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NameJet/SnapNames October 2022 domain sales led by Mivi.com
NameJet/SnapNames October 2022 monthly sales were led by Mivi.com at $25,000. MONTH DOMAINNAME BRAND PRODUCT SALES AMOUNT 22-Oct climatechange2013.org Namejet Expiring $18,000 22-Oct polycarbonate.com Namejet Expiring $15,588 22-...
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NameJet/SnapNames October 2022 domain sales led by Mivi.com
NameJet/SnapNames October 2022 monthly sales were led by Mivi.com at $25,000. MONTH DOMAINNAME BRAND PRODUCT SALES AMOUNT 22-Oct climatechange2013.org Namejet Expiring $18,000 22-Oct polycarbonate.com Namejet Expiring $15,588 22-...
Discussion
November 12, 2022, 2:15 am
Domain Name Wire
.Ses heads to the chopping block
Another dot-brand top level domain bites the dust. Satellite communications and broadcast company SES S.A. is terminating its top level domain name. The company was granted the .ses top level domain name in the 2012 round. It hasn’t used it for...
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.Ses heads to the chopping block
Another dot-brand top level domain bites the dust. Satellite communications and broadcast company SES S.A. is terminating its top level domain name. The company was granted the .ses top level domain name in the 2012 round. It hasn’t used it for...
Discussion
November 11, 2022, 4:51 pm
DomainSherpa
DomainSherpa Review – November 11, 2022: Rock You Like A Hurricane: Depravity.com, CaliforniaBallet.com, Hunt.io
What do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names?In this show:• They play The Domain Game, where they guess what certain domains were bought and sold for and discuss the reasons behind their evaluations. Today's ...
Discussion
DomainSherpa Review – November 11, 2022: Rock You Like A Hurricane: Depravity.com, CaliforniaBallet.com, Hunt.io
What do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names?In this show:• They play The Domain Game, where they guess what certain domains were bought and sold for and discuss the reasons behind their evaluations. Today's ...
Discussion
November 11, 2022, 4:11 pm
Domain Name Wire
Google’s .RSVP domain is now available in Early Access
General availability starts on November 15. It’s been nearly a decade since new top level domains started rolling out to the public, but new launches are still happening: Google is in the middle of the Early Access phase of its launch of .rsvp....
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Google’s .RSVP domain is now available in Early Access
General availability starts on November 15. It’s been nearly a decade since new top level domains started rolling out to the public, but new launches are still happening: Google is in the middle of the Early Access phase of its launch of .rsvp....
Discussion
November 10, 2022, 6:43 pm
Domain Name Wire
Stanford researchers: unicorns use shorter domain names
The highest-valued private companies use shorter domain names. Researchers with the Stanford University Graduate School of Business Venture Capital Initiative team have analyzed the domain names of unicorns (companies valued at $1B plus) compared to ...
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Stanford researchers: unicorns use shorter domain names
The highest-valued private companies use shorter domain names. Researchers with the Stanford University Graduate School of Business Venture Capital Initiative team have analyzed the domain names of unicorns (companies valued at $1B plus) compared to ...
Discussion
November 10, 2022, 5:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
CoParse rebrands to Macro with Macro.com
The company acquired a great domain for its rebrand. Founded in 2020, CoParse is an AI-powered document workspace with advanced version comparison tools that are popular with users such as lawyers, investors, and executives. The New York-based startu...
Discussion
CoParse rebrands to Macro with Macro.com
The company acquired a great domain for its rebrand. Founded in 2020, CoParse is an AI-powered document workspace with advanced version comparison tools that are popular with users such as lawyers, investors, and executives. The New York-based startu...
Discussion
November 9, 2022, 2:21 pm
Domain Name Wire
Here are the latest kings of .com
These are the biggest and fastest-growing domain name registrars for .com domains. ICANN has published the latest official data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) about the .com namespace. This registrar-by-registrar report covers July 2022. New this month...
Discussion
Here are the latest kings of .com
These are the biggest and fastest-growing domain name registrars for .com domains. ICANN has published the latest official data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) about the .com namespace. This registrar-by-registrar report covers July 2022. New this month...
Discussion
November 8, 2022, 11:25 pm
Domain Name Wire
More companies try to trademark top level domains
It won’t work. The U.S. Trademark and Protection Office won’t issue trademarks for top level domains, but that doesn’t keep people from trying. For example, Unstoppable Domains has tried and failed to register marks for .blockchain,...
Discussion
More companies try to trademark top level domains
It won’t work. The U.S. Trademark and Protection Office won’t issue trademarks for top level domains, but that doesn’t keep people from trying. For example, Unstoppable Domains has tried and failed to register marks for .blockchain,...
Discussion
November 8, 2022, 10:22 pm
Domain Name Wire
Last month’s big stories in the domain business
Here’s what made news last month. These are the top stories on Domain Name Wire last month, ranked by views. The top three stories this month involved Unstoppable Domains, so I’ve combined them into one to give a little variety. 1. Unstop...
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Last month’s big stories in the domain business
Here’s what made news last month. These are the top stories on Domain Name Wire last month, ranked by views. The top three stories this month involved Unstoppable Domains, so I’ve combined them into one to give a little variety. 1. Unstop...
Discussion
November 8, 2022, 9:38 pm
Domain Name Wire
Here are more recent end user domain sales at Sedo
A TV repair company (they still exist!), a coffee maker company, and a site that helps you quit bought domain names. GDPR has had a significant impact on the domain name industry. One of the ways it has impacted me is that it’s much harder to r...
Discussion
Here are more recent end user domain sales at Sedo
A TV repair company (they still exist!), a coffee maker company, and a site that helps you quit bought domain names. GDPR has had a significant impact on the domain name industry. One of the ways it has impacted me is that it’s much harder to r...
Discussion
November 8, 2022, 6:30 pm
