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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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Radix Crosses $1 Million in Premium Sales in H2 2017
Radix (an advertiser here) reported their premium sales for (fiscal year second half of 2017. Some of the key highlights of this report are: Radix crosses $1... Read more
Posted on 11 January 2018 BUSINESS, TECH -
Verisign’s December Top Trending Keywords Are All About Crypto
Verisign released their top trending keywords for December. No surprise it was crypto dominated again. Everything in .com was coin/crypto related. .COM . Read more
Posted on 10 January 2018 BUSINESS, TECH -
Sedo Weekly Sales Led by Publica.com
Sedo released their weekly sales and Publica.com led the way at $75,000. The next two sales were hyphenated, Mega-Sena.com at $35,000 and Block-Chain.com at... Read more
Posted on 09 January 2018 BUSINESS, TECH -
Bitcoin Typo in .org with a $10,000 Auction Bid
Either someone misread something and didn’t see the typo or one of the greatest typo sales is about to take place on Sedo. Regged since 2011, Bitcion.org closin... Read more
Posted on 09 January 2018 BUSINESS, TECH -
A Cool Domaining Story – $1.99 to $20,000
There was a story that I did not see posted about that was a really cool domaining story. While it’s cool to read about the exploits of Mike Mann and Rick... Read more
Posted on 08 January 2018 BUSINESS, TECH -
80+ Emoji Domains Nearing Auction End at NameJet
Fresh into a new year, and NameJet doesn’t appear to be waiting long to strike with more emoji domain auctions. The auction clock actively counts down for 82... Read more
Posted on 06 January 2018 BUSINESS, TECH -
Which Company Do You Trust Most?
Handshake icon Yesterday someone sent me an email with a pretty wide open question. “Raymond, which industry participant do you trust the most?” First, I have... Read more
Posted on 04 January 2018 BUSINESS, TECH -
NameJet December Sales Led by Protege.com
NameJet reported their December sales and Protege.com was the top sale at $52,000. Creek.com was number 2 at $39,088. Acr.com was sold for $38,511 and was just... Read more
Posted on 03 January 2018 BUSINESS, TECH -
Sedo Releases Two Weeks of Sales and App.net Leads the Way
Sedo released two weeks of sales data and the top sale was App.net at $70,000. JinJin.com was the second highest sale at $45,000. GlobalCoin.com sold for... Read more
Posted on 02 January 2018 BUSINESS, TECH -
Are You Bullish on Domaining in 2018?
A fair number of domain investors had their attention off in other areas in 2017. The stock market did well and many were totally enamored with cryptocurrencies. Read more
Posted on 01 January 2018 BUSINESS, TECH -
Scandals, Crypto, Emojis – A Look Back at 2017
2017 is wrapping up and it was quite the interesting year in domaining. It was a year when many heard of crypto for the first time and then played the part of... Read more
Posted on 31 December 2017 BUSINESS, TECH -
GoDaddy Ends Year With ~200 Expiring Emoji Domains in Auction
What a year it’s been for emoji domains! From fanatics to hardcore critics, emoji domains are carving a niche of their own in an already multifaceted industry. Read more
Posted on 31 December 2017 BUSINESS, TECH -
Our Twitter Account Has Been Recovered
We are back at our Twitter account @thedomains, after a week we have gained access to the account. Mike and I would like to thank everyone who helped with... Read more
Posted on 30 December 2017 BUSINESS, TECH -
AI Drops Support of IDNs, Including Emoji Domains
It wasn’t long ago I stumbled upon a NamePro’s thread openly discussing the .ai domain extension, a country code for Anguilla — a British Overseas Territory in... Read more
Posted on 29 December 2017 BUSINESS, TECH -
You Had Me at Scumbag
George Kirikos posted a thread on Namepros about what not to say in a domain inquiry. Here are some words and phrases I see all too often, that folks should... Read more
Posted on 27 December 2017 BUSINESS, TECH -
How Was Your 2017 Domaining Experience?
At the beginning of 2017 we asked if our reader’s were bullish or bearish on domaining for the new year. 65% bullish and 35% were bearish. So how did 2017 pan... Read more
Posted on 27 December 2017 BUSINESS, TECH -
Sedo Weekly Sales Led by Hornet.com
Sedo released their weekly sales and Hornet.com was the top sale at $60,000. Goldi.com was right behind at 50,000 Euros, ($59,207). Goldi.com up and running,... Read more
Posted on 19 December 2017 BUSINESS, TECH -
Overstock Going After O.com? Probably Not as They Focus on Crypto
With O.com hitting the auction block I thought Overstock would be interested in finally getting the .com after the whole O.co effort. But then I read an... Read more
Posted on 19 December 2017 BUSINESS, TECH -
20 NameJet Single .WS Emoji Auctions End This Week
It’s been an interesting year and wild ride for emoji domains and emoji domain investors to say the least. And this week is no exception as more emoji domains... Read more
Posted on 18 December 2017 BUSINESS, TECH -
Alert: Domainers Be Wary of “Bitcoin” Scammers
Although it’s been a slow moving week and day for me personally, Twitter domain activity increased nearing the close of business Friday afternoon when Andrew... Read more
Posted on 16 December 2017 BUSINESS, TECH
