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Domain Name Wire
2020 in Review: Consolidation
Two major registries were among the domain name businesses gobbled up in 2020. This is the second in a series of posts about the domain name industry in 2020. Read the others here. If you want to make a guaranteed prediction about the future of the d...
Discussion
2020 in Review: Consolidation
Two major registries were among the domain name businesses gobbled up in 2020. This is the second in a series of posts about the domain name industry in 2020. Read the others here. If you want to make a guaranteed prediction about the future of the d...
Discussion
December 28, 2020, 2:28 pm
Domain Name Wire
Can you remember this 5N corporate domain of a top company?
Probably not. Shi Ji Kai Yuan (世纪开元) was founded in 2001 as a platform to offer one-stop printing solutions. The company claims to have 20 million regular users on its website. It features a variety of services based on the consumer-to-busine...
Discussion
Can you remember this 5N corporate domain of a top company?
Probably not. Shi Ji Kai Yuan (世纪开元) was founded in 2001 as a platform to offer one-stop printing solutions. The company claims to have 20 million regular users on its website. It features a variety of services based on the consumer-to-busine...
Discussion
December 24, 2020, 9:23 pm
The Domains
VPN.com Announces University.com Sold for $1.11 Million to Tsunami VR in 2020
VPN.com put out a press release today and it details the sale of University.com. Registered in 1999 it was dropped previous to that. ATLANTA and SAN DIEGO and VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Dec. 24, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — University.com was sold...
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VPN.com Announces University.com Sold for $1.11 Million to Tsunami VR in 2020
VPN.com put out a press release today and it details the sale of University.com. Registered in 1999 it was dropped previous to that. ATLANTA and SAN DIEGO and VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Dec. 24, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — University.com was sold...
Discussion
December 24, 2020, 3:14 pm
Domain Name Wire
Use these two tools to find Chinese meanings of acronym domains (update)
These sites will tell you possible Chinese meanings for your acronym domains. I shared with you a couple of months ago how to use tools to find Chinese meanings of acronym domains. Many of these Chinese phrases can then be used as brands. Unfortunate...
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Use these two tools to find Chinese meanings of acronym domains (update)
These sites will tell you possible Chinese meanings for your acronym domains. I shared with you a couple of months ago how to use tools to find Chinese meanings of acronym domains. Many of these Chinese phrases can then be used as brands. Unfortunate...
Discussion
December 23, 2020, 5:43 pm
Domain Name Wire
Heal.me for $43k and other end user domain sales
Lots of country code domains sold to end users at Sedo this past week. Domain investor-to-investor prices have gotten so high during 2020 that I honestly don’t know if Sedo’s $100,000 spectacle.com sale this week is an end user or a domai...
Discussion
Heal.me for $43k and other end user domain sales
Lots of country code domains sold to end users at Sedo this past week. Domain investor-to-investor prices have gotten so high during 2020 that I honestly don’t know if Sedo’s $100,000 spectacle.com sale this week is an end user or a domai...
Discussion
December 23, 2020, 2:30 pm
The Domains
Sedo weekly domain name sales led by Spectacle.com
Sedo released their last weekly domain name sales report of 2020. Spectacle.com led the way at $100,000. Sleepwave.com was second at $50,000 (great job by the seller). Heal.me was third at $43,000. 50 .com sales 43 cctld sales 9 other tld sales Top 3...
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Sedo weekly domain name sales led by Spectacle.com
Sedo released their last weekly domain name sales report of 2020. Spectacle.com led the way at $100,000. Sleepwave.com was second at $50,000 (great job by the seller). Heal.me was third at $43,000. 50 .com sales 43 cctld sales 9 other tld sales Top 3...
Discussion
December 22, 2020, 9:13 pm
Domain Name Wire
Apple gets a patent for…Google?
Apple’s latest patent explains a system of scoring websites based on links. The United States Patent and Trademark Office has granted patent number 1,0872,088 (pdf) to Apple for “Domain based influence scoring”. The patent describes...
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Apple gets a patent for…Google?
Apple’s latest patent explains a system of scoring websites based on links. The United States Patent and Trademark Office has granted patent number 1,0872,088 (pdf) to Apple for “Domain based influence scoring”. The patent describes...
Discussion
December 22, 2020, 5:36 pm
Domain Name Wire
2020 .Org Impact Awards announced
Public Interest Registry announces winners of 2020 awards. Public Interest Registry has announced the winners of the 2020 .Org Impact Awards. In previous years, the awards were presented at an awards ceremony. They were announced online over ten days...
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2020 .Org Impact Awards announced
Public Interest Registry announces winners of 2020 awards. Public Interest Registry has announced the winners of the 2020 .Org Impact Awards. In previous years, the awards were presented at an awards ceremony. They were announced online over ten days...
Discussion
December 22, 2020, 5:12 pm
Domain Name Wire
2020 in Review: The Pandemic
This is the first in a series of articles about the domain name industry in 2020. The biggest story worldwide this year was the COVID-19 pandemic, and its impact on the domain name industry is the biggest story of the year about domains. I remember c...
Discussion
2020 in Review: The Pandemic
This is the first in a series of articles about the domain name industry in 2020. The biggest story worldwide this year was the COVID-19 pandemic, and its impact on the domain name industry is the biggest story of the year about domains. I remember c...
Discussion
December 22, 2020, 2:28 pm
The Domains
Voice.com seller buys $650 million in Bitcoin
In domain industry circles MicroStrategy (Stock price: MSTR (NASDAQ) $317.60 +16.40) is known for being the company that sold Voice.com for $30,000,000. While the company still owns a nice portfolio of domain names, they are a big believer and big ho...
Discussion
Voice.com seller buys $650 million in Bitcoin
In domain industry circles MicroStrategy (Stock price: MSTR (NASDAQ) $317.60 +16.40) is known for being the company that sold Voice.com for $30,000,000. While the company still owns a nice portfolio of domain names, they are a big believer and big ho...
Discussion
December 21, 2020, 11:27 pm
