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• New gTLD .Africa Closes It’s Sunrise Period With Over 930 Domain Registrations

  

  The long awaited and much contested new domain extension .Africa just closed its Sunrise period on June 2nd and according to the zone file there are over 930... Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2017 BUSINESS, TECH

• Rare Sighting: 2 Expired 3L.coms on GoDaddy Auctions

  

  With 8 and 9 days left on their auctions respectively, the domain names GTJ.com and MNT.com are expiring on GoDaddy auctions. You can view the auctions by... Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2017 BUSINESS, TECH

• Bidding War for Former Popular Tor Service

  On Saturday there was a bidding war for a domain that many might have wondered, “What’s all the fuss?” The auction was for Torcache.net, the auction closed at... Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2017 BUSINESS, TECH

• SME.com Reported Stolen

  Namepros member JCC has reported his domain SME.com registered at Enom has been stolen and moved to Name.com. My domain name SME.COM registered at... Read more

  Posted on 02 June 2017 BUSINESS, TECH

• The Travel Scam ?

  Would you travel to another country to close a $50K deal ? There is an interesting thread on Namepros where a member posted about a potential buyer wanting him... Read more

  Posted on 02 June 2017 BUSINESS, TECH

• 2017 New Domain Research & Tactics

  

  Sempo did a hangout on new gtlds and uploaded it to You Tube, some of the participants included, Jeff Sass from Dot Club,Kevin Rowe Rowe Digital, Tony Kirsch... Read more

  Posted on 02 June 2017 BUSINESS, TECH

• Covfefe Another Example of Why the House Always Wins

  The whole world now is aware of the President Trump typo covfefe. Of course buzzwords that hit the pop culture buzz machine will get registered in .com. It’s on... Read more

  Posted on 01 June 2017 BUSINESS, TECH

• Sedo Weekly Sales Led by TCMM.com

  Sedo released their weekly sales and TCMM.com led the way at $19,000. Experte.de was the second highest sale at 16,660 Euros, ($18,641). Brain. Read more

  Posted on 30 May 2017 BUSINESS, TECH

• Full List from the $500 Blowout

  We had a pretty active $500 sales post over the weekend, some names got sold including HotelOption.com, JumpYou.com and HolidayBaby.com. Read more

  Posted on 30 May 2017 BUSINESS, TECH

• Look out Domain King This Guy Says He Has a $200 Million Portfolio

  I hope everyone in the U.S. is enjoying the Memorial Day holiday, and hope everyone else is having a pleasant day as well. Here is one of the more interesting... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2017 BUSINESS, TECH

• Shares of Web.com Up Over 13% After Hours On Takeover Rumors

  Shares of Web.com (WEB) rose over 13% after hours as Reuters.com reported the company “is in talks with private equity firms after receiving takeover... Read more

  Posted on 26 May 2017 BUSINESS, TECH

• 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