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What sold (and why) on NameJet and Snapnames last month
Joseph Peterson takes an in-depth look at Web.com’s aftermarket sales in May. Once upon a time, people learning how to build websites and perform SEO went to a Lycos-owned tutorial site called WebMonkey.com. It had its ups and downs, shut...
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What sold (and why) on NameJet and Snapnames last month
Joseph Peterson takes an in-depth look at Web.com’s aftermarket sales in May. Once upon a time, people learning how to build websites and perform SEO went to a Lycos-owned tutorial site called WebMonkey.com. It had its ups and downs, shut...
Discussion
June 17, 2020, 7:22 pm
Domain Name Wire
13 end user domain sales up to $45,000
A low carbon commodity firm, chat app, and accounting firm bought domain names at Sedo. The process of discovering end user sales has changed in recent years as domain registrars began redacting Whois information in response to GDPR. GoDaddy recently...
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13 end user domain sales up to $45,000
A low carbon commodity firm, chat app, and accounting firm bought domain names at Sedo. The process of discovering end user sales has changed in recent years as domain registrars began redacting Whois information in response to GDPR. GoDaddy recently...
Discussion
June 17, 2020, 4:11 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy’s domain privacy email buries the lede
GoDaddy customers are unlikely to understand their options. GoDaddy has begun sending emails to customers about changes to domain privacy. As I wrote about on June 8, the company has started redacting personal information from Whois records. T...
Discussion
GoDaddy’s domain privacy email buries the lede
GoDaddy customers are unlikely to understand their options. GoDaddy has begun sending emails to customers about changes to domain privacy. As I wrote about on June 8, the company has started redacting personal information from Whois records. T...
Discussion
June 16, 2020, 7:17 pm
Domain Name Wire
Verisign gets IDN suggestion patent
Patent helps domain searchers find translations and transliterations. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted patent number 10,686,750 (pdf) to Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) for Alternate character set domain name suggestion and registration using...
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Verisign gets IDN suggestion patent
Patent helps domain searchers find translations and transliterations. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted patent number 10,686,750 (pdf) to Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) for Alternate character set domain name suggestion and registration using...
Discussion
June 16, 2020, 4:29 pm
Domain Name Wire
Google continues to tinker with URLs in Chrome
New test obscures the full URL. Google is at it again, tinkering with how it displays URLs in the Chrome browser. The company has tested different ways of showing a site’s identity in search as well as Chrome. Android Police notes that a new te...
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Google continues to tinker with URLs in Chrome
New test obscures the full URL. Google is at it again, tinkering with how it displays URLs in the Chrome browser. The company has tested different ways of showing a site’s identity in search as well as Chrome. Android Police notes that a new te...
Discussion
June 16, 2020, 2:44 pm
Domain Name Wire
38 spam calls in four days
This is what happens when you register a domain name without Whois privacy or redaction. I’ve written a lot lately about the robocalls and telemarketing calls you get after registering a domain that doesn’t have redacted Whois information...
Discussion
38 spam calls in four days
This is what happens when you register a domain name without Whois privacy or redaction. I’ve written a lot lately about the robocalls and telemarketing calls you get after registering a domain that doesn’t have redacted Whois information...
Discussion
June 16, 2020, 1:22 pm
Domain Name Wire
One Word Domains site releases version 2.0
Upgrades include synonyms, premium tags. A new and popular site for finding one-word domain names has released version 2.0. I interview the site’s creator, Steven Tey, on DNW Podcast #287. OneWord.Domains helps you find available one-word domai...
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One Word Domains site releases version 2.0
Upgrades include synonyms, premium tags. A new and popular site for finding one-word domain names has released version 2.0. I interview the site’s creator, Steven Tey, on DNW Podcast #287. OneWord.Domains helps you find available one-word domai...
Discussion
June 15, 2020, 9:19 pm
Domain Name Wire
Codebank.com sold for low 6 figures
Chinese domain company reports six-figure English-language domain sale. According to West.cn via eName, Codebank.com recently sold for about 1 million yuan (about $150,000). Whois record shows the domain was registered in 2002. Wayback machine’...
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Codebank.com sold for low 6 figures
Chinese domain company reports six-figure English-language domain sale. According to West.cn via eName, Codebank.com recently sold for about 1 million yuan (about $150,000). Whois record shows the domain was registered in 2002. Wayback machine’...
Discussion
June 15, 2020, 9:07 pm
Domain Name Wire
Stealing the keys to the internet – DNW Podcast #290
A drama about domain names. A drama about ICANN and domain names? Ryan Estrada made it entertaining with his 9-part drama podcast Big Data about stealing the keys to the internet. On today’s show, Ryan explains how it came together and how he m...
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Stealing the keys to the internet – DNW Podcast #290
A drama about domain names. A drama about ICANN and domain names? Ryan Estrada made it entertaining with his 9-part drama podcast Big Data about stealing the keys to the internet. On today’s show, Ryan explains how it came together and how he m...
Discussion
June 15, 2020, 3:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy warns customers about theft with 3 new levels of domain privacy
GoDaddy’s new cross-sell warns about domain theft. Last week I wrote about how GoDaddy is now redacting most personal information in Whois records. People who paid for Whois Privacy now have the option of getting an improved “Full Domain ...
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GoDaddy warns customers about theft with 3 new levels of domain privacy
GoDaddy’s new cross-sell warns about domain theft. Last week I wrote about how GoDaddy is now redacting most personal information in Whois records. People who paid for Whois Privacy now have the option of getting an improved “Full Domain ...
Discussion
June 14, 2020, 3:46 pm
