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The Domains
The good, the bad and the ugly – Epik 2019 Edition
Back in 2016 we started a series here that looked at the best and worst about companies in the domain industry. Over the last 30 months a lot has changed at many companies so we are revisiting the good, the bad and the ugly. Each post will deal with ...
Discussion
The good, the bad and the ugly – Epik 2019 Edition
Back in 2016 we started a series here that looked at the best and worst about companies in the domain industry. Over the last 30 months a lot has changed at many companies so we are revisiting the good, the bad and the ugly. Each post will deal with ...
Discussion
October 9, 2019, 2:23 am
The Domains
Sedo weekly sales led by Sexe.com
Sedo released their weekly sales and Sexe.com led the way at 210,000 Euros, ($231,223) The French word for Sex, The name has been registered since 1995 and owned by Virtual Network SA. The name was parked at Sedo for many years. HeyMoney.com was seco...
Discussion
Sedo weekly sales led by Sexe.com
Sedo released their weekly sales and Sexe.com led the way at 210,000 Euros, ($231,223) The French word for Sex, The name has been registered since 1995 and owned by Virtual Network SA. The name was parked at Sedo for many years. HeyMoney.com was seco...
Discussion
October 8, 2019, 8:12 pm
The Domains
Number of live websites in 2019 bouncing back up after 2018 dip
Number of live websites in 2019 Martin Armstrong, published an article on the number of websites currently on the Internet. I was surprised at the drop off in 2018 but 2019 looks to be moving back to the upside. The record number of live websites was...
Discussion
Number of live websites in 2019 bouncing back up after 2018 dip
Number of live websites in 2019 Martin Armstrong, published an article on the number of websites currently on the Internet. I was surprised at the drop off in 2018 but 2019 looks to be moving back to the upside. The record number of live websites was...
Discussion
October 7, 2019, 8:23 pm
DomainSherpa
DomainSherpa Review – Oct 7: Demand.io, Parts.online, Feather.io
What do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names?In this show:• We learn what the Sherpas bought or sold recently: Demand.io, Parts.online, Feather.io• An investor's portfolio is appraised: FabFacial.com, Ski...
Discussion
DomainSherpa Review – Oct 7: Demand.io, Parts.online, Feather.io
What do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names?In this show:• We learn what the Sherpas bought or sold recently: Demand.io, Parts.online, Feather.io• An investor's portfolio is appraised: FabFacial.com, Ski...
Discussion
October 7, 2019, 5:47 pm
The Domains
Radix Acquires .UNO tld from Dot Latin LLC
Radix a sponsor here at TheDomains has added a 10th new gtld to their portfolio, they have acquired .UNO from Dot Latin LLC. The press release below details the announcement Dubai, 7th October 2019: Radix, the world’s largest new domains regist...
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Radix Acquires .UNO tld from Dot Latin LLC
Radix a sponsor here at TheDomains has added a 10th new gtld to their portfolio, they have acquired .UNO from Dot Latin LLC. The press release below details the announcement Dubai, 7th October 2019: Radix, the world’s largest new domains regist...
Discussion
October 7, 2019, 4:01 pm
The Domains
The number of domain names sold in 2019 has already surpassed 2018
We have just entered the fourth quarter for 2019 but the total number of reported domains sold have already surpassed the full year numbers of 2017 and 2018. The total sales volume from last year is only $6 million behind. Looking at the last 6 month...
Discussion
The number of domain names sold in 2019 has already surpassed 2018
We have just entered the fourth quarter for 2019 but the total number of reported domains sold have already surpassed the full year numbers of 2017 and 2018. The total sales volume from last year is only $6 million behind. Looking at the last 6 month...
Discussion
October 6, 2019, 12:05 am
The Domains
Facebook and Google a tale of two European rulings
Two recent rulings have come out of Europe that have one Tech giant (Google) happy and another (Facebook) with potentially a lot of extra work to do to comply with European law. Facebook has now been told that EU courts can now force them to remove &...
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Facebook and Google a tale of two European rulings
Two recent rulings have come out of Europe that have one Tech giant (Google) happy and another (Facebook) with potentially a lot of extra work to do to comply with European law. Facebook has now been told that EU courts can now force them to remove &...
Discussion
October 5, 2019, 10:07 pm
The Domains
NameJet/Snapnames sales for September led by Kura.com
Web.com released the September sales report for NameJet/Snapnames and Kura.com led the way at $68,495. LWM.com was second at $28,009. 81 total sales in total $2,000 or more. 10 non com sales with Images.org being the high sale. kura.com $68,495.00 Na...
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NameJet/Snapnames sales for September led by Kura.com
Web.com released the September sales report for NameJet/Snapnames and Kura.com led the way at $68,495. LWM.com was second at $28,009. 81 total sales in total $2,000 or more. 10 non com sales with Images.org being the high sale. kura.com $68,495.00 Na...
Discussion
October 3, 2019, 8:27 pm
The Domains
Namepros takes further steps to protect it’s moderators
Namepros has made a change with regards to moderator identifiers, amidst threats spelled out in the post below, Namepros smartly has moved to mod team id’s. In March of 2018 Eric Lyon was receiving threats and had his role changed at Namepros. ...
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Namepros takes further steps to protect it’s moderators
Namepros has made a change with regards to moderator identifiers, amidst threats spelled out in the post below, Namepros smartly has moved to mod team id’s. In March of 2018 Eric Lyon was receiving threats and had his role changed at Namepros. ...
Discussion
October 3, 2019, 5:53 am
The Domains
Can Facebook prevent it’s financial partners from abandoning Libra?
Since Facebook announced it’s plans for Libra in June, many domain investors climbed on board the Libra domain name train. With a lot of excitement for both Facebook Libra and domain registrations, optimism was high. That optimism might need to...
Discussion
Can Facebook prevent it’s financial partners from abandoning Libra?
Since Facebook announced it’s plans for Libra in June, many domain investors climbed on board the Libra domain name train. With a lot of excitement for both Facebook Libra and domain registrations, optimism was high. That optimism might need to...
Discussion
October 1, 2019, 11:33 pm
