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• Verisign’s Top Trending Keywords for October Are Crypto and Marijuana Based

  Verisign released the top trending keywords for October. October was big on crypto and marijuana. Cannabis topped the .com charts and blockchain topped .net.... Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2017 BUSINESS, TECH

• Really?

  It’s tough to run a marketplace or auction platform and be 100% clean on trademarks. But you cannot send an email blast and make a blatant trademark an... Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2017 BUSINESS, TECH

• That’s an Old Domain Name at Auction

  You don’t see a 1990 registration on auction every day. Gradient.com still has 3 days and change left to go. The auction is currently at $31,000. Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2017 BUSINESS, TECH

• Sedo Weekly Sales Led by a Country Code Sale

  Sedo reported their weekly sales and J.de topped the list at 49,000 Euros, ($57,787). Ani.com was the top .com sale at $49,000. 44.com sales (6 were 5 figures)... Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2017 BUSINESS, TECH

• WordPress Sites Getting Exploited by Crypto Miners

  

  Wordfence a popular security plugin for WordPress published an article about crypto mining malware. It’s worth a read if you run a bunch of websites using... Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2017 BUSINESS, TECH

• Nat Cohen Gives Some Food for Thought on Potential UDRP Reform

  This kind of went under the radar except for some replies on Namepros. Nat Cohen replied to a post and outlined what could be in the works for domain investors... Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2017 BUSINESS, TECH

• Josh Metnick BTC.exchange for $12,500

  Josh Metnick has been on a roll when it comes to new gtld sales. A few weeks back Josh emailed me on the sales of Coin.exchange and Coins.exchange both at $5,00... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2017 BUSINESS, TECH

• What Kind of Domains Are You Buying and What Are You Avoiding?

  

  We have seen many trends come and go, and other niches are evergreen like 3L.com. I was having a couple chats about brandable names and the trend was the... Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2017 BUSINESS, TECH

• Startup on Radix Domain Has More Downloads on Play Store Than Lyft and Hulu...

  

  Sponsored by Radix Radix, one of the largest domain portfolio registries, announced that AI startup, Kika Tech (www.kika.tech), has more than 100 million Androi... Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2017 BUSINESS, TECH

• Sedo Weekly Sales Led by the 6 Figure Sale of Mommy.com

  Sedo released their weekly sales and Mommy.com led the way at $100,000. Great name, registered in 1997. Developed site up, their Twitter page says: Mommy. Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2017 BUSINESS, TECH

• How Should Fraudulent Auctions Be Handled?

  Fraudulent bidders or non paying bidders pose problems for both domain investors and auction websites. The question that comes up is what is the best way to dea... Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2017 BUSINESS, TECH

• DropCatch Responds to Namepros Members’ Concerns on Bidding Activity

  

  A thread that started a few days back with regards to bidding discrepancies has picked up steam on Namepros. Namepros member Arca got the thread started with... Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2017 BUSINESS, TECH

• NameJet October Sales Led by XLC.com

  

  NameJet released their sales for October and the top sale was XLC.com at $49,100. Three letter.coms took 8 of the top 10 spots. I thought there was value at... Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2017 BUSINESS, TECH

• Some New Gtld Sales You May Have Missed

  Over the last two days I came across some new gtld sales that were not reported anywhere. Josh Metnick emailed me two coin related sales: COIN.EXCHANGE and... Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2017 BUSINESS, TECH

• .CLUB Delivers Solid Premium Sales of Nearly $400,000 in Q3

  

  Dot Club reported on their blog some new sales numbers for Q3 2017. The third quarter of 2017 was another solid one for .CLUB premium names, with a total of... Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2017 BUSINESS, TECH

• Payoneer Offering 50% off Escrow Fees Until 2018

  Payoneer (an advertiser on TheDomains) opened a new Twitter account today just for their escrow division. With the first tweet they are offering a special... Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2017 BUSINESS, TECH

• Bitcoin Futures a Major Step Forward Or Playing with Fire?

  Yesterday news broke that the CME Group — the world’s largest regulated derivatives exchange was going to start trading Bitcoin futures. Quartz.com wrote about... Read more

  Posted on 01 November 2017 BUSINESS, TECH

• Sedo Weekly Sales Led by Ezy.com

  Sedo released their weekly sales and Ezy.com led the way at 50,100 Euros, ($58,355). 44.com sales 13 cctld sales 3 other gtld sales SportsBetting.info $20,000... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2017 BUSINESS, TECH

• Directnic Acquires Fabulous.com

  Directnic, a provider of domain names and other Internet services, announces that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire domain name registrar... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2017 BUSINESS, TECH

• Behind The Keyword – Coin

  

  Welcome to Behind The Keyword, I will be taking a look at the most popular keywords that sell, get listed and get developed. Whether it be on big marketplaces... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2017 BUSINESS, TECH