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Domain Name Wire
The challenge for Challenjers
Like many companies, this one chose a suboptimal domain. Binsen Tang is no ordinary entrepreneur. A recent TechCrunch article detailed how he created a $6 billion beverage giant in just 5 years. (I wrote about that beverage company and its name yeste...
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The challenge for Challenjers
Like many companies, this one chose a suboptimal domain. Binsen Tang is no ordinary entrepreneur. A recent TechCrunch article detailed how he created a $6 billion beverage giant in just 5 years. (I wrote about that beverage company and its name yeste...
Discussion
September 3, 2021, 1:11 pm
The Domains
Verisign DNIB shows Q2 2021 closed with 367.3m registrations across all TLD’s
Verisign VRSN (NASDAQ) released their Q2 2021 Domain Name Industry Brief The second quarter of 2021 closed with 367.3 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs), an increase of 3.8 million domain name registrations, or 1.0%...
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Verisign DNIB shows Q2 2021 closed with 367.3m registrations across all TLD’s
Verisign VRSN (NASDAQ) released their Q2 2021 Domain Name Industry Brief The second quarter of 2021 closed with 367.3 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs), an increase of 3.8 million domain name registrations, or 1.0%...
Discussion
September 2, 2021, 9:13 pm
Domain Name Wire
Registered domains jump in Q2 but still down from last year
Uplift in Q2 can’t mask year-over-year decline. Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) published its Q2 2021 Domain Name Industry Brief (pdf) this afternoon. The report calculates the total base of registered domain names and tracks recent trends. According t...
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Registered domains jump in Q2 but still down from last year
Uplift in Q2 can’t mask year-over-year decline. Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) published its Q2 2021 Domain Name Industry Brief (pdf) this afternoon. The report calculates the total base of registered domain names and tracks recent trends. According t...
Discussion
September 2, 2021, 8:36 pm
DomainSherpa
DomainSherpa – Down The Rabbit Hole – September 2, 2021: Going ApeSh!t
As we say on DomainSherpa - all roads lead to domains. And in the reverse, domains lead us "down the rabbit hole" for different topics all the time. This show, typically hosted by JT, Drew & Yoni, is where we discuss a wide variety of s...
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DomainSherpa – Down The Rabbit Hole – September 2, 2021: Going ApeSh!t
As we say on DomainSherpa - all roads lead to domains. And in the reverse, domains lead us "down the rabbit hole" for different topics all the time. This show, typically hosted by JT, Drew & Yoni, is where we discuss a wide variety of s...
Discussion
September 2, 2021, 7:02 pm
Domain Name Wire
ProfitBoss rebrands to Owner.com prior to $10.7 million funding round
Company acquired great domain from Digimedia. In the early days of a startup’s existence, domain names and brand names often take a backseat to more important considerations such as proof of concept and product development. Once traction starts...
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ProfitBoss rebrands to Owner.com prior to $10.7 million funding round
Company acquired great domain from Digimedia. In the early days of a startup’s existence, domain names and brand names often take a backseat to more important considerations such as proof of concept and product development. Once traction starts...
Discussion
September 2, 2021, 5:08 pm
Domain Name Wire
What a Chinese startup with a Japanese-like brand/domain teaches us
This is a great example of why you need to market your domains around the world. While living in Japan, I constantly noticed an ad for a “Cécile” clothing line. I thought it was a French brand, but it turned out to be a Japanese co...
Discussion
What a Chinese startup with a Japanese-like brand/domain teaches us
This is a great example of why you need to market your domains around the world. While living in Japan, I constantly noticed an ad for a “Cécile” clothing line. I thought it was a French brand, but it turned out to be a Japanese co...
Discussion
September 2, 2021, 4:27 pm
Domain Name Wire
This week’s end user domain name sales
An online car site, a currency trader, and a Michigan government agency bought domain names. Late August is one of the slowest times of the year for business, which showed on this week’s Sedo domain sales list. I was still able to dig up 16 end...
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This week’s end user domain name sales
An online car site, a currency trader, and a Michigan government agency bought domain names. Late August is one of the slowest times of the year for business, which showed on this week’s Sedo domain sales list. I was still able to dig up 16 end...
Discussion
September 2, 2021, 3:00 pm
Domain Shane
AUCTION RECAP OF SEPTEMBER 1, 2021
A look at the final auction prices, closeouts and more from the domain auction list posted on September 1, 2021. If there is an asterisk (*) next to a price, it means that the name was at auction from a private seller (rather than an expi...
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AUCTION RECAP OF SEPTEMBER 1, 2021
A look at the final auction prices, closeouts and more from the domain auction list posted on September 1, 2021. If there is an asterisk (*) next to a price, it means that the name was at auction from a private seller (rather than an expi...
Discussion
September 2, 2021, 2:35 pm
Domain Shane
Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Thursday, September 2nd, 2021
With ETH ripping yesterday there was a huge surge of people trying to get out of NFTs and other coins and into ETH. The transactions caused gas to soar. To the point it was tough to do any transactions in the low value range because it cost more i...
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Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Thursday, September 2nd, 2021
With ETH ripping yesterday there was a huge surge of people trying to get out of NFTs and other coins and into ETH. The transactions caused gas to soar. To the point it was tough to do any transactions in the low value range because it cost more i...
Discussion
September 2, 2021, 11:00 am
Domain Name Wire
Rob Monster files lawsuit to halt transfer of VOCL.com
A UDRP panel had ordered the domain name to be transferred. Epik CEO Rob Monster has filed a lawsuit (pdf) to halt the transfer of vocl.com after losing it in a UDRP. The domain has a weird history. An Epik customer owned it until just recently. That...
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Rob Monster files lawsuit to halt transfer of VOCL.com
A UDRP panel had ordered the domain name to be transferred. Epik CEO Rob Monster has filed a lawsuit (pdf) to halt the transfer of vocl.com after losing it in a UDRP. The domain has a weird history. An Epik customer owned it until just recently. That...
Discussion
September 1, 2021, 6:33 pm
