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End user domain sales: a lingerie model walks into a church…
What an eclectic mix of domain names sales this week! The internet is certainly a diverse place. Consider the domains that sold to end users at Sedo this week: a sex toy shop, a couple of religious organizations, and a place to buy your smoking acces...
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End user domain sales: a lingerie model walks into a church…
What an eclectic mix of domain names sales this week! The internet is certainly a diverse place. Consider the domains that sold to end users at Sedo this week: a sex toy shop, a couple of religious organizations, and a place to buy your smoking acces...
Discussion
May 15, 2024, 1:39 pm
The Domains
Squarespace is going private
Close to a year after buying Google’s domain business, Squarespace is going private. The stock popped 13% on the news yesterday. It closed today basically unchanged. CNBC mentioned They also point out that the $44 per share in cash, a roughly 3...
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Squarespace is going private
Close to a year after buying Google’s domain business, Squarespace is going private. The stock popped 13% on the news yesterday. It closed today basically unchanged. CNBC mentioned They also point out that the $44 per share in cash, a roughly 3...
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May 15, 2024, 3:16 am
The Domains
NameJet/SnapNames April 2024 domain name sales led by Hoku.com
NameJet/SnapNames sales for April 2024 are out and Hoku.com was the top domain name sale at $17,730. NameJet high sale was HOKU.com at $17,730. SnapNames high sale was IMARK.com at $7,250 NameJet Domain Name Brand Product Sales Amt hoku.com Namejet E...
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NameJet/SnapNames April 2024 domain name sales led by Hoku.com
NameJet/SnapNames sales for April 2024 are out and Hoku.com was the top domain name sale at $17,730. NameJet high sale was HOKU.com at $17,730. SnapNames high sale was IMARK.com at $7,250 NameJet Domain Name Brand Product Sales Amt hoku.com Namejet E...
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May 14, 2024, 11:29 pm
Domain Name Wire
Review: Bob Parsons’ Fire in the Hole!
GoDaddy’s founder tells the story of how the company almost failed in a new autobiography. Few people have shaped the domain name industry and domain investing as much as Bob Parsons, the founder of GoDaddy. This month, Parsons published an aut...
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Review: Bob Parsons’ Fire in the Hole!
GoDaddy’s founder tells the story of how the company almost failed in a new autobiography. Few people have shaped the domain name industry and domain investing as much as Bob Parsons, the founder of GoDaddy. This month, Parsons published an aut...
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May 14, 2024, 6:35 pm
Domain Name Wire
Unstoppable Domains gets another blockchain patent
Company adds another patent related to managing blockchain names. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office today granted patent number 11,985,252 to Unstoppable Domains. The patent is titled Resolving and managing blockchain domains (pdf) and covers vari...
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Unstoppable Domains gets another blockchain patent
Company adds another patent related to managing blockchain names. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office today granted patent number 11,985,252 to Unstoppable Domains. The patent is titled Resolving and managing blockchain domains (pdf) and covers vari...
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May 14, 2024, 3:45 pm
Domain Name Wire
Dynadot auctioning registry reserved .gg and .je domain names
Ez.gg, pay.je and auction.gg are up for grabs. Dyandot is auctioning registry reserved .gg and .je domain names in partnership with ChannelIsles.net. .Gg is the country code top level domain name for Guernsey, and .je is the ccTLD for Jersey. Gamers ...
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Dynadot auctioning registry reserved .gg and .je domain names
Ez.gg, pay.je and auction.gg are up for grabs. Dyandot is auctioning registry reserved .gg and .je domain names in partnership with ChannelIsles.net. .Gg is the country code top level domain name for Guernsey, and .je is the ccTLD for Jersey. Gamers ...
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May 14, 2024, 3:28 pm
The Domains
Sedo weekly domain name sales led by uTask.com
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and uTask.com led the way at $20,000. Reformas.es was number two at 12,500 Euro, ($13,522). 22 .com sales 10 cctld sales 10 other tld sales Soccerverse.com and Retroverse.com were representing the verse ni...
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Sedo weekly domain name sales led by uTask.com
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and uTask.com led the way at $20,000. Reformas.es was number two at 12,500 Euro, ($13,522). 22 .com sales 10 cctld sales 10 other tld sales Soccerverse.com and Retroverse.com were representing the verse ni...
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May 14, 2024, 2:17 pm
Domain Name Wire
Australian psychology company tries reverse domain name hijacking
This case was dead on arrival despite the Complainant’s creative argument. Neurocog Pty Ltd, an Australian company in the psychology industry, has been found (pdf) guilty of reverse domain name hijacking. The company filed a cybersquatting disp...
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Australian psychology company tries reverse domain name hijacking
This case was dead on arrival despite the Complainant’s creative argument. Neurocog Pty Ltd, an Australian company in the psychology industry, has been found (pdf) guilty of reverse domain name hijacking. The company filed a cybersquatting disp...
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May 13, 2024, 8:16 pm
Domain Name Wire
Team Internet: Profitability up as growth stagnates
Only 1% year-over-year growth in Q1, but profitability up sharply. Team Internet Group (AIM: TIG, OTCQX: TIGXF, formerly called CentralNic) revealed its Q1 earnings today. The high-growth revenue of past years has now dwindled, but profitability is u...
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Team Internet: Profitability up as growth stagnates
Only 1% year-over-year growth in Q1, but profitability up sharply. Team Internet Group (AIM: TIG, OTCQX: TIGXF, formerly called CentralNic) revealed its Q1 earnings today. The high-growth revenue of past years has now dwindled, but profitability is u...
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May 13, 2024, 4:06 pm
The Domains
Tiwtter.com auction closing today it’s all about the links
Closing at DropCatch today is the ugly looking domain name Tiwtter.com. A typo for Twitter which is now of course referred to as X. So one might be thinking eventually Elon Musk is going to make the changeover to using X.com so is it worth bothering ...
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Tiwtter.com auction closing today it’s all about the links
Closing at DropCatch today is the ugly looking domain name Tiwtter.com. A typo for Twitter which is now of course referred to as X. So one might be thinking eventually Elon Musk is going to make the changeover to using X.com so is it worth bothering ...
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May 13, 2024, 3:59 pm
