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This DomainAgents feature helped me close a deal
Free-form communication tool helped me close this domain transaction. I just completed a domain name sale through DomainAgents. It wouldn’t have been possible without a simple feature that’s part of DomainAgents’ platform. A potenti...
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This DomainAgents feature helped me close a deal
Free-form communication tool helped me close this domain transaction. I just completed a domain name sale through DomainAgents. It wouldn’t have been possible without a simple feature that’s part of DomainAgents’ platform. A potenti...
Discussion
January 7, 2021, 9:55 pm
Domain Name Wire
ICANN NomCom seeks to fill nine positions this year
Group will fill three board seats among other positions. The 2021 ICANN Nominating Committee (NomCom) will fill nine positions this year. The Nominating Committee is an independent committee made up of 21 people, 15 of whom have voting privileges. IC...
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ICANN NomCom seeks to fill nine positions this year
Group will fill three board seats among other positions. The 2021 ICANN Nominating Committee (NomCom) will fill nine positions this year. The Nominating Committee is an independent committee made up of 21 people, 15 of whom have voting privileges. IC...
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January 7, 2021, 2:34 pm
Domain Name Wire
Epik continues to bash GoDaddy. GoDaddy says this is why it dropped Epik
Epik suggests reasons why GoDaddy might have dropped Epik from its Afternic program, and GoDaddy responds. When PayPal notified Epik in October that it was terminating its services with the domain name registrar, Epik fired off letters blaming a numb...
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Epik continues to bash GoDaddy. GoDaddy says this is why it dropped Epik
Epik suggests reasons why GoDaddy might have dropped Epik from its Afternic program, and GoDaddy responds. When PayPal notified Epik in October that it was terminating its services with the domain name registrar, Epik fired off letters blaming a numb...
Discussion
January 6, 2021, 5:17 pm
Domain Name Wire
15 end user domain sales, including to a $49 billion company
Waste Management was among the companies buying domains at Sedo recently. Sedo released its latest sales report yesterday covering the two-week holiday period. The top sale was Limit.com for $120,000 but it wasn’t an end user sale. Brent Oxley,...
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15 end user domain sales, including to a $49 billion company
Waste Management was among the companies buying domains at Sedo recently. Sedo released its latest sales report yesterday covering the two-week holiday period. The top sale was Limit.com for $120,000 but it wasn’t an end user sale. Brent Oxley,...
Discussion
January 6, 2021, 4:51 pm
Domain Name Wire
Pandemic relief bill to nudge governments to .Gov
DOTGOV Online Trust in Government Act will help local governments transition to .Gov. The pandemic relief bill that outgoing U.S. President Donald Trump recently signed could lead to more domain names ending in .gov. Government Technology reports tha...
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Pandemic relief bill to nudge governments to .Gov
DOTGOV Online Trust in Government Act will help local governments transition to .Gov. The pandemic relief bill that outgoing U.S. President Donald Trump recently signed could lead to more domain names ending in .gov. Government Technology reports tha...
Discussion
January 6, 2021, 1:55 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain Name Wholesale Exchange switches to subscription model
Domain investor marketplace will charge monthly fee instead of commissions. Domain Name Wholesale Exchange (DNWE), a marketplace for domainer-to-domainer wholesale transactions, is changing its business model. The platform is scrapping commissions in...
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Domain Name Wholesale Exchange switches to subscription model
Domain investor marketplace will charge monthly fee instead of commissions. Domain Name Wholesale Exchange (DNWE), a marketplace for domainer-to-domainer wholesale transactions, is changing its business model. The platform is scrapping commissions in...
Discussion
January 5, 2021, 8:01 pm
Domain Name Wire
This is a brilliant landing page strategy for selling premium domains
Sending buyers to LinkedIn has many advantages. The other day I came across Domaining.com owner Francois Carrillo’s landing page for Faster.com (see image above). It’s a simple landing page that allows visitors to take only one action if ...
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This is a brilliant landing page strategy for selling premium domains
Sending buyers to LinkedIn has many advantages. The other day I came across Domaining.com owner Francois Carrillo’s landing page for Faster.com (see image above). It’s a simple landing page that allows visitors to take only one action if ...
Discussion
January 5, 2021, 5:41 pm
Domain Name Wire
Donuts top 20 premium (channel) sales of 2020
Here are the top channel sales of 2020 and how they are being used. Like most top level domain companies, Donuts sells the best domain names in its portfolio at premium prices. These premiums are usually charged for the initial registration and renew...
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Donuts top 20 premium (channel) sales of 2020
Here are the top channel sales of 2020 and how they are being used. Like most top level domain companies, Donuts sells the best domain names in its portfolio at premium prices. These premiums are usually charged for the initial registration and renew...
Discussion
January 5, 2021, 4:35 pm
Domain Name Wire
Wix changes product name from virus to nicotine
Company dumps Covid-sounding brand name. Each time I got an email this year from Wix (NASDAQ: WIX) about its Corvid web development system, I thought the company is providing an update about Covid-19. I’m not the only person. Wix has finally de...
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Wix changes product name from virus to nicotine
Company dumps Covid-sounding brand name. Each time I got an email this year from Wix (NASDAQ: WIX) about its Corvid web development system, I thought the company is providing an update about Covid-19. I’m not the only person. Wix has finally de...
Discussion
January 4, 2021, 8:12 pm
Domain Name Wire
How I decide which domains to renew vs. delete
Some helpful tips for making the keep/delete decision. I like to spend the final week of the year preparing for the next. This includes reviewing the domains in my portfolio that expire over the next 6-7 months and renewing the ones I want to keep. I...
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How I decide which domains to renew vs. delete
Some helpful tips for making the keep/delete decision. I like to spend the final week of the year preparing for the next. This includes reviewing the domains in my portfolio that expire over the next 6-7 months and renewing the ones I want to keep. I...
Discussion
January 4, 2021, 6:15 pm
