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The Domains
IONOS shares dip below IPO price in first day of trading
IONOS, Inc was spun off from United Internet and went public in Germany on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. The first day of trading had the shares slip below their IPO price. For domain investors the companies under the IONOS umbrella include InternetX...
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IONOS shares dip below IPO price in first day of trading
IONOS, Inc was spun off from United Internet and went public in Germany on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. The first day of trading had the shares slip below their IPO price. For domain investors the companies under the IONOS umbrella include InternetX...
Discussion
February 8, 2023, 6:54 pm
Domain Name Wire
Sedo and InterNetX are part of a new public company
IONOS went public today. Some domain name companies you’ve probably used are part of a new public company today. United Internet spun off IONOS in an initial public offering in Germany today. The IONOS entity includes Sedo, InterNetX, IONOS, St...
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Sedo and InterNetX are part of a new public company
IONOS went public today. Some domain name companies you’ve probably used are part of a new public company today. United Internet spun off IONOS in an initial public offering in Germany today. The IONOS entity includes Sedo, InterNetX, IONOS, St...
Discussion
February 8, 2023, 3:42 pm
Domain Name Wire
13 recent end user domain name sales
A web3 company, a 3D imaging business and a lead generation company bought domain names. Sedo sold a couple of nice five figure domains this past week including payments.co for $45,000 and direct-flights.com for $35,000. The latter is in use but appe...
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13 recent end user domain name sales
A web3 company, a 3D imaging business and a lead generation company bought domain names. Sedo sold a couple of nice five figure domains this past week including payments.co for $45,000 and direct-flights.com for $35,000. The latter is in use but appe...
Discussion
February 8, 2023, 2:10 pm
Domain Name Wire
Using Scrabble scores for domain name values
Scrabble points can be a helpful barometer for the value of letters in short domain names. I was talking about short domain names with fellow investor Nat Cohen recently when he mentioned Scrabble scores. He noted that one of the domain names we disc...
Discussion
Using Scrabble scores for domain name values
Scrabble points can be a helpful barometer for the value of letters in short domain names. I was talking about short domain names with fellow investor Nat Cohen recently when he mentioned Scrabble scores. He noted that one of the domain names we disc...
Discussion
February 7, 2023, 5:42 pm
Domain Name Wire
auDA reports over 700,000 second level domains registered
Another 150,000+ second level domains registered in Q4 as priority period ends. auDA, the organization that manages Australia’s country code top level domain .au, reports there were more than 716,000 second level domain registrations last year....
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auDA reports over 700,000 second level domains registered
Another 150,000+ second level domains registered in Q4 as priority period ends. auDA, the organization that manages Australia’s country code top level domain .au, reports there were more than 716,000 second level domain registrations last year....
Discussion
February 7, 2023, 3:37 pm
The Domains
Sedo weekly domain name sales led by Payments.co
Sedo reported their weekly domain name sales and Payments.co led the way at 45,000 Euro, ($48,060). Pornos.de was second at 35,000 Euro, ($37,380) and Direct-Flights.com was third at $35,000. 43 .com sales 22 cctld sales 11 other tld sales .Com Sales...
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Sedo weekly domain name sales led by Payments.co
Sedo reported their weekly domain name sales and Payments.co led the way at 45,000 Euro, ($48,060). Pornos.de was second at 35,000 Euro, ($37,380) and Direct-Flights.com was third at $35,000. 43 .com sales 22 cctld sales 11 other tld sales .Com Sales...
Discussion
February 7, 2023, 2:58 pm
Domain Name Wire
An interview with Andrew Allemann about the sale of PodcastGuests.com
Sean Markey asks Andrew about the sale of one of his businesses. Andrew (the founder of Diomain Name Wire) recently announced he had sold his PodcastGuests.com side project. Here’s the press release about it. For my column this week, I thought ...
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An interview with Andrew Allemann about the sale of PodcastGuests.com
Sean Markey asks Andrew about the sale of one of his businesses. Andrew (the founder of Diomain Name Wire) recently announced he had sold his PodcastGuests.com side project. Here’s the press release about it. For my column this week, I thought ...
Discussion
February 7, 2023, 2:21 pm
The Domains
Bard will be Google’s answer to ChatGPT
It looks like Google will be coming out with a rival to ChatGPT. They are calling their “experimental conversational AI service” Bard. In a blog post on Monday, Google’s CEO, Sundar Pichai laid out what it entails. With so many peop...
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Bard will be Google’s answer to ChatGPT
It looks like Google will be coming out with a rival to ChatGPT. They are calling their “experimental conversational AI service” Bard. In a blog post on Monday, Google’s CEO, Sundar Pichai laid out what it entails. With so many peop...
Discussion
February 7, 2023, 7:26 am
Domain Name Wire
2022’s top domain sales: where are they now
Here’s a look at the top ten sales charted at DNJournal. DNJournal keeps a running tally of the top publicly revealed domain sales each year. The 2022 list is in the books and the top ten sales on the 2022 list range from $1,008,925 to $15 mill...
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2022’s top domain sales: where are they now
Here’s a look at the top ten sales charted at DNJournal. DNJournal keeps a running tally of the top publicly revealed domain sales each year. The 2022 list is in the books and the top ten sales on the 2022 list range from $1,008,925 to $15 mill...
Discussion
February 6, 2023, 8:40 pm
The Domains
Above.com brokers Palestine.com for a six figure sale
Above.com posted on their blog today that they successfully brokered the sale of the domain name Palestine.com for $194,400. Above.com, a leading provider of domain brokerage services, announces the successful sale of Palestine.com for USD$194,400.00...
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Above.com brokers Palestine.com for a six figure sale
Above.com posted on their blog today that they successfully brokered the sale of the domain name Palestine.com for $194,400. Above.com, a leading provider of domain brokerage services, announces the successful sale of Palestine.com for USD$194,400.00...
Discussion
February 6, 2023, 4:38 pm
