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The Domains
Joseph Peterson leaving Epik
Joseph Peterson has left Epik, he will stay on while the company transitions. Joseph started posting a few weeks back in what has become a very heated and contentious thread on Namepros. He wrote on Namepros: During a transitional period, I’m s...
Discussion
Joseph Peterson leaving Epik
Joseph Peterson has left Epik, he will stay on while the company transitions. Joseph started posting a few weeks back in what has become a very heated and contentious thread on Namepros. He wrote on Namepros: During a transitional period, I’m s...
Discussion
April 1, 2019, 11:07 pm
DomainSherpa
Growing a Profitable B2B in an Emerging Market: Ganjapreneur.com Case Study
In today's episode we discuss a successful, profitable B2B company built in an emerging market, the cannabis market. Whether you have any interest in this particular vertical or not, cofounders Noel Abbot & Drew Rosener have taken a classic ...
Discussion
Growing a Profitable B2B in an Emerging Market: Ganjapreneur.com Case Study
In today's episode we discuss a successful, profitable B2B company built in an emerging market, the cannabis market. Whether you have any interest in this particular vertical or not, cofounders Noel Abbot & Drew Rosener have taken a classic ...
Discussion
April 1, 2019, 5:22 pm
The Domains
Long tail keywords and why they are important
Andrew Ansley wrote a very good post at RavenTools about long tail keywords that is worth a read for those developing websites and investing in long term keywords to sell to those who will develop. From the article: Why Are Long-Tail Keywords Importa...
Discussion
Long tail keywords and why they are important
Andrew Ansley wrote a very good post at RavenTools about long tail keywords that is worth a read for those developing websites and investing in long term keywords to sell to those who will develop. From the article: Why Are Long-Tail Keywords Importa...
Discussion
March 31, 2019, 10:58 am
The Domains
Domain name registrations grew 4.9 percent, year over year
Verisign published their Q4 2018 DNIB report The fourth quarter of 2018 closed with approximately 348.7 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs), an increase of approximately 6.3 million domain name registrations, or 1.8 ...
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Domain name registrations grew 4.9 percent, year over year
Verisign published their Q4 2018 DNIB report The fourth quarter of 2018 closed with approximately 348.7 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs), an increase of approximately 6.3 million domain name registrations, or 1.8 ...
Discussion
March 28, 2019, 10:17 pm
The Domains
Sedo weekly sales led by kBet.com
Sedo released their weekly sales and kBet.com was the top sale at $43,530. Mobility.de was second at 35,000 Euros, ($39,444). 42 .com sales 20 cctld sales 4 other tld sales Domain name Price Currency .COMs kbet.com 43,530 USD noxion.com 20,000...
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Sedo weekly sales led by kBet.com
Sedo released their weekly sales and kBet.com was the top sale at $43,530. Mobility.de was second at 35,000 Euros, ($39,444). 42 .com sales 20 cctld sales 4 other tld sales Domain name Price Currency .COMs kbet.com 43,530 USD noxion.com 20,000...
Discussion
March 26, 2019, 8:16 pm
DomainSherpa
DomainSherpa Review – Mar 25: Surround.com, Chocolate.com, Organabis.com
What do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names?In this show:• We learn what the Sherpas bought or sold recently: Surround.com, Chocolate.com, Organabis.com• An investor's portfolio is appraised: Brekin.com,...
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DomainSherpa Review – Mar 25: Surround.com, Chocolate.com, Organabis.com
What do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names?In this show:• We learn what the Sherpas bought or sold recently: Surround.com, Chocolate.com, Organabis.com• An investor's portfolio is appraised: Brekin.com,...
Discussion
March 25, 2019, 6:48 pm
The Domains
Making a fortune squatting domains on the Dark Web?
Typosquatting on corporate names is not the only squatting game in town. TheNextWeb has a story about someone claiming to have made $760,000 in BTC by squatting on websites that reside on the Tor network. From the article: A scammer is claiming ...
Discussion
Making a fortune squatting domains on the Dark Web?
Typosquatting on corporate names is not the only squatting game in town. TheNextWeb has a story about someone claiming to have made $760,000 in BTC by squatting on websites that reside on the Tor network. From the article: A scammer is claiming ...
Discussion
March 22, 2019, 1:23 am
The Domains
Burl.com sells for second time in less than a year
Burl.com sold for the third time in 12 years and the second time in less than one year. The domain closed at $24,555 on NameJet and was the top close for Wednesday. The name sold for just $5,088 in April of 2018. That sale was down from the previous ...
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Burl.com sells for second time in less than a year
Burl.com sold for the third time in 12 years and the second time in less than one year. The domain closed at $24,555 on NameJet and was the top close for Wednesday. The name sold for just $5,088 in April of 2018. That sale was down from the previous ...
Discussion
March 21, 2019, 11:57 am
The Domains
Google gets fined €1.49 billion in Adsense antitrust case
Google has now got hit with their third huge fine from the EU, €1.49 billion, ($1.7 billion) this time around, which is the third highest fine they have had to pay. This was in regards to Adsense, Venture Beat wrote: In those previous fil...
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Google gets fined €1.49 billion in Adsense antitrust case
Google has now got hit with their third huge fine from the EU, €1.49 billion, ($1.7 billion) this time around, which is the third highest fine they have had to pay. This was in regards to Adsense, Venture Beat wrote: In those previous fil...
Discussion
March 21, 2019, 5:26 am
The Domains
Will all marketplaces have to become licensed escrow agents?
In a thread on Namepros about Rob Monster and Epik, Joseph Peterson posted an interesting tidbit, one that if it plays out as Joseph speculates it could, will affect all the big players in the domain aftermarket space and domain investors as well. Th...
Discussion
Will all marketplaces have to become licensed escrow agents?
In a thread on Namepros about Rob Monster and Epik, Joseph Peterson posted an interesting tidbit, one that if it plays out as Joseph speculates it could, will affect all the big players in the domain aftermarket space and domain investors as well. Th...
Discussion
March 21, 2019, 3:10 am
