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Domain Name Wire
Monthly expired .AI auction ends on New Year’s Day
Celebrate the holiday in front of your laptop. Domain investors have something to do on New Year’s Day besides nurse a hangover and watch football: bid on .ai domain names. This month’s expired .ai auction started on December 22, and sinc...
Discussion
Monthly expired .AI auction ends on New Year’s Day
Celebrate the holiday in front of your laptop. Domain investors have something to do on New Year’s Day besides nurse a hangover and watch football: bid on .ai domain names. This month’s expired .ai auction started on December 22, and sinc...
Discussion
December 28, 2023, 6:38 pm
Domain Name Wire
2023 top stories: GoDaddy’s “commission alignment”
GoDaddy’s Dan.com acquisition continues to reverberate in the domain aftermarket. You might think it’s odd to say that one company changing its sales commissions is a top story of the year. But GoDaddy is the dominant player in the domain...
Discussion
2023 top stories: GoDaddy’s “commission alignment”
GoDaddy’s Dan.com acquisition continues to reverberate in the domain aftermarket. You might think it’s odd to say that one company changing its sales commissions is a top story of the year. But GoDaddy is the dominant player in the domain...
Discussion
December 28, 2023, 2:44 pm
Domain Name Wire
ICANN debates action after community member’s antisemitic comments
Organization says community member violated Expected Standards of Behavior. ICANN is debating what to do after someone deeply entrenched in the domain name ecosystem made highly controversial remarks about Jews. The issue came to light after ICANN co...
Discussion
ICANN debates action after community member’s antisemitic comments
Organization says community member violated Expected Standards of Behavior. ICANN is debating what to do after someone deeply entrenched in the domain name ecosystem made highly controversial remarks about Jews. The issue came to light after ICANN co...
Discussion
December 27, 2023, 4:55 pm
Domain Name Wire
2023 top stories: A slower aftermarket
Domain sales, particularly high-dollar ones, are lacking. The Covid-19 pandemic brought a surge in domain name registrations and aftermarket domain purchases. Domain activity has quickly reverted to the mean, and that’s bad news for the domain ...
Discussion
2023 top stories: A slower aftermarket
Domain sales, particularly high-dollar ones, are lacking. The Covid-19 pandemic brought a surge in domain name registrations and aftermarket domain purchases. Domain activity has quickly reverted to the mean, and that’s bad news for the domain ...
Discussion
December 27, 2023, 2:37 pm
Domain Name Wire
My thoughts on the GoDaddy NameFind auction
I liked GoDaddy’s auction, but I also have some suggestions for improving it. GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) ran auctions of some of its NameFind inventory on GoDaddy Auctions for the past couple of weeks. I think it was wise for GoDaddy to run this auct...
Discussion
My thoughts on the GoDaddy NameFind auction
I liked GoDaddy’s auction, but I also have some suggestions for improving it. GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) ran auctions of some of its NameFind inventory on GoDaddy Auctions for the past couple of weeks. I think it was wise for GoDaddy to run this auct...
Discussion
December 26, 2023, 6:29 pm
Domain Name Wire
Top stories: Squarespace buys Google Domains
Google exited the domain name business this year, giving Squarespace a huge opportunity. Perhaps the most surprising news this year was Squarespace’s acquisition of Google Domains. Squarespace (NYSE: SQSP) announced the $180 million acquisition...
Discussion
Top stories: Squarespace buys Google Domains
Google exited the domain name business this year, giving Squarespace a huge opportunity. Perhaps the most surprising news this year was Squarespace’s acquisition of Google Domains. Squarespace (NYSE: SQSP) announced the $180 million acquisition...
Discussion
December 26, 2023, 2:16 pm
The Domains
Igor Gabrielan on his Bloomberg.ai domain name
Igor Gabrielan who has one of the best .ai portfolios around posted on Namepros that Bloomberg Finance L.P. filed a complaint with regards to his Bloomberg.ai. AdForum received a complaint from Bloomberg Finance L.P. about my domain name bloomberg.ai...
Discussion
Igor Gabrielan on his Bloomberg.ai domain name
Igor Gabrielan who has one of the best .ai portfolios around posted on Namepros that Bloomberg Finance L.P. filed a complaint with regards to his Bloomberg.ai. AdForum received a complaint from Bloomberg Finance L.P. about my domain name bloomberg.ai...
Discussion
December 25, 2023, 10:50 pm
DomainSherpa
DomainSherpa – Down The Rabbit Hole – December 21, 2023: The DomainSherpa 2023 Holiday Extravaganza!
As we say on DomainSherpa - all roads lead to domains. And in the reverse, domains have us venturing "down the rabbit hole" for different topics all the time. This is a tech-adjacent, digital asset & pop culture, tangent-positive, month...
Discussion
DomainSherpa – Down The Rabbit Hole – December 21, 2023: The DomainSherpa 2023 Holiday Extravaganza!
As we say on DomainSherpa - all roads lead to domains. And in the reverse, domains have us venturing "down the rabbit hole" for different topics all the time. This is a tech-adjacent, digital asset & pop culture, tangent-positive, month...
Discussion
December 21, 2023, 7:59 pm
Domain Name Wire
3 end user domain buyers tell their stories
Three end users explain why and how they acquired their domain names. Many domain name investors have difficulty getting into the heads of domain name buyers. They don’t fully understand where they are coming from, and this makes it hard to neg...
Discussion
3 end user domain buyers tell their stories
Three end users explain why and how they acquired their domain names. Many domain name investors have difficulty getting into the heads of domain name buyers. They don’t fully understand where they are coming from, and this makes it hard to neg...
Discussion
December 21, 2023, 7:57 pm
The Domains
Tiger.Trade upgrades to Tiger.com
Andy Booth sold Tiger.com a domain name that he did hold for a long time, he acquired it this year and sold it this year. We now know the buyer is Tiger.Trade. Andy did mention on X that the domain was acquired on a payment plan. “Tiger.com was...
Discussion
Tiger.Trade upgrades to Tiger.com
Andy Booth sold Tiger.com a domain name that he did hold for a long time, he acquired it this year and sold it this year. We now know the buyer is Tiger.Trade. Andy did mention on X that the domain was acquired on a payment plan. “Tiger.com was...
Discussion
December 21, 2023, 5:59 pm
