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Web.com has strong month for aftermarket domain sales
The company’s auction services had a great end to the year. Here’s what sold. Web.com’s aftermarket platforms NameJet and SnapNames combined to deliver 128 sales of $2,000 or more last month. That totaled over $700,000, making it a ...
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Web.com has strong month for aftermarket domain sales
The company’s auction services had a great end to the year. Here’s what sold. Web.com’s aftermarket platforms NameJet and SnapNames combined to deliver 128 sales of $2,000 or more last month. That totaled over $700,000, making it a ...
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January 14, 2021, 3:24 pm
Domain Name Wire
A dragon with a “cart” head and its implication for domain investment
China may rule e-commerce. I was reading news the other day and was intrigued by a picture posted on Economist.com. It reveals a dragon rearing its head, which is not of the usual kind but a shopping cart. The article says that “it is in China,...
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A dragon with a “cart” head and its implication for domain investment
China may rule e-commerce. I was reading news the other day and was intrigued by a picture posted on Economist.com. It reveals a dragon rearing its head, which is not of the usual kind but a shopping cart. The article says that “it is in China,...
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January 14, 2021, 1:29 pm
Domain Name Wire
14 end user domain sales up to £55,000
A musical instrument seller, a ladder manufacturer, and an organic garden supplies retailer bought domain names. I admit that I had to look it up. But face yoga is an actual thing. Face yoga consists of exercises designed to make your facial skin loo...
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14 end user domain sales up to £55,000
A musical instrument seller, a ladder manufacturer, and an organic garden supplies retailer bought domain names. I admit that I had to look it up. But face yoga is an actual thing. Face yoga consists of exercises designed to make your facial skin loo...
Discussion
January 13, 2021, 3:24 pm
Domain Name Wire
Guide to domain investing for the Chinese market
Kassey Lee provides this great overview of how to invest for the Chinese market. I often receive the same kind of questions from readers, such as how to sell to China and where to list domains. So, I have decided to write this guide with links to spe...
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Guide to domain investing for the Chinese market
Kassey Lee provides this great overview of how to invest for the Chinese market. I often receive the same kind of questions from readers, such as how to sell to China and where to list domains. So, I have decided to write this guide with links to spe...
Discussion
January 13, 2021, 1:04 pm
Domain Name Wire
Latest .com ranking has some surprises
Two registrars posted big gains in September. ICANN has published the latest official data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) about the .com namespace. This registrar-by-registrar report covers September 2020. There were a couple of surprises in the monthl...
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Latest .com ranking has some surprises
Two registrars posted big gains in September. ICANN has published the latest official data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) about the .com namespace. This registrar-by-registrar report covers September 2020. There were a couple of surprises in the monthl...
Discussion
January 12, 2021, 7:07 pm
Domain Name Wire
CentralNic acquires SafeBrands for up to €3.6m
CentralNic gobbles up brand-focused registrar with plans to extend its reach beyond French-speaking countries. CentralNic (AIM: CNIC) announced today that it has acquired SafeBrands, a brand/corporate-focused domain registrar based in France. The com...
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CentralNic acquires SafeBrands for up to €3.6m
CentralNic gobbles up brand-focused registrar with plans to extend its reach beyond French-speaking countries. CentralNic (AIM: CNIC) announced today that it has acquired SafeBrands, a brand/corporate-focused domain registrar based in France. The com...
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January 12, 2021, 2:26 pm
Domain Name Wire
Join us today: The Next Generation
Internet Commerce Association hosts a meetup today featuring some of the newer faces in the industry. Internet Commerce Association is hosting a virtual member meetup today at 10 am PST / 1 pm EST. I will host a session and interview three people who...
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Join us today: The Next Generation
Internet Commerce Association hosts a meetup today featuring some of the newer faces in the industry. Internet Commerce Association is hosting a virtual member meetup today at 10 am PST / 1 pm EST. I will host a session and interview three people who...
Discussion
January 12, 2021, 12:23 pm
Domain Name Wire
Parler.com domain moves to Epik
Social media network mainly used by conservative voices moves its domain to registrar Epik. The social media network Parler has moved its domain name from DreamHost to Epik, a domain name registrar known for attracting domain names used by far-right ...
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Parler.com domain moves to Epik
Social media network mainly used by conservative voices moves its domain to registrar Epik. The social media network Parler has moved its domain name from DreamHost to Epik, a domain name registrar known for attracting domain names used by far-right ...
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January 11, 2021, 6:24 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Tech in the limelight this week as CES goes digital
Digital event means more exposure for CES.tech domain name. One of Radix’s big wins for .tech was when CES began using CES.tech for its website. It means that hundreds of thousands of CES attendees each year are exposed to .tech. These attendee...
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.Tech in the limelight this week as CES goes digital
Digital event means more exposure for CES.tech domain name. One of Radix’s big wins for .tech was when CES began using CES.tech for its website. It means that hundreds of thousands of CES attendees each year are exposed to .tech. These attendee...
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January 11, 2021, 3:50 pm
Domain Name Wire
Selling Gems with Andrew Miller – DNW Podcast #320
Andrew Miller talks about the old and the new. My guest today is Andrew Miller, an early domain investor who sold beer.com, shop.com, diamond.com and many other gems. On today’s show, we dig into domain investing in the early 2000s. We also tal...
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Selling Gems with Andrew Miller – DNW Podcast #320
Andrew Miller talks about the old and the new. My guest today is Andrew Miller, an early domain investor who sold beer.com, shop.com, diamond.com and many other gems. On today’s show, we dig into domain investing in the early 2000s. We also tal...
Discussion
January 11, 2021, 3:30 pm
