on 22 November 2019 BUSINESS, TECH

• “Having the Premium Domain Headlights.com is the Modern-day Equivalent of Openin...

  HeadlightsDepot.com put out a press release announcing they acquired Headlights.com and are pretty excited about it. They note they made numerous attempts to ge... Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2019 BUSINESS, TECH

• Namepros Replies to Kate Buckley

  

  As most know Kate Buckley wrote an open letter concerning the threads on Namepros that questioned the validity of certain sales Kate brokered. Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2019 BUSINESS, TECH

• LeBron James Should Have at Least Went for TacoTuesday.com

  Back in September LeBron James had his trademark request for “Taco Tuesday” denied. ESPN reported that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office refused the... Read more

  Posted on 20 November 2019 BUSINESS, TECH

• Domain Name Change and Rebrand Causes One Company to Lose 80% of Their Organic...

  

  Not every rebrand and domain change goes as planned. In the case of Looka formerly Logo Joy they are now looking at laying off 80% of their employees. Read more

  Posted on 20 November 2019 BUSINESS, TECH

• Sedo Weekly Sales Led by Dawn.org

  Sedo released their weekly sales and Dawn.org led the way at $50,000. Porn.co was second at 20,000 Euros, ($22,157). There was a tie for third with... Read more

  Posted on 19 November 2019 BUSINESS, TECH

• Playbuzz Rebrands to Ex.co

  Another startup moving from .com to .co Following in the footsteps of Supply.co, Playbuzz a company that helps publishers add tools to their articles like... Read more

  Posted on 19 November 2019 BUSINESS, TECH

• 27 Google Search Statistics You Might Find Interesting

  

  Conor Bond published a piece on Google that is worth reading and bookmarking. A thorough look at several Google statistics. Things like a breakdown of Google... Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2019 BUSINESS, TECH

• So Which Industry Companies Want to Provide an ICA Discount/benefit?

  Many years before I started working with Mike on TheDomains.com, we had a back and forth about the ICA. My position was that you want more members that an... Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2019 BUSINESS, TECH

• Would You Like to Charge a Domain Inquiry Fee?

  

  Would you like people to pay to make an offer on your name? Would you like to pay to make an offer on someone else’s domain name? I read a tweet from George... Read more

  Posted on 17 November 2019 BUSINESS, TECH

• November 2009 the Scandal That Rocked Domaining – A Look Back

  A decade ago it was the scandal that rocked the domain industry, the Snapnames Halvarez bidding scandal. Mike wrote The 5 Most Surprising Things That Came Out O... Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2019 BUSINESS, TECH

• Niche Pursuits Review on Flippa – Not Great

  Brady Cargle over at NichePursuits.com published a review on Flippa. The review is focused on buying websites at Flippa. From the article: Flippa is a lower... Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2019 BUSINESS, TECH

• Is Now the Time for Punchh to Go After Punch.com?

  

  Handshake icon So today it was reported that Punchh a company that did loyalty cards that has now expanded to analytics raised $40 million. Punch.com is owned b... Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2019 BUSINESS, TECH

• Canadian Organization Takes on Global Domain Name Disputes

  A new player is entering the domain dispute arena. The Canadian International Internet Dispute Resolution Centre or (CIIDRC) put out a press release announcing... Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2019 BUSINESS, TECH

• 4600.com Closes at $68,000 and Another Interesting 4N.com Story

  

  4600.com expired at GoDaddy auctions and just closed at $68,000. This sale should go through at some price at least it can’t be renewed. Back in September 4065. Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2019 BUSINESS, TECH