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Domain Name Wire
Web businesses during the pandemic – DNW Podcast #304
How are web businesses faring? It depends on the audience. By now, we have a good idea about what is happening in the domain name industry due to the pandemic. But what about developed websites? The answer, unsurprisingly, is that web businesses are ...
Discussion
Web businesses during the pandemic – DNW Podcast #304
How are web businesses faring? It depends on the audience. By now, we have a good idea about what is happening in the domain name industry due to the pandemic. But what about developed websites? The answer, unsurprisingly, is that web businesses are ...
Discussion
September 21, 2020, 3:30 pm
The Domains
ThePirateBay.com closes at $35,150 at DropCatch
A few days ago I wrote about PirateBay.org closing at $50,000 on DropCatch. Next in line was ThePirateBay.com, also caught by DropCatch and closed at $35,150. ThePirateBay.com was originally registered in 2004. Metrics Ahrefs domain rating of 33 Back...
Discussion
ThePirateBay.com closes at $35,150 at DropCatch
A few days ago I wrote about PirateBay.org closing at $50,000 on DropCatch. Next in line was ThePirateBay.com, also caught by DropCatch and closed at $35,150. ThePirateBay.com was originally registered in 2004. Metrics Ahrefs domain rating of 33 Back...
Discussion
September 21, 2020, 1:00 am
The Domains
Where are the 10 highest reported new gtld domain name sales in 2020?
There have been 7,064 reported new gtld sales at Namebio. These sales total $26.6 million. The top 10 brought home $3,169,431 or approximately 12% of all reported sales. .Top and .Games both placed multiple entries in the top 10, with 2 each. Online....
Discussion
Where are the 10 highest reported new gtld domain name sales in 2020?
There have been 7,064 reported new gtld sales at Namebio. These sales total $26.6 million. The top 10 brought home $3,169,431 or approximately 12% of all reported sales. .Top and .Games both placed multiple entries in the top 10, with 2 each. Online....
Discussion
September 20, 2020, 2:16 am
Domain Name Wire
Saudi Aramco tries to take dead man’s domain name
Company tries to use UDRP to take domain registered in 1997 by now-deceased man. One of the world’s most valuable companies just plumbed new depths in cybersquatting disputes. Saudi Aramco, the $133 billion Saudi Arabian oil company, filed trad...
Discussion
Saudi Aramco tries to take dead man’s domain name
Company tries to use UDRP to take domain registered in 1997 by now-deceased man. One of the world’s most valuable companies just plumbed new depths in cybersquatting disputes. Saudi Aramco, the $133 billion Saudi Arabian oil company, filed trad...
Discussion
September 18, 2020, 4:42 pm
Domain Name Wire
Is an app really necessary?
Another company shuts down its app to focus on the mobile web. “We’ve got have an app!” – businesses everywhere But do they, really? Or is an app just a lazy way of making a mobile-friendly website? I was reminded of this earl...
Discussion
Is an app really necessary?
Another company shuts down its app to focus on the mobile web. “We’ve got have an app!” – businesses everywhere But do they, really? Or is an app just a lazy way of making a mobile-friendly website? I was reminded of this earl...
Discussion
September 18, 2020, 4:37 pm
Domain Name Wire
SZ.com is latest two-letter domain to sell to a Chinese domain investor
Another two letter .com domain sale. The premium domain SZ.com has sold. According to the Whois record at Godaddy where the domain is registered, the domain was updated on September 16 and the owner is located in the Fujian Province of China. SZ.com ...
Discussion
SZ.com is latest two-letter domain to sell to a Chinese domain investor
Another two letter .com domain sale. The premium domain SZ.com has sold. According to the Whois record at Godaddy where the domain is registered, the domain was updated on September 16 and the owner is located in the Fujian Province of China. SZ.com ...
Discussion
September 18, 2020, 12:51 pm
Domain Name Wire
Web.com loses WebCentral bidding war despite 80% increase
Australian registrar drops Web.com despite higher bid. It looks like Web.com’s planned acquisition of Australian domain name company WebCentral isn’t going to happen after all. Web.com offered AUS 10 cents per share ($12.2 million total) ...
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Web.com loses WebCentral bidding war despite 80% increase
Australian registrar drops Web.com despite higher bid. It looks like Web.com’s planned acquisition of Australian domain name company WebCentral isn’t going to happen after all. Web.com offered AUS 10 cents per share ($12.2 million total) ...
Discussion
September 18, 2020, 3:28 am
The Domains
AMA at Namepros reveals $500,000 sale
Over at Namepros today Lambo.com posted an AMA and revealed that he sold the domain name Coinex.com for $500,000. Great sale on Lambo.com’s part, it looks like Media Options was involved too. The post AMA at Namepros reveals $500,000 sale appea...
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AMA at Namepros reveals $500,000 sale
Over at Namepros today Lambo.com posted an AMA and revealed that he sold the domain name Coinex.com for $500,000. Great sale on Lambo.com’s part, it looks like Media Options was involved too. The post AMA at Namepros reveals $500,000 sale appea...
Discussion
September 18, 2020, 2:01 am
The Domains
Buyer was begging for a UDRP and got one
On May 18 I wrote about BarclaysBank.com being sold for $3,003 on NameJet. The domain was registered in 1999 and owned by Roy Edward Messer the man who sold Vodka.com for $3 million in 2006. In the comments Roy said: roy e messer says May 18, 2020 at...
Discussion
Buyer was begging for a UDRP and got one
On May 18 I wrote about BarclaysBank.com being sold for $3,003 on NameJet. The domain was registered in 1999 and owned by Roy Edward Messer the man who sold Vodka.com for $3 million in 2006. In the comments Roy said: roy e messer says May 18, 2020 at...
Discussion
September 17, 2020, 9:06 pm
Domain Name Wire
How Microstrategy got its domains and sold Voice.com for $30 million
CEO tells the Voice.com story. MicroStrategy (NASDAQ: MSTR) is both domain famous and bitcoin famous. The company acquired lots of great domain names early on, such as Alert.com, Courage.com, Mike.com and Usher.com. Then, last year, the company sold ...
Discussion
How Microstrategy got its domains and sold Voice.com for $30 million
CEO tells the Voice.com story. MicroStrategy (NASDAQ: MSTR) is both domain famous and bitcoin famous. The company acquired lots of great domain names early on, such as Alert.com, Courage.com, Mike.com and Usher.com. Then, last year, the company sold ...
Discussion
September 17, 2020, 7:40 pm
