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GoDaddy tops $1 billion in quarterly bookings, domain revenue surges
GoDaddy turns in big numbers for Q1 and announces to executive hires. GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) reported earnings after the market closed today. The company reported its first quarter ever that topped $1 billion in bookings, generating $1.0887 billion. Re...
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GoDaddy tops $1 billion in quarterly bookings, domain revenue surges
GoDaddy turns in big numbers for Q1 and announces to executive hires. GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) reported earnings after the market closed today. The company reported its first quarter ever that topped $1 billion in bookings, generating $1.0887 billion. Re...
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May 5, 2021, 8:21 pm
Domain Name Wire
Dynadot adds payment plans, including on expired domains
Registrar introduces payment plans at low starting point, including on expired domains. Domain name registrar Dynadot has added payment plans to domains sold through its auction platform and marketplace. This includes expired domain and backorder pur...
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Dynadot adds payment plans, including on expired domains
Registrar introduces payment plans at low starting point, including on expired domains. Domain name registrar Dynadot has added payment plans to domains sold through its auction platform and marketplace. This includes expired domain and backorder pur...
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May 5, 2021, 5:18 pm
Domain Name Wire
Cryptocurrency and NFTs are supercharging end user domain name sales
Many recent domain sales are tied to cryptocurrency and NFT businesses. The surge in cryptocurrencies and interest in NFTs is driving lots of domain name sales. Just this week, at least four of the end user sales I uncovered at Sedo are related to th...
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Cryptocurrency and NFTs are supercharging end user domain name sales
Many recent domain sales are tied to cryptocurrency and NFT businesses. The surge in cryptocurrencies and interest in NFTs is driving lots of domain name sales. Just this week, at least four of the end user sales I uncovered at Sedo are related to th...
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May 4, 2021, 8:36 pm
Domain Name Wire
Shopping center operator tries reverse domain name hijacking
Company goes after a generic domain registered two decades ago, and the Complainant’s lawyers have a connection to a UDRP forum. A three-member World Intellectual Property Organization panel has found (pdf) that Majid Al Futtaim Properties Llc ...
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Shopping center operator tries reverse domain name hijacking
Company goes after a generic domain registered two decades ago, and the Complainant’s lawyers have a connection to a UDRP forum. A three-member World Intellectual Property Organization panel has found (pdf) that Majid Al Futtaim Properties Llc ...
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May 4, 2021, 4:22 pm
Domain Name Wire
NameSilo reports 2020 results
Revenue grew by over 14% in 2020. NameSilo Technologies Corp. (CSE:URL), the parent company of domain name registrar NameSilo, reported its earnings for 2020 this week. The company grossed $31.1 million for the year, up from $27.2 million in 2019. Th...
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NameSilo reports 2020 results
Revenue grew by over 14% in 2020. NameSilo Technologies Corp. (CSE:URL), the parent company of domain name registrar NameSilo, reported its earnings for 2020 this week. The company grossed $31.1 million for the year, up from $27.2 million in 2019. Th...
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May 4, 2021, 1:34 pm
Domain Name Wire
Brandable domain investor success story – DNW Podcast #336
How Keith DeBoer built a six-figure-a-year brandable domain portfolio. Domain investor Keith DeBoer started dabbling in domains in 2014. Within a few years, he started making six figures per year and he’s now a full-time domain investor. On tod...
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Brandable domain investor success story – DNW Podcast #336
How Keith DeBoer built a six-figure-a-year brandable domain portfolio. Domain investor Keith DeBoer started dabbling in domains in 2014. Within a few years, he started making six figures per year and he’s now a full-time domain investor. On tod...
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May 3, 2021, 3:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Latest .com winners report
Here’s how domain name registrars peformed in January. ICANN has published the latest official data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) about the .com namespace. This registrar-by-registrar report covers January 2021. Here’s how registrars did i...
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Latest .com winners report
Here’s how domain name registrars peformed in January. ICANN has published the latest official data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) about the .com namespace. This registrar-by-registrar report covers January 2021. Here’s how registrars did i...
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May 3, 2021, 1:14 pm
Domain Name Wire
Escrow.com reports record results in Q1
Domain name transactions help push Escrow.com to its second consecutive quarterly record. Escrow.com released its quarterly Domain Investment Index (pdf) today, and parent company Freelancer.com released its quarterly results last week. Total domain ...
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Escrow.com reports record results in Q1
Domain name transactions help push Escrow.com to its second consecutive quarterly record. Escrow.com released its quarterly Domain Investment Index (pdf) today, and parent company Freelancer.com released its quarterly results last week. Total domain ...
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April 30, 2021, 2:17 pm
Domain Name Wire
Bico.com domain name sells for $350,000
Four letter .com sells for big bucks. Shane Kinsch has cashed in again, this time selling the four letter domain name bico.com for $350,000. The buyer is a client of Ports Group AB, a brand management company. Lots of companies go by the name Bico an...
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Bico.com domain name sells for $350,000
Four letter .com sells for big bucks. Shane Kinsch has cashed in again, this time selling the four letter domain name bico.com for $350,000. The buyer is a client of Ports Group AB, a brand management company. Lots of companies go by the name Bico an...
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April 30, 2021, 11:59 am
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy to close Scottsdale office and move HQ to Tempe as work goes remote
Company shifts to new working environment. GoDaddy (NYS: GDDY) is closing its Scottsdale headquarters as it consolidates offices in Arizona. It will transfer employees in the Scottsdale office to its new headquarters in Tempe and its Gilbert office. ...
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GoDaddy to close Scottsdale office and move HQ to Tempe as work goes remote
Company shifts to new working environment. GoDaddy (NYS: GDDY) is closing its Scottsdale headquarters as it consolidates offices in Arizona. It will transfer employees in the Scottsdale office to its new headquarters in Tempe and its Gilbert office. ...
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April 29, 2021, 9:54 pm
