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The Domains
NameJet/SnapNames September 2022 sales led by Fiduciary.com
Overall sales were flat from Aug with NameJet doing best with an increase of 24% MoM. Overall revenue were up 20% over Aug and average sales price was also up 20% MoM. NameJet sold 8 domains with prices over $10K each. Fiduciary.com was the lea...
Discussion
NameJet/SnapNames September 2022 sales led by Fiduciary.com
Overall sales were flat from Aug with NameJet doing best with an increase of 24% MoM. Overall revenue were up 20% over Aug and average sales price was also up 20% MoM. NameJet sold 8 domains with prices over $10K each. Fiduciary.com was the lea...
Discussion
October 14, 2022, 7:09 pm
Domain Name Wire
Google adds site names on mobile search
Site names are now prominently featured in search results. Google continuously plays around with how it displays search results. Sometimes it messes around with the URL, either truncating it or removing it altogether. Today, it announced that it&rsqu...
Discussion
Google adds site names on mobile search
Site names are now prominently featured in search results. Google continuously plays around with how it displays search results. Sometimes it messes around with the URL, either truncating it or removing it altogether. Today, it announced that it&rsqu...
Discussion
October 14, 2022, 2:26 pm
Domain Name Wire
Ribbon moves away from Ribbon.com and rebrands to Momence
It appears that this company had a lease for ribbon.com that it let lapse. I typically focus on domain name upgrades and the power that premium domain names can bring to a brand. Here, though, is a company that has moved away from its premium domain ...
Discussion
Ribbon moves away from Ribbon.com and rebrands to Momence
It appears that this company had a lease for ribbon.com that it let lapse. I typically focus on domain name upgrades and the power that premium domain names can bring to a brand. Here, though, is a company that has moved away from its premium domain ...
Discussion
October 14, 2022, 1:20 pm
DomainSherpa
DomainSherpa Review – October 13, 2022: An Irrational Fear of Glitter: BackyardBamboo.com, L.ar, Upsells.com, NewEmpire.com
What do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names?In this show:• The Sherpas play The Domain Game, where they guess what certain domains were bought and sold for and discuss the reasons behind their evaluations. Today&#...
Discussion
DomainSherpa Review – October 13, 2022: An Irrational Fear of Glitter: BackyardBamboo.com, L.ar, Upsells.com, NewEmpire.com
What do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names?In this show:• The Sherpas play The Domain Game, where they guess what certain domains were bought and sold for and discuss the reasons behind their evaluations. Today&#...
Discussion
October 13, 2022, 6:32 pm
Domain Name Wire
Samba TV tries to reverse hijack domain name
TV analytics company went after a domain registered well before it existed. Earlier today, I wrote about the hummingbird.com UDRP and stated that I was surprised the panelist didn’t consider UDRP. National Arbitration Forum published another de...
Discussion
Samba TV tries to reverse hijack domain name
TV analytics company went after a domain registered well before it existed. Earlier today, I wrote about the hummingbird.com UDRP and stated that I was surprised the panelist didn’t consider UDRP. National Arbitration Forum published another de...
Discussion
October 13, 2022, 3:23 pm
Domain Name Wire
Hummingbird.com UDRP (unsurprisingly) denied
This case was dead on arrival. Hummingbird RegTech, Inc. has failed to get the domain name hummingbird.com through a cybersquatting claim. The case was dead on arrival, and I’m a bit surprised that the panelist didn’t consider reverse dom...
Discussion
Hummingbird.com UDRP (unsurprisingly) denied
This case was dead on arrival. Hummingbird RegTech, Inc. has failed to get the domain name hummingbird.com through a cybersquatting claim. The case was dead on arrival, and I’m a bit surprised that the panelist didn’t consider reverse dom...
Discussion
October 13, 2022, 3:02 pm
The Domains
What makes someone an expert?
There has been a lot of talk over the past 24 hours about who is an expert in the domain industry. What makes someone an expert? There are obviously no set rules or definitions. Some will say if you have no verifiable public domain name sales you are...
Discussion
What makes someone an expert?
There has been a lot of talk over the past 24 hours about who is an expert in the domain industry. What makes someone an expert? There are obviously no set rules or definitions. Some will say if you have no verifiable public domain name sales you are...
Discussion
October 12, 2022, 6:37 pm
The Domains
Liquid Market Report for Q3 2022
Giuseppe Graziano released the Liquid Market Report for Q3 2022. Highlights include: Disclosed sales as reported by ShortNames.com doubled from $10M to $20M. The Escrow.com sales volume went up from $5.5M to $23.2M, a staggering 313%!&...
Discussion
Liquid Market Report for Q3 2022
Giuseppe Graziano released the Liquid Market Report for Q3 2022. Highlights include: Disclosed sales as reported by ShortNames.com doubled from $10M to $20M. The Escrow.com sales volume went up from $5.5M to $23.2M, a staggering 313%!&...
Discussion
October 12, 2022, 6:04 pm
Domain Name Wire
WIPO panel finds Spanish entrepreneur magazine tried reverse domain name hijacking
Panel admonishes publisher for cybersquatting complaint. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has found (pdf) that Revista Emprendedores S.L. engaged in reverse domain name hijacking. The company publishes a Spanish-language magazine call...
Discussion
WIPO panel finds Spanish entrepreneur magazine tried reverse domain name hijacking
Panel admonishes publisher for cybersquatting complaint. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has found (pdf) that Revista Emprendedores S.L. engaged in reverse domain name hijacking. The company publishes a Spanish-language magazine call...
Discussion
October 12, 2022, 2:55 pm
Domain Name Wire
This week’s 17 end user domain name sales
An insulation company, a crypto service and a freelance marketplace bought domain names. Sedo’s top public sale this past week was fincas.com for €75,000. Google Translate says this translates in Spanish as “estates” or “...
Discussion
This week’s 17 end user domain name sales
An insulation company, a crypto service and a freelance marketplace bought domain names. Sedo’s top public sale this past week was fincas.com for €75,000. Google Translate says this translates in Spanish as “estates” or “...
Discussion
October 12, 2022, 1:22 pm
