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MMX: Registrations and billings up, revenue down in H1
Registrations at domain name registrars grew while one-off brokered sales dropped. Top level domain name registry MMX (aka Minds + Machines, London AIM: MMX) issued high-level earnings information today for the first half of 2020. Year-on-year regist...
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MMX: Registrations and billings up, revenue down in H1
Registrations at domain name registrars grew while one-off brokered sales dropped. Top level domain name registry MMX (aka Minds + Machines, London AIM: MMX) issued high-level earnings information today for the first half of 2020. Year-on-year regist...
Discussion
July 30, 2020, 3:58 pm
Domain Name Wire
A subdomain may lead to an upgrade
Companies using a subdomain for a business unit might want to upgrade to the matching second-level domain. If you see a brand using a subdomain of its parent company’s domain, there may be an opportunity to sell your domain which matches the su...
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A subdomain may lead to an upgrade
Companies using a subdomain for a business unit might want to upgrade to the matching second-level domain. If you see a brand using a subdomain of its parent company’s domain, there may be an opportunity to sell your domain which matches the su...
Discussion
July 30, 2020, 1:23 pm
Domain Name Wire
The lottery ticket analogy
Domains aren’t exactly like lottery tickets, but be sure not to get sucked in by false hopes. John buys a lot of lottery tickets. He’s a prolific lottery ticket buyer, snapping up thousands of lottery tickets every week. He then brags abo...
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The lottery ticket analogy
Domains aren’t exactly like lottery tickets, but be sure not to get sucked in by false hopes. John buys a lot of lottery tickets. He’s a prolific lottery ticket buyer, snapping up thousands of lottery tickets every week. He then brags abo...
Discussion
July 29, 2020, 9:02 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain-for-sale spammer promotes domain on GoDaddy
This email solicitation leverages the safety of buying a domain at GoDaddy. Most Domain Name Wire readers get a lot of spam along these lines: “I see you own example.com. I’m selling domainsomewhatsimilartoexample.com. If you’re int...
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Domain-for-sale spammer promotes domain on GoDaddy
This email solicitation leverages the safety of buying a domain at GoDaddy. Most Domain Name Wire readers get a lot of spam along these lines: “I see you own example.com. I’m selling domainsomewhatsimilartoexample.com. If you’re int...
Discussion
July 29, 2020, 3:22 pm
Domain Name Wire
16 end user domain name sales up to $242,000
.Co.uk domain leads the way. Sedo crushed all existing public records for two letter .co.uk domains this week with IT.co.uk. It was one of 16 domains that I could tie to end users. Here’s a list of end user sales this past week. You can see pre...
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16 end user domain name sales up to $242,000
.Co.uk domain leads the way. Sedo crushed all existing public records for two letter .co.uk domains this week with IT.co.uk. It was one of 16 domains that I could tie to end users. Here’s a list of end user sales this past week. You can see pre...
Discussion
July 29, 2020, 1:16 pm
Domain Name Wire
Making a fortune with 88.com
The owners of this domain name might cash in with email addresses. China may be the only country I know that embraces numeric domains. You can find their use in many industries. Today, I’ll talk about a numeric domain being used in an interesti...
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Making a fortune with 88.com
The owners of this domain name might cash in with email addresses. China may be the only country I know that embraces numeric domains. You can find their use in many industries. Today, I’ll talk about a numeric domain being used in an interesti...
Discussion
July 28, 2020, 9:39 pm
Domain Name Wire
UDRP for Catalyzer.com could have easily been avoided
This dead-on-arrival UDRP could have been avoided by asking the Complainant a simple question. Catalyzer, Inc, a leadership training organization, has lost a UDRP for Catalyzer.com. The case was dead on arrival. Catalyzer recently changed its name fr...
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UDRP for Catalyzer.com could have easily been avoided
This dead-on-arrival UDRP could have been avoided by asking the Complainant a simple question. Catalyzer, Inc, a leadership training organization, has lost a UDRP for Catalyzer.com. The case was dead on arrival. Catalyzer recently changed its name fr...
Discussion
July 28, 2020, 3:23 pm
Domain Name Wire
Is .com king in China?
By registration volume? No. But that’s not the only measure. We often see the expression “.com is king” which usually refers to the situation in the United States. Sometimes I also see this term used inside China. But is .com really...
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Is .com king in China?
By registration volume? No. But that’s not the only measure. We often see the expression “.com is king” which usually refers to the situation in the United States. Sometimes I also see this term used inside China. But is .com really...
Discussion
July 28, 2020, 1:48 pm
Domain Name Wire
Judge issues TRO to transfer Calculator.com back to original owner
Order comes just days after case is filed. A judge in Florida has granted a request (pdf) for a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) involving the domain name Calculator.com. Last week, the original registrant of the domain name filed a lawsuit alleging...
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Judge issues TRO to transfer Calculator.com back to original owner
Order comes just days after case is filed. A judge in Florida has granted a request (pdf) for a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) involving the domain name Calculator.com. Last week, the original registrant of the domain name filed a lawsuit alleging...
Discussion
July 27, 2020, 8:35 pm
Domain Name Wire
Reviewing NameJet and SnapNames sales from last month
Joseph Peterson does a deep dive on domains that sold on NameJet and SnapNames last year. Oh, and turn up your volume. A couple of features leap out at me while looking at the top June auction results from NameJet / SnapNames. First of all, 4 o...
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Reviewing NameJet and SnapNames sales from last month
Joseph Peterson does a deep dive on domains that sold on NameJet and SnapNames last year. Oh, and turn up your volume. A couple of features leap out at me while looking at the top June auction results from NameJet / SnapNames. First of all, 4 o...
Discussion
July 27, 2020, 6:07 pm
