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More end user domain name sales
These domain names sold to end users through Sedo over the past week. The slow holiday season showed up in this week’s Sedo sales report, so I have relatively few end user sales to report. Sedo’s top reported sale was AIFX.com, which Fran...
Discussion
More end user domain name sales
These domain names sold to end users through Sedo over the past week. The slow holiday season showed up in this week’s Sedo sales report, so I have relatively few end user sales to report. Sedo’s top reported sale was AIFX.com, which Fran...
Discussion
January 11, 2017, 2:01 pm
Domain Name Wire
Analyzing new top level domain registrations by country (Part 1)
The first in a multi-part story about the geography of new TLD registrants. Who registers domains? It’s a question we might answer in a thousand various ways. One approach is to examine geography. Where do most registratio...
Discussion
Analyzing new top level domain registrations by country (Part 1)
The first in a multi-part story about the geography of new TLD registrants. Who registers domains? It’s a question we might answer in a thousand various ways. One approach is to examine geography. Where do most registratio...
Discussion
January 10, 2017, 8:20 pm
Domain Name Wire
Amazon and fake news were trending in domain names last month
Here are the keywords that were trending in .com last month. The term “Amazon” had the biggest percentage spike in registrations between November and December in .com domain names, Verisign revealed today. People cybersquatting on Amazon&...
Discussion
Amazon and fake news were trending in domain names last month
Here are the keywords that were trending in .com last month. The term “Amazon” had the biggest percentage spike in registrations between November and December in .com domain names, Verisign revealed today. People cybersquatting on Amazon&...
Discussion
January 10, 2017, 4:14 pm
Domain Name Wire
Rightside opens Platinum domains to brokers and registrars
Brokers and registrars can now more easily access Rightside’s Platinum domain inventory. Rightside is changing up its Platinum Domains program for new top level domain names and inviting domain brokers and sellers to get a cut of the action. Pl...
Discussion
Rightside opens Platinum domains to brokers and registrars
Brokers and registrars can now more easily access Rightside’s Platinum domain inventory. Rightside is changing up its Platinum Domains program for new top level domain names and inviting domain brokers and sellers to get a cut of the action. Pl...
Discussion
January 10, 2017, 1:15 pm
Domain Name Wire
Observations about domain names at CES 2017
No .tech and a big difference between startups and established players. Last week I attended the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. The mammoth event features 3,500 exhibitors and well over 150,000 attendees. One of the things I paid atten...
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Observations about domain names at CES 2017
No .tech and a big difference between startups and established players. Last week I attended the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. The mammoth event features 3,500 exhibitors and well over 150,000 attendees. One of the things I paid atten...
Discussion
January 9, 2017, 4:42 pm
Domain Name Wire
2016 in Review – DNW Podcast #118
A look back at the stories and podcasts that caught fire last year. I spent last week at CES in Las Vegas, so the podcast this week will be brief and in a different format than usual. On this week’s Domain Name Wire Podcast I reveal the top 5 m...
Discussion
2016 in Review – DNW Podcast #118
A look back at the stories and podcasts that caught fire last year. I spent last week at CES in Las Vegas, so the podcast this week will be brief and in a different format than usual. On this week’s Domain Name Wire Podcast I reveal the top 5 m...
Discussion
January 9, 2017, 2:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
December’s top Domain Name News
A look back at December in the domain world. It’s time to kick-off 2017! The domain name investor community’s biggest annual meeting is on tap for Las Vegas later this month, and the energy will certainly be buzzing. But before we close o...
Discussion
December’s top Domain Name News
A look back at December in the domain world. It’s time to kick-off 2017! The domain name investor community’s biggest annual meeting is on tap for Las Vegas later this month, and the energy will certainly be buzzing. But before we close o...
Discussion
January 6, 2017, 2:54 pm
Domain Name Wire
A threat to the importance of domain names
Domain names face a number of threats, including AI personal assistants. Our industry seems to spend a lot of energy battling between the relative value of old top level domain names versus new ones. It doesn’t spend enough time paying attentio...
Discussion
A threat to the importance of domain names
Domain names face a number of threats, including AI personal assistants. Our industry seems to spend a lot of energy battling between the relative value of old top level domain names versus new ones. It doesn’t spend enough time paying attentio...
Discussion
January 5, 2017, 4:45 pm
Domain Name Wire
The latest .Com winners & losers
Here’s how registrars did with .com domains in the most recently-reported month. ICANN has published the latest .com transactions report from registry Verisign, showing official results from September. The new registrations leaderboard remains ...
Discussion
The latest .Com winners & losers
Here’s how registrars did with .com domains in the most recently-reported month. ICANN has published the latest .com transactions report from registry Verisign, showing official results from September. The new registrations leaderboard remains ...
Discussion
January 5, 2017, 3:29 pm
Domain Name Wire
10 notable sales on NameJet last month
These ten notable domain names sold on NameJet last month. NameJet sold 122 domain names last month at $2,000 or above for a total of just over a half million dollars. The top reported sale was eLuxury.com for $35,200. As I do every month, I’m ...
Discussion
10 notable sales on NameJet last month
These ten notable domain names sold on NameJet last month. NameJet sold 122 domain names last month at $2,000 or above for a total of just over a half million dollars. The top reported sale was eLuxury.com for $35,200. As I do every month, I’m ...
Discussion
January 5, 2017, 2:03 pm
