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DomainSherpa
Liquid Domain Name Market Report Q3 2019
Get insights from Ivan Rasskazov and Giuseppe Graziano, authors of the quarterly "State of the Market" industry report on liquid domain names.Learn more about investing in liquid domains.Or, hear the vocabulary and empirical data to explain...
Discussion
Liquid Domain Name Market Report Q3 2019
Get insights from Ivan Rasskazov and Giuseppe Graziano, authors of the quarterly "State of the Market" industry report on liquid domain names.Learn more about investing in liquid domains.Or, hear the vocabulary and empirical data to explain...
Discussion
November 25, 2019, 5:05 pm
Domain Name Wire
Namecheap launches Validation.com for identity verification
System makes it easy for businesses to verify the identity of customers. Namecheap has launched a new identity verification service using a great domain name: Validation.com. The service lets businesses confirm the identity of customers for various p...
Discussion
Namecheap launches Validation.com for identity verification
System makes it easy for businesses to verify the identity of customers. Namecheap has launched a new identity verification service using a great domain name: Validation.com. The service lets businesses confirm the identity of customers for various p...
Discussion
November 25, 2019, 4:51 pm
Domain Name Wire
James Booth – DNW Podcast #262
A view on the market from an active investor. This week I catch up with domain broker James Booth of Phenom.com (formerly BQDN.com). We first talked in 2016 when he was just starting in the domain industry and had already brokered $5 million of domai...
Discussion
James Booth – DNW Podcast #262
A view on the market from an active investor. This week I catch up with domain broker James Booth of Phenom.com (formerly BQDN.com). We first talked in 2016 when he was just starting in the domain industry and had already brokered $5 million of domai...
Discussion
November 25, 2019, 4:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Kit.com is losing its domain name, switching to Kit.co
Domain lease expires, forcing company to switch domain names. Kit, a service that lets influencers profit by recommending products, is about to lose the domain name it has used for years. Patreon acquired Kit in 2018 and then sold it to GeniusLink a ...
Discussion
Kit.com is losing its domain name, switching to Kit.co
Domain lease expires, forcing company to switch domain names. Kit, a service that lets influencers profit by recommending products, is about to lose the domain name it has used for years. Patreon acquired Kit in 2018 and then sold it to GeniusLink a ...
Discussion
November 25, 2019, 2:11 pm
The Domains
Domain registrars are saying “Thank you Boomer”
Baby Boomers might not be thrilled with the term “Ok boomer” but registrars and registries sure are. Aja Romano @ajaromano writes on VOX.com “The earliest mentions of OK boomer can be traced as far back as 2015 on 4chan, where the p...
Discussion
Domain registrars are saying “Thank you Boomer”
Baby Boomers might not be thrilled with the term “Ok boomer” but registrars and registries sure are. Aja Romano @ajaromano writes on VOX.com “The earliest mentions of OK boomer can be traced as far back as 2015 on 4chan, where the p...
Discussion
November 25, 2019, 1:48 am
The Domains
Sell your best 4,5,6L pronounceable .coms
List your best 4, 5, 6 pronounceable .coms, names must be pronounceable. $2,000 max price. So this post is for .com only and the max price is $2000. You may list up to 3 names. There have been a few who have tried to post more names using a different...
Discussion
Sell your best 4,5,6L pronounceable .coms
List your best 4, 5, 6 pronounceable .coms, names must be pronounceable. $2,000 max price. So this post is for .com only and the max price is $2000. You may list up to 3 names. There have been a few who have tried to post more names using a different...
Discussion
November 23, 2019, 1:47 am
The Domains
That time when they doubted Mike’s sale
Long before the doubts about Chocolate.com, were the doubts about a sale from the founder of this blog. In 2012 Michael sold NewYorkApartmentsForSale.com and the comments on Namepros went from nice sale, and wow that’s a great price for such a ...
Discussion
That time when they doubted Mike’s sale
Long before the doubts about Chocolate.com, were the doubts about a sale from the founder of this blog. In 2012 Michael sold NewYorkApartmentsForSale.com and the comments on Namepros went from nice sale, and wow that’s a great price for such a ...
Discussion
November 22, 2019, 9:15 pm
Domain Name Wire
Namecheap escalates .Org challenge
Registrar files rebuttal, moving toward Independent Review Process. Namecheap has filed a rebuttal to ICANN’s board decision on its reconsideration request over the new .org contract. It is also filing for Independent Review, starting with the ...
Discussion
Namecheap escalates .Org challenge
Registrar files rebuttal, moving toward Independent Review Process. Namecheap has filed a rebuttal to ICANN’s board decision on its reconsideration request over the new .org contract. It is also filing for Independent Review, starting with the ...
Discussion
November 22, 2019, 2:36 pm
The Domains
LittleBean.com rebrands to LittleChickpea.com
LittleBean.com A Portland Vegan Ice Cream Company has to rebrand to LittleChickpea.com because Gerber (a Nestle company) has a trademark for Lil’ Beanies. This is a discontinued product line. Willamette Week covered the story. From the story: &...
Discussion
LittleBean.com rebrands to LittleChickpea.com
LittleBean.com A Portland Vegan Ice Cream Company has to rebrand to LittleChickpea.com because Gerber (a Nestle company) has a trademark for Lil’ Beanies. This is a discontinued product line. Willamette Week covered the story. From the story: &...
Discussion
November 22, 2019, 12:27 am
The Domains
“Having the premium domain Headlights.com is the modern-day equivalent of opening a storefront on 5th Avenue”
HeadlightsDepot.com put out a press release announcing they acquired Headlights.com and are pretty excited about it. They note they made numerous attempts to get the domain going back to 2010. Registered since 1998, the domain looked to be owned by V...
Discussion
“Having the premium domain Headlights.com is the modern-day equivalent of opening a storefront on 5th Avenue”
HeadlightsDepot.com put out a press release announcing they acquired Headlights.com and are pretty excited about it. They note they made numerous attempts to get the domain going back to 2010. Registered since 1998, the domain looked to be owned by V...
Discussion
November 21, 2019, 6:03 pm
