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DomainSherpa
DomainSherpa Discussion: Looking Back at 2014; Looking Forward to 2015
In this DomainSherpa Discussion:• What the Sherpas think are the top stories from 2014 and why.• Sherpa predictions for the domain name industry in 2015 for businesses, investing and monetization.• And much more!
Discussion
DomainSherpa Discussion: Looking Back at 2014; Looking Forward to 2015
In this DomainSherpa Discussion:• What the Sherpas think are the top stories from 2014 and why.• Sherpa predictions for the domain name industry in 2015 for businesses, investing and monetization.• And much more!
Discussion
December 11, 2014, 8:02 am
The Domains
New gTLD Pass 3.5 Million But How Many Are Third Party Paid Registrations? Here’s The Answer
The number of new gTLD registrations just crossed the 3.5 million mark according to ntldstats.com The question is how many of these 3.5 Million new gTLD domain names are paid for registrations made by third parties unrelated to the registry So we are...
Discussion
New gTLD Pass 3.5 Million But How Many Are Third Party Paid Registrations? Here’s The Answer
The number of new gTLD registrations just crossed the 3.5 million mark according to ntldstats.com The question is how many of these 3.5 Million new gTLD domain names are paid for registrations made by third parties unrelated to the registry So we are...
Discussion
December 11, 2014, 6:45 am
The Domains
Domain Investor Chad Folkening Interviewed By Inc.com
Inc.com just published an interview with Domain investor Chad Folkening entitled “Domain Pro Spills Secrets for Scoring a Prize URL” The subtitle of the story is “Chad Folkening has sold domain names to Google, Cisco, and Amazon. He...
Discussion
Domain Investor Chad Folkening Interviewed By Inc.com
Inc.com just published an interview with Domain investor Chad Folkening entitled “Domain Pro Spills Secrets for Scoring a Prize URL” The subtitle of the story is “Chad Folkening has sold domain names to Google, Cisco, and Amazon. He...
Discussion
December 11, 2014, 1:04 am
The Domains
Which Domains Stand the Strongest Against Phishing Attacks?
On the Afilias blog there was a post by Ram Mohan on extensions and phishing attacks. He took a look at research published by the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG). Key Findings 1. Apple became the world’s most-phished brand ...
Discussion
Which Domains Stand the Strongest Against Phishing Attacks?
On the Afilias blog there was a post by Ram Mohan on extensions and phishing attacks. He took a look at research published by the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG). Key Findings 1. Apple became the world’s most-phished brand ...
Discussion
December 10, 2014, 10:55 pm
Domain Shane
Recent Domain Sales That Have Been Developed (pics): TrueSearch.com, Esome.com, Akrep.com,More
The screenshots below are additional examples of buyers of domains from September of this year that have either developed their sites, or purchased an upgrade domain and have redirected their acquisition to an existing website. TrueSearch.com sold f...
Discussion
Recent Domain Sales That Have Been Developed (pics): TrueSearch.com, Esome.com, Akrep.com,More
The screenshots below are additional examples of buyers of domains from September of this year that have either developed their sites, or purchased an upgrade domain and have redirected their acquisition to an existing website. TrueSearch.com sold f...
Discussion
December 10, 2014, 10:49 pm
Domain Name Wire
Heritage Auctions to hold super-exclusive domain auction at Waldorf Astoria Hotel
Auction will be limited to 30 high quality domain names. Heritage Auctions is trying something different for its next domain name auction: it will be a super-exclusive event held at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York. What makes it so exclusive? T...
Discussion
Heritage Auctions to hold super-exclusive domain auction at Waldorf Astoria Hotel
Auction will be limited to 30 high quality domain names. Heritage Auctions is trying something different for its next domain name auction: it will be a super-exclusive event held at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York. What makes it so exclusive? T...
Discussion
December 10, 2014, 6:16 pm
Domain Name Wire
A summary of really interesting information in Rightside’s Investor Presentation
Investor presentation shows initial results from five of Rightside’s TLDs, explains how the company picked TLDs to acquire, and describes the method used to identify premium domain names. One of the great things about having publicly traded dom...
Discussion
A summary of really interesting information in Rightside’s Investor Presentation
Investor presentation shows initial results from five of Rightside’s TLDs, explains how the company picked TLDs to acquire, and describes the method used to identify premium domain names. One of the great things about having publicly traded dom...
Discussion
December 10, 2014, 3:48 pm
Domain Name Wire
Which domain name registrars lost (and won) transfers according to most recent official data
Latest published data shows August performance of Moniker and other domain name registrars. ICANN just published Verisign’s official .com numbers from August, which gives us a chance to check in on how certain registrars are doing from a custom...
Discussion
Which domain name registrars lost (and won) transfers according to most recent official data
Latest published data shows August performance of Moniker and other domain name registrars. ICANN just published Verisign’s official .com numbers from August, which gives us a chance to check in on how certain registrars are doing from a custom...
Discussion
December 10, 2014, 2:55 pm
The Domains
Extensions Launching Today .Business, .Network, .Immo, .Auction, .Pizza
Several new gTLD’s go into general availability today where they can be registered on a first come first serve basis and many have quite a few registrations after its Sunrise period which was for trademark holders and those who paid an ex...
Discussion
Extensions Launching Today .Business, .Network, .Immo, .Auction, .Pizza
Several new gTLD’s go into general availability today where they can be registered on a first come first serve basis and many have quite a few registrations after its Sunrise period which was for trademark holders and those who paid an ex...
Discussion
December 10, 2014, 2:51 pm
Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Wednesday , December 10th
Here are today’s names. I purchased my biggest and best name of my domain investing career yesterday. It was a few years in the making but all came to an end yesterday with the name in my account. It’s really an investment for...
Discussion
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Wednesday , December 10th
Here are today’s names. I purchased my biggest and best name of my domain investing career yesterday. It was a few years in the making but all came to an end yesterday with the name in my account. It’s really an investment for...
Discussion
December 10, 2014, 11:45 am
