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Domain Name Wire
End user domain sales topped by a new TLD
Clean.tech leads Sedo’s end user chart for last week. Last week’s end user sales at Sedo were led by a new TLD sale at $30,000. A solar power company bought clean.tech. Here’s a look at some of the domains end users bought. See prio...
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End user domain sales topped by a new TLD
Clean.tech leads Sedo’s end user chart for last week. Last week’s end user sales at Sedo were led by a new TLD sale at $30,000. A solar power company bought clean.tech. Here’s a look at some of the domains end users bought. See prio...
Discussion
December 3, 2019, 1:39 pm
The Domains
882.cc closes at $42,500 highest reported 3N.cc sale ever if it’s paid
Surprisingly there have only been 31 reported 3N.cc sales. 882.cc closed at $42,500 today on GoDaddy auctions and will be the highest sale ever. The previous top sale 722.cc sold for $15,800 and is a Chinese casino website. Top 5 722.cc 15,800 USD 20...
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882.cc closes at $42,500 highest reported 3N.cc sale ever if it’s paid
Surprisingly there have only been 31 reported 3N.cc sales. 882.cc closed at $42,500 today on GoDaddy auctions and will be the highest sale ever. The previous top sale 722.cc sold for $15,800 and is a Chinese casino website. Top 5 722.cc 15,800 USD 20...
Discussion
December 2, 2019, 9:49 pm
Domain Name Wire
A fractional domain ownership idea
Aron Meystedt is on to something here. Domain investor Aron Meystedt, who used to sell domains on behalf of Heritage Auctions, is selling fractional shares in the domain name NNR.com. Meystedt is selling 300 shares in the domain for $100 each, valuin...
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A fractional domain ownership idea
Aron Meystedt is on to something here. Domain investor Aron Meystedt, who used to sell domains on behalf of Heritage Auctions, is selling fractional shares in the domain name NNR.com. Meystedt is selling 300 shares in the domain for $100 each, valuin...
Discussion
December 2, 2019, 4:33 pm
Domain Name Wire
Doron Vermaat – DNW Podcast #263
An update on using for-sale only domain name landers. Does making tweaks to domain sales landers lead to increased sales? That’s one of the questions I ask Doron Vermat, co-founder of Efty, on today’s show. We also discuss Efty’s sa...
Discussion
Doron Vermaat – DNW Podcast #263
An update on using for-sale only domain name landers. Does making tweaks to domain sales landers lead to increased sales? That’s one of the questions I ask Doron Vermat, co-founder of Efty, on today’s show. We also discuss Efty’s sa...
Discussion
December 2, 2019, 4:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
NameSilo posts $7.85 million revenue, readies domain brokerage system
Registrar continues to grow, readies domain brokerage platform. Domain name registrar NameSilo (CSE: URL) reported third-quarter earnings last week. The company posted revenues of $7.85 million, up 58% from $4.97 million in the same quarter of 2018. ...
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NameSilo posts $7.85 million revenue, readies domain brokerage system
Registrar continues to grow, readies domain brokerage platform. Domain name registrar NameSilo (CSE: URL) reported third-quarter earnings last week. The company posted revenues of $7.85 million, up 58% from $4.97 million in the same quarter of 2018. ...
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December 2, 2019, 1:58 pm
The Domains
Bogus news sites making big money with fake views
BBC.com published a story on websites that are using well known names like Forbes and BusinessInsider.com to make ForbesBusinessInsider.com. The maker of the ForbesBusinessInsider.com site actually replied back to the BBC and said it was a test to fi...
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Bogus news sites making big money with fake views
BBC.com published a story on websites that are using well known names like Forbes and BusinessInsider.com to make ForbesBusinessInsider.com. The maker of the ForbesBusinessInsider.com site actually replied back to the BBC and said it was a test to fi...
Discussion
December 1, 2019, 12:05 pm
Domain Name Wire
ICANN says it “does not have authority” over .org transaction
Domain regulator is unlikely to do anything about the sale of .org by a non-profit to a private equity firm. Anyone holding out hope that ICANN will block the sale of .Org to private equity company Ethos should prepare to be disappointed. The company...
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ICANN says it “does not have authority” over .org transaction
Domain regulator is unlikely to do anything about the sale of .org by a non-profit to a private equity firm. Anyone holding out hope that ICANN will block the sale of .Org to private equity company Ethos should prepare to be disappointed. The company...
Discussion
November 30, 2019, 6:27 pm
The Domains
Buyer of Warned.com told the sale was a mistake
We see these things from time to time, remember DomainNames.com purchased for $2,577 by Yinan Wang and then Network Solutions said, yeah, NO! Yinan went on to purchase DomainName.com and DomainNames.com was sold at NamesCon for $370,000 by Uniregistr...
Discussion
Buyer of Warned.com told the sale was a mistake
We see these things from time to time, remember DomainNames.com purchased for $2,577 by Yinan Wang and then Network Solutions said, yeah, NO! Yinan went on to purchase DomainName.com and DomainNames.com was sold at NamesCon for $370,000 by Uniregistr...
Discussion
November 30, 2019, 7:48 am
The Domains
Black Friday special list names for $200 or less
List your Black Friday specials $200 or less, .com only So this post is for .com only and the max price is $200. You may list up to 3 names. There have been a few who have tried to post more names using a different email address/name same IP all subm...
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Black Friday special list names for $200 or less
List your Black Friday specials $200 or less, .com only So this post is for .com only and the max price is $200. You may list up to 3 names. There have been a few who have tried to post more names using a different email address/name same IP all subm...
Discussion
November 30, 2019, 4:10 am
Domain Name Wire
Spanish company tried reverse domain name hijacking
Attorney tried to intimidate domain name owner to settle dispute. Decoweb Brands, S.A. of Spain has been found to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking over the domain name MaisonDecor.com. It certainly seems like Decoweb’s counsel trie...
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Spanish company tried reverse domain name hijacking
Attorney tried to intimidate domain name owner to settle dispute. Decoweb Brands, S.A. of Spain has been found to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking over the domain name MaisonDecor.com. It certainly seems like Decoweb’s counsel trie...
Discussion
November 29, 2019, 7:19 pm
