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Domain Name Wire
50 meta domains have sold for $1,000 or more in the past mnth
Many of the buyers are domain investors. Meta, meta, meta. Metaverse-related domains are flying off the shelves, and it started well before Facebook rebranded to Meta. According to NameBio, 50 domains related to metaverse have sold for $1,000 or more...
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50 meta domains have sold for $1,000 or more in the past mnth
Many of the buyers are domain investors. Meta, meta, meta. Metaverse-related domains are flying off the shelves, and it started well before Facebook rebranded to Meta. According to NameBio, 50 domains related to metaverse have sold for $1,000 or more...
Discussion
November 11, 2021, 6:26 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy files new patent for “recommending domains from free text”
Patent describes a way to suggest domains based on user-supplied text. GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) has filed a patent application (pdf) for Recommending Domains from Free Text. The company filed a similar application in 2018 but abandoned it. The new applic...
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GoDaddy files new patent for “recommending domains from free text”
Patent describes a way to suggest domains based on user-supplied text. GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) has filed a patent application (pdf) for Recommending Domains from Free Text. The company filed a similar application in 2018 but abandoned it. The new applic...
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November 11, 2021, 5:55 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Com rankings: GoDaddy, Namecheap and Alibaba
These are the fastest growing and largest domain name registrars for .com domains. ICANN has published the latest official data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) about the .com namespace. This registrar-by-registrar report covers July 2021. When GoDaddy r...
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.Com rankings: GoDaddy, Namecheap and Alibaba
These are the fastest growing and largest domain name registrars for .com domains. ICANN has published the latest official data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) about the .com namespace. This registrar-by-registrar report covers July 2021. When GoDaddy r...
Discussion
November 11, 2021, 2:29 pm
Domain Name Wire
Marc Benioff leads $20 million funding round for You.com
Benioff registered You.com in the 90s. If you’re going to take on Google, you need to stand out from the crowd. A great domain name is an ideal way of gaining some prestige. It’s exactly what a young search engine upstart has done. In 202...
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Marc Benioff leads $20 million funding round for You.com
Benioff registered You.com in the 90s. If you’re going to take on Google, you need to stand out from the crowd. A great domain name is an ideal way of gaining some prestige. It’s exactly what a young search engine upstart has done. In 202...
Discussion
November 10, 2021, 5:49 pm
Domain Name Wire
Expired domain shuffle: GoDaddy picks up 2 registrars, loses Namecheap
Two CentralNic registrars join GoDaddy Auctions but Namecheap leaves. Three registrars have changed where they are sending expired domain names. Based on recent searches at GoDaddy Auctions, GoDaddy has picked up Moniker’s and Key-Systems&rsquo...
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Expired domain shuffle: GoDaddy picks up 2 registrars, loses Namecheap
Two CentralNic registrars join GoDaddy Auctions but Namecheap leaves. Three registrars have changed where they are sending expired domain names. Based on recent searches at GoDaddy Auctions, GoDaddy has picked up Moniker’s and Key-Systems&rsquo...
Discussion
November 10, 2021, 5:29 pm
Domain Name Wire
What to do with your extra BIN time
Switch to BIN and enjoy the extra free time. Yesterday, domain investor and blogger Elliot Silver talked about a good problem: he no longer wastes time negotiating most of his domain deals. Instead, he puts buy it now (BIN) prices on most of his doma...
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What to do with your extra BIN time
Switch to BIN and enjoy the extra free time. Yesterday, domain investor and blogger Elliot Silver talked about a good problem: he no longer wastes time negotiating most of his domain deals. Instead, he puts buy it now (BIN) prices on most of his doma...
Discussion
November 10, 2021, 2:14 pm
DomainSherpa
DomainSherpa – Down The Rabbit Hole – November 9, 2021: ApesTogetherStrong
As we say on DomainSherpa - all roads lead to domains. And in the reverse, domains lead us "down the rabbit hole" for different topics all the time. This show is where we discuss a wide variety of subjects - with plenty of talk about domain...
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DomainSherpa – Down The Rabbit Hole – November 9, 2021: ApesTogetherStrong
As we say on DomainSherpa - all roads lead to domains. And in the reverse, domains lead us "down the rabbit hole" for different topics all the time. This show is where we discuss a wide variety of subjects - with plenty of talk about domain...
Discussion
November 9, 2021, 7:31 pm
Domain Name Wire
DomainTools acquires Farsight Security
Two cybersecurity companies with deep domain industry ties are getting together. DomainTools has acquired Farsight Security, the two companies announced today. In a blog post, DomainTools CEO Tim Chen explained why the marriage makes sense: It’...
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DomainTools acquires Farsight Security
Two cybersecurity companies with deep domain industry ties are getting together. DomainTools has acquired Farsight Security, the two companies announced today. In a blog post, DomainTools CEO Tim Chen explained why the marriage makes sense: It’...
Discussion
November 9, 2021, 6:40 pm
The Domains
Sedo weekly domain name sales led by Cpartner.com
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and Cpartner.com led the way at $39,888. Inf.co was second at 17,500 Euro, ($20,287) and Liven.de was third at 15,000 Euro, ($17,389). 53 .com sales 22 cctld sales 8 other tld sales Top 3 highlights of pub...
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Sedo weekly domain name sales led by Cpartner.com
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and Cpartner.com led the way at $39,888. Inf.co was second at 17,500 Euro, ($20,287) and Liven.de was third at 15,000 Euro, ($17,389). 53 .com sales 22 cctld sales 8 other tld sales Top 3 highlights of pub...
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November 9, 2021, 6:36 pm
Domain Name Wire
PIR announces winners of 2021 .Org Impact Awards
PIR crowns annual winners and donates cash to worthy causes. Public Interest Registry, the organization behind the .org top level domain, announced the winners of its third annual .Org Impact Awards today. A record of 633 organizations and individual...
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PIR announces winners of 2021 .Org Impact Awards
PIR crowns annual winners and donates cash to worthy causes. Public Interest Registry, the organization behind the .org top level domain, announced the winners of its third annual .Org Impact Awards today. A record of 633 organizations and individual...
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November 9, 2021, 6:05 pm
