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Domain Name Wire
Reviewing 4-letter domains sold in March
Kassey Lee evaluates four-letter domain sales as to how they might be valuable in China. Here are some 4-letter sold in March as reported by Namebio. I’ll look at them from a Chinese perspective. XCDN .com sold for $22,000. XCDN.com is already ...
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Reviewing 4-letter domains sold in March
Kassey Lee evaluates four-letter domain sales as to how they might be valuable in China. Here are some 4-letter sold in March as reported by Namebio. I’ll look at them from a Chinese perspective. XCDN .com sold for $22,000. XCDN.com is already ...
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April 3, 2020, 1:27 pm
The Domains
Starworld.com sold for $35,000 in 2016 expires goes for $5,850
StarWorld.com was left to expire and closed at $5,850 on DropCatch. The domain name had sold for $35,000 just four years earlier on Sedo. Anyweb Co.,Ltd out of Korea was the seller back in 2016. Looking at Archive.org the domain was just a landing pa...
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Starworld.com sold for $35,000 in 2016 expires goes for $5,850
StarWorld.com was left to expire and closed at $5,850 on DropCatch. The domain name had sold for $35,000 just four years earlier on Sedo. Anyweb Co.,Ltd out of Korea was the seller back in 2016. Looking at Archive.org the domain was just a landing pa...
Discussion
April 3, 2020, 11:34 am
Domain Name Wire
Resource: Data on how business segments are faring in the pandemic
Which online transactions are going up and down during the pandemic. CJ, previously known as Commission Junction, is a large affiliate network. Many businesses run affiliate programs through them, including GoDaddy. Because it’s tracking commis...
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Resource: Data on how business segments are faring in the pandemic
Which online transactions are going up and down during the pandemic. CJ, previously known as Commission Junction, is a large affiliate network. Many businesses run affiliate programs through them, including GoDaddy. Because it’s tracking commis...
Discussion
April 2, 2020, 7:12 pm
Domain Name Wire
What you need in your domain investor continuity plan
If you don’t have a continuity plan, now is the time to develop one. Every domain name investor should have a plan. Not a plan they hope to enact themselves, nor a plan that they hope is put to use anytime soon. They need a plan that their love...
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What you need in your domain investor continuity plan
If you don’t have a continuity plan, now is the time to develop one. Every domain name investor should have a plan. Not a plan they hope to enact themselves, nor a plan that they hope is put to use anytime soon. They need a plan that their love...
Discussion
April 2, 2020, 6:10 pm
Domain Name Wire
Top Chinese ventilator companies and their domains
It’s interesting to see which domain names these Chinese ventilator companies use. I’ve been reading a lot of news about Covid-19. Because of this infectious disease, demand for ventilators is skyrocketing and governments around the world...
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Top Chinese ventilator companies and their domains
It’s interesting to see which domain names these Chinese ventilator companies use. I’ve been reading a lot of news about Covid-19. Because of this infectious disease, demand for ventilators is skyrocketing and governments around the world...
Discussion
April 2, 2020, 2:42 pm
Domain Name Wire
Facebook registers over 500 Covid-19 related domain names
Social media company goes on a defensive domain registration binge. Facebook has registered over 500 domain names related to Covid-19 for its Facebook and Instagram brands. The company registered the domain names yesterday as the platforms come under...
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Facebook registers over 500 Covid-19 related domain names
Social media company goes on a defensive domain registration binge. Facebook has registered over 500 domain names related to Covid-19 for its Facebook and Instagram brands. The company registered the domain names yesterday as the platforms come under...
Discussion
April 2, 2020, 12:18 pm
Domain Name Wire
Afilias gets patent for managing domain name bundles
Patent describes way to manage multiple domain names at once. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted patent number 10,599,632 (pdf) to registry operator Afilias for “Domain name registration and management.” The patent describes...
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Afilias gets patent for managing domain name bundles
Patent describes way to manage multiple domain names at once. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted patent number 10,599,632 (pdf) to registry operator Afilias for “Domain name registration and management.” The patent describes...
Discussion
April 1, 2020, 7:35 pm
Domain Name Wire
CentralNic shakes up management positions
CentralNic names five people to new roles, Siffrin steps down. CentralNIC (London AIM: CNIC), a rollup of domain name companies, announced a restructuring of its leadership today. COO Alex Siffrin is stepping down. He joined CentralNic when he sold h...
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CentralNic shakes up management positions
CentralNic names five people to new roles, Siffrin steps down. CentralNIC (London AIM: CNIC), a rollup of domain name companies, announced a restructuring of its leadership today. COO Alex Siffrin is stepping down. He joined CentralNic when he sold h...
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April 1, 2020, 2:58 pm
Domain Name Wire
End user domain name sales up to $200,000
Two .app domains lead the way at Sedo. The top two end user domain name sales at Sedo this past week were .app domains, including the blockbuster sale of shop.app to Shopify (NYSE: SHOP). Other domain buyers include a French leather goods company, a ...
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End user domain name sales up to $200,000
Two .app domains lead the way at Sedo. The top two end user domain name sales at Sedo this past week were .app domains, including the blockbuster sale of shop.app to Shopify (NYSE: SHOP). Other domain buyers include a French leather goods company, a ...
Discussion
April 1, 2020, 1:20 pm
Domain Name Wire
Cyrus Namazi leaves ICANN
Head of domains division exits ICANN. Cyrus Namazi has left his role as Vice President of the Global Domains Division (GDD) at ICANN effective immediately. In a statement on the ICANN web site, ICANN CEO Göran Marby said that his co-deputy, Ther...
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Cyrus Namazi leaves ICANN
Head of domains division exits ICANN. Cyrus Namazi has left his role as Vice President of the Global Domains Division (GDD) at ICANN effective immediately. In a statement on the ICANN web site, ICANN CEO Göran Marby said that his co-deputy, Ther...
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April 1, 2020, 12:23 pm
