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Domain Shane
AUCTION RECAP OF JULY 4, 2020
A look at the final auction prices, closeouts and more from the domain auction list posted on July 4, 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 expiring n...
Discussion
AUCTION RECAP OF JULY 4, 2020
A look at the final auction prices, closeouts and more from the domain auction list posted on July 4, 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 expiring n...
Discussion
July 5, 2020, 3:59 pm
Domain Shane
Domain Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Sunday July 5th, 2020
July marked 11 years of DSAD. For better or worse, we’ve proven that getting up and getting it done is good enough. The group and I appreciate the millions of visits and the 500 people that have come here over the last decade plus. If it end...
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Domain Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Sunday July 5th, 2020
July marked 11 years of DSAD. For better or worse, we’ve proven that getting up and getting it done is good enough. The group and I appreciate the millions of visits and the 500 people that have come here over the last decade plus. If it end...
Discussion
July 5, 2020, 10:55 am
The Domains
How a dog inspired the $475,000 sale of Wisdom.com
Here is a really cool story about a premium domain name, a dog and a good-natured domain registrant who scored big and helped others with the proceeds. Credit to finding this story goes to @JV999 On Reddit a member talked about fostering a dog back i...
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How a dog inspired the $475,000 sale of Wisdom.com
Here is a really cool story about a premium domain name, a dog and a good-natured domain registrant who scored big and helped others with the proceeds. Credit to finding this story goes to @JV999 On Reddit a member talked about fostering a dog back i...
Discussion
July 5, 2020, 12:16 am
Domain Name Wire
Decoding recent numeric domain name sales
Kassey Lee investigates recent numeric domain name sales. Numeric domains up to 4 digits (4N) are actually used by Chinese companies. However, those beyond 4N are not often found in use but mostly traded among investors. In this article, I’ll r...
Discussion
Decoding recent numeric domain name sales
Kassey Lee investigates recent numeric domain name sales. Numeric domains up to 4 digits (4N) are actually used by Chinese companies. However, those beyond 4N are not often found in use but mostly traded among investors. In this article, I’ll r...
Discussion
July 3, 2020, 1:19 pm
Domain Name Wire
12 end user domain name sales including 6 ccTLDs
A food manufacturer, a travel site, and a wallpaper company bought domain names. ccTLD domain purchases staked their claim among end users this week. Half of the end user sales at Sedo I uncovered were ccTLDs. Here’s a list of some of the end u...
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12 end user domain name sales including 6 ccTLDs
A food manufacturer, a travel site, and a wallpaper company bought domain names. ccTLD domain purchases staked their claim among end users this week. Half of the end user sales at Sedo I uncovered were ccTLDs. Here’s a list of some of the end u...
Discussion
July 2, 2020, 8:03 pm
Domain Name Wire
Is the end user prospect for your domain a genuine one?
Make sure to do the research to verify it. I recently found a .com where the matching .cn is already developed. Because the second level domain is registered in another extension, does it mean I have a potential end user buyer for the .com? The domai...
Discussion
Is the end user prospect for your domain a genuine one?
Make sure to do the research to verify it. I recently found a .com where the matching .cn is already developed. Because the second level domain is registered in another extension, does it mean I have a potential end user buyer for the .com? The domai...
Discussion
July 2, 2020, 1:01 pm
The Domains
“This decision provides the basis to render countless domain names to be worthless junk”
While some are championing and raising prices on their one word .com domain names. John Berryhill has a completely different take. Of course this is one man’s opinion, John does have an expert background in defending domain names in legal dispu...
Discussion
“This decision provides the basis to render countless domain names to be worthless junk”
While some are championing and raising prices on their one word .com domain names. John Berryhill has a completely different take. Of course this is one man’s opinion, John does have an expert background in defending domain names in legal dispu...
Discussion
July 2, 2020, 4:37 am
The Domains
Online Businesses Using .CLUB and other Domain Name Extensions to Benefit from Supreme Court “Booking.com” Ruling
So while premium .com owners seem to be championing the Booking.com decision. Others are now looking at how pairing the name and extension can create added value within an ip portfolio. Jeff Sass sent me an email about how .club is looking at things....
Discussion
Online Businesses Using .CLUB and other Domain Name Extensions to Benefit from Supreme Court “Booking.com” Ruling
So while premium .com owners seem to be championing the Booking.com decision. Others are now looking at how pairing the name and extension can create added value within an ip portfolio. Jeff Sass sent me an email about how .club is looking at things....
Discussion
July 1, 2020, 10:21 pm
Domain Name Wire
Namecheap revenue continues its surge in Q2
Year-over-year revenue grows 38% in Q2. Domain name registrar Namecheap generated $49 million in revenue during Q2 2020, the company reported to Domain Name Wire. That’s up almost 38% over the same period last year and up 7.6% quarter-over-quar...
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Namecheap revenue continues its surge in Q2
Year-over-year revenue grows 38% in Q2. Domain name registrar Namecheap generated $49 million in revenue during Q2 2020, the company reported to Domain Name Wire. That’s up almost 38% over the same period last year and up 7.6% quarter-over-quar...
Discussion
July 1, 2020, 6:27 pm
Domain Name Wire
Intuit missed TurboTaxSucksAss.com
Companies can’t register all domains that can be used to attack them. Last year, Intuit registered lots of domain names defensively as reports surfaced about its nefarious tactics with TurboTax. It had lobbied the government not to make its own...
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Intuit missed TurboTaxSucksAss.com
Companies can’t register all domains that can be used to attack them. Last year, Intuit registered lots of domain names defensively as reports surfaced about its nefarious tactics with TurboTax. It had lobbied the government not to make its own...
Discussion
July 1, 2020, 5:03 pm
