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The Domains
Sedo weekly sales led by the second highest reported .in sale of all time
Sedo released their weekly sales and there was a tie at the top 6115.com and Hop.in sold for $50,000. Hop.in is the second highest reported .in sale of all time. Argot.com sold for $35,000. 49 .com sales 21 cctld sales 7 other tld sales Domain name D...
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Sedo weekly sales led by the second highest reported .in sale of all time
Sedo released their weekly sales and there was a tie at the top 6115.com and Hop.in sold for $50,000. Hop.in is the second highest reported .in sale of all time. Argot.com sold for $35,000. 49 .com sales 21 cctld sales 7 other tld sales Domain name D...
Discussion
May 26, 2020, 8:09 pm
The Domains
Post the best .com you have for sale
The sales post is now moving to the beginning of the week. Last Friday there was no post due to the Memorial day holiday and a request that has been building for weeks. A lot of readers asked for the post to be at the start of the week. Some said the...
Discussion
Post the best .com you have for sale
The sales post is now moving to the beginning of the week. Last Friday there was no post due to the Memorial day holiday and a request that has been building for weeks. A lot of readers asked for the post to be at the start of the week. Some said the...
Discussion
May 26, 2020, 4:58 pm
Domain Name Wire
Seattle business guilty of reverse domain name hijacking
Panelist calls the complaint “patently deficient.” UDRP panelists usually don’t find reverse domain name hijacking if a Complainant represents themselves. But World Intellectual Property Organization panelist Scott Blackmer decided ...
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Seattle business guilty of reverse domain name hijacking
Panelist calls the complaint “patently deficient.” UDRP panelists usually don’t find reverse domain name hijacking if a Complainant represents themselves. But World Intellectual Property Organization panelist Scott Blackmer decided ...
Discussion
May 26, 2020, 4:48 pm
Domain Name Wire
One Word Domains – DNW Podcast #287
A tool to find one-word domains and thoughts about the state of the domain business. This week I have a guest interview and some thoughts about the domain industry. For the guest segment, I speak with Steven Tey, a student who created OneWord.Domains...
Discussion
One Word Domains – DNW Podcast #287
A tool to find one-word domains and thoughts about the state of the domain business. This week I have a guest interview and some thoughts about the domain industry. For the guest segment, I speak with Steven Tey, a student who created OneWord.Domains...
Discussion
May 26, 2020, 3:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy’s bold color choice has benefits
The color alone screams “GoDaddy” to me. GoDaddy’s (NYSE: GDDY) new logo gave a lot of people pause last year. Is it a heart? Two eggs? An upside-down AirBnB logo? Part of the reproductive system? But the boldest thing might have be...
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GoDaddy’s bold color choice has benefits
The color alone screams “GoDaddy” to me. GoDaddy’s (NYSE: GDDY) new logo gave a lot of people pause last year. Is it a heart? Two eggs? An upside-down AirBnB logo? Part of the reproductive system? But the boldest thing might have be...
Discussion
May 26, 2020, 2:36 pm
The Domains
Todd Han answers a bunch of questions in AMA at Namepros
Todd Han the founder of Dynadot did an AMA on Namepros over the weekend. Todd has 40 posts in the thread, sometimes answering multiple questions of members in one post. Let’s start with the first thing that comes to mind, why Dynadot? The Durfe...
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Todd Han answers a bunch of questions in AMA at Namepros
Todd Han the founder of Dynadot did an AMA on Namepros over the weekend. Todd has 40 posts in the thread, sometimes answering multiple questions of members in one post. Let’s start with the first thing that comes to mind, why Dynadot? The Durfe...
Discussion
May 25, 2020, 10:20 am
The Domains
Former Chinese website 55BBS.com closes at $70,050 on DropCatch
55BBS was a Chinese lifestyle shopping website founded in 2004. It was acquired by CNET in 2008. Reported here CNET (NSDQ: CNET) Networks, in the process of being bought by CBS Corp (NYSE: CBS). is buying Beijing-based 55BBS, a lifestyle and shopping...
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Former Chinese website 55BBS.com closes at $70,050 on DropCatch
55BBS was a Chinese lifestyle shopping website founded in 2004. It was acquired by CNET in 2008. Reported here CNET (NSDQ: CNET) Networks, in the process of being bought by CBS Corp (NYSE: CBS). is buying Beijing-based 55BBS, a lifestyle and shopping...
Discussion
May 25, 2020, 6:53 am
Domain Name Wire
Workforce.com: The danger of not owning the “best” domain for your company
Confusion when someone buys the better domain. Workforce Software provides workforce management software using the domain name WorkforceSoftware.com. For decades, the shorter Workforce.com domain was used by Workforce Magazine to deliver human resour...
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Workforce.com: The danger of not owning the “best” domain for your company
Confusion when someone buys the better domain. Workforce Software provides workforce management software using the domain name WorkforceSoftware.com. For decades, the shorter Workforce.com domain was used by Workforce Magazine to deliver human resour...
Discussion
May 23, 2020, 3:59 pm
Domain Name Wire
More and more companies are using new TLDs
Registration numbers games are masking actual use. Big companies might prefer .com. Most people might choose .com. But there’s another trend I’ve seen over the past year that shouldn’t be overlooked: more and more companies using ne...
Discussion
More and more companies are using new TLDs
Registration numbers games are masking actual use. Big companies might prefer .com. Most people might choose .com. But there’s another trend I’ve seen over the past year that shouldn’t be overlooked: more and more companies using ne...
Discussion
May 22, 2020, 4:41 pm
Domain Name Wire
The preference for .com
No matter where you look, big companies tend to favor .com. The other day I read an article about domains used by corporate users around the world. It just shows how important .com is as a global extension. Yakup Hasan Küçük at Dofo ...
Discussion
The preference for .com
No matter where you look, big companies tend to favor .com. The other day I read an article about domains used by corporate users around the world. It just shows how important .com is as a global extension. Yakup Hasan Küçük at Dofo ...
Discussion
May 22, 2020, 1:11 pm
