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Domain Name Wire
New TLD marketing with Mina Neuberg – DNW Podcast #313
Mina Neuberg, Chief Marketing Officer of Donuts, talks about marketing new top level domains to registrants. Last week, Donuts announced it was acquiring Afilias in a blockbuster deal. My guest this week is Mina Neuberg, Chief Marketing Officer of Do...
Discussion
New TLD marketing with Mina Neuberg – DNW Podcast #313
Mina Neuberg, Chief Marketing Officer of Donuts, talks about marketing new top level domains to registrants. Last week, Donuts announced it was acquiring Afilias in a blockbuster deal. My guest this week is Mina Neuberg, Chief Marketing Officer of Do...
Discussion
November 23, 2020, 4:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy breach is latest reminder to use registry lock
Websites that handle financial transactions should add Registry Lock to their domains. Brian Krebs wrote this weekend about a recent attack on cryptocurrency services via the domain name registrar GoDaddy. In at least two cases, it appears that attac...
Discussion
GoDaddy breach is latest reminder to use registry lock
Websites that handle financial transactions should add Registry Lock to their domains. Brian Krebs wrote this weekend about a recent attack on cryptocurrency services via the domain name registrar GoDaddy. In at least two cases, it appears that attac...
Discussion
November 23, 2020, 2:34 pm
Domain Name Wire
Tess Diaz and Tim Hargis join Buckley Media
Buckley media expands its team with two new hires. Domain name brokerage and branding company Buckley Media announced two new hires today. Tess Diaz is making the move after 8 years at Media Options, where she was Senior Business Development Consulta...
Discussion
Tess Diaz and Tim Hargis join Buckley Media
Buckley media expands its team with two new hires. Domain name brokerage and branding company Buckley Media announced two new hires today. Tess Diaz is making the move after 8 years at Media Options, where she was Senior Business Development Consulta...
Discussion
November 23, 2020, 12:32 pm
The Domains
List up to 3 .coms for sale $2,500 or less
We haven’t done one in awhile and a couple readers emailed if there would be one before Black Friday for some potential extra spending money. List up to 3 names .com only $2,500 max price READ EVERYTHING FIRST so you are not surprised if your c...
Discussion
List up to 3 .coms for sale $2,500 or less
We haven’t done one in awhile and a couple readers emailed if there would be one before Black Friday for some potential extra spending money. List up to 3 names .com only $2,500 max price READ EVERYTHING FIRST so you are not surprised if your c...
Discussion
November 21, 2020, 12:31 am
The Domains
Chatroom.com closes at $65,167 on NameJet
Chatroom.com closed at $65,167 at NameJet on Thursday. Creation Date: March 9, 1996 DOTDB.com shows 92 extensions registered and 2,991 related domains. These would be names that contain chatroom or chatrooms. The domain name was owned by Internet Rei...
Discussion
Chatroom.com closes at $65,167 on NameJet
Chatroom.com closed at $65,167 at NameJet on Thursday. Creation Date: March 9, 1996 DOTDB.com shows 92 extensions registered and 2,991 related domains. These would be names that contain chatroom or chatrooms. The domain name was owned by Internet Rei...
Discussion
November 20, 2020, 6:12 am
Domain Name Wire
Donuts is acquiring Afilias
A blockbuster transaction in the domain name industry as two registries combine. Donuts, the largest top level domain name operator in terms of number of extensions, is acquiring domain name registry Afilias. The deal does not include Afilias’ ...
Discussion
Donuts is acquiring Afilias
A blockbuster transaction in the domain name industry as two registries combine. Donuts, the largest top level domain name operator in terms of number of extensions, is acquiring domain name registry Afilias. The deal does not include Afilias’ ...
Discussion
November 19, 2020, 7:00 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain blocklists can ensnare the wrong targets
Blocklists don’t keep up with domain names as their use changes. Michael Sumner, a partner at domain name sales data site NameBio, had a rough start to November. He woke up on November 2 to find a message from PayPal in his inbox with the subje...
Discussion
Domain blocklists can ensnare the wrong targets
Blocklists don’t keep up with domain names as their use changes. Michael Sumner, a partner at domain name sales data site NameBio, had a rough start to November. He woke up on November 2 to find a message from PayPal in his inbox with the subje...
Discussion
November 19, 2020, 5:37 pm
Domain Name Wire
Afternic may give more insight into leads
Uniregistry platform is showing when a lead comes in from Afternic. One of the nice things about Afternic is that its brokers take care of all inquiries for you. You don’t have to bother with confused inquirers and people who won’t pay an...
Discussion
Afternic may give more insight into leads
Uniregistry platform is showing when a lead comes in from Afternic. One of the nice things about Afternic is that its brokers take care of all inquiries for you. You don’t have to bother with confused inquirers and people who won’t pay an...
Discussion
November 19, 2020, 3:41 pm
Domain Name Wire
Tool generates trending domain registration ideas
UIDomains takes a different approach to domain discovery. There are lots of domain name spinning tools out there that help you find domains to register. I recently became aware of one that takes a very different approach to the others. UIDomains.com ...
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Tool generates trending domain registration ideas
UIDomains takes a different approach to domain discovery. There are lots of domain name spinning tools out there that help you find domains to register. I recently became aware of one that takes a very different approach to the others. UIDomains.com ...
Discussion
November 19, 2020, 2:44 pm
The Domains
Godaddy increases DDC price 2x – $240 a year
Michael M posted on Namepros that his new renewal for Domain Discount Club at GoDaddy will be $239.99. His sentiments are shared by many: Michael M wrote: My thought is they really don’t care and about domainers anymore. They want that end user...
Discussion
Godaddy increases DDC price 2x – $240 a year
Michael M posted on Namepros that his new renewal for Domain Discount Club at GoDaddy will be $239.99. His sentiments are shared by many: Michael M wrote: My thought is they really don’t care and about domainers anymore. They want that end user...
Discussion
November 18, 2020, 9:31 pm
