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Domain Name Wire
End user domain sales including a three letter .com
A new online events platform, a touch display manufacturer, and a surgical mask seller bought domain names. Sedo’s top public sale for the past week was a three-letter domain bought by an end user through SedoMLS. Here’s a look at some of...
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End user domain sales including a three letter .com
A new online events platform, a touch display manufacturer, and a surgical mask seller bought domain names. Sedo’s top public sale for the past week was a three-letter domain bought by an end user through SedoMLS. Here’s a look at some of...
Discussion
May 13, 2020, 5:00 pm
Domain Name Wire
ICANN posts its latest tax return. Let the gawking begin!
ICANN’s latest tax return discloses that it paid 197 employees and contractors at least $100,000. ICANN has posted its latest tax return (pdf), which covers the fiscal year ending June 30, 2019. It’s that time of year when you get to see ...
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ICANN posts its latest tax return. Let the gawking begin!
ICANN’s latest tax return discloses that it paid 197 employees and contractors at least $100,000. ICANN has posted its latest tax return (pdf), which covers the fiscal year ending June 30, 2019. It’s that time of year when you get to see ...
Discussion
May 13, 2020, 3:56 pm
Domain Name Wire
Warning: check domains you won at NameJet
They might not resolve. This week I transferred the domain names I’ve won at NameJet from Network Solutions to GoDaddy. I unlocked the 11 domains and requested the authorization codes. After receiving the codes, I verified in Whois that the dom...
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Warning: check domains you won at NameJet
They might not resolve. This week I transferred the domain names I’ve won at NameJet from Network Solutions to GoDaddy. I unlocked the 11 domains and requested the authorization codes. After receiving the codes, I verified in Whois that the dom...
Discussion
May 13, 2020, 1:31 pm
The Domains
GoDaddy valuations changed – they took $3k off one of my names
I was looking at GoDaddy valuations and I had a name in there of mine. I then was doing some stuff for a few hours and came back and hit refresh for whatever reason. The value of the name dropped by like $900, I was like that’s weird not that a...
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GoDaddy valuations changed – they took $3k off one of my names
I was looking at GoDaddy valuations and I had a name in there of mine. I then was doing some stuff for a few hours and came back and hit refresh for whatever reason. The value of the name dropped by like $900, I was like that’s weird not that a...
Discussion
May 13, 2020, 8:27 am
Domain Name Wire
Donuts is removing restrictions on .Place domains
Everyone will be allowed to register .place domains (again). Domain name company Donuts is making .place a generic domain again. In 2018, the company partnered with Geo.Network to use .place domains in its geofencing platform. Donuts said at the time...
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Donuts is removing restrictions on .Place domains
Everyone will be allowed to register .place domains (again). Domain name company Donuts is making .place a generic domain again. In 2018, the company partnered with Geo.Network to use .place domains in its geofencing platform. Donuts said at the time...
Discussion
May 12, 2020, 9:47 pm
The Domains
Sedo weekly domain sales led by TXO.com
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales report and TXO.com led the way at $27,500. DP.co.uk was second at 10,250 GBP, ($12,585). RealPrice.com was the third highest sale at 10,000 Euro, ($10,850). 36 .com sales 18 cctld sales 7 other tld sales D...
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Sedo weekly domain sales led by TXO.com
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales report and TXO.com led the way at $27,500. DP.co.uk was second at 10,250 GBP, ($12,585). RealPrice.com was the third highest sale at 10,000 Euro, ($10,850). 36 .com sales 18 cctld sales 7 other tld sales D...
Discussion
May 12, 2020, 8:09 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Org registry sale officially terminated
Public Interest Registry notifies ICANN that the deal is dead. Even though all parties had already said this publicly, Public Interest Registry (PIR) made it official today: the transaction for Ethos Capital to acquire Public Interest Registry has be...
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.Org registry sale officially terminated
Public Interest Registry notifies ICANN that the deal is dead. Even though all parties had already said this publicly, Public Interest Registry (PIR) made it official today: the transaction for Ethos Capital to acquire Public Interest Registry has be...
Discussion
May 12, 2020, 6:56 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain stocks rebound with the market
Many domain name companies are faring well during the pandemic. On March 14, I wrote about how domain name stocks fared during the pandemic market crash up through the close on March 13. The market wasn’t done capitulating, but stocks have rebo...
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Domain stocks rebound with the market
Many domain name companies are faring well during the pandemic. On March 14, I wrote about how domain name stocks fared during the pandemic market crash up through the close on March 13. The market wasn’t done capitulating, but stocks have rebo...
Discussion
May 12, 2020, 4:52 pm
Domain Name Wire
The hidden message about domains in this Apple store notice
There’s a lesson for researching Chinese end users. Covid-19 is changing how consumers shop. In China, for example, you are required to wear a mask and have your body temperature taken before you can enter a store. Some stores may give you addi...
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The hidden message about domains in this Apple store notice
There’s a lesson for researching Chinese end users. Covid-19 is changing how consumers shop. In China, for example, you are required to wear a mask and have your body temperature taken before you can enter a store. Some stores may give you addi...
Discussion
May 12, 2020, 1:10 pm
Domain Name Wire
Top domain name registrars
A monthly look at the latest .com data ICANN has published the latest official data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) about the .com namespace. This registrar-by-registrar report covers January 2020. Here’s how registrars did in terms of new .com re...
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Top domain name registrars
A monthly look at the latest .com data ICANN has published the latest official data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) about the .com namespace. This registrar-by-registrar report covers January 2020. Here’s how registrars did in terms of new .com re...
Discussion
May 11, 2020, 4:15 pm
