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18 End User Domain Name Sales
Wyndham Hotels, Business Insider and 23 and Me buy domain names. Sedo handled 602 domain name transactions last week for a total of $1.4 million in sales. Among the purchases were some typos and famous brands, but also companies buying up great gener...
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18 End User Domain Name Sales
Wyndham Hotels, Business Insider and 23 and Me buy domain names. Sedo handled 602 domain name transactions last week for a total of $1.4 million in sales. Among the purchases were some typos and famous brands, but also companies buying up great gener...
Discussion
March 12, 2015, 2:40 pm

Domain Name Wire
Wall Street Journal covers domain name theft
Article shines light on growing problem for businesses. Domain name theft is getting mainstream exposure today thanks to a Wall Street Journal article. The article focuses on the recent theft of ShadesDaddy.com, but also discusses other companies tha...
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Wall Street Journal covers domain name theft
Article shines light on growing problem for businesses. Domain name theft is getting mainstream exposure today thanks to a Wall Street Journal article. The article focuses on the recent theft of ShadesDaddy.com, but also discusses other companies tha...
Discussion
March 12, 2015, 1:18 pm

Domain Name Wire
The one thing that matters for a domain name escrow service
Reputation, reputation, reputation. This year’s Domain Name Wire Survey asked respondents why they use the domain name escrow service they do. The question offered a number of options, from pricing to licensing to customer service. It turns out...
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The one thing that matters for a domain name escrow service
Reputation, reputation, reputation. This year’s Domain Name Wire Survey asked respondents why they use the domain name escrow service they do. The question offered a number of options, from pricing to licensing to customer service. It turns out...
Discussion
March 11, 2015, 2:09 pm

Domain Name Wire
Fifty, Shades among top trending domain registrations last month
Fifty Shades of Gray inspires domain name registrations. Verisign’s monthly “Trending Keywords” report is out for last month, and it appears a certain book-turned-movie was quite popular in .com domain names. The terms “Fifty&...
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Fifty, Shades among top trending domain registrations last month
Fifty Shades of Gray inspires domain name registrations. Verisign’s monthly “Trending Keywords” report is out for last month, and it appears a certain book-turned-movie was quite popular in .com domain names. The terms “Fifty&...
Discussion
March 11, 2015, 1:56 am

Domain Name Wire
Owners bullish on domain name values in 2015
Domain name owners think domain name values will increase in 2015. Despite all of the changes in the internet naming landscape, or perhaps in spite of it, respondents to this year’s Domain Name Wire Survey are bullish on domain name values. 61%...
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Owners bullish on domain name values in 2015
Domain name owners think domain name values will increase in 2015. Despite all of the changes in the internet naming landscape, or perhaps in spite of it, respondents to this year’s Domain Name Wire Survey are bullish on domain name values. 61%...
Discussion
March 10, 2015, 5:56 pm

Domain Name Wire
A Hot Winter at NameJet
It’s cold in most of North America, but this winter has been hot at NameJet. Winter at NameJet has been hot. In January the auction venue set a record with more sales above $2k than during any previous month. February racked up 121, w...
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A Hot Winter at NameJet
It’s cold in most of North America, but this winter has been hot at NameJet. Winter at NameJet has been hot. In January the auction venue set a record with more sales above $2k than during any previous month. February racked up 121, w...
Discussion
March 10, 2015, 3:05 pm

Domain Name Wire
This week’s new TLDs: Mo Money, Mo Domains
Four domain names launch this week, including .money. Donuts releases four new top level domain names this Wednesday: .Money, .Legal, .Memorial and .Coach. Ironically, .Money costs the least money of the four. A couple registrars I checked are offeri...
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This week’s new TLDs: Mo Money, Mo Domains
Four domain names launch this week, including .money. Donuts releases four new top level domain names this Wednesday: .Money, .Legal, .Memorial and .Coach. Ironically, .Money costs the least money of the four. A couple registrars I checked are offeri...
Discussion
March 10, 2015, 1:51 pm

Domain Name Wire
Domain Name Wire is 10 years old
Happy Birthday, Domain Name Wire. Today is a special day for Domain Name Wire. Ten years ago today, I wrote a post about Local.com selling for $700,000. It was the first post on Domain Name Wire. Domain Name Wire started as a hobby but has become a b...
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Domain Name Wire is 10 years old
Happy Birthday, Domain Name Wire. Today is a special day for Domain Name Wire. Ten years ago today, I wrote a post about Local.com selling for $700,000. It was the first post on Domain Name Wire. Domain Name Wire started as a hobby but has become a b...
Discussion
March 9, 2015, 4:37 pm

Domain Name Wire
Going .Green with Annalisa Roger – DNW Podcast #23
.Green domain names are available this month after a long journey. The .Green top level domain name comes out this month. In this episode, DotGreen Community CEO Annalisa Roger discusses the long road to .green and how she hopes companies, groups and...
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Going .Green with Annalisa Roger – DNW Podcast #23
.Green domain names are available this month after a long journey. The .Green top level domain name comes out this month. In this episode, DotGreen Community CEO Annalisa Roger discusses the long road to .green and how she hopes companies, groups and...
Discussion
March 9, 2015, 3:30 pm

Domain Name Wire
.Com’s biggest winners and losers
Uniregistry wins and Moniker loses when it comes to .com domain name transfers in November. ICANN has published the most recent monthly report from ICANN showing .com transfer wins and losses from November. Uniregistry had the biggest net inflow of t...
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.Com’s biggest winners and losers
Uniregistry wins and Moniker loses when it comes to .com domain name transfers in November. ICANN has published the most recent monthly report from ICANN showing .com transfer wins and losses from November. Uniregistry had the biggest net inflow of t...
Discussion
March 9, 2015, 2:28 pm