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2015’s Top 5: A Scandal
The fourth most-read post on Domain Name Wire last year. On Friday, I published the first of five posts covering the most-read stories on Domain Name Wire last year. Coming in at #4 is an unfortunate story: DNForum owner and prominent domain conferen...
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2015’s Top 5: A Scandal
The fourth most-read post on Domain Name Wire last year. On Friday, I published the first of five posts covering the most-read stories on Domain Name Wire last year. Coming in at #4 is an unfortunate story: DNForum owner and prominent domain conferen...
Discussion
January 25, 2016, 7:25 pm
Domain Name Wire
Buying and Selling Websites with Rick Latona – DNW Podcast #68
Make money by buying or selling websites. We buy and sell domain names — but what about developed websites? Rick Latona’s brokerage Latonas.com specializes in established websites and is very successful at connecting buyers and sellers. L...
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Buying and Selling Websites with Rick Latona – DNW Podcast #68
Make money by buying or selling websites. We buy and sell domain names — but what about developed websites? Rick Latona’s brokerage Latonas.com specializes in established websites and is very successful at connecting buyers and sellers. L...
Discussion
January 25, 2016, 4:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
This week’s new TLDs: 3 more from XYZ
5 domains hit general availability on Wednesday. New top level domain name company XYZ LLC releases three new domain names this week. On Wednesday, the company will launch .Security, .Protection and .Theatre in general availability. The company didn&...
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This week’s new TLDs: 3 more from XYZ
5 domains hit general availability on Wednesday. New top level domain name company XYZ LLC releases three new domain names this week. On Wednesday, the company will launch .Security, .Protection and .Theatre in general availability. The company didn&...
Discussion
January 25, 2016, 3:27 pm
Domain Name Wire
New Golden State Warriors arena to be Chase Center
Chase registers domain names for new Golden State Warriors arena in San Francisco. It looks like the new arena to house the Golden State Warriors will be called the Chase Center. The NBA basketball team is slated to move back to San Francisco in a co...
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New Golden State Warriors arena to be Chase Center
Chase registers domain names for new Golden State Warriors arena in San Francisco. It looks like the new arena to house the Golden State Warriors will be called the Chase Center. The NBA basketball team is slated to move back to San Francisco in a co...
Discussion
January 25, 2016, 2:42 pm
Domain Name Wire
2015’s Top 5: Google now part of Alphabet, uses abc.xyz
Farewell to 2015. 2015 was a busy year on Domain Name Wire. This is the first of five posts that will examine the top 5 most-trafficked stories of last year. I should start by saying these weren’t the most-visited of 2015, just the most-visited...
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2015’s Top 5: Google now part of Alphabet, uses abc.xyz
Farewell to 2015. 2015 was a busy year on Domain Name Wire. This is the first of five posts that will examine the top 5 most-trafficked stories of last year. I should start by saying these weren’t the most-visited of 2015, just the most-visited...
Discussion
January 22, 2016, 5:11 pm
Domain Name Wire
Taxi software company goes with .Taxi domain name
Company uses bid.taxi for new ride-hailing technology. Back in November, Sedo reported the sale of Bid.Taxi for €2,000. I reached out to the buyer to understand why it bought the domain name and chose a new top level domain. Command Software Ser...
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Taxi software company goes with .Taxi domain name
Company uses bid.taxi for new ride-hailing technology. Back in November, Sedo reported the sale of Bid.Taxi for €2,000. I reached out to the buyer to understand why it bought the domain name and chose a new top level domain. Command Software Ser...
Discussion
January 21, 2016, 5:45 pm
Domain Name Wire
Dietmar Stefitz gives the lowdown on Domaining Europe
Domain name conference will be held in The Hague in May. After a successful NamesCon this month, the next domain investor-focused conference on the schedule is DomainingEurope. The event will take place May 29-31 in The Hague. DNW readers can current...
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Dietmar Stefitz gives the lowdown on Domaining Europe
Domain name conference will be held in The Hague in May. After a successful NamesCon this month, the next domain investor-focused conference on the schedule is DomainingEurope. The event will take place May 29-31 in The Hague. DNW readers can current...
Discussion
January 21, 2016, 4:20 pm
Domain Name Wire
Toot.com for $31.8k and other expired domain name sales
Toot.com leads expired domain name sales. Close observers will have noticed the absence of SnapNames results from my last article, which only covered NameJet expired domains. In the week since NamesCon, most of us have d...
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Toot.com for $31.8k and other expired domain name sales
Toot.com leads expired domain name sales. Close observers will have noticed the absence of SnapNames results from my last article, which only covered NameJet expired domains. In the week since NamesCon, most of us have d...
Discussion
January 21, 2016, 2:58 pm
Domain Name Wire
China has been a blessing. Will it be curse?
China’s hunger for domain names has lifted all boats. What happens as the tide recedes? There’s no doubt that China has had a profound impact on the domain name industry over the past 6-12 months. Chinese buyers have enriched people with ...
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China has been a blessing. Will it be curse?
China’s hunger for domain names has lifted all boats. What happens as the tide recedes? There’s no doubt that China has had a profound impact on the domain name industry over the past 6-12 months. Chinese buyers have enriched people with ...
Discussion
January 20, 2016, 6:32 pm
Domain Name Wire
24 end user domain name purchases
Here are some end users that purchased domain names over the past couple of weeks. I didn’t have time to do the end user domain sales list last week since I was in Las Vegas for NamesCon, so you get a double issue this week! Sedo handled just o...
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24 end user domain name purchases
Here are some end users that purchased domain names over the past couple of weeks. I didn’t have time to do the end user domain sales list last week since I was in Las Vegas for NamesCon, so you get a double issue this week! Sedo handled just o...
Discussion
January 20, 2016, 4:06 pm
