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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...
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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
Domain Name Wire
NielsenIQ and domain names – DNW Podcast #319
What’s NielsenIQ, and why did it acquire NIQ.com? Nielsen — the company you probably know for TV ratings — is really much more than that. This year, the company is splitting into two. On today’s show, I interview Jacqueline Wo...
Discussion
NielsenIQ and domain names – DNW Podcast #319
What’s NielsenIQ, and why did it acquire NIQ.com? Nielsen — the company you probably know for TV ratings — is really much more than that. This year, the company is splitting into two. On today’s show, I interview Jacqueline Wo...
Discussion
January 4, 2021, 4:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
How to use LinkedIn to contact corporate executives in China
Kassey Lee explains how he uses LinkedIn to contact decision markers in China. It’s relevant for connecting with people around the world. I joined LinkedIn in 2016 upon recommendation by long-time domain investor Howard Fellman. In these four y...
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How to use LinkedIn to contact corporate executives in China
Kassey Lee explains how he uses LinkedIn to contact decision markers in China. It’s relevant for connecting with people around the world. I joined LinkedIn in 2016 upon recommendation by long-time domain investor Howard Fellman. In these four y...
Discussion
January 4, 2021, 2:42 pm
Domain Name Wire
Happy New Year. Here’s to a better one!
I think that the world is generally becoming a better place as the years go by. But 2020 was a real stinker, even for someone like me. Nothing will magically change as the clock strikes midnight tonight, but surely 2021 can’t be any worse than ...
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Happy New Year. Here’s to a better one!
I think that the world is generally becoming a better place as the years go by. But 2020 was a real stinker, even for someone like me. Nothing will magically change as the clock strikes midnight tonight, but surely 2021 can’t be any worse than ...
Discussion
December 31, 2020, 6:51 pm
Domain Name Wire
2020 in Review: Price hikes on the way
Domain investor costs are about to increase. This is the fifth in a series of posts about the domain name industry in 2020. Read the others here. .Com prices are going up. ICANN agreed to a contract extension with Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) in 2020. The...
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2020 in Review: Price hikes on the way
Domain investor costs are about to increase. This is the fifth in a series of posts about the domain name industry in 2020. Read the others here. .Com prices are going up. ICANN agreed to a contract extension with Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) in 2020. The...
Discussion
December 31, 2020, 2:32 pm
Domain Name Wire
The scariest thing about that GoDaddy phishing test story
A lot of employees apparently fell for it. GoDaddy has been taking a lot of heat for a phishing test email it sent to many of its employees right before the holidays. The email told recipients that they were receiving a $650 holiday bonus and asked t...
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The scariest thing about that GoDaddy phishing test story
A lot of employees apparently fell for it. GoDaddy has been taking a lot of heat for a phishing test email it sent to many of its employees right before the holidays. The email told recipients that they were receiving a $650 holiday bonus and asked t...
Discussion
December 30, 2020, 4:23 pm
Domain Name Wire
2020 in Review: Domain aftermarket innovation
Aftermarket companies introduced new features to help domain investors sell more domains. This is the fourth in a series of posts about the domain name industry in 2020. Read the others here. 2020 started with concern about GoDaddy acquiring Uniregis...
Discussion
2020 in Review: Domain aftermarket innovation
Aftermarket companies introduced new features to help domain investors sell more domains. This is the fourth in a series of posts about the domain name industry in 2020. Read the others here. 2020 started with concern about GoDaddy acquiring Uniregis...
Discussion
December 30, 2020, 2:57 pm
Domain Name Wire
Donuts completes Afilias acquisition
Donuts now owns Afilias. Top level domain name company Donuts has completed its acquisition of Afilias, the company announced today. Donuts’ CEO Akram Atallah said, “We expect no changes in the short term, and ample notice on any changes ...
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Donuts completes Afilias acquisition
Donuts now owns Afilias. Top level domain name company Donuts has completed its acquisition of Afilias, the company announced today. Donuts’ CEO Akram Atallah said, “We expect no changes in the short term, and ample notice on any changes ...
Discussion
December 29, 2020, 7:42 pm
Domain Name Wire
Owner of Gainvest.co tries to hijack Gainvest.com
Company files cybersquatting complaint against domain registered nearly two decades before it existed. A World Intellectual Property Organization panelist has found that Gainvest Legal Corporation tried to reverse domain name hijack Gainvest.com. Gai...
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Owner of Gainvest.co tries to hijack Gainvest.com
Company files cybersquatting complaint against domain registered nearly two decades before it existed. A World Intellectual Property Organization panelist has found that Gainvest Legal Corporation tried to reverse domain name hijack Gainvest.com. Gai...
Discussion
December 29, 2020, 4:00 pm
Domain Name Wire
2020 in Review: .Org sale
A top story this year was the sale of .org falling through. This is the third in a series of posts about the domain name industry in 2020. Read the others here. One of my predictions for 2020 was that Ethos Capital’s deal to acquire Public Inte...
Discussion
2020 in Review: .Org sale
A top story this year was the sale of .org falling through. This is the third in a series of posts about the domain name industry in 2020. Read the others here. One of my predictions for 2020 was that Ethos Capital’s deal to acquire Public Inte...
Discussion
December 29, 2020, 2:50 pm
