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The Domains
Over 30 First Name .me domains got scooped up in June – Let’s take a look
I have always thought that one of the best applications for using the .me was as a personal brand with your first name .me. In June several first names expired and now we are starting to see where they are ending up. Kate.me sold for $450 and Kate Bu...
Discussion
Over 30 First Name .me domains got scooped up in June – Let’s take a look
I have always thought that one of the best applications for using the .me was as a personal brand with your first name .me. In June several first names expired and now we are starting to see where they are ending up. Kate.me sold for $450 and Kate Bu...
Discussion
July 6, 2020, 10:23 pm
Domain Name Wire
Elkhan Agamirza – DNW Podcast #293
How this domain investor has built his portfolio to over 5,000 domains. Elkhan Agamirza’s domain name portfolio has been doubling in size every year and now stands at over 5,000 domains. He takes a detailed view into what end users want to buy,...
Discussion
Elkhan Agamirza – DNW Podcast #293
How this domain investor has built his portfolio to over 5,000 domains. Elkhan Agamirza’s domain name portfolio has been doubling in size every year and now stands at over 5,000 domains. He takes a detailed view into what end users want to buy,...
Discussion
July 6, 2020, 3:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy files patent applicaton for “recommending domains from free text”
Domain registrar wants to patent ways to suggest domains based on various non-search data. GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) has filed U.S. Patent and Trademark application number 16/235333 (pdf) for “recommending domains from free text”. The applicat...
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GoDaddy files patent applicaton for “recommending domains from free text”
Domain registrar wants to patent ways to suggest domains based on various non-search data. GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) has filed U.S. Patent and Trademark application number 16/235333 (pdf) for “recommending domains from free text”. The applicat...
Discussion
July 6, 2020, 3:24 pm
Domain Name Wire
Here’s why 89CP .com sold for $5,000
Kassey Lee explains why this domain is valuable. I regularly listen to the Josh.co Daily Podcast to get daily updates on the domain market. In a recent episode, Josh mentioned the sale of 89CP .com for a very strong price of $5,000. Josh is right whe...
Discussion
Here’s why 89CP .com sold for $5,000
Kassey Lee explains why this domain is valuable. I regularly listen to the Josh.co Daily Podcast to get daily updates on the domain market. In a recent episode, Josh mentioned the sale of 89CP .com for a very strong price of $5,000. Josh is right whe...
Discussion
July 6, 2020, 1:33 pm
The Domains
How a dog inspired the $475,000 sale of Wisdom.com
Here is a really cool story about a premium domain name, a dog and a good-natured domain registrant who scored big and helped others with the proceeds. Credit to finding this story goes to @JV999 On Reddit a member talked about fostering a dog back i...
Discussion
How a dog inspired the $475,000 sale of Wisdom.com
Here is a really cool story about a premium domain name, a dog and a good-natured domain registrant who scored big and helped others with the proceeds. Credit to finding this story goes to @JV999 On Reddit a member talked about fostering a dog back i...
Discussion
July 5, 2020, 12:16 am
Domain Name Wire
Decoding recent numeric domain name sales
Kassey Lee investigates recent numeric domain name sales. Numeric domains up to 4 digits (4N) are actually used by Chinese companies. However, those beyond 4N are not often found in use but mostly traded among investors. In this article, I’ll r...
Discussion
Decoding recent numeric domain name sales
Kassey Lee investigates recent numeric domain name sales. Numeric domains up to 4 digits (4N) are actually used by Chinese companies. However, those beyond 4N are not often found in use but mostly traded among investors. In this article, I’ll r...
Discussion
July 3, 2020, 1:19 pm
Domain Name Wire
12 end user domain name sales including 6 ccTLDs
A food manufacturer, a travel site, and a wallpaper company bought domain names. ccTLD domain purchases staked their claim among end users this week. Half of the end user sales at Sedo I uncovered were ccTLDs. Here’s a list of some of the end u...
Discussion
12 end user domain name sales including 6 ccTLDs
A food manufacturer, a travel site, and a wallpaper company bought domain names. ccTLD domain purchases staked their claim among end users this week. Half of the end user sales at Sedo I uncovered were ccTLDs. Here’s a list of some of the end u...
Discussion
July 2, 2020, 8:03 pm
Domain Name Wire
Is the end user prospect for your domain a genuine one?
Make sure to do the research to verify it. I recently found a .com where the matching .cn is already developed. Because the second level domain is registered in another extension, does it mean I have a potential end user buyer for the .com? The domai...
Discussion
Is the end user prospect for your domain a genuine one?
Make sure to do the research to verify it. I recently found a .com where the matching .cn is already developed. Because the second level domain is registered in another extension, does it mean I have a potential end user buyer for the .com? The domai...
Discussion
July 2, 2020, 1:01 pm
The Domains
“This decision provides the basis to render countless domain names to be worthless junk”
While some are championing and raising prices on their one word .com domain names. John Berryhill has a completely different take. Of course this is one man’s opinion, John does have an expert background in defending domain names in legal dispu...
Discussion
“This decision provides the basis to render countless domain names to be worthless junk”
While some are championing and raising prices on their one word .com domain names. John Berryhill has a completely different take. Of course this is one man’s opinion, John does have an expert background in defending domain names in legal dispu...
Discussion
July 2, 2020, 4:37 am
The Domains
Online Businesses Using .CLUB and other Domain Name Extensions to Benefit from Supreme Court “Booking.com” Ruling
So while premium .com owners seem to be championing the Booking.com decision. Others are now looking at how pairing the name and extension can create added value within an ip portfolio. Jeff Sass sent me an email about how .club is looking at things....
Discussion
Online Businesses Using .CLUB and other Domain Name Extensions to Benefit from Supreme Court “Booking.com” Ruling
So while premium .com owners seem to be championing the Booking.com decision. Others are now looking at how pairing the name and extension can create added value within an ip portfolio. Jeff Sass sent me an email about how .club is looking at things....
Discussion
July 1, 2020, 10:21 pm
