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Domain Name Wire
Donuts top 20 premium (channel) sales of 2020
Here are the top channel sales of 2020 and how they are being used. Like most top level domain companies, Donuts sells the best domain names in its portfolio at premium prices. These premiums are usually charged for the initial registration and renew...
Discussion
Donuts top 20 premium (channel) sales of 2020
Here are the top channel sales of 2020 and how they are being used. Like most top level domain companies, Donuts sells the best domain names in its portfolio at premium prices. These premiums are usually charged for the initial registration and renew...
Discussion
January 5, 2021, 4:35 pm
Domain Name Wire
Wix changes product name from virus to nicotine
Company dumps Covid-sounding brand name. Each time I got an email this year from Wix (NASDAQ: WIX) about its Corvid web development system, I thought the company is providing an update about Covid-19. I’m not the only person. Wix has finally de...
Discussion
Wix changes product name from virus to nicotine
Company dumps Covid-sounding brand name. Each time I got an email this year from Wix (NASDAQ: WIX) about its Corvid web development system, I thought the company is providing an update about Covid-19. I’m not the only person. Wix has finally de...
Discussion
January 4, 2021, 8:12 pm
Domain Name Wire
How I decide which domains to renew vs. delete
Some helpful tips for making the keep/delete decision. I like to spend the final week of the year preparing for the next. This includes reviewing the domains in my portfolio that expire over the next 6-7 months and renewing the ones I want to keep. I...
Discussion
How I decide which domains to renew vs. delete
Some helpful tips for making the keep/delete decision. I like to spend the final week of the year preparing for the next. This includes reviewing the domains in my portfolio that expire over the next 6-7 months and renewing the ones I want to keep. I...
Discussion
January 4, 2021, 6:15 pm
Domain Name Wire
NielsenIQ and domain names – DNW Podcast #319
What’s NielsenIQ, and why did it acquire NIQ.com? Nielsen — the company you probably know for TV ratings — is really much more than that. This year, the company is splitting into two. On today’s show, I interview Jacqueline Wo...
Discussion
NielsenIQ and domain names – DNW Podcast #319
What’s NielsenIQ, and why did it acquire NIQ.com? Nielsen — the company you probably know for TV ratings — is really much more than that. This year, the company is splitting into two. On today’s show, I interview Jacqueline Wo...
Discussion
January 4, 2021, 4:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
How to use LinkedIn to contact corporate executives in China
Kassey Lee explains how he uses LinkedIn to contact decision markers in China. It’s relevant for connecting with people around the world. I joined LinkedIn in 2016 upon recommendation by long-time domain investor Howard Fellman. In these four y...
Discussion
How to use LinkedIn to contact corporate executives in China
Kassey Lee explains how he uses LinkedIn to contact decision markers in China. It’s relevant for connecting with people around the world. I joined LinkedIn in 2016 upon recommendation by long-time domain investor Howard Fellman. In these four y...
Discussion
January 4, 2021, 2:42 pm
The Domains
2020 Reported Country code sales up over 20% compared to 2019
Reported Country code sales in 2020 were up over 20% in 2020 compared to 2019. There were 7,648 Total Sales vs 6,249 in 2019. $12.8m in dollar volume vs $10.5m in 2019. Average selling price per domain name was almost unchanged, $1,677 vs $1,681. The...
Discussion
2020 Reported Country code sales up over 20% compared to 2019
Reported Country code sales in 2020 were up over 20% in 2020 compared to 2019. There were 7,648 Total Sales vs 6,249 in 2019. $12.8m in dollar volume vs $10.5m in 2019. Average selling price per domain name was almost unchanged, $1,677 vs $1,681. The...
Discussion
January 4, 2021, 6:55 am
The Domains
Are you looking to do anything differently in 2021 when it comes to domaining?
Domaining 2021 For some 5 or 6 years of middling .coms or new gtlds has not panned out. Some have told me they really wished they had abandoned domain names and put all their time and money into crypto. 2020 certainly has been a trying year around th...
Discussion
Are you looking to do anything differently in 2021 when it comes to domaining?
Domaining 2021 For some 5 or 6 years of middling .coms or new gtlds has not panned out. Some have told me they really wished they had abandoned domain names and put all their time and money into crypto. 2020 certainly has been a trying year around th...
Discussion
January 1, 2021, 12:21 am
Domain Name Wire
Happy New Year. Here’s to a better one!
I think that the world is generally becoming a better place as the years go by. But 2020 was a real stinker, even for someone like me. Nothing will magically change as the clock strikes midnight tonight, but surely 2021 can’t be any worse than ...
Discussion
Happy New Year. Here’s to a better one!
I think that the world is generally becoming a better place as the years go by. But 2020 was a real stinker, even for someone like me. Nothing will magically change as the clock strikes midnight tonight, but surely 2021 can’t be any worse than ...
Discussion
December 31, 2020, 6:51 pm
Domain Name Wire
2020 in Review: Price hikes on the way
Domain investor costs are about to increase. This is the fifth in a series of posts about the domain name industry in 2020. Read the others here. .Com prices are going up. ICANN agreed to a contract extension with Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) in 2020. The...
Discussion
2020 in Review: Price hikes on the way
Domain investor costs are about to increase. This is the fifth in a series of posts about the domain name industry in 2020. Read the others here. .Com prices are going up. ICANN agreed to a contract extension with Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) in 2020. The...
Discussion
December 31, 2020, 2:32 pm
Domain Name Wire
The scariest thing about that GoDaddy phishing test story
A lot of employees apparently fell for it. GoDaddy has been taking a lot of heat for a phishing test email it sent to many of its employees right before the holidays. The email told recipients that they were receiving a $650 holiday bonus and asked t...
Discussion
The scariest thing about that GoDaddy phishing test story
A lot of employees apparently fell for it. GoDaddy has been taking a lot of heat for a phishing test email it sent to many of its employees right before the holidays. The email told recipients that they were receiving a $650 holiday bonus and asked t...
Discussion
December 30, 2020, 4:23 pm
