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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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Celebrating a $2,000 a Year Domain Registration?
So there is an article out today on Forbes written by Dan Pontefract Mr. Pontefract is the CEO of The Pontefract Group, a company that helps people become bette... Read more
Posted on 07 May 2019 BUSINESS, TECH -
U.S. Digital Advertising Surpasses $100 Billion for the First Time Ever
Digital advertising in the U.S. surpassed the $100 billion mark for the first time ever. This report comes from IAB, the Internet Advertising Revenue Report... Read more
Posted on 07 May 2019 BUSINESS, TECH -
Toni.com Actually Sold for $22,472
A commenter here stated that Toni.com did not sell for $42,500, the first bidder reneged and Deepak Ramani acquired the name for a lower price. Read more
Posted on 06 May 2019 BUSINESS, TECH -
No More $90 Minimum Bid at Sedo, Starting Tomorrow
Starting tomorrow and running through the end of 2019, Sedo will be doing away with the Minimum Fee for all Category I domains* sold through Sedo! Read more
Posted on 06 May 2019 BUSINESS, TECH -
Toni.com Buyer Revealed
A couple weeks ago Toni.com sold at GoDaddy for $42,500, the name previously sold back in 2013 for $12,800. Commenters here speculated who the buyer was. Read more
Posted on 05 May 2019 BUSINESS, TECH -
ChrisMatthews.com Closes at $2,401 Did the Talk Show Host Finally Get His Name?
Chris Matthews the host of MSNBC’s Hardball, has never owned his name in .com. Now of course this is not an uncommon name, but with the amount of money Mr. Read more
Posted on 05 May 2019 BUSINESS, TECH -
Brev.com Sells for the Fifth Time in 9 Years
Brev.com exchanged hands on Friday for the 5th time in 9 years according to Namebio. The domain was once regged back in the 1990’s and was owned by a company... Read more
Posted on 04 May 2019 BUSINESS, TECH -
That’s a Swift Kick to the Nads
via GIPHY So a new member at Namepros has the story of the day, maybe the month,it is early. They got news from GoDaddy that they sold a premium listing for... Read more
Posted on 04 May 2019 BUSINESS, TECH -
Web.com April Sales Led by 9J.com
Web.com released their April sales report and 9j.com was the high sale at $60,400. There were 97 sales in total with 11 being pure numeric sales and 8 four... Read more
Posted on 03 May 2019 BUSINESS, TECH -
NameJet to Take a Second Go at the Unsold Inventory from NamesCon 2019
NameJet sent out an email a few minutes ago that they are going to be relisting many names from the NamesCon 2019 auction. This time with lower reserves. Read more
Posted on 02 May 2019 BUSINESS, TECH -
Cavemen.com Sells for $20,460 Less the Second Time Around
One name I saw on the list tonight at Namebio was Cavemen.com and how it closed at NameJet for $4,540. I was thinking how this name would be used? Then I saw... Read more
Posted on 01 May 2019 BUSINESS, TECH -
Sedo Weekly Sales Led by Seereisen.de
Sedo released their weekly sales and Seereisen.de led the way at 59,500 Euros ($66,729). The top .com was CasinoEngine.com at $40,000. Another gaming name... Read more
Posted on 30 April 2019 BUSINESS, TECH -
GoDaddy Shuts Down 15,000 Subdomains Used for Scams
GoDaddy shutdown over 15,000 subdomains where surprisingly the legitimate owners of the domain did not even know they were hacked. Read more
Posted on 29 April 2019 BUSINESS, TECH -
Verisign Reported Net Income of $163 Million Or $1.35 a Share
Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) reported earnings after the close today. Unchanged in after hours trading after closing down .18 at $189.18. Year to date the stock is u... Read more
Posted on 25 April 2019 BUSINESS, TECH -
Another Example of How Automated Appraisals Miss the Mark by a Mile
Tonight Sedo sold CasinoEngine.com for $40,000, the Australian company that owned the name since 2003 cashed in big time. EveryMatrix a company based out of... Read more
Posted on 25 April 2019 BUSINESS, TECH -
Sedo Weekly Sales Led by Yotta.com
Sedo released their weekly sales and Yotta.com led the way at $100,000. Yotta is the largest decimal unit prefix in the metric system, denoting a factor of 10 o... Read more
Posted on 24 April 2019 BUSINESS, TECH -
What It Costs to File a UDRP
Many times someone on a forum or blog comment will ask, “How much does a UDRP cost?” Doug Isenberg wrote a great little checklist article to give you all the... Read more
Posted on 23 April 2019 BUSINESS, TECH -
Toni.com Closes at $42,500
Back on 4/8 I wrote that Toni.com just hit GoDaddy auctions and was already at $21,000 in the first few hours. Many thought the domain would get renewed in the... Read more
Posted on 18 April 2019 BUSINESS, TECH -
The Curious Case of Dustie.com
This one is very interesting. So Dustie Meads posts on Namepros that’s her first name, Dustie.com sold for $450 on GoDaddy. She said she had the name listed... Read more
Posted on 17 April 2019 BUSINESS, TECH -
Sedo Weekly Sales Led by Ia.de
Sedo released their weekly sales and ia.de led the way at 55,000 Euros, ($62,056). Lootjes.nl 29,500 Euros, ($33,295) just edged out KPO.com $33,000 for the... Read more
Posted on 16 April 2019 BUSINESS, TECH
