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Domain Name Wire
DigitalOcean files to go public
Cloud platform has over 570,000 customers, including Domain Name Wire. Cloud platform DigitalOcean has filed to go public, planning to list on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker DOCN. It currently lists the raise at $100 million. The compan...
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DigitalOcean files to go public
Cloud platform has over 570,000 customers, including Domain Name Wire. Cloud platform DigitalOcean has filed to go public, planning to list on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker DOCN. It currently lists the raise at $100 million. The compan...
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February 26, 2021, 5:27 pm
Domain Name Wire
One person spends $4.85 million in domain auction
Bidder picks up Bird.com, Fish.com and Tattoo.com. A single bidder has scooped up several of the high dollar domains in today’s Right of the Dot domain name auction. A bidder using an IP address from Queenstown, Maryland paid $2.5 million for B...
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One person spends $4.85 million in domain auction
Bidder picks up Bird.com, Fish.com and Tattoo.com. A single bidder has scooped up several of the high dollar domains in today’s Right of the Dot domain name auction. A bidder using an IP address from Queenstown, Maryland paid $2.5 million for B...
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February 25, 2021, 9:20 pm
Domain Name Wire
ROTD live virtual domain name auction today
There’s an open bar in your kitchen for today’s live domain auction. Right of the Dot is holding a live domain name auction today with 108 domain names. The company previously held events in conjunction with NamesCon and the TRAFFIC confe...
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ROTD live virtual domain name auction today
There’s an open bar in your kitchen for today’s live domain auction. Right of the Dot is holding a live domain name auction today with 108 domain names. The company previously held events in conjunction with NamesCon and the TRAFFIC confe...
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February 25, 2021, 4:38 pm
Domain Name Wire
End user domain sales up to $117,500
A three-letter domain sale tops Sedo’s weekly list. Sedo’s top public sale this past week was PLP.com for $117,500. It’s a nice six-figure sale, as every decent three-letter end user domain sale should be. Keep in mind that Sedo doe...
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End user domain sales up to $117,500
A three-letter domain sale tops Sedo’s weekly list. Sedo’s top public sale this past week was PLP.com for $117,500. It’s a nice six-figure sale, as every decent three-letter end user domain sale should be. Keep in mind that Sedo doe...
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February 24, 2021, 2:22 pm
The Domains
Sedo weekly domain name sales led by PLP.com
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and PLP.com led the way at $117,500. Yamaguchi.com was second at $25,000 and GartenCenter.de was third at 20,000 Euro, ($24,291). 72 .com sales 22 CCTLD sales 17 other tld sales Top 3 highlights of public ...
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Sedo weekly domain name sales led by PLP.com
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and PLP.com led the way at $117,500. Yamaguchi.com was second at $25,000 and GartenCenter.de was third at 20,000 Euro, ($24,291). 72 .com sales 22 CCTLD sales 17 other tld sales Top 3 highlights of public ...
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February 23, 2021, 9:15 pm
Domain Name Wire
8 notable takeaways from 2021 Global Domain Report
This is what stood out to me in this year’s Global Domain Report. InterNetX and Sedo released their annual Global Domain Report this week. The 76-page report recaps what happened in 2020 and looks forward to 2021. The data-rich report uses data...
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8 notable takeaways from 2021 Global Domain Report
This is what stood out to me in this year’s Global Domain Report. InterNetX and Sedo released their annual Global Domain Report this week. The 76-page report recaps what happened in 2020 and looks forward to 2021. The data-rich report uses data...
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February 23, 2021, 9:01 pm
Domain Name Wire
Saw.com brokers to help Efty sellers negotiate deals
Efty users can pass leads to Saw.com brokers. Back in November, domain sales platform Efty announced that it was going to start onboarding domain brokers to help people sell their domains. Today, it announced such partnership with Saw.com. Under the ...
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Saw.com brokers to help Efty sellers negotiate deals
Efty users can pass leads to Saw.com brokers. Back in November, domain sales platform Efty announced that it was going to start onboarding domain brokers to help people sell their domains. Today, it announced such partnership with Saw.com. Under the ...
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February 23, 2021, 5:35 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy’s Afternic had security hole
Issue with API has been resolved. GoDaddy’s Afternic domain aftermarket platform had a security issue with its API that has since been fixed, the company told impacted customers. In an email to impacted customers, the company stated: On Thursda...
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GoDaddy’s Afternic had security hole
Issue with API has been resolved. GoDaddy’s Afternic domain aftermarket platform had a security issue with its API that has since been fixed, the company told impacted customers. In an email to impacted customers, the company stated: On Thursda...
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February 22, 2021, 7:23 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain names suggest title for upcoming Spider-Man movie
Domains suggest “home” will be in the title. Another Spider-Man movie is in the works with a targeted release day of December this year (if the pandemic doesn’t spoil it). Producers have been tight-lipped about the title, other than...
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Domain names suggest title for upcoming Spider-Man movie
Domains suggest “home” will be in the title. Another Spider-Man movie is in the works with a targeted release day of December this year (if the pandemic doesn’t spoil it). Producers have been tight-lipped about the title, other than...
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February 22, 2021, 7:05 pm
The Domains
Global Domain Report from InternetX and Sedo is a good read
Sedo and Internet X produced a Global Domain Report that has a lot of interesting facts and figures. A great look back at 2020 with input from several industry participants. Page 22 is interesting, Domain-inhabitant ratio In order to calculate the do...
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Global Domain Report from InternetX and Sedo is a good read
Sedo and Internet X produced a Global Domain Report that has a lot of interesting facts and figures. A great look back at 2020 with input from several industry participants. Page 22 is interesting, Domain-inhabitant ratio In order to calculate the do...
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February 22, 2021, 6:57 pm
