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Domain Name Wire
18 more end user domain sales
A Magic the Gathering card company, a green propulsion company, and a major eyewear company bought domain names. It’s the second week of Sedo’s summer vacation from reporting domain sales. This week, I went back to the reports from the la...
Discussion
18 more end user domain sales
A Magic the Gathering card company, a green propulsion company, and a major eyewear company bought domain names. It’s the second week of Sedo’s summer vacation from reporting domain sales. This week, I went back to the reports from the la...
Discussion
July 26, 2023, 1:17 pm
Domain Name Wire
Judge issues orders in eth .link dispute: ENS can transfer domain
Judge issues orders on many outstanding motions. The judge overseeing a dispute over eth.link issued a number of orders (pdf) today. Here’s the back story: Virgil Griffith registered eth.link for use as a resolving service for .eth domain names...
Discussion
Judge issues orders in eth .link dispute: ENS can transfer domain
Judge issues orders on many outstanding motions. The judge overseeing a dispute over eth.link issued a number of orders (pdf) today. Here’s the back story: Virgil Griffith registered eth.link for use as a resolving service for .eth domain names...
Discussion
July 25, 2023, 5:02 pm
The Domains
SolarEnergy.com sold for $175,000
Dave Evanson of Sedo successfully brokered SolarEnergy.com for $175,000. According to DotDB.com SolarEnergy is registered in 215 extensions. The domain name was registered in 1995 and had two previous drops before that. Just brokered https://t.co/N1y...
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SolarEnergy.com sold for $175,000
Dave Evanson of Sedo successfully brokered SolarEnergy.com for $175,000. According to DotDB.com SolarEnergy is registered in 215 extensions. The domain name was registered in 1995 and had two previous drops before that. Just brokered https://t.co/N1y...
Discussion
July 25, 2023, 4:36 pm
Domain Name Wire
How to automatically point Dropcatch.com wins to your for sale pages
Here’s a quick tip to eliminate a step for pointing your domains to landing pages. Winning expired domains is only the first step. Then, you need to point the domains to sales landers and list them for sale on marketplaces. Fortunately, the dro...
Discussion
How to automatically point Dropcatch.com wins to your for sale pages
Here’s a quick tip to eliminate a step for pointing your domains to landing pages. Winning expired domains is only the first step. Then, you need to point the domains to sales landers and list them for sale on marketplaces. Fortunately, the dro...
Discussion
July 25, 2023, 1:19 pm
The Domains
Google says to avoid cheap TLD’s
Matt G.Southern published a piece yesterday on SearchEngineJournal.com that deals with Google and their opinion of cheap new gtlds. Google’s remarks came from a Search Relations Team podcast. From the article: In response to Mueller’s que...
Discussion
Google says to avoid cheap TLD’s
Matt G.Southern published a piece yesterday on SearchEngineJournal.com that deals with Google and their opinion of cheap new gtlds. Google’s remarks came from a Search Relations Team podcast. From the article: In response to Mueller’s que...
Discussion
July 24, 2023, 4:32 pm
Domain Name Wire
Growth slows at CentralNic
Organic growth rate slows; company continues aggressive share buybacks. Domain name and online advertising rollup CentralNic (AIM: CNIC) announced preliminary results today for the first half of 2023. The company has slowed down its acquisition spree...
Discussion
Growth slows at CentralNic
Organic growth rate slows; company continues aggressive share buybacks. Domain name and online advertising rollup CentralNic (AIM: CNIC) announced preliminary results today for the first half of 2023. The company has slowed down its acquisition spree...
Discussion
July 24, 2023, 4:12 pm
Domain Name Wire
Lease-to-own – DNW Podcast #445
Kate Buckley discusses LTO deals and the state of the domain market. This week we catch up with Kate Buckley, founder of Buckley Media. We discuss what’s going on in the market and talk about lease-to-own, or long term payment deals on domains....
Discussion
Lease-to-own – DNW Podcast #445
Kate Buckley discusses LTO deals and the state of the domain market. This week we catch up with Kate Buckley, founder of Buckley Media. We discuss what’s going on in the market and talk about lease-to-own, or long term payment deals on domains....
Discussion
July 24, 2023, 3:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Google Search talks domains: cheap domains, expired, etc.
Group gives no definitive answers about choosing top level domains. This month’s Search Off the Record, a podcast by Google’s Search Relations team, is all about your choice of top level domain name. The show starts by butchering what top...
Discussion
Google Search talks domains: cheap domains, expired, etc.
Group gives no definitive answers about choosing top level domains. This month’s Search Off the Record, a podcast by Google’s Search Relations team, is all about your choice of top level domain name. The show starts by butchering what top...
Discussion
July 24, 2023, 12:02 pm
Domain Name Wire
Five cool Estibot tools you probably haven’t used
Estibot is more than just domain appraisals. A lot of people hear the name Estibot and all they think of is automated domain appraisals. But the company offers a lot more, and I used one of its other tools this week to save time. I was listing some d...
Discussion
Five cool Estibot tools you probably haven’t used
Estibot is more than just domain appraisals. A lot of people hear the name Estibot and all they think of is automated domain appraisals. But the company offers a lot more, and I used one of its other tools this week to save time. I was listing some d...
Discussion
July 21, 2023, 5:58 pm
DomainSherpa
DomainSherpa Review – July 20, 2023: Happy Birthday Day!: Legend.org, Spinach.org, UpOnly.com, Telecommuting.com
What do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names?In this show:• the Sherpas play The Domain Game (starting at the 23:25 mark), where they guess what certain domains were bought and sold for and discuss the reasons behi...
Discussion
DomainSherpa Review – July 20, 2023: Happy Birthday Day!: Legend.org, Spinach.org, UpOnly.com, Telecommuting.com
What do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names?In this show:• the Sherpas play The Domain Game (starting at the 23:25 mark), where they guess what certain domains were bought and sold for and discuss the reasons behi...
Discussion
July 20, 2023, 9:42 pm
