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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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.Club Domain Registration/Renewal Prices To Rise In 2019; 2020 and 2021
We just received this notice from Hexonet that The .CLUB Registry is going to be increasing their price of a wholesale registration each year over the next thre... Read more
Posted on 11 January 2019 BUSINESS, TECH -
Francois Carrillo Looks to Have Retained ADO.com
A little less than 1 year ago, Francois Carrillo of Domaining.com, lost ADO.com in a UDRP. Many wrote about the decision from DNW, to Gerald Levine and I wrote ... Read more
Posted on 10 January 2019 BUSINESS, TECH -
Waiting 19 Years for the Right Price
Sometimes you sell a name fast and other times it takes awhile. NDVR.com sold on Monday for $40,000. A lot of people thought a “VR” name. A lot of people have... Read more
Posted on 10 January 2019 BUSINESS, TECH -
Namepros Member Urges People to Steal His Domains
Here is a first, with all the discussion on Namepros about domain theft, like CWR.com and NWX.com, someone is now asking for people to steal his domain names.... Read more
Posted on 09 January 2019 BUSINESS, TECH -
Sedo Weekly Sales Led by Taxes.com
Sedo reported their weekly sales, the last two weeks actually. Taxes.com led the way at $250,000. FinalGoal.com sold for $68,000. Enhance.net sold for $14,000 i... Read more
Posted on 08 January 2019 BUSINESS, TECH -
Hemp Tops List for .com and .net in Verisign’s December Trending Keywords.
Verisign released their trending keywords in .com and .net for December. Hemp topped the list for both .com and .net, usually one keyword doesn’t take the top... Read more
Posted on 08 January 2019 BUSINESS, TECH -
Will You Be Signing up for a Paid Namebio Membership?
Namebio rolled out memberships today, Michael Sumner announced it on the Namebio blog. A lot of new features: Sales Below $100 Search In Bulk Export Your... Read more
Posted on 07 January 2019 BUSINESS, TECH -
Matthias Conrad New CEO at Sedo as Flaitz Steps Down
Sedo released some news that Matthias Conrad will take over as the CEO of Sedo. On January 1st, 2019, Matthias Conrad joined the management board of Sedo as... Read more
Posted on 04 January 2019 BUSINESS, TECH -
Enhance.net Now That’s a Quick Flip
So looking at the top sales from yesterday on Namebio, enhance.net sold for $14,000. According to Namebio this name was just won at NameJet for $385 and... Read more
Posted on 03 January 2019 BUSINESS, TECH -
NameJet December Sales Led by XNK.com
NameJet released their December sales and XNK.com led the way at $21,000. There were 74 sales $2,000 and over. Only the one 3L.com, not really a great price at... Read more
Posted on 03 January 2019 BUSINESS, TECH -
Our Most Read Posts of 2018
Here is a look at the most viewed posts that were published in 2018. Registrars and human interest stories were in the spotlight. Frustration from no sales to... Read more
Posted on 02 January 2019 BUSINESS, TECH -
GDPR, Biting the Hand That Feeds You and Much More – A Look Back at 2018
Looking back on 2018 there were a lot of interesting stories. A lot of big companies picking up premium .com names, and businesses built on premium names. The... Read more
Posted on 01 January 2019 BUSINESS, TECH -
Should End Users Be Named and Shamed?
So one of the more active threads this week at Namepros, is about naming and shaming end users who back out of deals. The thread is actually the 2. Read more
Posted on 30 December 2018 BUSINESS, TECH -
With Only 23 4N.com Sales in 2018, 2 Are Expiring Wednesday
There have only been 23 reported 4N.com sales in 2018 and 2 are currently expiring at GoDaddy on December 26. One of the names interestingly is owned by Las... Read more
Posted on 24 December 2018 BUSINESS, TECH -
Christmas Special – List a Domain for Sale $2,000 Max
Raise a little cash for last minute Christmas gifts This post should be used to sell a name where you are making some money with no commission, and leave a... Read more
Posted on 22 December 2018 BUSINESS, TECH -
U.K. Tax Authorities Do Not See Crypto Assets as Currency
The Next Web published an article today on a new paper published out of the U.K. The document is Cryptoassets for individuals. It basically lays out how the U.K. Read more
Posted on 19 December 2018 BUSINESS, TECH -
Sedo Weekly Sales Led by Files.com
Sedo released their last weekly sales report for 2018. Files.com led the way at $750,000. Lofis.com was number two at 55,000 Euros, ($62,592). 31 .com sales 19... Read more
Posted on 19 December 2018 BUSINESS, TECH -
Uniregistry is Removing TopCoin from Their Platform
Uniregistry will be removing TopCoin, the loyalty based rewards program offered when registering domain names. Many people would always ask how they could use... Read more
Posted on 15 December 2018 BUSINESS, TECH -
What Kinds of Domains Are You Looking to Buy in 2019?
So as 2018 winds down, what kinds of names are you looking to buy in 2019 and what kind do you hope to liquidate from your current portfolio? Read more
Posted on 13 December 2018 BUSINESS, TECH -
Files.com Sells for $750,000
Bill Sweetman from NameNinja tweeted out that his company and Sedo completed the sale of Files .com for $750,000. I’m thrilled to announce that @NameNinja... Read more
Posted on 12 December 2018 BUSINESS, TECH
