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Domain Name Wire
Doron Vermaat – DNW Podcast #263
An update on using for-sale only domain name landers. Does making tweaks to domain sales landers lead to increased sales? That’s one of the questions I ask Doron Vermat, co-founder of Efty, on today’s show. We also discuss Efty’s sa...
Discussion
Doron Vermaat – DNW Podcast #263
An update on using for-sale only domain name landers. Does making tweaks to domain sales landers lead to increased sales? That’s one of the questions I ask Doron Vermat, co-founder of Efty, on today’s show. We also discuss Efty’s sa...
Discussion
December 2, 2019, 4:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
NameSilo posts $7.85 million revenue, readies domain brokerage system
Registrar continues to grow, readies domain brokerage platform. Domain name registrar NameSilo (CSE: URL) reported third-quarter earnings last week. The company posted revenues of $7.85 million, up 58% from $4.97 million in the same quarter of 2018. ...
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NameSilo posts $7.85 million revenue, readies domain brokerage system
Registrar continues to grow, readies domain brokerage platform. Domain name registrar NameSilo (CSE: URL) reported third-quarter earnings last week. The company posted revenues of $7.85 million, up 58% from $4.97 million in the same quarter of 2018. ...
Discussion
December 2, 2019, 1:58 pm
The Domains
Bogus news sites making big money with fake views
BBC.com published a story on websites that are using well known names like Forbes and BusinessInsider.com to make ForbesBusinessInsider.com. The maker of the ForbesBusinessInsider.com site actually replied back to the BBC and said it was a test to fi...
Discussion
Bogus news sites making big money with fake views
BBC.com published a story on websites that are using well known names like Forbes and BusinessInsider.com to make ForbesBusinessInsider.com. The maker of the ForbesBusinessInsider.com site actually replied back to the BBC and said it was a test to fi...
Discussion
December 1, 2019, 12:05 pm
Domain Name Wire
ICANN says it “does not have authority” over .org transaction
Domain regulator is unlikely to do anything about the sale of .org by a non-profit to a private equity firm. Anyone holding out hope that ICANN will block the sale of .Org to private equity company Ethos should prepare to be disappointed. The company...
Discussion
ICANN says it “does not have authority” over .org transaction
Domain regulator is unlikely to do anything about the sale of .org by a non-profit to a private equity firm. Anyone holding out hope that ICANN will block the sale of .Org to private equity company Ethos should prepare to be disappointed. The company...
Discussion
November 30, 2019, 6:27 pm
The Domains
Buyer of Warned.com told the sale was a mistake
We see these things from time to time, remember DomainNames.com purchased for $2,577 by Yinan Wang and then Network Solutions said, yeah, NO! Yinan went on to purchase DomainName.com and DomainNames.com was sold at NamesCon for $370,000 by Uniregistr...
Discussion
Buyer of Warned.com told the sale was a mistake
We see these things from time to time, remember DomainNames.com purchased for $2,577 by Yinan Wang and then Network Solutions said, yeah, NO! Yinan went on to purchase DomainName.com and DomainNames.com was sold at NamesCon for $370,000 by Uniregistr...
Discussion
November 30, 2019, 7:48 am
The Domains
Black Friday special list names for $200 or less
List your Black Friday specials $200 or less, .com only So this post is for .com only and the max price is $200. You may list up to 3 names. There have been a few who have tried to post more names using a different email address/name same IP all subm...
Discussion
Black Friday special list names for $200 or less
List your Black Friday specials $200 or less, .com only So this post is for .com only and the max price is $200. You may list up to 3 names. There have been a few who have tried to post more names using a different email address/name same IP all subm...
Discussion
November 30, 2019, 4:10 am
Domain Name Wire
Spanish company tried reverse domain name hijacking
Attorney tried to intimidate domain name owner to settle dispute. Decoweb Brands, S.A. of Spain has been found to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking over the domain name MaisonDecor.com. It certainly seems like Decoweb’s counsel trie...
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Spanish company tried reverse domain name hijacking
Attorney tried to intimidate domain name owner to settle dispute. Decoweb Brands, S.A. of Spain has been found to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking over the domain name MaisonDecor.com. It certainly seems like Decoweb’s counsel trie...
Discussion
November 29, 2019, 7:19 pm
Domain Name Wire
Ethos paid $1.135 billion for .Org
Internet Society reveals the price it is selling out for. On a webinar today, Internet Society has purportedly disclosed that Ethos Capital will pay $1.135 billion to acquire the .org registry from it: #Internetsociety offered 1b and 135mil$USD for #...
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Ethos paid $1.135 billion for .Org
Internet Society reveals the price it is selling out for. On a webinar today, Internet Society has purportedly disclosed that Ethos Capital will pay $1.135 billion to acquire the .org registry from it: #Internetsociety offered 1b and 135mil$USD for #...
Discussion
November 29, 2019, 6:56 pm
The Domains
Emerging trends that have sparked cultural shifts
David Cohen wrote an interesting piece on AdWeek about data/trends related to Twitter. Twitter Reveals 18 Emerging Trends That Marked U.S. Cultural Shifts Since 2016 Cohen breaks down the billions of tweet data that Twitter unveiled. Why I think this...
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Emerging trends that have sparked cultural shifts
David Cohen wrote an interesting piece on AdWeek about data/trends related to Twitter. Twitter Reveals 18 Emerging Trends That Marked U.S. Cultural Shifts Since 2016 Cohen breaks down the billions of tweet data that Twitter unveiled. Why I think this...
Discussion
November 28, 2019, 6:26 pm
Domain Name Wire
Man drags Qatar Tourism Council to U.S. Court in domain dispute
Qatar’s Tourism Council launched a fight over a domain name, and now it needs to defend itself in U.S. Court. A man from Azerbaijan is suing the Qatar National Tourism Council—in Colorado. Teymur Mehdiyev filed a lawsuit (pdf) in U.S. Dis...
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Man drags Qatar Tourism Council to U.S. Court in domain dispute
Qatar’s Tourism Council launched a fight over a domain name, and now it needs to defend itself in U.S. Court. A man from Azerbaijan is suing the Qatar National Tourism Council—in Colorado. Teymur Mehdiyev filed a lawsuit (pdf) in U.S. Dis...
Discussion
November 28, 2019, 12:07 am
