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Google among end user buyers at GoDaddy, SelfMade.com sells for nearly $1M
GoDaddy’s latest domain sales list features big sales to companies of all sizes. GoDaddy released a list of its top public sales from October 2020 today. GoDaddy publishes the lists in arrears to avoid any issues as a public company. The list i...
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Google among end user buyers at GoDaddy, SelfMade.com sells for nearly $1M
GoDaddy’s latest domain sales list features big sales to companies of all sizes. GoDaddy released a list of its top public sales from October 2020 today. GoDaddy publishes the lists in arrears to avoid any issues as a public company. The list i...
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March 10, 2021, 5:05 pm
Domain Name Wire
NamesCon and Cloudfest get out from under the corporate umbrella
Events are no longer part of large domain and hosting companies. NamesCon and Cloudfest are officially out from being under a big corporate umbrella. WHD Event GmbH acquired the assets of the two conferences from GoDaddy last week. GoDaddy acquired t...
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NamesCon and Cloudfest get out from under the corporate umbrella
Events are no longer part of large domain and hosting companies. NamesCon and Cloudfest are officially out from being under a big corporate umbrella. WHD Event GmbH acquired the assets of the two conferences from GoDaddy last week. GoDaddy acquired t...
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March 9, 2021, 6:07 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain Name Wire turns 16 today
Domain Name Wire is getting its driver’s license. It’s Domain Name Wire’s birthday today! I started Domain Name Wire on this day in 2005. The domain industry was in the middle of a big boom cycle thanks to domain name parking revenu...
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Domain Name Wire turns 16 today
Domain Name Wire is getting its driver’s license. It’s Domain Name Wire’s birthday today! I started Domain Name Wire on this day in 2005. The domain industry was in the middle of a big boom cycle thanks to domain name parking revenu...
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March 9, 2021, 2:27 pm
Domain Name Wire
Escrow.com set a record in 2020
Strong finish to the year helped Escrow.com set a record for gross payment volume. And it wasn’t just from domain names. A strong finish to the year helped Escrow.com set a record for gross payment volume in 2020. The company recorded US $486.1...
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Escrow.com set a record in 2020
Strong finish to the year helped Escrow.com set a record for gross payment volume. And it wasn’t just from domain names. A strong finish to the year helped Escrow.com set a record for gross payment volume in 2020. The company recorded US $486.1...
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March 8, 2021, 6:07 pm
Domain Name Wire
Adapting your domain investing strategy with Logan Flatt – DNW Podcast #328
Logan Flatt explains how he’s adapting his strategy for today’s reality. Last week I wrote about how domain investing is constantly changing and how you need to change your approach to adapt. This week’s guest is a domain investor w...
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Adapting your domain investing strategy with Logan Flatt – DNW Podcast #328
Logan Flatt explains how he’s adapting his strategy for today’s reality. Last week I wrote about how domain investing is constantly changing and how you need to change your approach to adapt. This week’s guest is a domain investor w...
Discussion
March 8, 2021, 4:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Cope.com is latest six figure domain name sale
Online invoicing service buys Cope.com and a new software company acquires Felt.com. Like many domain investors, Greg Ricks is seeing lots of activity these days. In the past week, he reports that he sold cope.com for $138,000 and felt.com for $74,75...
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Cope.com is latest six figure domain name sale
Online invoicing service buys Cope.com and a new software company acquires Felt.com. Like many domain investors, Greg Ricks is seeing lots of activity these days. In the past week, he reports that he sold cope.com for $138,000 and felt.com for $74,75...
Discussion
March 8, 2021, 1:01 pm
Domain Name Wire
Anyone can start a club on Clubhouse now. What does this mean for .Club?
A new feature could improve the interplay between Clubhouse and .club domains. It’s been quite a ride for .Club this year thanks to the popular Clubhouse app. Some people are buying .club domains to use in conjunction with the app, and many mor...
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Anyone can start a club on Clubhouse now. What does this mean for .Club?
A new feature could improve the interplay between Clubhouse and .club domains. It’s been quite a ride for .Club this year thanks to the popular Clubhouse app. Some people are buying .club domains to use in conjunction with the app, and many mor...
Discussion
March 6, 2021, 8:00 pm
Domain Name Wire
This company didn’t want you to dropcatch BoatSecure.com
It was apparently bombarded by auction frontrunners. One of the expired domain auctions on DropCatch.com this afternoon was for the domain BoatSecure.com. I was researching the name and looking at other companies using the extension when I came upon ...
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This company didn’t want you to dropcatch BoatSecure.com
It was apparently bombarded by auction frontrunners. One of the expired domain auctions on DropCatch.com this afternoon was for the domain BoatSecure.com. I was researching the name and looking at other companies using the extension when I came upon ...
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March 5, 2021, 8:17 pm
Domain Name Wire
FTA.com domain name sells for $400,000
Shane Kinsch strikes again with another big domain name sale. Anyone who owns a three letter .com domain name has received many offers for it. It was probably tempting to sell during the Chinese boom a few years back, when investors regularly offered...
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FTA.com domain name sells for $400,000
Shane Kinsch strikes again with another big domain name sale. Anyone who owns a three letter .com domain name has received many offers for it. It was probably tempting to sell during the Chinese boom a few years back, when investors regularly offered...
Discussion
March 5, 2021, 4:19 pm
Domain Name Wire
Korean chicken restaurant chain settles lawsuit with domain investor
Company had tried to secure a domain through a UDRP, only to be hit with a lawsuit. Korean fast food chain Mom’s Touch has settled a lawsuit domain name investor GNO, Inc. (Gregg Ostrick) filed against it. Mom’s Touch’s parent compa...
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Korean chicken restaurant chain settles lawsuit with domain investor
Company had tried to secure a domain through a UDRP, only to be hit with a lawsuit. Korean fast food chain Mom’s Touch has settled a lawsuit domain name investor GNO, Inc. (Gregg Ostrick) filed against it. Mom’s Touch’s parent compa...
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March 4, 2021, 7:01 pm
