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The Domains
TheMortgage.com from $500,000 to $15,050
One of yesterday’s biggest sales reported by Namebio was TheMortgage.com. The domain name sold for $15,050 but in 2000 the name sold for $500,000. ownership of themortgage.com goes back to 1995 when Jason Smith registered the name for his compa...
Discussion
TheMortgage.com from $500,000 to $15,050
One of yesterday’s biggest sales reported by Namebio was TheMortgage.com. The domain name sold for $15,050 but in 2000 the name sold for $500,000. ownership of themortgage.com goes back to 1995 when Jason Smith registered the name for his compa...
Discussion
January 29, 2020, 8:50 pm
Domain Name Wire
Direct visits driving demand for domains in China (update)
Kassey Lee looks at the latest data on web navigation in China. Now that we are in 2020, it’s time to update the time-series analysis of web traffic data in China and see the impact on demand for domains. I wrote the article “Direct visit...
Discussion
Direct visits driving demand for domains in China (update)
Kassey Lee looks at the latest data on web navigation in China. Now that we are in 2020, it’s time to update the time-series analysis of web traffic data in China and see the impact on demand for domains. I wrote the article “Direct visit...
Discussion
January 29, 2020, 6:26 pm
Domain Name Wire
MMX plans dividend as outlook improves
New top level domain company to issue dividend as revenue and cash flow picture improve. New top level domain name company MMX (Minds + Machines, London AIM: MMX) previewed its 2019 earnings today and announced plans to introduce a dividend. The comp...
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MMX plans dividend as outlook improves
New top level domain company to issue dividend as revenue and cash flow picture improve. New top level domain name company MMX (Minds + Machines, London AIM: MMX) previewed its 2019 earnings today and announced plans to introduce a dividend. The comp...
Discussion
January 29, 2020, 4:05 pm
DomainSherpa
SEO Perspective on the NamesCon 2020 Auction
First, with the NamesCon auction prebidding at close to 900 names, we include the latest data pull with the bid reserve ranges. Happy bidding! Then, guest author Sean Markey takes all the domains in the Namescon 2020 auction and breaks them into two...
Discussion
SEO Perspective on the NamesCon 2020 Auction
First, with the NamesCon auction prebidding at close to 900 names, we include the latest data pull with the bid reserve ranges. Happy bidding! Then, guest author Sean Markey takes all the domains in the Namescon 2020 auction and breaks them into two...
Discussion
January 29, 2020, 3:59 pm
Domain Name Wire
XYZ to launch five top level domains this year
.Quest is next up on the company’s launch schedule. The rollout of new top level domains has slowed to a trickle these days, but one company continues to bring the domains to market. New top level domain name company XYZ says it has acquired fi...
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XYZ to launch five top level domains this year
.Quest is next up on the company’s launch schedule. The rollout of new top level domains has slowed to a trickle these days, but one company continues to bring the domains to market. New top level domain name company XYZ says it has acquired fi...
Discussion
January 29, 2020, 3:47 pm
The Domains
DNForum picks up Epik as a sponsor opens up marketplace
DNForum sent out some news this morning they are opening their marketplace for free users and they picked up Epik as a sponsor. There is $25 worth of credit at Epik.com if active on DNForum.com within 14 days of this announcement. Exclusive members c...
Discussion
DNForum picks up Epik as a sponsor opens up marketplace
DNForum sent out some news this morning they are opening their marketplace for free users and they picked up Epik as a sponsor. There is $25 worth of credit at Epik.com if active on DNForum.com within 14 days of this announcement. Exclusive members c...
Discussion
January 29, 2020, 11:36 am
The Domains
Sedo weekly sales led by apuestas.es
Sedo released their weekly sales and apuestas.es led the way at 111,625 Euros, ($123,016). Bets or Betting in Spanish. BusinessClass.net was second at $19,072. CSA.co was third at 12,000 GBP, ($15,622). A .com did not make the list until number 4 wit...
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Sedo weekly sales led by apuestas.es
Sedo released their weekly sales and apuestas.es led the way at 111,625 Euros, ($123,016). Bets or Betting in Spanish. BusinessClass.net was second at $19,072. CSA.co was third at 12,000 GBP, ($15,622). A .com did not make the list until number 4 wit...
Discussion
January 28, 2020, 9:13 pm
Domain Name Wire
Google’s new search results pages: love it or hate it?
Desktop results still show the domain name but mobile results don’t. Google recently changed its desktop search results to look more like its mobile search results. This includes showing the site’s favicon, second level and top level doma...
Discussion
Google’s new search results pages: love it or hate it?
Desktop results still show the domain name but mobile results don’t. Google recently changed its desktop search results to look more like its mobile search results. This includes showing the site’s favicon, second level and top level doma...
Discussion
January 28, 2020, 5:45 pm
Domain Name Wire
Why X, Y, J are great letters for Chinese acronym domains
Why these letters make sense in China. Before I came into the domain space, I had not heard that some letters in the English alphabet are premium and some are not. Specifically, some domain investors in the west consider j, k, q, x, y, and z to be in...
Discussion
Why X, Y, J are great letters for Chinese acronym domains
Why these letters make sense in China. Before I came into the domain space, I had not heard that some letters in the English alphabet are premium and some are not. Specifically, some domain investors in the west consider j, k, q, x, y, and z to be in...
Discussion
January 28, 2020, 2:29 pm
The Domains
15 NFL teams have had their Twitter account hacked
Welcome to Super Bowl Week! It looks like 15 NFL teams have had their Twitter accounts hacked. @MySportsUpdate broke the news. Reading the last tweet from @packers it seems to be from Our Mine Hi, we’re Back (OuŁrMine).We are here to Show peop...
Discussion
15 NFL teams have had their Twitter account hacked
Welcome to Super Bowl Week! It looks like 15 NFL teams have had their Twitter accounts hacked. @MySportsUpdate broke the news. Reading the last tweet from @packers it seems to be from Our Mine Hi, we’re Back (OuŁrMine).We are here to Show peop...
Discussion
January 27, 2020, 10:01 pm
