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Domain Name Wire
SnapNames goes to China
A report from the CNNIC Partner Conference in Guangzhou. Domain name marketplaces are making a lot of money from Chinese buyers these days (more on that later), and it makes sense for these companies to visit with their buyers. After NamesCon, Tom Je...
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SnapNames goes to China
A report from the CNNIC Partner Conference in Guangzhou. Domain name marketplaces are making a lot of money from Chinese buyers these days (more on that later), and it makes sense for these companies to visit with their buyers. After NamesCon, Tom Je...
Discussion
January 20, 2016, 2:44 pm
Domain Name Wire
The DNW NamesCon recap
Here are my takeaways from last week’s event in Las Vegas. What a way to kick off the year in the domain name business. Last week’s NamesCon conference in Las Vegas attracted over 1,000 people. Enthusiasm, driven in part by a strong finis...
Discussion
The DNW NamesCon recap
Here are my takeaways from last week’s event in Las Vegas. What a way to kick off the year in the domain name business. Last week’s NamesCon conference in Las Vegas attracted over 1,000 people. Enthusiasm, driven in part by a strong finis...
Discussion
January 19, 2016, 6:54 pm
Domain Name Wire
I’m selling domains on NameJet
For the first time in over 5 years, I’m trying my hand at selling domain names on NameJet. I’ll report back about how it goes. Here are some of the domains I am selling: Cathleen.com – I might have set the reserve too low, but I&rsq...
Discussion
I’m selling domains on NameJet
For the first time in over 5 years, I’m trying my hand at selling domain names on NameJet. I’ll report back about how it goes. Here are some of the domains I am selling: Cathleen.com – I might have set the reserve too low, but I&rsq...
Discussion
January 19, 2016, 5:23 pm
Domain Name Wire
This week’s new TLDs: Don’t drink and drive
If you don’t like the wine and automotive domain names launching this week, you can leave .feedback. It’s a fairly active week for new to level domain names with six domains entering general availability, including a handful that don&rsqu...
Discussion
This week’s new TLDs: Don’t drink and drive
If you don’t like the wine and automotive domain names launching this week, you can leave .feedback. It’s a fairly active week for new to level domain names with six domains entering general availability, including a handful that don&rsqu...
Discussion
January 19, 2016, 4:42 pm
Domain Name Wire
NamesCon auction was a coming out party for new TLDs
Over 30 domains under nTLDs sold last week, and some for high prices. The live portion of last week’s Right of the Dot domain name auction at NamesCon delivered about $1.5 million of sales. New top level domain names accounted for just over 20%...
Discussion
NamesCon auction was a coming out party for new TLDs
Over 30 domains under nTLDs sold last week, and some for high prices. The live portion of last week’s Right of the Dot domain name auction at NamesCon delivered about $1.5 million of sales. New top level domain names accounted for just over 20%...
Discussion
January 19, 2016, 3:45 pm
Domain Name Wire
ICANN Plans to Track gTLD Marketplace Health
How are top level domain names doing? We might soon have a way to track them. ICANN has formed a working group to create metrics designed to assess the overall health of the marketplace for gTLDs. Preliminary documents indicate that the scope may inc...
Discussion
ICANN Plans to Track gTLD Marketplace Health
How are top level domain names doing? We might soon have a way to track them. ICANN has formed a working group to create metrics designed to assess the overall health of the marketplace for gTLDs. Preliminary documents indicate that the scope may inc...
Discussion
January 19, 2016, 2:29 pm
Domain Name Wire
Google Self-Driving Car: The X?
Google’s .car domain name registrations are more interesting than Apple’s. Everyone got in a tizzy a couple weeks ago about Apple registering .car domain names. This was stupid because Apple registers its brands in just about every new do...
Discussion
Google Self-Driving Car: The X?
Google’s .car domain name registrations are more interesting than Apple’s. Everyone got in a tizzy a couple weeks ago about Apple registering .car domain names. This was stupid because Apple registers its brands in just about every new do...
Discussion
January 18, 2016, 5:03 pm
Domain Name Wire
Tax-advantaged Domain Investing – DNW Podcast #67
How to boost returns by deferring taxes. Taxes take a big chunk out of domain name investment returns. What if there was a way to defer taxes, and reinvest that money in more domains? It’s possible, and today’s guest Kirk Chisholm of Inno...
Discussion
Tax-advantaged Domain Investing – DNW Podcast #67
How to boost returns by deferring taxes. Taxes take a big chunk out of domain name investment returns. What if there was a way to defer taxes, and reinvest that money in more domains? It’s possible, and today’s guest Kirk Chisholm of Inno...
Discussion
January 18, 2016, 4:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Expired Domain Report – NamesCon edition
Here’s what you might have missed in the expired domain market. Last week, much of the domain industry’s attention converged at NamesCon, including a live auction arranged by NameJet + RightOfTheDot. (Quite a successful auction,...
Discussion
Expired Domain Report – NamesCon edition
Here’s what you might have missed in the expired domain market. Last week, much of the domain industry’s attention converged at NamesCon, including a live auction arranged by NameJet + RightOfTheDot. (Quite a successful auction,...
Discussion
January 18, 2016, 2:34 pm
Domain Name Wire
Ziff Davis buys Offers.com
Publisher gets popular website–and killer domain name–with Offers.com acquisition. Publishing company Ziff Davis, a division of publicly traded J2 Global (NASDAQ: JCOM) has purchased Austin company Offers.com. Offers.com is a coupon code ...
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Ziff Davis buys Offers.com
Publisher gets popular website–and killer domain name–with Offers.com acquisition. Publishing company Ziff Davis, a division of publicly traded J2 Global (NASDAQ: JCOM) has purchased Austin company Offers.com. Offers.com is a coupon code ...
Discussion
January 15, 2016, 5:38 pm
