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• Enom Pricing Increase Has Some Customers Pissed off

  I was reading a post at Namepros and then Mike forwarded me an email with a similar sentiment. Enom is going to be moving people down a tier and some are... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2018 BUSINESS, TECH

• 20,000 Domains Registered and Not 1 Sale

  

  Darryl E. S. Lopes formerly worked for Uniregistry as a broker and he posted a story on LinkedIn and Namepros about registering 20,000 .xyz names at .01 each. Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2018 BUSINESS, TECH

• Goto.com Was Acquired for $2.5 Million

  So after 4 hours of intrigue and guesses on Twitter, George Kirikos reveals that he discovered the 7 figure sale of Goto.com. GotoMeeting.com was the buyer. Read more

  Posted on 28 April 2018 BUSINESS, TECH

• Domain Investors Are Scum

  Even in 2018 the concept that good domains cost good money is foreign to many in business. I remember a friend bringing me to a meeting at his startup back in... Read more

  Posted on 28 April 2018 BUSINESS, TECH

• 300% Profit = Failure?

  Namepros member DrewWash posted he sold a domain for a 300% profit and considered it a failure. I think he did well, he could have done a bit better but... Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2018 BUSINESS, TECH

• Sedo Weekly Sales Led by SysAdmin.com

  Sedo reported their weekly sales and SysAdmin.com led the way at $55,000. A.tel sold for $5,500, I have not seen a .tel sale in awhile. 40 .com sales 24 cctld... Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2018 BUSINESS, TECH

• CQD.com Matter Resolved

  

  James Booth posted on Namepros that he has pushed the domain name back to the original owner Rebecca. This thread became legendary and brought together a lot... Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2018 BUSINESS, TECH

• Is Bulk Hand-Regging Domains Worth the Time and Money Invested?

  

  From Ali Zandi to Josh E to Rick Schwartz, it’s alway interesting and entertaining to watch industry vets do their thing — especially when the topic is hand... Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2018 BUSINESS, TECH

• iPets.com Sells for $12,777 Only $62,223 Less Than a Decade Ago

  

  The domain name iPets.com closed at $12,777 on NameJet on Friday. This was the top close across all platforms on Friday according to Namebio. While some might... Read more

  Posted on 21 April 2018 BUSINESS, TECH

• Does GoDaddy Have Too Much Power?

  

  It seems more and more domain owners are rebelling against the GoDaddy monopoly. Huge Domains also appears to be in the crosshairs of more angry domainers. Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2018 BUSINESS, TECH

• How Ad Dollars Are Spent

  

  Project-Disco put together a good picture of how ad dollars are spent all around the spectrum. Digital edged out television 41% to 35%. Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2018 BUSINESS, TECH

• Sedo Weekly Sales Led by Stelline.com

  Sedo released their weekly sales and Stelline.com led the way at $20,000. PayClub.com sold for $15,000, the seller was Keith from Namepros. 53 .com sales 16... Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2018 BUSINESS, TECH

• Earn.com Acquired

  Coinbase is acquiring Earn.com, the company was formerly known as 21 Inc, they once were a maker of bitcoin mining hardware, they shifted gears to focus on usin... Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2018 BUSINESS, TECH

• Too Early to Try to Flip?

  Vape.net was sold in 2016 for $9,000 on Sedo, the seller was from Austria. The domain immediately went under privacy. The domain name was developed as a review... Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2018 BUSINESS, TECH

• 10% the Top Choice on the Profitability of Domainers

  At the end of March we asked, What percentage of domain investors do you think are profitable? This post followed a poll on Namepros that seemed to show a... Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2018 BUSINESS, TECH

• Slack.com Was Purchased for $60,000

  Communications app Slack paid $60,000 for the domain slack. The price was revealed by the founder himself on Quora a few years back. Slack which is an acronym... Read more

  Posted on 12 April 2018 BUSINESS, TECH

• Sedo Weekly Sales Led by Closers.com

  Sedo reported their weekly sales and Closers.com was the top sale at $50,000. The second highest sale was Live.Casino at 24,500 GBP, ($34,732). 44 .com sales... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2018 BUSINESS, TECH

• Mike Mann Sells Two Names He Held for 13 Years for $73,500 Total

  Mike Mann tweeted out about two different sales that were both acquired in 2005. Mann actually purchased both of these name on the same day and for the same... Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2018 BUSINESS, TECH

• CQD.com Owner Should Be Following the Playbook Used by MLA.com

  With all the discussion and things brought to light with the CQD.com case, I took a look back at some domain thefts that were covered by publications outside th... Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2018 BUSINESS, TECH

• The Continuing Saga of CQD.com

  A couple weeks ago I wrote a piece about the CQD.com ordeal, a post that has become one of the all time forum reads. Since then the thread has really heated up... Read more

  Posted on 04 April 2018 BUSINESS, TECH