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• The Good, the Bad and the Ugly – GoDaddy Auctions 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 30 October 2019 BUSINESS, TECH

• A Look Back at the Sites That Went with the “smarter” New Gtlds

  

  So I came across an old post on Key-Systems.net that dealt with new gtlds. The title of the article, “These 87 sites dropped their .com for a smarter new TLD... Read more

  Posted on 30 October 2019 BUSINESS, TECH

• Sedo Weekly Sales Led by Flexable.com

  Sedo reported their weekly sales and Flexable.com led the way at $19,800. Flipped from prior this year when it was caught at DropCatch and sold for $1,830. It... Read more

  Posted on 29 October 2019 BUSINESS, TECH

• Escrow.com Releases Sales Data for Q3 2019

  

  Escrow.com released their Domain Investment Index report for Q3-2019 – The total value of domain names transacted rose to US$69.3 million in Q3 2019, up from... Read more

  Posted on 29 October 2019 BUSINESS, TECH

• Facebook Going After Hosts of Hacking Sites

  

  CNET published an article about Facebook taking action against OnlineNIC and ID Shield. They are not filing UDRP’s but rather copyright lawsuits. Read more

  Posted on 29 October 2019 BUSINESS, TECH

• Google Parent Alphabet Misses on Q3 Earnings – Stock Down in After Hours Trading

  

  Alphabet Inc the parent of Google ( NASDAQ: GOOG, GOOGL) reported earnings after the close and earnings missed expectations. Shares of Alphabet hit a new all... Read more

  Posted on 28 October 2019 BUSINESS, TECH

• Defunct News Site Examiner.com Now Heating up at GoDaddy Expired Auctions

  

  The expired auction for Examiner.com is already flying, closing in on $70,000 with over a week to go. From wikipedia: Examiner. Read more

  Posted on 28 October 2019 BUSINESS, TECH

• Trump Beats Biden to TodosConBiden.com

  

  The BBC published a piece about political domain names. It seems that the Trump administration decided to register the domain name TodosConBiden.com. Read more

  Posted on 25 October 2019 BUSINESS, TECH

• .Me Registry Looking to Sell Close to 3,000 Premium Names Through Afternic

  

  The .me registry will be releasing close to 3,000 premium domains starting October 30, 2019. In a blog post they outlined the process for purchasing these names... Read more

  Posted on 25 October 2019 BUSINESS, TECH

• Verisign Earnings for Q3 2019 Beat Expectations

  

  VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN) reported earnings today. They showed earnings per share of $1.36 on revenue of $308.4M. This was better than analyst projections.... Read more

  Posted on 24 October 2019 BUSINESS, TECH

• Sell Your Best Non-com Priced at $500 Or Less

  I always get emails when will you do a non com sales post? let us present our new gtlds and .net and cctlds. So here you go, post your best non com for sale $50... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2019 BUSINESS, TECH

• Berkens on Getting Valuations Right a Decade Ago

  Valuations: Get It Right You’ll Be A Multimillionaire, Get It Wrong You’ll Go Broke Mike wrote the following post in October of 2009, while it deals with other... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2019 BUSINESS, TECH

• Sedo Weekly Sales Led by Sentai.com

  Sedo released their weekly sales and Sentai.com led the way at $29,999. Domain... Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2019 BUSINESS, TECH

• HelloEko.com Upgrades to Eko.com for $1.5million

  

  Eko describes themselves as a company that delivers cinematic interactive video, empowering participants to make choices that shape stories in real time. Their... Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2019 BUSINESS, TECH

• Internet Global Ad Spend to Be at 52% by 2021

  

  As 2019 winds down Zenith Media put together a look at the advertising landscape for 2021. Over half of the global ad spend will be on the Internet, with 27%... Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2019 BUSINESS, TECH

• Enom Accounts Will Be Moving to Hover

  So I received an email just now that Tucows the owner of Enom will be migrating accounts to Hover. IMPORTANT: Your Enom account will be moved to Hover Hello,... Read more

  Posted on 21 October 2019 BUSINESS, TECH

• BPS.com Closes at $51,000 in Late Night Auction on GoDaddy

  

  A couple of days ago I mentioned there were 3 public auctions closing at 2am Eastern time on Sunday. These were three letter .coms, ZTD.com, UDA.com and BPS.com... Read more

  Posted on 20 October 2019 BUSINESS, TECH

• Not the Best Time to Auction off Valuable Domain Names

  

  You usually don’t see three 3L.coms closing at once on GoDaddy auctions, yesterday SWP.com was a public auction that met reserve at $14,500 and I saw it at... Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2019 BUSINESS, TECH

• “Anticipatory Cybersquatting” It’s an Idea That Isn’t Going Anywhere.”

  

  There was an article published on AmericanBar.org from June that dealt with one lawyer’s interpretation of domain investing. Tamara Kurtzman titled her article... Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2019 BUSINESS, TECH

• Mike Expressed These Concerns About Parking a Decade Ago

  

  Whether You Park Your Domains Or Not, You Better Hope Parking Stays Around Michael expressed the following: It troubles me that so many people so willing to... Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2019 BUSINESS, TECH