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14 end user domain sales including .Info
A .info domain name is at the top of this week’s end user list. The top two end user sales I found in this week’s Sedo sales are interesting. The first shows how mispriced some new top level domain names are. The second is a .info. It&rsq...
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14 end user domain sales including .Info
A .info domain name is at the top of this week’s end user list. The top two end user sales I found in this week’s Sedo sales are interesting. The first shows how mispriced some new top level domain names are. The second is a .info. It&rsq...
Discussion
March 8, 2017, 3:08 pm
Domain Name Wire
How much it costs to run a domain name registry
Not much, but some TLDs don’t have many registrations, either. Frank Schilling’s Uniregistry registry is drastically increasing prices on some of its top level domain names. Schilling told DomainIncite: If you have a space with only 5,000...
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How much it costs to run a domain name registry
Not much, but some TLDs don’t have many registrations, either. Frank Schilling’s Uniregistry registry is drastically increasing prices on some of its top level domain names. Schilling told DomainIncite: If you have a space with only 5,000...
Discussion
March 7, 2017, 9:45 pm
Domain Name Wire
Yikes! Is this a death spiral for new top level domain names?
Massive price hike for Uniregistry domains will be very bad for business. A big shoe has dropped. DomainIncite reported today that Uniregistry (the registry, not registrar) is getting ready to jack up the prices on many of its domain names. Bigly. .H...
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Yikes! Is this a death spiral for new top level domain names?
Massive price hike for Uniregistry domains will be very bad for business. A big shoe has dropped. DomainIncite reported today that Uniregistry (the registry, not registrar) is getting ready to jack up the prices on many of its domain names. Bigly. .H...
Discussion
March 7, 2017, 7:28 pm
Domain Name Wire
10 notable sales at NameJet last month
Here are ten of NameJet’s sales last month that are worth calling out. NameJet reported 94 sales of $2,000 or more for February, totaling nearly $625,000. Here are ten sales worth noting: Lows.com $104,501 – How much traffic does this dom...
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10 notable sales at NameJet last month
Here are ten of NameJet’s sales last month that are worth calling out. NameJet reported 94 sales of $2,000 or more for February, totaling nearly $625,000. Here are ten sales worth noting: Lows.com $104,501 – How much traffic does this dom...
Discussion
March 7, 2017, 6:21 pm
Domain Name Wire
Lawsuit filed to block transfer of Lotto domain names
Man bought domain names for his lottery business but lost a UDRP to the soccer apparel company Lotto. A Canadian man has filed a lawsuit (pdf) to block the transfer of LottoStore.com and LottoWorks.com, which WIPO recently ordered to be transferred t...
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Lawsuit filed to block transfer of Lotto domain names
Man bought domain names for his lottery business but lost a UDRP to the soccer apparel company Lotto. A Canadian man has filed a lawsuit (pdf) to block the transfer of LottoStore.com and LottoWorks.com, which WIPO recently ordered to be transferred t...
Discussion
March 7, 2017, 4:52 pm
Domain Name Wire
Uber is the proud new owner of UberSucks.com
UberSucks.com expired and Uber scooped it up. It’s been a rough couple of months for ride-hailing company Uber. First, there was the confused reaction to its messaging after President Trump’s initial immigration order. Then there were que...
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Uber is the proud new owner of UberSucks.com
UberSucks.com expired and Uber scooped it up. It’s been a rough couple of months for ride-hailing company Uber. First, there was the confused reaction to its messaging after President Trump’s initial immigration order. Then there were que...
Discussion
March 7, 2017, 1:35 pm
Domain Name Wire
Donuts’ appeal means .Web is a long way off
Court case for .web works its way through appeals court. Question: When will .web domain names grace the internet? Answer: no time soon. In late November, Judge Percy Anderson of the U.S. District Court, Central District of California, granted ICANN&...
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Donuts’ appeal means .Web is a long way off
Court case for .web works its way through appeals court. Question: When will .web domain names grace the internet? Answer: no time soon. In late November, Judge Percy Anderson of the U.S. District Court, Central District of California, granted ICANN&...
Discussion
March 6, 2017, 9:01 pm
Domain Name Wire
In the .Clouds w/ Francesco Cetraro DNW Podcast #126
Why the thick Thai menu of domain names doesn’t work. Are we selling domain names to customers the right way? On today’s show, Francesco Cetraro of .Cloud discusses the process of getting a domain name from the end user’s perspectiv...
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In the .Clouds w/ Francesco Cetraro DNW Podcast #126
Why the thick Thai menu of domain names doesn’t work. Are we selling domain names to customers the right way? On today’s show, Francesco Cetraro of .Cloud discusses the process of getting a domain name from the end user’s perspectiv...
Discussion
March 6, 2017, 4:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
What to know before you go to Austin for SXSW this week
Tips for transportation, lodging and more at this year’s SXSW. The annual SXSW conference and festival officially kicks off later this week, bringing hundreds of thousands of people to Austin over a ten-day period. Here are some things you need...
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What to know before you go to Austin for SXSW this week
Tips for transportation, lodging and more at this year’s SXSW. The annual SXSW conference and festival officially kicks off later this week, bringing hundreds of thousands of people to Austin over a ten-day period. Here are some things you need...
Discussion
March 6, 2017, 2:54 pm
Domain Name Wire
February’s top domain name stories
Here are the top five stories from February on Domain Name Wire. From a botched new TLD launch to XYZ’s victory, here are the stories that caught fire in the domain name business last month. 1. Sell more domain names! – DNW Podcast #124 &...
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February’s top domain name stories
Here are the top five stories from February on Domain Name Wire. From a botched new TLD launch to XYZ’s victory, here are the stories that caught fire in the domain name business last month. 1. Sell more domain names! – DNW Podcast #124 &...
Discussion
March 3, 2017, 5:50 pm
