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Squarespace tops guidance with strong Q1
Website and domain company reports robust growth and ups guidance for the full year. Squarespace (NYSE: SQSP) reported Q1 earnings before the markets opened this morning. The company reported 19% year-over-year revenue growth with $281.1 million in Q...
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Squarespace tops guidance with strong Q1
Website and domain company reports robust growth and ups guidance for the full year. Squarespace (NYSE: SQSP) reported Q1 earnings before the markets opened this morning. The company reported 19% year-over-year revenue growth with $281.1 million in Q...
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May 7, 2024, 3:48 pm
Domain Name Wire
Squarespace reverses trend, and a year-over-year look at .com by registrar
Squarespace stops the bleeding, GoDaddy down year over year. Squarespace has been registering fewer .com domains each month since taking over Google Domains, but Verisign’s latest data show the trend reversed itself to start this year. Here&rsq...
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Squarespace reverses trend, and a year-over-year look at .com by registrar
Squarespace stops the bleeding, GoDaddy down year over year. Squarespace has been registering fewer .com domains each month since taking over Google Domains, but Verisign’s latest data show the trend reversed itself to start this year. Here&rsq...
Discussion
May 6, 2024, 5:23 pm
Domain Name Wire
The hidden domain market – DNW Podcast #483
You don’t hear about many domain sales, including this $2 million sale earlier this year. We often hear about domain name sales, but the public sales just scratch the surface. Many more sales are never made public. Some of these sales happen on...
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The hidden domain market – DNW Podcast #483
You don’t hear about many domain sales, including this $2 million sale earlier this year. We often hear about domain name sales, but the public sales just scratch the surface. Many more sales are never made public. Some of these sales happen on...
Discussion
May 6, 2024, 3:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
April’s top domain name stories
GoDaddy auctions, WooCommerce and Uzi Nissan made news last month. These were the most popular stories on Domain Name Wire last month, ranked by number of views. 1. West Virginia airport tries to reverse hijack a domain name – Air travel can ma...
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April’s top domain name stories
GoDaddy auctions, WooCommerce and Uzi Nissan made news last month. These were the most popular stories on Domain Name Wire last month, ranked by number of views. 1. West Virginia airport tries to reverse hijack a domain name – Air travel can ma...
Discussion
May 3, 2024, 4:25 pm
Domain Name Wire
How to audit your Afternic account for misspriced floor prices
Audit your account to prevent accidental sales at low prices. The other day I saw a lead in my Afternic account for a domain I recently acquired. The asking price was correct, but the floor price at which it could be sold was below what I paid for it...
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How to audit your Afternic account for misspriced floor prices
Audit your account to prevent accidental sales at low prices. The other day I saw a lead in my Afternic account for a domain I recently acquired. The asking price was correct, but the floor price at which it could be sold was below what I paid for it...
Discussion
May 3, 2024, 1:20 pm
Domain Name Wire
Aftermarket jumps 12% at GoDaddy, company reports 180 layoffs
Average sale price in aftermarket increased during the quarter. GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) reported Q1 earnings this afternoon, including a surprise jump in domain name aftermarket revenue. Overall, GoDaddy’s revenue increased 7% year over year to $1...
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Aftermarket jumps 12% at GoDaddy, company reports 180 layoffs
Average sale price in aftermarket increased during the quarter. GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) reported Q1 earnings this afternoon, including a surprise jump in domain name aftermarket revenue. Overall, GoDaddy’s revenue increased 7% year over year to $1...
Discussion
May 2, 2024, 8:54 pm
Domain Name Wire
Internet gateway company faces name collision with .box
Company uses .box as an internal address on its internet gateways. The maker of FRITZ!Box internet gateways made a disturbing discovery this year: .box is a real top level domain name. The company discovered this after someone registered fritz .box. ...
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Internet gateway company faces name collision with .box
Company uses .box as an internal address on its internet gateways. The maker of FRITZ!Box internet gateways made a disturbing discovery this year: .box is a real top level domain name. The company discovered this after someone registered fritz .box. ...
Discussion
May 2, 2024, 3:21 pm
Domain Name Wire
How GoDaddy handles currencies in long term payment plans
Sellers get the same amount, while buyers pay the USD equivalent in their preferred currency each month. This week, GoDaddy enabled long term payment options on Afternic domains to customers outside of the United States in their own currencies. This ...
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How GoDaddy handles currencies in long term payment plans
Sellers get the same amount, while buyers pay the USD equivalent in their preferred currency each month. This week, GoDaddy enabled long term payment options on Afternic domains to customers outside of the United States in their own currencies. This ...
Discussion
May 2, 2024, 2:50 pm
Domain Name Wire
dotDB’s new Domain Management tool is helpful for watching for new registrations
See which of your domains are growing in popularity. I use dotDB several times per week for domain research. At its core, dotDB helps you see the number of extensions a domain name is registered in, as well as other variations of names that include i...
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dotDB’s new Domain Management tool is helpful for watching for new registrations
See which of your domains are growing in popularity. I use dotDB several times per week for domain research. At its core, dotDB helps you see the number of extensions a domain name is registered in, as well as other variations of names that include i...
Discussion
May 2, 2024, 1:19 pm
Domain Name Wire
Escrow.com reports uptick in domain sales
Escrow.com shows sequential growth in domain sales but down year over year. Escrow.com released its Q1 Escrow Domain Investment Index (pdf) today, which reported a slight uptick in domain sales compared to the Q4 of last year. Overall, the service ha...
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Escrow.com reports uptick in domain sales
Escrow.com shows sequential growth in domain sales but down year over year. Escrow.com released its Q1 Escrow Domain Investment Index (pdf) today, which reported a slight uptick in domain sales compared to the Q4 of last year. Overall, the service ha...
Discussion
May 1, 2024, 1:55 pm
