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The Domains
GolfBet.com buyer revealed
Six weeks ago I published an article on the sale of GolfBet.com for $100,000. Pierluigi Buccioli announced the sale on LinkedIn. At the time he had mentioned that he did not sign an NDA. He also mentioned that he had reason to believe that the PGA To...
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GolfBet.com buyer revealed
Six weeks ago I published an article on the sale of GolfBet.com for $100,000. Pierluigi Buccioli announced the sale on LinkedIn. At the time he had mentioned that he did not sign an NDA. He also mentioned that he had reason to believe that the PGA To...
Discussion
March 2, 2020, 4:21 pm
Domain Name Wire
These domains lie in the upgrade path of two Chinese companies
Look at subpar domains companies are using to understand possible domain upgrades. I enjoy doing end user research because it can uncover domains as perfect upgrades for Chinese companies. Here are two startups I came across while reading vent...
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These domains lie in the upgrade path of two Chinese companies
Look at subpar domains companies are using to understand possible domain upgrades. I enjoy doing end user research because it can uncover domains as perfect upgrades for Chinese companies. Here are two startups I came across while reading vent...
Discussion
March 2, 2020, 4:11 pm
The Domains
Sell your shorties 1-3 characters max.
Short names only 1 to 3 characters any extension. If it’s any extension other than com/net/org LIST THE RENEWAL PRICE, premium or non premium. This is a new one, we have never tried this with 1 to 3 characters max and a $15,000 max budget. If e...
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Sell your shorties 1-3 characters max.
Short names only 1 to 3 characters any extension. If it’s any extension other than com/net/org LIST THE RENEWAL PRICE, premium or non premium. This is a new one, we have never tried this with 1 to 3 characters max and a $15,000 max budget. If e...
Discussion
February 28, 2020, 10:31 pm
Domain Name Wire
Cloudfest canceled, stock markets fall, Covid-19 and the economy
Event cancellations, supply chain disruptions, and travel restrictions are hitting the economy. Will they hit domains? The organizers of NamesCon hold a big cloud-industry event every March called Cloudfest. It attracts 7,000 people to Germany from a...
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Cloudfest canceled, stock markets fall, Covid-19 and the economy
Event cancellations, supply chain disruptions, and travel restrictions are hitting the economy. Will they hit domains? The organizers of NamesCon hold a big cloud-industry event every March called Cloudfest. It attracts 7,000 people to Germany from a...
Discussion
February 28, 2020, 4:45 pm
Domain Name Wire
Add.com auction sale falls through
Add.com sale didn’t add up. The $800,000 winning bid for Add.com at last month’s NamesCon live domain name auction won’t be completed, Domain Name Wire has learned. It seems that the winning bidder, who bid online, made an error. Th...
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Add.com auction sale falls through
Add.com sale didn’t add up. The $800,000 winning bid for Add.com at last month’s NamesCon live domain name auction won’t be completed, Domain Name Wire has learned. It seems that the winning bidder, who bid online, made an error. Th...
Discussion
February 28, 2020, 4:29 pm
Domain Name Wire
MMX bolsters executive ranks with three roles
Top level domain company adds three people to its C-Suite. MMX (LSE:MMX), also known as Minds + Machines, has added three people to its executive ranks. Vaughn Liley is the new Chief Revenue Officer. It’s somewhat of a roundtrip for Liley. Whil...
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MMX bolsters executive ranks with three roles
Top level domain company adds three people to its C-Suite. MMX (LSE:MMX), also known as Minds + Machines, has added three people to its executive ranks. Vaughn Liley is the new Chief Revenue Officer. It’s somewhat of a roundtrip for Liley. Whil...
Discussion
February 27, 2020, 9:28 pm
Domain Name Wire
Two insurance companies drop their top level domain names
Neither company extensively used its dot-brand top level domain names. Two more companies have decided to can their dot-brand top level domain names. Both are in the insurance sector. Insurance company Esurance notified ICANN on January 9 that it no ...
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Two insurance companies drop their top level domain names
Neither company extensively used its dot-brand top level domain names. Two more companies have decided to can their dot-brand top level domain names. Both are in the insurance sector. Insurance company Esurance notified ICANN on January 9 that it no ...
Discussion
February 27, 2020, 8:47 pm
The Domains
B-social dropping the hyphen and rebranding to a 4L.com
B-Social has secured £7.8m in funding and is now dropping the hyphen and getting a short new name. The company that is building a social bank is rebranding to Kroo.com. The domain was registered in 1996 and was purchased on NameJet for $2,555 i...
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B-social dropping the hyphen and rebranding to a 4L.com
B-Social has secured £7.8m in funding and is now dropping the hyphen and getting a short new name. The company that is building a social bank is rebranding to Kroo.com. The domain was registered in 1996 and was purchased on NameJet for $2,555 i...
Discussion
February 27, 2020, 7:08 pm
Domain Name Wire
What impact will increased .com prices have on domain investing?
Investors would have two ways to cope with rising prices. American Enterprise Institute submitted a comment (pdf) to ICANN about .com pricing during the comment period. Much of it echos Verisign’s own comments on the matter, and that shouldn&rs...
Discussion
What impact will increased .com prices have on domain investing?
Investors would have two ways to cope with rising prices. American Enterprise Institute submitted a comment (pdf) to ICANN about .com pricing during the comment period. Much of it echos Verisign’s own comments on the matter, and that shouldn&rs...
Discussion
February 27, 2020, 5:40 pm
Domain Name Wire
ICANN cancels another event due to Covid-19
Saudi Arabia event postponed over virus fears. ICANN has canceled a second event scheduled for March due to travel restrictions and fears over Covid-19, a coronavirus. The Middle East DNS Forum, scheduled for March 24-25 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, is p...
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ICANN cancels another event due to Covid-19
Saudi Arabia event postponed over virus fears. ICANN has canceled a second event scheduled for March due to travel restrictions and fears over Covid-19, a coronavirus. The Middle East DNS Forum, scheduled for March 24-25 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, is p...
Discussion
February 27, 2020, 4:31 pm
