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Domain Name Wire
Afternic extends reach in China and Canada
Company signs four more partners for its domain name sales network. GoDaddy’s Afternic has signed deals with four more companies to expand its sales distribution network. Three of the companies — EJEE, eName, and Xiamen Nawang — wil...
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Afternic extends reach in China and Canada
Company signs four more partners for its domain name sales network. GoDaddy’s Afternic has signed deals with four more companies to expand its sales distribution network. Three of the companies — EJEE, eName, and Xiamen Nawang — wil...
Discussion
May 31, 2017, 6:19 pm
Domain Name Wire
A dozen end user domain name sales led by a three-letter .io domain
Three letter domain .io domain name sells for $12,000. It’s not often that the top end user sale I discover at Sedo is a .io domain name. And, the asterisk on this sale is that it’s not yet clear who bought the domain. But at $12,000, the...
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A dozen end user domain name sales led by a three-letter .io domain
Three letter domain .io domain name sells for $12,000. It’s not often that the top end user sale I discover at Sedo is a .io domain name. And, the asterisk on this sale is that it’s not yet clear who bought the domain. But at $12,000, the...
Discussion
May 31, 2017, 4:15 pm
The Domains
Sedo weekly sales led by TCMM.com
Sedo released their weekly sales and TCMM.com led the way at $19,000. Experte.de was the second highest sale at 16,660 Euros, ($18,641). Brain.ai sold for $7,200 this looks like a $1,800 loss according to Namebio, 9,000 USD on 2017-02-08 at Sedo ICO....
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Sedo weekly sales led by TCMM.com
Sedo released their weekly sales and TCMM.com led the way at $19,000. Experte.de was the second highest sale at 16,660 Euros, ($18,641). Brain.ai sold for $7,200 this looks like a $1,800 loss according to Namebio, 9,000 USD on 2017-02-08 at Sedo ICO....
Discussion
May 30, 2017, 8:21 pm
Domain Name Wire
DNSeattle attracts large crowd in domain name hotbed
Over 100 people attended event in downtown Seattle. Last week I traveled to Seattle for the DNSeattle meetup. This year’s event was hosted at Amazon.com’s “Living Room”, which is a great facility for a meetup. Amazon.com is on...
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DNSeattle attracts large crowd in domain name hotbed
Over 100 people attended event in downtown Seattle. Last week I traveled to Seattle for the DNSeattle meetup. This year’s event was hosted at Amazon.com’s “Living Room”, which is a great facility for a meetup. Amazon.com is on...
Discussion
May 30, 2017, 7:27 pm
The Domains
Full list from the $500 blowout
We had a pretty active $500 sales post over the weekend, some names got sold including HotelOption.com, JumpYou.com and HolidayBaby.com. Many people asked if I could put together the full list and list it in a post so they could scan easier for poten...
Discussion
Full list from the $500 blowout
We had a pretty active $500 sales post over the weekend, some names got sold including HotelOption.com, JumpYou.com and HolidayBaby.com. Many people asked if I could put together the full list and list it in a post so they could scan easier for poten...
Discussion
May 30, 2017, 7:11 pm
Domain Name Wire
The Toxic Avenger – DNW Podcast #138
Lessons about business from working at a B-movie studio. What can you learn from the cult classic The Toxic Avenger? This week Jeff Sass, who cut his teeth in the movie business at Troma Studios, talks about the business and marketing lessons he lear...
Discussion
The Toxic Avenger – DNW Podcast #138
Lessons about business from working at a B-movie studio. What can you learn from the cult classic The Toxic Avenger? This week Jeff Sass, who cut his teeth in the movie business at Troma Studios, talks about the business and marketing lessons he lear...
Discussion
May 30, 2017, 3:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
What do I think of Emoji domains? Not much.
I don’t see much potential for emoji domains in .ws. Over the weekend I wrote about ICANN’s Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC) giving a 👎 to the use of emoticons in domain names. This inevitably led to some questions abou...
Discussion
What do I think of Emoji domains? Not much.
I don’t see much potential for emoji domains in .ws. Over the weekend I wrote about ICANN’s Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC) giving a 👎 to the use of emoticons in domain names. This inevitably led to some questions abou...
Discussion
May 30, 2017, 2:05 pm
Domain Name Wire
Telepathy gets another Reverse Domain Name Hijacking win
Legal waiver notice plays a role in decision. Domain investor Nat Cohen’s Telepathy has successfully defended another one of its domain names in a UDRP and the complainant has been found to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking. Corpora...
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Telepathy gets another Reverse Domain Name Hijacking win
Legal waiver notice plays a role in decision. Domain investor Nat Cohen’s Telepathy has successfully defended another one of its domain names in a UDRP and the complainant has been found to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking. Corpora...
Discussion
May 30, 2017, 1:32 pm
Sully's Blog
Domain Emails – Getting Past the Gatekeeper
Last week, I talked a bit about domain sales emails and I promised to tell you two ways to get past the gatekeeper when sending to end users. That is, how to improve your chances of getting someone to look at your email, listen to you or otherw...
Discussion
Domain Emails – Getting Past the Gatekeeper
Last week, I talked a bit about domain sales emails and I promised to tell you two ways to get past the gatekeeper when sending to end users. That is, how to improve your chances of getting someone to look at your email, listen to you or otherw...
Discussion
May 30, 2017, 11:30 am
The Domains
Look out Domain King this guy says he has a $200 million portfolio
I hope everyone in the U.S. is enjoying the Memorial Day holiday, and hope everyone else is having a pleasant day as well. Here is one of the more interesting new threads today, a member at Namepros valuing their portfolio at $200 million. It is not ...
Discussion
Look out Domain King this guy says he has a $200 million portfolio
I hope everyone in the U.S. is enjoying the Memorial Day holiday, and hope everyone else is having a pleasant day as well. Here is one of the more interesting new threads today, a member at Namepros valuing their portfolio at $200 million. It is not ...
Discussion
May 29, 2017, 6:19 pm
