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The Domains
PayPal terminates it’s relationship with Epik
It looks like PayPal has stopped doing business with domain name registrar Epik. A member at Namepros noticed they could not use PayPal and thought it was a glitch. Rob Davis replied and he has done a nice job writing a series of letters that are ver...
Discussion
PayPal terminates it’s relationship with Epik
It looks like PayPal has stopped doing business with domain name registrar Epik. A member at Namepros noticed they could not use PayPal and thought it was a glitch. Rob Davis replied and he has done a nice job writing a series of letters that are ver...
Discussion
October 22, 2020, 9:45 pm
Domain Name Wire
PayPal drops Epik, sparking registrar to cry it is being “deplatformed”
PayPal apparently inquired about flows of money through the registrar before terminating services; domain name registrar with controversial customers says it is being deplatformed. PayPal has discontinued providing services to domain name registrar E...
Discussion
PayPal drops Epik, sparking registrar to cry it is being “deplatformed”
PayPal apparently inquired about flows of money through the registrar before terminating services; domain name registrar with controversial customers says it is being deplatformed. PayPal has discontinued providing services to domain name registrar E...
Discussion
October 22, 2020, 9:36 pm
The Domains
Verisign reports Q3 earnings revenue of $318 million for Q3 2020, up 3.1 percent from Q3 2019
VeriSign (NASDAQ:VRSN): reported earnings for Q3. Stock unchanged after hours. Q3 Non-GAAP EPS of $1.28 misses by $0.07; GAAP EPS of $1.49 beats by $0.23. Revenue of $317.8M (+3.0% Y/Y) beats by $1.73M. Financial Highlights Verisign ended the third q...
Discussion
Verisign reports Q3 earnings revenue of $318 million for Q3 2020, up 3.1 percent from Q3 2019
VeriSign (NASDAQ:VRSN): reported earnings for Q3. Stock unchanged after hours. Q3 Non-GAAP EPS of $1.28 misses by $0.07; GAAP EPS of $1.49 beats by $0.23. Revenue of $317.8M (+3.0% Y/Y) beats by $1.73M. Financial Highlights Verisign ended the third q...
Discussion
October 22, 2020, 8:39 pm
Domain Name Wire
Verisign reports earnings, 10.9 million new .com/.net registrations
Versign reports earnings, including a strong quarter for new registrations. Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN), the domain name registry for .com and .net domain names, announced third quarter earnings after the market closed today. Revenue was up 3.1% year-ove...
Discussion
Verisign reports earnings, 10.9 million new .com/.net registrations
Versign reports earnings, including a strong quarter for new registrations. Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN), the domain name registry for .com and .net domain names, announced third quarter earnings after the market closed today. Revenue was up 3.1% year-ove...
Discussion
October 22, 2020, 8:29 pm
Domain Name Wire
This week’s end user domain name sales
A tattoo ink provider, a law firm, and a Canadian cleaning products company bought domain names. This week’s end user report is a bit shorter than last week’s long one. Here’s the list of end user domain name sales that just co...
Discussion
This week’s end user domain name sales
A tattoo ink provider, a law firm, and a Canadian cleaning products company bought domain names. This week’s end user report is a bit shorter than last week’s long one. Here’s the list of end user domain name sales that just co...
Discussion
October 22, 2020, 3:45 pm
Domain Shane
AUCTION RECAP OF OCTOBER 21, 2020
A look at the final auction prices, closeouts and more from the domain auction list posted on October 21, 2020. If there is an asterisk (*) next to a price, it means that the name was at auction from a private seller (rather than an expiri...
Discussion
AUCTION RECAP OF OCTOBER 21, 2020
A look at the final auction prices, closeouts and more from the domain auction list posted on October 21, 2020. If there is an asterisk (*) next to a price, it means that the name was at auction from a private seller (rather than an expiri...
Discussion
October 22, 2020, 3:00 pm
Domain Name Wire
How can we make domain marketplace inventory more accurate?
Marketplaces can help sellers keep their inventory fresh. Yesterday, Jamie Zoch posted on twitter about how poor the accuracy of inventory at domain name marketplaces is: The accuracy of inventory at domain name aftermarket platforms is absurdly inac...
Discussion
How can we make domain marketplace inventory more accurate?
Marketplaces can help sellers keep their inventory fresh. Yesterday, Jamie Zoch posted on twitter about how poor the accuracy of inventory at domain name marketplaces is: The accuracy of inventory at domain name aftermarket platforms is absurdly inac...
Discussion
October 22, 2020, 2:07 pm
Domain Name Wire
Nominations now open for ICA’s 2021 Lonnie Borck Memorial Award
Nominate someone to be the fifth recipient of the Lonnie Borck Memorial Award. Internet Commerce Association (ICA) is now accepting nominations for the 2021 Lonnie Borck Memorial Award. The award is named after the late domain name investor Lonnie Bo...
Discussion
Nominations now open for ICA’s 2021 Lonnie Borck Memorial Award
Nominate someone to be the fifth recipient of the Lonnie Borck Memorial Award. Internet Commerce Association (ICA) is now accepting nominations for the 2021 Lonnie Borck Memorial Award. The award is named after the late domain name investor Lonnie Bo...
Discussion
October 22, 2020, 1:38 pm
Domain Shane
Domain Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Thursday October 22nd, 2020
I’m pretty resilient to most things but my body sure does hate the Shingles vaccine. I have been told over and over, one of the most painful things you can get is Shingles. So when I turned 50 the first thing I did is get the first of 2 vacci...
Discussion
Domain Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Thursday October 22nd, 2020
I’m pretty resilient to most things but my body sure does hate the Shingles vaccine. I have been told over and over, one of the most painful things you can get is Shingles. So when I turned 50 the first thing I did is get the first of 2 vacci...
Discussion
October 22, 2020, 10:05 am
Domain Name Wire
Woman says she got a raw deal in Wines.com sale
Woman who registered wines.com in 1994 believes an Atlanta company didn’t uphold its end of a deal to develop the domain. An elderly California woman alleges that she was tricked into relinquishing Wines.com at a below-market price as part of a...
Discussion
Woman says she got a raw deal in Wines.com sale
Woman who registered wines.com in 1994 believes an Atlanta company didn’t uphold its end of a deal to develop the domain. An elderly California woman alleges that she was tricked into relinquishing Wines.com at a below-market price as part of a...
Discussion
October 21, 2020, 9:24 pm
