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Dietmar Stefitz gives the lowdown on Domaining Europe
Domain name conference will be held in The Hague in May. After a successful NamesCon this month, the next domain investor-focused conference on the schedule is DomainingEurope. The event will take place May 29-31 in The Hague. DNW readers can current...
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Dietmar Stefitz gives the lowdown on Domaining Europe
Domain name conference will be held in The Hague in May. After a successful NamesCon this month, the next domain investor-focused conference on the schedule is DomainingEurope. The event will take place May 29-31 in The Hague. DNW readers can current...
Discussion
January 21, 2016, 4:20 pm
Domain Name Wire
Toot.com for $31.8k and other expired domain name sales
Toot.com leads expired domain name sales. Close observers will have noticed the absence of SnapNames results from my last article, which only covered NameJet expired domains. In the week since NamesCon, most of us have d...
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Toot.com for $31.8k and other expired domain name sales
Toot.com leads expired domain name sales. Close observers will have noticed the absence of SnapNames results from my last article, which only covered NameJet expired domains. In the week since NamesCon, most of us have d...
Discussion
January 21, 2016, 2:58 pm
Domain Name Wire
China has been a blessing. Will it be curse?
China’s hunger for domain names has lifted all boats. What happens as the tide recedes? There’s no doubt that China has had a profound impact on the domain name industry over the past 6-12 months. Chinese buyers have enriched people with ...
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China has been a blessing. Will it be curse?
China’s hunger for domain names has lifted all boats. What happens as the tide recedes? There’s no doubt that China has had a profound impact on the domain name industry over the past 6-12 months. Chinese buyers have enriched people with ...
Discussion
January 20, 2016, 6:32 pm
Domain Name Wire
24 end user domain name purchases
Here are some end users that purchased domain names over the past couple of weeks. I didn’t have time to do the end user domain sales list last week since I was in Las Vegas for NamesCon, so you get a double issue this week! Sedo handled just o...
Discussion
24 end user domain name purchases
Here are some end users that purchased domain names over the past couple of weeks. I didn’t have time to do the end user domain sales list last week since I was in Las Vegas for NamesCon, so you get a double issue this week! Sedo handled just o...
Discussion
January 20, 2016, 4:06 pm
Domain Name Wire
SnapNames goes to China
A report from the CNNIC Partner Conference in Guangzhou. Domain name marketplaces are making a lot of money from Chinese buyers these days (more on that later), and it makes sense for these companies to visit with their buyers. After NamesCon, Tom Je...
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SnapNames goes to China
A report from the CNNIC Partner Conference in Guangzhou. Domain name marketplaces are making a lot of money from Chinese buyers these days (more on that later), and it makes sense for these companies to visit with their buyers. After NamesCon, Tom Je...
Discussion
January 20, 2016, 2:44 pm
Domain Name Wire
The DNW NamesCon recap
Here are my takeaways from last week’s event in Las Vegas. What a way to kick off the year in the domain name business. Last week’s NamesCon conference in Las Vegas attracted over 1,000 people. Enthusiasm, driven in part by a strong finis...
Discussion
The DNW NamesCon recap
Here are my takeaways from last week’s event in Las Vegas. What a way to kick off the year in the domain name business. Last week’s NamesCon conference in Las Vegas attracted over 1,000 people. Enthusiasm, driven in part by a strong finis...
Discussion
January 19, 2016, 6:54 pm
Domain Name Wire
I’m selling domains on NameJet
For the first time in over 5 years, I’m trying my hand at selling domain names on NameJet. I’ll report back about how it goes. Here are some of the domains I am selling: Cathleen.com – I might have set the reserve too low, but I&rsq...
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I’m selling domains on NameJet
For the first time in over 5 years, I’m trying my hand at selling domain names on NameJet. I’ll report back about how it goes. Here are some of the domains I am selling: Cathleen.com – I might have set the reserve too low, but I&rsq...
Discussion
January 19, 2016, 5:23 pm
Domain Name Wire
This week’s new TLDs: Don’t drink and drive
If you don’t like the wine and automotive domain names launching this week, you can leave .feedback. It’s a fairly active week for new to level domain names with six domains entering general availability, including a handful that don&rsqu...
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This week’s new TLDs: Don’t drink and drive
If you don’t like the wine and automotive domain names launching this week, you can leave .feedback. It’s a fairly active week for new to level domain names with six domains entering general availability, including a handful that don&rsqu...
Discussion
January 19, 2016, 4:42 pm
Domain Name Wire
NamesCon auction was a coming out party for new TLDs
Over 30 domains under nTLDs sold last week, and some for high prices. The live portion of last week’s Right of the Dot domain name auction at NamesCon delivered about $1.5 million of sales. New top level domain names accounted for just over 20%...
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NamesCon auction was a coming out party for new TLDs
Over 30 domains under nTLDs sold last week, and some for high prices. The live portion of last week’s Right of the Dot domain name auction at NamesCon delivered about $1.5 million of sales. New top level domain names accounted for just over 20%...
Discussion
January 19, 2016, 3:45 pm
Domain Name Wire
ICANN Plans to Track gTLD Marketplace Health
How are top level domain names doing? We might soon have a way to track them. ICANN has formed a working group to create metrics designed to assess the overall health of the marketplace for gTLDs. Preliminary documents indicate that the scope may inc...
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ICANN Plans to Track gTLD Marketplace Health
How are top level domain names doing? We might soon have a way to track them. ICANN has formed a working group to create metrics designed to assess the overall health of the marketplace for gTLDs. Preliminary documents indicate that the scope may inc...
Discussion
January 19, 2016, 2:29 pm
