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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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How Do You Define Brandable?
There seems to be a never ending array of domain investors looking for “brandable” names. One of the dominant themes of domain wanted threads on Namepros. Read more
Posted on 22 October 2018 BUSINESS, TECH -
Sedo Weekly Sales Led by Two 6 Figure Sales
Sedo released their weekly sales and the top sale was Casino.ro at 220,000 Euros, ($254,678). The Romanian extension doesn’t get many big sales, and it was not... Read more
Posted on 16 October 2018 BUSINESS, TECH -
It Would Have Been Better to Lose This UDRP
The registrant of JustBulbs.com was able to win two (1, and 2) UDRP decisions, 11 years apart. But 3 years later they ended up losing the domain name, $50,000... Read more
Posted on 16 October 2018 BUSINESS, TECH -
NameJet Adjusting Incremental Bid Amounts on Pending Delete Names
NameJet sent out an email that they will be changing the incremental bid amounts on pending delete auctions. Incremental Bid Announcement For Pending Delete... Read more
Posted on 11 October 2018 BUSINESS, TECH -
Google Says Cryptocurrency is Not Real Money
Google produced an ad for it’s latest call screening service, it takes a swing at cryptocurrency, with one of the actors saying cryptocurrency is not real money... Read more
Posted on 10 October 2018 BUSINESS, TECH -
Sedo Weekly Sales Led by TL.net
Sedo released their weekly sales and TL.net was the top sale at $40,000. DuoLab.com was the top.com sale at 33,000 Euros,($37,934). Not a lot of sales this week... Read more
Posted on 09 October 2018 BUSINESS, TECH -
When Chrome 70 Rolls out Your Favorite Site Could Have a Problem
Google is always doing something and sometimes it’s wanted and other times it’s not wanted, like messing with the URL. According to Zack Whittaker at TechCrunch... Read more
Posted on 09 October 2018 BUSINESS, TECH -
So Long Google +
Say goodbye to your Google+ account. I know you probably did that a long time ago but Google is making it official. Note this Google+ for consumers only. Read more
Posted on 08 October 2018 BUSINESS, TECH -
Uniregistry Perks Has Some Scratching Their Heads
Uniregistry is rolling out Uniregistry Perks, a subscription based service that will determine what you pay for domain names. Uniregistry Domain Perks Get... Read more
Posted on 08 October 2018 BUSINESS, TECH -
So This is Happening, AmazonCars.xyz at $33,510
I have had a bunch of emails over the last week as to why this auction has not been cancelled? Some believe it’s bogus and others are focusing on the TM aspect... Read more
Posted on 04 October 2018 BUSINESS, TECH -
Sedo Weekly Sales Led by Looka.com
Sedo reported their weekly sales and Looka.com led the way at 50,000 GBP, ($64,915). Design.Online was the second highest sale at $57,500. There were 8 five... Read more
Posted on 02 October 2018 BUSINESS, TECH -
NameJet September Sales See Only 3 Sales That Reach 5 Figures
NameJet reported September sales and it was a slow month. Only 61 sales over $2,000 and only 3 were in the five figure range. For those who think that 3L. Read more
Posted on 02 October 2018 BUSINESS, TECH -
After Backing out Some Bids 6666666.com Closes at $71,000
After backing out 35 bids and removing 3 bidders, the auction closed at $71,000 as a new bidder came in at the end and bid $71,000. Joe Styler replied to me on... Read more
Posted on 01 October 2018 BUSINESS, TECH -
6666666.com Now up to $99,999, Will It Get Paid?
Last week I wrote about 6666666.com (7x) at GoDaddy. 6666666.com is off to the races. It was up to $78,777 after 2 days. While that price seemed outrageous the... Read more
Posted on 01 October 2018 BUSINESS, TECH -
The Domain King is a Slumlord? Really?
So Rick got things going yesterday with his post on LLL.coms. I was particularly interested because I was having a discussion last week with a longtime... Read more
Posted on 26 September 2018 BUSINESS, TECH -
Sometimes You Get Too Greedy and Lose a UDRP
So here is an interesting story on GeekWire.com (tip of the cap to Namepros Member Mems). TitleTownTech.com was a domain sought after by the Green Bay Packers. Read more
Posted on 26 September 2018 BUSINESS, TECH -
Sedo Weekly Sales Led by the Six Figure Sale of Mappa.com
Sedo released their weekly sales and Mappa.com led the way at $127,400. Fasting.com was number two at $50,000. 50 .com sales 14 cctld sales 6 other tld sales... Read more
Posted on 25 September 2018 BUSINESS, TECH -
The Bidding War for 6666666.com
Well it looks like another wild auction taking place on GoDaddy. 6666666.com is off to the races. That’s seven 6’s and the bidding after two days is up to... Read more
Posted on 23 September 2018 BUSINESS, TECH -
Gab.ai Upgrades to Gab.com
Over a week ago we wrote about Gab.com being sold for $220,000. The domain had previously sold for $200,002 on Sedo back in 2014. The sale took place on Flippa... Read more
Posted on 22 September 2018 BUSINESS, TECH -
636.cc Comes Back Down to Earth as GoDaddy Wipes out Some Bids
A few days ago I posted about 636.cc hitting the auction block and immediately taking off to $30,000. Well it looks like GoDaddy went in and wiped out a lot of... Read more
Posted on 19 September 2018 BUSINESS, TECH
