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Recent Sedo end user domain name sales
An online healthcare site, a green energy company, and a luxury vacation rental business bought domain names. RTbet .com led this week’s Sedo sales list at $60,000. It’s not yet clear who bought the domain name. I was able to find the buy...
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Recent Sedo end user domain name sales
An online healthcare site, a green energy company, and a luxury vacation rental business bought domain names. RTbet .com led this week’s Sedo sales list at $60,000. It’s not yet clear who bought the domain name. I was able to find the buy...
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November 8, 2023, 2:45 pm
Domain Name Wire
Squarespace reports earnings, expects $1B annual revenue for first time
Company reports robust growth, with more ahead thanks to Google Domains acquisition. Website building platform Squarespace (NYSE: SQSP) announced its Q3 earnings before the market opened this morning. Total revenue grew 18% year over year to $257.1 m...
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Squarespace reports earnings, expects $1B annual revenue for first time
Company reports robust growth, with more ahead thanks to Google Domains acquisition. Website building platform Squarespace (NYSE: SQSP) announced its Q3 earnings before the market opened this morning. Total revenue grew 18% year over year to $257.1 m...
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November 7, 2023, 3:41 pm
Domain Name Wire
Parking ad revenue will be impacted by Google changes in January
New consent requirements could reduce parking revenue. Consent changes are coming to Google in January, which could impact revenue from parked domain names. Team Internet (AIM: TIG), the parent company of ParkingCrew and Tonic, sent a notice to publi...
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Parking ad revenue will be impacted by Google changes in January
New consent requirements could reduce parking revenue. Consent changes are coming to Google in January, which could impact revenue from parked domain names. Team Internet (AIM: TIG), the parent company of ParkingCrew and Tonic, sent a notice to publi...
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November 7, 2023, 3:24 pm
Domain Name Wire
Over $160k of expired .ai domains sold today
Dynadot’s monthly .ai auction concludes today. Dynadot’s monthly .ai expired domain auction concludes this morning. Many of the auctions have already closed, but the auctions have generous extensions for late bids, so others will close la...
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Over $160k of expired .ai domains sold today
Dynadot’s monthly .ai auction concludes today. Dynadot’s monthly .ai expired domain auction concludes this morning. Many of the auctions have already closed, but the auctions have generous extensions for late bids, so others will close la...
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November 6, 2023, 5:13 pm
Domain Name Wire
An “on-chain” domain registrar – DNW Podcast #460
This company thinks it can improve upon existing domain registrars using blockchain. Can blockchain technology improve domain name registrars? That’s what today’s guest, Paul Gauvreau of 3DNS, believes. We discuss the relative benefits an...
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An “on-chain” domain registrar – DNW Podcast #460
This company thinks it can improve upon existing domain registrars using blockchain. Can blockchain technology improve domain name registrars? That’s what today’s guest, Paul Gauvreau of 3DNS, believes. We discuss the relative benefits an...
Discussion
November 6, 2023, 4:35 pm
Domain Name Wire
Tucows reports slight growth in domain name business
Company plans new revenue sources for its domains business. Tucows (NASDAQ: TCX), which operates OpenSRS, Enom, Hover, and a couple of other domain registrars, reported slight growth in its domain name business last quarter. The company grossed $61.1...
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Tucows reports slight growth in domain name business
Company plans new revenue sources for its domains business. Tucows (NASDAQ: TCX), which operates OpenSRS, Enom, Hover, and a couple of other domain registrars, reported slight growth in its domain name business last quarter. The company grossed $61.1...
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November 3, 2023, 5:08 pm
Domain Name Wire
October’s top 5 domain name stories
An interest.ing list of stories. Miss any of last month’s news? Here are the top stories on Domain Name Wire for October, ranked by pageviews. 1. Be the first to get Google’s .ing domain hack…for only $1 million – Google ran ...
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October’s top 5 domain name stories
An interest.ing list of stories. Miss any of last month’s news? Here are the top stories on Domain Name Wire for October, ranked by pageviews. 1. Be the first to get Google’s .ing domain hack…for only $1 million – Google ran ...
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November 3, 2023, 1:55 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy reports Q3 earnings
Revenue up slightly from a year ago, but segment that includes domains drops slightly. GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) reported earnings after the market closed today. The company grossed $1.07 billion in the quarter, up 3.5% compared to the same quarter a year...
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GoDaddy reports Q3 earnings
Revenue up slightly from a year ago, but segment that includes domains drops slightly. GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) reported earnings after the market closed today. The company grossed $1.07 billion in the quarter, up 3.5% compared to the same quarter a year...
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November 2, 2023, 10:07 pm
Domain Name Wire
Adsense moving from pay-per-click to pay-per-impression
Goodbye, pay-per-click revenue. Google Adsense is making changes to how publishers monetize with its service. In a post today, the company outlined the two changes. One is a move from pay-per-click to pay-per-impression for payments. The company says...
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Adsense moving from pay-per-click to pay-per-impression
Goodbye, pay-per-click revenue. Google Adsense is making changes to how publishers monetize with its service. In a post today, the company outlined the two changes. One is a move from pay-per-click to pay-per-impression for payments. The company says...
Discussion
November 2, 2023, 7:58 pm
Domain Name Wire
This might be my favorite UDRP decision ever
Panelist David Sorkin didn’t need many words to express his dismay. UDRP panelists sometimes feel the need to be verbose. So I love the decision David Sorkin wrote for NattyOutdoorstore .com. Microtech Knives, Inc. filed the dispute against Wac...
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This might be my favorite UDRP decision ever
Panelist David Sorkin didn’t need many words to express his dismay. UDRP panelists sometimes feel the need to be verbose. So I love the decision David Sorkin wrote for NattyOutdoorstore .com. Microtech Knives, Inc. filed the dispute against Wac...
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November 2, 2023, 3:32 pm
