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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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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 -
Close.io Acquires Close.com
Steli Efti made an announcement on the Close.io blog that they acquired Close.com. Regged in 1996 and under privacy for years. There was a startup that raised... Read more
Posted on 16 April 2019 BUSINESS, TECH -
A Look at the Top 10 .global Sales and Where They Are Today
Going to start doing looks at the Non coms and see where the top 10 biggest sales in each extension are currently doing. ( Sales data courtesy of Namebio). Firs... Read more
Posted on 14 April 2019 BUSINESS, TECH -
Making an Offer on a Domain $19.95, The Counter Offer Priceless
So a member over at Namepros posted that he paid $19.95 to make an offer through Domain Agents on the name Dispensary.best and the counter was $100,000 on his... Read more
Posted on 11 April 2019 BUSINESS, TECH -
The Battle for Sex.com
David Kushner is out with a new book titled, “The Players Ball: A Genius, a Con Man, and the Secret History of the Internet’s Rise.” The book takes a look at th... Read more
Posted on 10 April 2019 BUSINESS, TECH -
Sedo Weekly Sales Led by FusionBank.com
Sedo reported their weekly sales and FusionBank.com led the way at 50,000 GBP, ($65,265). Comscope.com was second at 42,500 Euros, ($47,878). 49 .com sales 15... Read more
Posted on 09 April 2019 BUSINESS, TECH -
Toni.com Expires and in First Few Hours Already at $21,000+
Toni.com hit GoDaddy expired auctions this morning and is already up to $21,260. The domain looks to have been registered in 1996 and owned by a company from... Read more
Posted on 08 April 2019 BUSINESS, TECH -
Let’s Switch It up Bargain Bin Style, Post Your Names up to $250
Going to switch it up this time and see if we can see a greater percentage of names sold, a lot of names sell daily for $200 to $400 so use this as a chance to... Read more
Posted on 05 April 2019 BUSINESS, TECH -
NameJet/SnapNames Sales Report for March Led by 4349.com
Web.com released their NameJet/Snapnames sales for March and 4349.com led the way at $35,400. 10 numeric sales 13 4L.com sales Zic.com was the only 3L.com for... Read more
Posted on 04 April 2019 BUSINESS, TECH -
Trading a Domain Name for Movie Tickets?
A really cool story on ComicBook.com about a domain name, a movie premier and Ryan Reynolds. (Tip of the cap to DNupdate) From the article: The domain name... Read more
Posted on 03 April 2019 BUSINESS, TECH -
Sedo Weekly Sales Led by AppleGreen.com
Sedo released their weekly sales and AppleGreen.com led the way at 50,000 Euros, ($56,005). There were 8 five figure sales in .com. Hackly. Read more
Posted on 02 April 2019 BUSINESS, TECH -
An Inside Look at a Major Spam Operation
There was an article published a couple hours ago on TechCrunch that’s worth a read, it delves into a large spam operation and how it was used to send... Read more
Posted on 02 April 2019 BUSINESS, TECH -
Joseph Peterson Leaving Epik
Joseph Peterson has left Epik, he will stay on while the company transitions. Joseph started posting a few weeks back in what has become a very heated and... Read more
Posted on 02 April 2019 BUSINESS, TECH -
Long Tail Keywords and Why They Are Important
Andrew Ansley wrote a very good post at RavenTools about long tail keywords that is worth a read for those developing websites and investing in long term... Read more
Posted on 31 March 2019 BUSINESS, TECH -
Domain Name Registrations Grew 4.9 Percent, Year Over Year
Verisign published their Q4 2018 DNIB report The fourth quarter of 2018 closed with approximately 348.7 million domain name registrations across all top-level... Read more
Posted on 28 March 2019 BUSINESS, TECH -
Sedo Weekly Sales Led by kBet.com
Sedo released their weekly sales and kBet.com was the top sale at $43,530. Mobility.de was second at 35,000 Euros, ($39,444). 42 .com sales 20 cctld sales 4... Read more
Posted on 26 March 2019 BUSINESS, TECH -
Making a Fortune Squatting Domains on the Dark Web?
Typosquatting on corporate names is not the only squatting game in town. TheNextWeb has a story about someone claiming to have made $760,000 in BTC by... Read more
Posted on 22 March 2019 BUSINESS, TECH -
Burl.com Sells for Second Time in Less Than a Year
Burl.com sold for the third time in 12 years and the second time in less than one year. The domain closed at $24,555 on NameJet and was the top close for... Read more
Posted on 21 March 2019 BUSINESS, TECH -
Google Gets Fined €1.49 Billion in Adsense Antitrust Case
Google has now got hit with their third huge fine from the EU, €1.49 billion, ($1.7 billion) this time around, which is the third highest fine they have had to... Read more
Posted on 21 March 2019 BUSINESS, TECH -
Will All Marketplaces Have to Become Licensed Escrow Agents?
In a thread on Namepros about Rob Monster and Epik, Joseph Peterson posted an interesting tidbit, one that if it plays out as Joseph speculates it could, will... Read more
Posted on 21 March 2019 BUSINESS, TECH
