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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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Microsoft is Buyer of Mixer.com
Back in February, Jamie from DotWeekly.com reported that Tucow’s YummyNames.com had sold Mixer.com to an unknown MarkMonitor client. That client is confirmed... Read more
Posted on 25 May 2017 BUSINESS, TECH -
Emojis Can Be Used to Show Intent ?
There has been a lot of talk about emojis when it comes to domain names. It now seems that they are moving their way to be used in court proceedings. Read more
Posted on 25 May 2017 BUSINESS, TECH -
Sedo Weekly Sales Led by Leem.com
Sedo released their weekly sales and Leem.com was the top sale at $30,000. OnlyYou.com sold for $27,000. Songs and movies have both been titled Only You, so thi... Read more
Posted on 23 May 2017 BUSINESS, TECH -
Homes.Forsale and Houses.Forsale Sell for $90,000
Robert Bruce a self described expert in online marketing strategies, wrote an article on Entrepreneur.com that he purchased two .forsale domains for $90,000 in... Read more
Posted on 23 May 2017 BUSINESS, TECH -
You Never Discuss Available Domains out in Public (Part 2)
It seems like coffee shops are the perfect place to get ideas for domain names or to exact a bit of revenge on a loud patron. Back in 2012 I wrote a story... Read more
Posted on 21 May 2017 BUSINESS, TECH -
Who Makes the First Move Matters
Gerald M. Levine wrote an excellent article that domain investors, especially those that do outbound marketing should read. Levine delves into the subject of wh... Read more
Posted on 20 May 2017 BUSINESS, TECH -
90% of Domainers Should Start Over
Rick Schwartz made a pretty interesting tweet yesterday that I think will bring about a great deal of conversation. Rick stated that 90% of all domain... Read more
Posted on 17 May 2017 BUSINESS, TECH -
Shares of Godaddy Hit An All Time High
Shares of Godaddy (GDDY) hit an all time high today of $40.37 before closing at $40.29 which I also believe is an all time high closing price for shares of... Read more
Posted on 16 May 2017 BUSINESS, TECH -
Odd GoDaddy Auction Activity, Might Be Tied to New Appraisal Valuations
So GoDaddy revamped their appraisal tool and now when someone is bidding at GoDaddy auctions they see where GoDaddy is valuing the name. Elliot Silver wrote a... Read more
Posted on 14 May 2017 BUSINESS, TECH -
Update on Domaining Europe Auction
Domaining Europe has provided an update with regards to their online auction. Already, more than $100,000 in bids have been submitted. ABC.net is getting a lot... Read more
Posted on 11 May 2017 BUSINESS, TECH -
$600 Seems to Be the Sweet Spot for Latest DomainKing Purchases
Rick Schwartz tweeted out some recent acquisitions and it seems $600 is the sweet spot. Last week I did sell Rick a name for $1,000 (BraAndPanties.com). Seems... Read more
Posted on 10 May 2017 BUSINESS, TECH -
Sedo Weekly Sales Led by Sati.com at $100,000
Sedo released their weekly sales today and Sati.com was the top sale at $100,000. Another CVCV came in second with Raxi.com at $35,300. Asy.com sold for only... Read more
Posted on 09 May 2017 BUSINESS, TECH -
NameJet April Sales Led by Kohl.com at $144,500
NameJet released their April sales data, Kohl.com was the top sale at $144,500. Three 3L.coms made the top ten, TRF.com being the highest at $32,100. kohl.com... Read more
Posted on 09 May 2017 BUSINESS, TECH -
AYDACFU ? Guess the Meaning and Win $500
When you go to Gen.xyz the homepage shows a little graphic with an off button with the acronym AYDACFU. When the button is on the homepage has the following... Read more
Posted on 08 May 2017 BUSINESS, TECH -
What Do You Have for Sale ? $1,500 Max
Well two week’s ago our $1,000 post was very successful, a number of sales took place and it brought about members engaging with one another to get some deals... Read more
Posted on 06 May 2017 BUSINESS, TECH -
The Downside to Losing a UDRP
Companies and organizations have to think real hard before filing a UDRP. They need to weigh the cost of losing and seeing a name become unobtainable versus jus... Read more
Posted on 05 May 2017 BUSINESS, TECH -
Is Startup Sentiment Changing with Regards to .com ?
There was an interesting article by Christopher Steiner on Forbes. The article titled, “Most Startups Still Believe They Need A Dot-Com Domain, But That Is... Read more
Posted on 05 May 2017 BUSINESS, TECH -
Here Are the Names Tweeted at Rick for Million Dollar Wednesday
As we mentioned earlier in the week, it was million dollar Wednesday, yesterday. Here are the names that were tweeted at Rick yesterday: Paradise.com $1MM... Read more
Posted on 04 May 2017 BUSINESS, TECH -
.PRESS Supports Press Freedom Day for 3rd Consecutive Year
Radix owned .press is showing their support for Press Freedom Day They will be donating part of their May revenue to Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF). Release:... Read more
Posted on 03 May 2017 BUSINESS, TECH -
GoDaddy Earnings Beat Street Forecasts, up in After Hours Trading
GoDaddy (GDDY) reported earnings after the close, the stock is up 3.5% in after hours to a new high of $40.75. The AP reported: GoDaddy Inc. Read more
Posted on 02 May 2017 BUSINESS, TECH
