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Domain Name Wire
Why you’re selling fewer domain names
Demand for new websites is decreasing, and so is the demand for domains. There have been some big domain sales lately, but if you are on “domain Twitter,” you know all is not well in the domain name aftermarket. Domain investors are compl...
Discussion
Why you’re selling fewer domain names
Demand for new websites is decreasing, and so is the demand for domains. There have been some big domain sales lately, but if you are on “domain Twitter,” you know all is not well in the domain name aftermarket. Domain investors are compl...
Discussion
August 11, 2022, 3:45 pm
Domain Name Wire
Here are 108 domains that sold for $2k+ on NameJet and Snapnames last month
Sales dropped in July on Newfold’s aftermarket platforms. Newfold Digital’s domain name aftermarket platforms NameJet and SnapNames combined to sell 108 domains for $2,000 or more last month. These domains totaled $447,000, but keep in mi...
Discussion
Here are 108 domains that sold for $2k+ on NameJet and Snapnames last month
Sales dropped in July on Newfold’s aftermarket platforms. Newfold Digital’s domain name aftermarket platforms NameJet and SnapNames combined to sell 108 domains for $2,000 or more last month. These domains totaled $447,000, but keep in mi...
Discussion
August 11, 2022, 12:53 pm
The Domains
NameJet/SnapNames July 2022 sales report led by MedJobs.com
NameJet/SnapNames released their July domain name sales report. Overall sales were down 10% from June with NameJet slowing considerably Overall revenue was up 8% which means average sales price was way up (21%). Name Jet had 2 domain sell for m...
Discussion
NameJet/SnapNames July 2022 sales report led by MedJobs.com
NameJet/SnapNames released their July domain name sales report. Overall sales were down 10% from June with NameJet slowing considerably Overall revenue was up 8% which means average sales price was way up (21%). Name Jet had 2 domain sell for m...
Discussion
August 10, 2022, 9:58 pm
Domain Name Wire
Call.com sells again, this time for $1.6 million
It last sold publicly for $1.1 million in 2009. Sedo has brokered the sale of call.com for $1.6 million. Broker Frank Tillmanns announced the transaction on Twitter this morning. The domain name has a storied history. Live Current Media (previously C...
Discussion
Call.com sells again, this time for $1.6 million
It last sold publicly for $1.1 million in 2009. Sedo has brokered the sale of call.com for $1.6 million. Broker Frank Tillmanns announced the transaction on Twitter this morning. The domain name has a storied history. Live Current Media (previously C...
Discussion
August 10, 2022, 3:53 pm
Domain Name Wire
Wix plans layoffs as growth slows
Company announces cost cuts as demand returns to pre-pandemic levels. Website building platform Wix (NASDAQ: WIX) announced a cost reduction plan that includes layoffs today along with its Q2 earnings. The company said that demand, which shot up duri...
Discussion
Wix plans layoffs as growth slows
Company announces cost cuts as demand returns to pre-pandemic levels. Website building platform Wix (NASDAQ: WIX) announced a cost reduction plan that includes layoffs today along with its Q2 earnings. The company said that demand, which shot up duri...
Discussion
August 10, 2022, 3:27 pm
Domain Name Wire
It’s time to rethink WIPO guide section 3.5
The current jurisprudence doesn’t match the goal of UDRP. Many UDRP panelists consider the WIPO Overview of WIPO Panel Views on Selected UDRP Questions, Third Edition as bible for considering facts in a UDRP case. The guide provides an overview...
Discussion
It’s time to rethink WIPO guide section 3.5
The current jurisprudence doesn’t match the goal of UDRP. Many UDRP panelists consider the WIPO Overview of WIPO Panel Views on Selected UDRP Questions, Third Edition as bible for considering facts in a UDRP case. The guide provides an overview...
Discussion
August 10, 2022, 1:22 pm
Domain Name Wire
Tucows Domains continues to tread water, company comments on blockchain domains
Its domain name business shrunk a bit last quarter. Tucows’ (NASDAQ: TCX) domain name business continues to tread water, the company reported today. Revenue in the domains business was $61.1 million in Q2 2022, down 2% from the same quarter a y...
Discussion
Tucows Domains continues to tread water, company comments on blockchain domains
Its domain name business shrunk a bit last quarter. Tucows’ (NASDAQ: TCX) domain name business continues to tread water, the company reported today. Revenue in the domains business was $61.1 million in Q2 2022, down 2% from the same quarter a y...
Discussion
August 9, 2022, 9:41 pm
Domain Name Wire
Latest end user domain sales, including some nice brandables
An art sales and rental platform, an international remittances company, and a recruiting firm bought domain names. Sedo’s top sale this past week was the two-character domain m2.com for £80,000. It’s not clear who bought the domain....
Discussion
Latest end user domain sales, including some nice brandables
An art sales and rental platform, an international remittances company, and a recruiting firm bought domain names. Sedo’s top sale this past week was the two-character domain m2.com for £80,000. It’s not clear who bought the domain....
Discussion
August 9, 2022, 4:37 pm
Domain Name Wire
Verisign gets another expired domain patent
Patent describes a separate “cache” pool for expired domains. The current method of drop catching domain names — throwing as many registrar add commands at the registry as possible — hasn’t changed. But that doesn’...
Discussion
Verisign gets another expired domain patent
Patent describes a separate “cache” pool for expired domains. The current method of drop catching domain names — throwing as many registrar add commands at the registry as possible — hasn’t changed. But that doesn’...
Discussion
August 9, 2022, 4:00 pm
The Domains
Sedo weekly domain name sales led by M2.com
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and M2.com led the way at 80,000 GBP, ($96,706). Viya.com was second at $28,001. Gene.ai was third at 25,000 Euro, ($25,555) 36 .com sales 14 cctld sales 6 other tld sales Highlights of public SedoMLS sale...
Discussion
Sedo weekly domain name sales led by M2.com
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and M2.com led the way at 80,000 GBP, ($96,706). Viya.com was second at $28,001. Gene.ai was third at 25,000 Euro, ($25,555) 36 .com sales 14 cctld sales 6 other tld sales Highlights of public SedoMLS sale...
Discussion
August 9, 2022, 3:14 pm
