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14 more end user sales
A Chinese plastic mold manufacturer, a recruiting firm and an online trading platform bought domain names. The top ccTLD of the week is also the top end user sale this week at Sedo—at least that we know of. BRGroup.com sold for more ($30,000), ...
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14 more end user sales
A Chinese plastic mold manufacturer, a recruiting firm and an online trading platform bought domain names. The top ccTLD of the week is also the top end user sale this week at Sedo—at least that we know of. BRGroup.com sold for more ($30,000), ...
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December 5, 2019, 1:56 pm
Domain Name Wire
End user sales at Uniregistry up to $160,000
A CBD company, eco-friendly hotel chain, and security company bought domain names at Uniregistry. Uniregistry has had some strong sales over the past couple of weeks, and many of them have been to end users instead of domain name investors. Here&rsqu...
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End user sales at Uniregistry up to $160,000
A CBD company, eco-friendly hotel chain, and security company bought domain names at Uniregistry. Uniregistry has had some strong sales over the past couple of weeks, and many of them have been to end users instead of domain name investors. Here&rsqu...
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December 4, 2019, 5:50 pm
Domain Name Wire
November’s Top 5 domain name stories
.Org dominated the news last month. November was a busy month in the domain name business, led by a planned takeover of the .Org registry. I’ve grouped many of the .org-related articles into one on the top 5 posts list. Here’s the full ro...
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November’s Top 5 domain name stories
.Org dominated the news last month. November was a busy month in the domain name business, led by a planned takeover of the .Org registry. I’ve grouped many of the .org-related articles into one on the top 5 posts list. Here’s the full ro...
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December 4, 2019, 4:01 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy files vanity phone number patent applications
Patent applications discuss using domain, website and Whois information to generate vanity numbers. GoDaddy has filed two patent applications related to vanity telephone numbers. Patent application numbers 15/990163 (pdf) and 15/990169 (pdf) describe...
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GoDaddy files vanity phone number patent applications
Patent applications discuss using domain, website and Whois information to generate vanity numbers. GoDaddy has filed two patent applications related to vanity telephone numbers. Patent application numbers 15/990163 (pdf) and 15/990169 (pdf) describe...
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December 4, 2019, 2:18 pm
Domain Name Wire
ISOC is leaving money on the table with .org, but…
A secretive deal was the only way ISOC could get a deal done. I’ve written a lot about how Internet Society’s (ISOC) deal to sell the .org registry to a private equity company impacts the internet’s users and non-profits. From a cre...
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ISOC is leaving money on the table with .org, but…
A secretive deal was the only way ISOC could get a deal done. I’ve written a lot about how Internet Society’s (ISOC) deal to sell the .org registry to a private equity company impacts the internet’s users and non-profits. From a cre...
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December 3, 2019, 5:11 pm
Domain Name Wire
Judge dismisses harassment suit against Uniregistry
Judge rules that plaintiff waited too long to file lawsuit. A U.S. Federal District judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought against Uniregistry and one of its former employees for sexual harassment by granting the defendant’s motion for summary j...
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Judge dismisses harassment suit against Uniregistry
Judge rules that plaintiff waited too long to file lawsuit. A U.S. Federal District judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought against Uniregistry and one of its former employees for sexual harassment by granting the defendant’s motion for summary j...
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December 3, 2019, 4:02 pm
Domain Name Wire
End user domain sales topped by a new TLD
Clean.tech leads Sedo’s end user chart for last week. Last week’s end user sales at Sedo were led by a new TLD sale at $30,000. A solar power company bought clean.tech. Here’s a look at some of the domains end users bought. See prio...
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End user domain sales topped by a new TLD
Clean.tech leads Sedo’s end user chart for last week. Last week’s end user sales at Sedo were led by a new TLD sale at $30,000. A solar power company bought clean.tech. Here’s a look at some of the domains end users bought. See prio...
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December 3, 2019, 1:39 pm
Domain Name Wire
A fractional domain ownership idea
Aron Meystedt is on to something here. Domain investor Aron Meystedt, who used to sell domains on behalf of Heritage Auctions, is selling fractional shares in the domain name NNR.com. Meystedt is selling 300 shares in the domain for $100 each, valuin...
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A fractional domain ownership idea
Aron Meystedt is on to something here. Domain investor Aron Meystedt, who used to sell domains on behalf of Heritage Auctions, is selling fractional shares in the domain name NNR.com. Meystedt is selling 300 shares in the domain for $100 each, valuin...
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December 2, 2019, 4:33 pm
Domain Name Wire
Doron Vermaat – DNW Podcast #263
An update on using for-sale only domain name landers. Does making tweaks to domain sales landers lead to increased sales? That’s one of the questions I ask Doron Vermat, co-founder of Efty, on today’s show. We also discuss Efty’s sa...
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Doron Vermaat – DNW Podcast #263
An update on using for-sale only domain name landers. Does making tweaks to domain sales landers lead to increased sales? That’s one of the questions I ask Doron Vermat, co-founder of Efty, on today’s show. We also discuss Efty’s sa...
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December 2, 2019, 4:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
NameSilo posts $7.85 million revenue, readies domain brokerage system
Registrar continues to grow, readies domain brokerage platform. Domain name registrar NameSilo (CSE: URL) reported third-quarter earnings last week. The company posted revenues of $7.85 million, up 58% from $4.97 million in the same quarter of 2018. ...
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NameSilo posts $7.85 million revenue, readies domain brokerage system
Registrar continues to grow, readies domain brokerage platform. Domain name registrar NameSilo (CSE: URL) reported third-quarter earnings last week. The company posted revenues of $7.85 million, up 58% from $4.97 million in the same quarter of 2018. ...
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December 2, 2019, 1:58 pm
