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Domain Shane
IKE’S LIST OF DOMAINS AT AUCTION FOR Saturday, October 17th
I’m working all weekend again because this new schedule is BS. Not that I want to work but they’re making me come into work 24 hours today, and I’ll stay there for my normal 24 hours tomorrow. Typical government, F everything up t...
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IKE’S LIST OF DOMAINS AT AUCTION FOR Saturday, October 17th
I’m working all weekend again because this new schedule is BS. Not that I want to work but they’re making me come into work 24 hours today, and I’ll stay there for my normal 24 hours tomorrow. Typical government, F everything up t...
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October 17, 2020, 9:24 am
Domain Name Wire
Namecheap revenue jumps 38.5% in Q3
Revenue keeps surging ahead at Namecheap. Privately-held domain name registrar Namecheap has more to celebrate this year than just its 20th anniversary. The company saw 38.5% revenue growth in Q3 2020 compared to Q3 2019, the company disclosed to Dom...
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Namecheap revenue jumps 38.5% in Q3
Revenue keeps surging ahead at Namecheap. Privately-held domain name registrar Namecheap has more to celebrate this year than just its 20th anniversary. The company saw 38.5% revenue growth in Q3 2020 compared to Q3 2019, the company disclosed to Dom...
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October 16, 2020, 1:24 pm
Domain Name Wire
ICANN announces 2020 financial results
Pandemic-induced savings helped ICANN’s 2020 financial results. ICANN published (pdf) its financial results for the 2020 financial year today. FY 2020 covered the 12 months ending June 30, 2020. Total funding was $141 million and expenses were ...
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ICANN announces 2020 financial results
Pandemic-induced savings helped ICANN’s 2020 financial results. ICANN published (pdf) its financial results for the 2020 financial year today. FY 2020 covered the 12 months ending June 30, 2020. Total funding was $141 million and expenses were ...
Discussion
October 15, 2020, 4:19 pm
The Domains
Q3 Liquid Market Report shows strong sales from Escrow.com
Giuseppe Graziano released the 2020 Q3 Liquid Market Report. Escrow.com Sales Q3 2020 came in up 48.14% to $13,360,235. Public Disclosed Sales Q3 2020 came in at $3,065,162. Below is a look at all Global Markets tracked by LMX.com Check out the full ...
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Q3 Liquid Market Report shows strong sales from Escrow.com
Giuseppe Graziano released the 2020 Q3 Liquid Market Report. Escrow.com Sales Q3 2020 came in up 48.14% to $13,360,235. Public Disclosed Sales Q3 2020 came in at $3,065,162. Below is a look at all Global Markets tracked by LMX.com Check out the full ...
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October 15, 2020, 4:05 pm
Domain Name Wire
Nobel Prize winner has connection to new top level domains
Nobel Prize winner in economics helped create the private auction format for new top level domain name contention sets. Did you see that video this week of a man and his wife trying to wake up his neighbor to tell him he won the Nobel Prize in econom...
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Nobel Prize winner has connection to new top level domains
Nobel Prize winner in economics helped create the private auction format for new top level domain name contention sets. Did you see that video this week of a man and his wife trying to wake up his neighbor to tell him he won the Nobel Prize in econom...
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October 15, 2020, 3:56 pm
Domain Name Wire
26 end user domain name sales this week
SmugMug, Pocketbook and other companies bought domains. Sedo had a strong week for end user domain name sales, including some nice low-five-figure transactions. Here’s a list of end user domain name sales that just completed at Sedo. You ...
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26 end user domain name sales this week
SmugMug, Pocketbook and other companies bought domains. Sedo had a strong week for end user domain name sales, including some nice low-five-figure transactions. Here’s a list of end user domain name sales that just completed at Sedo. You ...
Discussion
October 15, 2020, 1:10 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Org registry names finalists for Impact Awards
Kiva, a local chapter of The Salvation Army, and Rainforest Alliance are among this year’s finalists. Public Interest Registry has named the finalists for this year’s .Org Impact Awards. The winners will be announced over a ten-day period...
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.Org registry names finalists for Impact Awards
Kiva, a local chapter of The Salvation Army, and Rainforest Alliance are among this year’s finalists. Public Interest Registry has named the finalists for this year’s .Org Impact Awards. The winners will be announced over a ten-day period...
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October 14, 2020, 6:03 pm
Domain Name Wire
Web.com has strong month for aftermarket sales
93 domains sold for $2,000 or more last month. Web.com’s aftermarket platforms NameJet and SnapNames had a better-than-usual month in September when it comes to selling high dollar domains. The platforms combined for 93 sales of $2,000 or more,...
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Web.com has strong month for aftermarket sales
93 domains sold for $2,000 or more last month. Web.com’s aftermarket platforms NameJet and SnapNames had a better-than-usual month in September when it comes to selling high dollar domains. The platforms combined for 93 sales of $2,000 or more,...
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October 14, 2020, 4:54 pm
Domain Name Wire
IPinfo launches domain data service Host.io
Service can be used to pull d0main data into applications. Seattle-based IPinfo has launched Host.io, an API and website offering domain name data. Users can quickly get domain data such as host, backlinks, outlinks, redirects, and DNS info including...
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IPinfo launches domain data service Host.io
Service can be used to pull d0main data into applications. Seattle-based IPinfo has launched Host.io, an API and website offering domain name data. Users can quickly get domain data such as host, backlinks, outlinks, redirects, and DNS info including...
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October 14, 2020, 4:04 pm
Domain Name Wire
3 companies paid $100k+ for domain forwards
Companies paid big bucks for domains that they are forwarding to other websites. GoDaddy published its first set of domain name sales data in many years today. The company is publishing 20 of its top sales each month, but four months in arrears to ac...
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3 companies paid $100k+ for domain forwards
Companies paid big bucks for domains that they are forwarding to other websites. GoDaddy published its first set of domain name sales data in many years today. The company is publishing 20 of its top sales each month, but four months in arrears to ac...
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October 13, 2020, 8:11 pm
