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Domain Shane
Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Thursday, September 9th, 2021
So I started yet another “business”. Working on Porsches. So once a Porsche is out of warranty the cost of keeping it maintained is crazy high. An oil change can be $250. Brakes can be $4K on steel and $20K if they are carbon rotors...
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Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Thursday, September 9th, 2021
So I started yet another “business”. Working on Porsches. So once a Porsche is out of warranty the cost of keeping it maintained is crazy high. An oil change can be $250. Brakes can be $4K on steel and $20K if they are carbon rotors...
Discussion
September 9, 2021, 2:49 pm
The Domains
Donuts Domain Trend Report: August 2021
Donuts published their August domain trend report. The report covers the top premium domain names registered, most registered SLD keywords and other data. SLDs registered on Donuts TLDs were 24% shorter and were hyphenated 9.4% le...
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Donuts Domain Trend Report: August 2021
Donuts published their August domain trend report. The report covers the top premium domain names registered, most registered SLD keywords and other data. SLDs registered on Donuts TLDs were 24% shorter and were hyphenated 9.4% le...
Discussion
September 9, 2021, 1:22 pm
Domain Name Wire
What the 4 AI dragons’ domain choices tells us
These companies typify modern Chinese companies and the domains they choose. There are the four companies in China referred to as “AI dragons”. These artificial intelligence companies provide critical components to build a smart economy i...
Discussion
What the 4 AI dragons’ domain choices tells us
These companies typify modern Chinese companies and the domains they choose. There are the four companies in China referred to as “AI dragons”. These artificial intelligence companies provide critical components to build a smart economy i...
Discussion
September 9, 2021, 12:57 pm
Domain Name Wire
Who’s on top? .Com Leaderboard update
These are the fastest growing and largest 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 May 2021. CentralNic surg...
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Who’s on top? .Com Leaderboard update
These are the fastest growing and largest 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 May 2021. CentralNic surg...
Discussion
September 8, 2021, 8:46 pm
DomainSherpa
DomainSherpa Review – September 7, 2021: Domaining from A to Z: Metabrand.com, Ferry.org, ZeroFeeProcessing.com, FirstArt.com, Z.org
What do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names?In this show:• We learn what the Sherpas bought or sold recently and keep score to see which Sherpas do the best at guessing the values: Metabrand.com, Ferry.org, ZeroFe...
Discussion
DomainSherpa Review – September 7, 2021: Domaining from A to Z: Metabrand.com, Ferry.org, ZeroFeeProcessing.com, FirstArt.com, Z.org
What do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names?In this show:• We learn what the Sherpas bought or sold recently and keep score to see which Sherpas do the best at guessing the values: Metabrand.com, Ferry.org, ZeroFe...
Discussion
September 8, 2021, 7:01 pm
Domain Name Wire
What domain(s) will the new Beijing-based stock exchange acquire?
These are some domains the exchange might acquire. We’ll see what happens. China will have a new stock exchange in Beijing, but its formal name and commencement date are not decided yet. This gives us plenty of time to speculate on the domain(s...
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What domain(s) will the new Beijing-based stock exchange acquire?
These are some domains the exchange might acquire. We’ll see what happens. China will have a new stock exchange in Beijing, but its formal name and commencement date are not decided yet. This gives us plenty of time to speculate on the domain(s...
Discussion
September 8, 2021, 5:03 pm
Domain Name Wire
A $75k .ae domain sale and other end user domain purchases
A business using a .io domain pays a lot to get the matching .com. Sedo had a good week for end user domain sales, including Invest.ae for $75,000. That’s the second-highest public sale ever reported for the UAE’s .ae country code domain,...
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A $75k .ae domain sale and other end user domain purchases
A business using a .io domain pays a lot to get the matching .com. Sedo had a good week for end user domain sales, including Invest.ae for $75,000. That’s the second-highest public sale ever reported for the UAE’s .ae country code domain,...
Discussion
September 8, 2021, 12:55 pm
Domain Name Wire
TurnCommerce questions Donuts’ plans for new drop catching system
Company is concerned about added-fee expired domain system and the precedent it could set. TurnCommerce, which operates the DropCatch expired domain platform, has raised concerns with ICANN about a new expired domain system Donuts plans to implement....
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TurnCommerce questions Donuts’ plans for new drop catching system
Company is concerned about added-fee expired domain system and the precedent it could set. TurnCommerce, which operates the DropCatch expired domain platform, has raised concerns with ICANN about a new expired domain system Donuts plans to implement....
Discussion
September 7, 2021, 8:32 pm
The Domains
Country codes take the two top spots this week at Sedo
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and Invest.ae led the way at $75,000. GP.de was second at 59,500 Euro, ($70,479). Deity.com was third at $60,000. 44 .com sales 32 cctld sales 2 other sales Top 3 highlights of public SedoMLS sales are: &n...
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Country codes take the two top spots this week at Sedo
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and Invest.ae led the way at $75,000. GP.de was second at 59,500 Euro, ($70,479). Deity.com was third at $60,000. 44 .com sales 32 cctld sales 2 other sales Top 3 highlights of public SedoMLS sales are: &n...
Discussion
September 7, 2021, 7:36 pm
Domain Name Wire
KeyState Holdings plays whac-a-mole with fraudsters’ domains
After taking down one fraudulent site, financial firm goes after another. Financial services firm KeyState Holdings, LLC has filed a second lawsuit to take down a domain name that fraudsters are using to dupe people into sending money. In July, the f...
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KeyState Holdings plays whac-a-mole with fraudsters’ domains
After taking down one fraudulent site, financial firm goes after another. Financial services firm KeyState Holdings, LLC has filed a second lawsuit to take down a domain name that fraudsters are using to dupe people into sending money. In July, the f...
Discussion
September 7, 2021, 5:38 pm
