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• Simple Question – Are You Planning to Still Do Business with NameJet

  Obviously the biggest story in domaining this week was NameJet. There was some shady behavior uncovered, there were some that jumped to conclusions that may hav... Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2017 BUSINESS, TECH

• Our Post About Namejet’s PR On Shill Bidding From 2009: “What Happened At...

  I was looking back through some posts over the years that we wrote relating to the SnapNames bidding Scandal and found this one which I wrote arising from a fro... Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2017 BUSINESS, TECH

• Are You Satisfied with NameJet’s Changes?

  NameJet put out a press release tonight, letting everyone know what changes they plan to make. Are you satisfied by the their announcement or what else would yo... Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2017 BUSINESS, TECH

• Oliver Hoger Posts His Side on Namepros

  Oliver Hoger has been one of the people at the heart of the discussion on Namepros with regards to NameJet bidding. Oliver posted today and gave his side of... Read more

  Posted on 21 July 2017 BUSINESS, TECH

• Michael Sumner’s Research Work is Excellent

  With so much negativity going on this week, I always think it’s right to find balance and highlight some good. The work Michael Sumner (Namebio) has done as an... Read more

  Posted on 20 July 2017 BUSINESS, TECH

• What Do You See as the Biggest Problems in the Domain Industry?

  

  There are many opinions on what’s right and what’s wrong with the domain industry. In this post give your comments on what you think needs to be changed about... Read more

  Posted on 20 July 2017 BUSINESS, TECH

• A Lot of Shady Things Coming to Light This Week

  

  The thing about domaining is there are always people in the know on certain topics but they don’t go mainstream. It takes a post on a blog or Namepros for the... Read more

  Posted on 19 July 2017 BUSINESS, TECH

• Sedo Weekly Sales Led by Trustwork.com

  Sedo released their weekly sales and Trustwork.com led the way at $30,000. SeedCompany.com was right behind at $28,000. The new gtlds had a few sales this... Read more

  Posted on 18 July 2017 BUSINESS, TECH

• Domain Violence – Burglar Tries to Force a Domain Transfer, Shots Ring out

  Interesting article from The Gazette about an incident in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. A burglar actually shot a man to get him to transfer a domain name to someone else... Read more

  Posted on 18 July 2017 BUSINESS, TECH

• Namepros Member Questions If People Are Bidding on Own Auctions at NameJet

  WebQuest started a thread at Namepros that is picking up steam fast. The topic is on people bidding on their own names at NameJet. Once in awhile I see people... Read more

  Posted on 18 July 2017 BUSINESS, TECH

• It’s All About the Side Hustle

  

  There has been a lot of talk lately about “side hustles” UBER has run commercials talking about everyone needing a side hustle. Marketwatch published an... Read more

  Posted on 17 July 2017 BUSINESS, TECH

• Elon Musk Tweets About X.com and the Internet Loses It’s Mind

  The big news of the week was Elon Musk getting his old domain back. Elliot Silver detailed the acquisition of X.com. Andrew Rosener commented that Media... Read more

  Posted on 14 July 2017 BUSINESS, TECH

• Mike Mann Turns $20 into $10,000 in 3 Day Flip

  Mike Mann turned three very recent $20 purchases into $41,776. He tweeted within the last hour. Things to do near me: sell domains I bought in the last month.... Read more

  Posted on 13 July 2017 BUSINESS, TECH

• Covfefe.com Would You Have Taken $15,000?

  

  I have written before about striking while the iron is hot on pop culture and political domain names. Back in April we detailed the Shane Burchett the owner of... Read more

  Posted on 13 July 2017 BUSINESS, TECH

• Bitcoin – Soft Fork, Hard Fork, What The Fork?

  

  I’m sure many of you have heard chatter about a Bitcoin fork. Whilst some may have a good understanding of what this means, there are probably many of you that... Read more

  Posted on 12 July 2017 BUSINESS, TECH

• Sedo Weekly Sales Led by AcaiBerry.com

  Sedo reported their weekly sales and AcaiBerry.com led the way at $18,000. BuTV.com was the second highest sale, LLtv is a niche I have traded in for a long... Read more

  Posted on 11 July 2017 BUSINESS, TECH

• .Shop Wins Most Popular New gTLD of China

  

  .Shop (an advertiser on TheDomains) won most popular new gtld of China at the Global Domain Summit. Proud to bring home the “The most popular new gTLD of... Read more

  Posted on 11 July 2017 BUSINESS, TECH

• Taking Over Four of the Seven Authoritative Nameservers for the .io TLD

  Matthew Bryant @IAmMandatory of TheHackerBlog.com wrote a very detailed post on how he was able to register domains in .io that would essentially allow him to... Read more

  Posted on 10 July 2017 BUSINESS, TECH

• New gTLD .Health Ends Sunrise Period With 287 Registrations

  The .health registry ended their 60-day Sunrise period on Friday, June 7th, with a total of 287 total applications, none of which were in contention, so there... Read more

  Posted on 10 July 2017 BUSINESS, TECH

• Domain Research Group Takes a Look at Emoji Domains in .com

  Domain Research Group the people behind I❤️.ws, was nice enough to go through the .com zone file and identify all the emoji names that exist in... Read more

  Posted on 08 July 2017 BUSINESS, TECH