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.Gay domain now available for all
The .gay domain name has finally entered general availability. The .gay top level domain name entered general availability today, meaning anyone can register the domains. It took a long time for .gay to come to fruition. There was a contentious and d...
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.Gay domain now available for all
The .gay domain name has finally entered general availability. The .gay top level domain name entered general availability today, meaning anyone can register the domains. It took a long time for .gay to come to fruition. There was a contentious and d...
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September 16, 2020, 5:10 pm
Domain Name Wire
Taking a look at Web.com’s auction sales last month
A three-letter .com domain led the charts. Web.com’s aftermarket sites NameJet and SnapNames combined for 76 sales over $2,000 last month. These 76 domains sold for a combined $360,000. The top sales were: ZML.com $34,000 – Not a bad sale...
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Taking a look at Web.com’s auction sales last month
A three-letter .com domain led the charts. Web.com’s aftermarket sites NameJet and SnapNames combined for 76 sales over $2,000 last month. These 76 domains sold for a combined $360,000. The top sales were: ZML.com $34,000 – Not a bad sale...
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September 16, 2020, 4:38 pm
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Milestone: There are now over 150 million .com domains registered
.Com has over 150 million registrations 35 years after its launch. There are now officially over 150 million .com domain names registered. Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) updated its .com domain base statistics earlier today, revealing that .com hit the big ...
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Milestone: There are now over 150 million .com domains registered
.Com has over 150 million registrations 35 years after its launch. There are now officially over 150 million .com domain names registered. Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) updated its .com domain base statistics earlier today, revealing that .com hit the big ...
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September 16, 2020, 3:01 pm
Domain Name Wire
Why are two letter domains so sought after in China?
Kassey Lee explores why two letter domains are valuable to Chinese companies. Actually, I found the answer in a comment made by Jeff Sass (CMO of .club) on the September 7 DomainSherpa show — even though he was not referring directly to China. ...
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Why are two letter domains so sought after in China?
Kassey Lee explores why two letter domains are valuable to Chinese companies. Actually, I found the answer in a comment made by Jeff Sass (CMO of .club) on the September 7 DomainSherpa show — even though he was not referring directly to China. ...
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September 16, 2020, 1:20 pm
Domain Name Wire
End user domain sales up to €50,000
A green energy company, an office space broker, and a fire detection company bought domain names at Sedo. Sedo’s public sales this week were led by HotelsGuide.com. A Romanian direct response company bought the domain name. Here’s a list ...
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End user domain sales up to €50,000
A green energy company, an office space broker, and a fire detection company bought domain names at Sedo. Sedo’s public sales this week were led by HotelsGuide.com. A Romanian direct response company bought the domain name. Here’s a list ...
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September 15, 2020, 10:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Verisign awarded patent for using machine learning in name spinning
Idea uses neural networks to find relevant domain names. The United States Patent and Trademark Office has granted patent number 10,778,640 (pdf) to Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) for “Deep neural network generation of domain names.” The patent ...
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Verisign awarded patent for using machine learning in name spinning
Idea uses neural networks to find relevant domain names. The United States Patent and Trademark Office has granted patent number 10,778,640 (pdf) to Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) for “Deep neural network generation of domain names.” The patent ...
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September 15, 2020, 4:36 pm
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Web.com ups offer for WebCentral by 55% after competing bid
Top 10 domain registrar increases all-cash offer for Australian domain name company. Web.com has significantly increased its acquisition offer for Australian domain name company WebCentral (ASX: WCG) after a competing bid was made. Web.com entered in...
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Web.com ups offer for WebCentral by 55% after competing bid
Top 10 domain registrar increases all-cash offer for Australian domain name company. Web.com has significantly increased its acquisition offer for Australian domain name company WebCentral (ASX: WCG) after a competing bid was made. Web.com entered in...
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September 15, 2020, 12:02 pm
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Coins.com sold for $1.7 million but it hasn’t all been paid
Lawsuits disclose more details on Coins.com and Invest.com domain sales. I’ve been running down a rabbit hole today after John Berryhill tweeted about a lawsuit over Invest.com. pic.twitter.com/zfZSkKsuXO — John Berryhill (@Berryhillj) Se...
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Coins.com sold for $1.7 million but it hasn’t all been paid
Lawsuits disclose more details on Coins.com and Invest.com domain sales. I’ve been running down a rabbit hole today after John Berryhill tweeted about a lawsuit over Invest.com. pic.twitter.com/zfZSkKsuXO — John Berryhill (@Berryhillj) Se...
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September 14, 2020, 9:34 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy acquires WooCommerce plugin developer
GoDaddy bolsters WordPress and e-commerce offerings with acquisition. GoDaddy has acquired WooCommerce plugin developer SkyVerge for an undisclosed price. SkyVerge offers plugins that extend the functionality of WordPress’ e-commerce platform W...
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GoDaddy acquires WooCommerce plugin developer
GoDaddy bolsters WordPress and e-commerce offerings with acquisition. GoDaddy has acquired WooCommerce plugin developer SkyVerge for an undisclosed price. SkyVerge offers plugins that extend the functionality of WordPress’ e-commerce platform W...
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September 14, 2020, 8:20 pm
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If you saw Sars.app, what would you assume it’s for?
Probably not the South African Revenue Service. It’s 2020. There’s a pandemic because of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19). Someone in China registers the domain name Sars.app. Why would you assume the person in Chain registered the domain? Probably ...
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If you saw Sars.app, what would you assume it’s for?
Probably not the South African Revenue Service. It’s 2020. There’s a pandemic because of SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19). Someone in China registers the domain name Sars.app. Why would you assume the person in Chain registered the domain? Probably ...
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September 14, 2020, 7:59 pm
