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Domain Name Wire
2020 .Org Impact Awards announced
Public Interest Registry announces winners of 2020 awards. Public Interest Registry has announced the winners of the 2020 .Org Impact Awards. In previous years, the awards were presented at an awards ceremony. They were announced online over ten days...
Discussion
2020 .Org Impact Awards announced
Public Interest Registry announces winners of 2020 awards. Public Interest Registry has announced the winners of the 2020 .Org Impact Awards. In previous years, the awards were presented at an awards ceremony. They were announced online over ten days...
Discussion
December 22, 2020, 5:12 pm
Domain Name Wire
2020 in Review: The Pandemic
This is the first in a series of articles about the domain name industry in 2020. The biggest story worldwide this year was the COVID-19 pandemic, and its impact on the domain name industry is the biggest story of the year about domains. I remember c...
Discussion
2020 in Review: The Pandemic
This is the first in a series of articles about the domain name industry in 2020. The biggest story worldwide this year was the COVID-19 pandemic, and its impact on the domain name industry is the biggest story of the year about domains. I remember c...
Discussion
December 22, 2020, 2:28 pm
The Domains
Voice.com seller buys $650 million in Bitcoin
In domain industry circles MicroStrategy (Stock price: MSTR (NASDAQ) $317.60 +16.40) is known for being the company that sold Voice.com for $30,000,000. While the company still owns a nice portfolio of domain names, they are a big believer and big ho...
Discussion
Voice.com seller buys $650 million in Bitcoin
In domain industry circles MicroStrategy (Stock price: MSTR (NASDAQ) $317.60 +16.40) is known for being the company that sold Voice.com for $30,000,000. While the company still owns a nice portfolio of domain names, they are a big believer and big ho...
Discussion
December 21, 2020, 11:27 pm
DomainSherpa
DomainSherpa Review – Dec 21: BainbridgeBuilders.com, Ziplet.com, Metaverse.io
What do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names?In this show:• We learn what the Sherpas bought or sold recently: BainbridgeBuilders.com, Ziplet.com, and Metaverse.io• Get your bids in soon for GottaEat.com, TaxL...
Discussion
DomainSherpa Review – Dec 21: BainbridgeBuilders.com, Ziplet.com, Metaverse.io
What do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names?In this show:• We learn what the Sherpas bought or sold recently: BainbridgeBuilders.com, Ziplet.com, and Metaverse.io• Get your bids in soon for GottaEat.com, TaxL...
Discussion
December 21, 2020, 9:08 pm
Domain Name Wire
Red packets, digital yuan, and domains
This central bank initiative could be good fortune for domains. Red packets are meant to bring good fortune, which happened on December 11 when 100,000 digital red packets each containing 200 yuan (about $30) were distributed to Suzhou residents in a...
Discussion
Red packets, digital yuan, and domains
This central bank initiative could be good fortune for domains. Red packets are meant to bring good fortune, which happened on December 11 when 100,000 digital red packets each containing 200 yuan (about $30) were distributed to Suzhou residents in a...
Discussion
December 21, 2020, 7:24 pm
Domain Name Wire
2020 in review – DNW Podcast #317
A look back at 2020 in the domain name business. It’s a special edition this week as I review the top stories and trends in the domain name market in 2020. We’ll discuss the pandemic’s impact on the market, continuing consolidation,...
Discussion
2020 in review – DNW Podcast #317
A look back at 2020 in the domain name business. It’s a special edition this week as I review the top stories and trends in the domain name market in 2020. We’ll discuss the pandemic’s impact on the market, continuing consolidation,...
Discussion
December 21, 2020, 4:30 pm
The Domains
Selling early and leaving $1.3 billion on the table
Many early domain name investors sold a name way too early or knew of someone else who was not going to pay for a domain registration back in the day. Years ago I was talking to someone who was into domain names real early and he said a friend at one...
Discussion
Selling early and leaving $1.3 billion on the table
Many early domain name investors sold a name way too early or knew of someone else who was not going to pay for a domain registration back in the day. Years ago I was talking to someone who was into domain names real early and he said a friend at one...
Discussion
December 20, 2020, 10:03 pm
Domain Name Wire
IBM files combosquatting detection patent
It seems like a complex solution to an easy-to-solve problem. IBM has filed a patent application (pdf) for “Guided Word Association Based on Domain Name Detection”. It’s a system to detect so-called cases of combosquatting, where ba...
Discussion
IBM files combosquatting detection patent
It seems like a complex solution to an easy-to-solve problem. IBM has filed a patent application (pdf) for “Guided Word Association Based on Domain Name Detection”. It’s a system to detect so-called cases of combosquatting, where ba...
Discussion
December 18, 2020, 2:02 pm
Domain Name Wire
Understanding Namecheap’s domain registration data report
Dig deeper and the data are very interesting. Domain name registrar Namecheap published its 2020 Domain Insights & Trends Report today (pdf). With over 12 million domains under management, Namecheap has significant data to show registration trend...
Discussion
Understanding Namecheap’s domain registration data report
Dig deeper and the data are very interesting. Domain name registrar Namecheap published its 2020 Domain Insights & Trends Report today (pdf). With over 12 million domains under management, Namecheap has significant data to show registration trend...
Discussion
December 17, 2020, 5:08 pm
The Domains
Niue wants .nu redelegated
Niue wants it’s country code back! This is not something new as I have written before about how countries view their country code as a natural resource and want to control their own digital identity. Back in February Wired wrote a piece on seve...
Discussion
Niue wants .nu redelegated
Niue wants it’s country code back! This is not something new as I have written before about how countries view their country code as a natural resource and want to control their own digital identity. Back in February Wired wrote a piece on seve...
Discussion
December 16, 2020, 10:03 pm
