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Domain Name Wire
Reviewing NameJet and SnapNames sales from last month
Joseph Peterson does a deep dive on domains that sold on NameJet and SnapNames last year. Oh, and turn up your volume. A couple of features leap out at me while looking at the top June auction results from NameJet / SnapNames. First of all, 4 o...
Discussion
Reviewing NameJet and SnapNames sales from last month
Joseph Peterson does a deep dive on domains that sold on NameJet and SnapNames last year. Oh, and turn up your volume. A couple of features leap out at me while looking at the top June auction results from NameJet / SnapNames. First of all, 4 o...
Discussion
July 27, 2020, 6:07 pm
Domain Name Wire
A site is developed on .Cn, so do you have an end user for your matching .com?
As Kassey Lee explains in this post, a developed .cn domain corresponding to your .com does not necessarily mean you have found a potential buyer for an upgrade. It’s time to look at some 4-character domains sold in June and see if they may app...
Discussion
A site is developed on .Cn, so do you have an end user for your matching .com?
As Kassey Lee explains in this post, a developed .cn domain corresponding to your .com does not necessarily mean you have found a potential buyer for an upgrade. It’s time to look at some 4-character domains sold in June and see if they may app...
Discussion
July 27, 2020, 5:09 pm
Domain Name Wire
2020 (so far) in review – DNW Podcast #296
It’s been a long year, so let’s take stock of what has happened. On this week’s show, I take a look back at what a wild year 2020 has been. So much has changed since we got together at NamesCon in January. I also talk about customer...
Discussion
2020 (so far) in review – DNW Podcast #296
It’s been a long year, so let’s take stock of what has happened. On this week’s show, I take a look back at what a wild year 2020 has been. So much has changed since we got together at NamesCon in January. I also talk about customer...
Discussion
July 27, 2020, 3:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
VirtualPoint sues after being hit with UDRP
Maker of electric motorcycles filed UDRP after domain purchase negotiations failed. VirtualPoint, the same company that owns the UDRPsearch website, has sued a maker of electric motorcycles in a domain name dispute. According to the lawsuit (pdf), Vi...
Discussion
VirtualPoint sues after being hit with UDRP
Maker of electric motorcycles filed UDRP after domain purchase negotiations failed. VirtualPoint, the same company that owns the UDRPsearch website, has sued a maker of electric motorcycles in a domain name dispute. According to the lawsuit (pdf), Vi...
Discussion
July 27, 2020, 12:56 pm
The Domains
ElectricCar.com sold for $180,000 a look at what else the buyer is doing
Back in May ElectricCar.com was sold for $180,000 at Sedo. The domain was brokered by Dave Evanson and owned by Namepros member @TeraDomain of QualityNames.com. The new owner has a landing page up that states the website is currently not selling a pr...
Discussion
ElectricCar.com sold for $180,000 a look at what else the buyer is doing
Back in May ElectricCar.com was sold for $180,000 at Sedo. The domain was brokered by Dave Evanson and owned by Namepros member @TeraDomain of QualityNames.com. The new owner has a landing page up that states the website is currently not selling a pr...
Discussion
July 27, 2020, 3:58 am
Domain Name Wire
Original Calculator.com owner sues, claims domain is stolen
Domain name investors alerted domain owner to possible theft. The original registrant of Calculator.com has filed a lawsuit (pdf) to recover the domain name, which it says was stolen from it. Chloe Tsakiris Alston says that she and her father registe...
Discussion
Original Calculator.com owner sues, claims domain is stolen
Domain name investors alerted domain owner to possible theft. The original registrant of Calculator.com has filed a lawsuit (pdf) to recover the domain name, which it says was stolen from it. Chloe Tsakiris Alston says that she and her father registe...
Discussion
July 27, 2020, 12:33 am
Domain Name Wire
Reverse domain name hijacking over OpalShop.com domain name
Panelist finds the complaint was brought to harass a known competitor. A World Intellectual Property Organization panelist has found Mighty Men Pty Ltd, trading as Opalshop, to have attempted reverse domain name hijacking for the domain OpalShop.com....
Discussion
Reverse domain name hijacking over OpalShop.com domain name
Panelist finds the complaint was brought to harass a known competitor. A World Intellectual Property Organization panelist has found Mighty Men Pty Ltd, trading as Opalshop, to have attempted reverse domain name hijacking for the domain OpalShop.com....
Discussion
July 24, 2020, 4:01 pm
Domain Name Wire
Invest in what you know and do your own research
Wise words about domain investing. A new investor asked me to comment on a .cn domain he registered recently. He likes the domain because it is a “one-word” name. He had not done any research before making the acquisition decision. Since ...
Discussion
Invest in what you know and do your own research
Wise words about domain investing. A new investor asked me to comment on a .cn domain he registered recently. He likes the domain because it is a “one-word” name. He had not done any research before making the acquisition decision. Since ...
Discussion
July 24, 2020, 1:42 pm
The Domains
Verisign Q2 2020 revenue of $314 million up 2.6 percent from Q2 2019
VeriSign Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN) on Thursday reported second-quarter net income of $152.5 million. Stock was virtually unchanged on Thursday. VeriSign, Inc. and its subsidiaries (“Verisign”) reported revenue of $314 million for the second qua...
Discussion
Verisign Q2 2020 revenue of $314 million up 2.6 percent from Q2 2019
VeriSign Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN) on Thursday reported second-quarter net income of $152.5 million. Stock was virtually unchanged on Thursday. VeriSign, Inc. and its subsidiaries (“Verisign”) reported revenue of $314 million for the second qua...
Discussion
July 23, 2020, 8:54 pm
Domain Name Wire
Verisign extends price freeze through Q1 2021
.Com price hike delayed. Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN), the registry for .com and .net domain names, announced today that it has extended its price freeze on .net and .com domain names through March 31, 2021. The registry instituted the freeze on prices it...
Discussion
Verisign extends price freeze through Q1 2021
.Com price hike delayed. Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN), the registry for .com and .net domain names, announced today that it has extended its price freeze on .net and .com domain names through March 31, 2021. The registry instituted the freeze on prices it...
Discussion
July 23, 2020, 8:29 pm