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Owners bullish on domain name values in 2015
Domain name owners think domain name values will increase in 2015. Despite all of the changes in the internet naming landscape, or perhaps in spite of it, respondents to this year’s Domain Name Wire Survey are bullish on domain name values. 61%...
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Owners bullish on domain name values in 2015
Domain name owners think domain name values will increase in 2015. Despite all of the changes in the internet naming landscape, or perhaps in spite of it, respondents to this year’s Domain Name Wire Survey are bullish on domain name values. 61%...
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March 10, 2015, 5:56 pm
Domain Name Wire
A Hot Winter at NameJet
It’s cold in most of North America, but this winter has been hot at NameJet. Winter at NameJet has been hot. In January the auction venue set a record with more sales above $2k than during any previous month. February racked up 121, w...
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A Hot Winter at NameJet
It’s cold in most of North America, but this winter has been hot at NameJet. Winter at NameJet has been hot. In January the auction venue set a record with more sales above $2k than during any previous month. February racked up 121, w...
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March 10, 2015, 3:05 pm
Domain Name Wire
This week’s new TLDs: Mo Money, Mo Domains
Four domain names launch this week, including .money. Donuts releases four new top level domain names this Wednesday: .Money, .Legal, .Memorial and .Coach. Ironically, .Money costs the least money of the four. A couple registrars I checked are offeri...
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This week’s new TLDs: Mo Money, Mo Domains
Four domain names launch this week, including .money. Donuts releases four new top level domain names this Wednesday: .Money, .Legal, .Memorial and .Coach. Ironically, .Money costs the least money of the four. A couple registrars I checked are offeri...
Discussion
March 10, 2015, 1:51 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain Name Wire is 10 years old
Happy Birthday, Domain Name Wire. Today is a special day for Domain Name Wire. Ten years ago today, I wrote a post about Local.com selling for $700,000. It was the first post on Domain Name Wire. Domain Name Wire started as a hobby but has become a b...
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Domain Name Wire is 10 years old
Happy Birthday, Domain Name Wire. Today is a special day for Domain Name Wire. Ten years ago today, I wrote a post about Local.com selling for $700,000. It was the first post on Domain Name Wire. Domain Name Wire started as a hobby but has become a b...
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March 9, 2015, 4:37 pm
Domain Name Wire
Going .Green with Annalisa Roger – DNW Podcast #23
.Green domain names are available this month after a long journey. The .Green top level domain name comes out this month. In this episode, DotGreen Community CEO Annalisa Roger discusses the long road to .green and how she hopes companies, groups and...
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Going .Green with Annalisa Roger – DNW Podcast #23
.Green domain names are available this month after a long journey. The .Green top level domain name comes out this month. In this episode, DotGreen Community CEO Annalisa Roger discusses the long road to .green and how she hopes companies, groups and...
Discussion
March 9, 2015, 3:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Com’s biggest winners and losers
Uniregistry wins and Moniker loses when it comes to .com domain name transfers in November. ICANN has published the most recent monthly report from ICANN showing .com transfer wins and losses from November. Uniregistry had the biggest net inflow of t...
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.Com’s biggest winners and losers
Uniregistry wins and Moniker loses when it comes to .com domain name transfers in November. ICANN has published the most recent monthly report from ICANN showing .com transfer wins and losses from November. Uniregistry had the biggest net inflow of t...
Discussion
March 9, 2015, 2:28 pm
Domain Name Wire
Mega List: 67 end user domain name sales
Joseph Peterson tracks down 67 recent end user domain name sales. During the previous week, Sedo’s network handled 581 domain transactions totaling $1.4 million. Compared to last week, whose top 3 public sales at Sedo added up to $500k, a ...
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Mega List: 67 end user domain name sales
Joseph Peterson tracks down 67 recent end user domain name sales. During the previous week, Sedo’s network handled 581 domain transactions totaling $1.4 million. Compared to last week, whose top 3 public sales at Sedo added up to $500k, a ...
Discussion
March 9, 2015, 1:45 pm
Domain Name Wire
LuxeValet.com shortens domain name to Luxe.com for $172,500
Domain name sold to parking company after auction ended. Heritage Auctions continues to sell domain names that were listed in its auction last month in New York. One of the bigger sales is Luxe.com, which was purchased by on demand parking and valet ...
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LuxeValet.com shortens domain name to Luxe.com for $172,500
Domain name sold to parking company after auction ended. Heritage Auctions continues to sell domain names that were listed in its auction last month in New York. One of the bigger sales is Luxe.com, which was purchased by on demand parking and valet ...
Discussion
March 6, 2015, 5:06 pm
Domain Name Wire
Minds + Machines pockets $1.68 from three more auction losses
Company gets cash for losing auctions. New top level domain name company Minds + Machines has added $1.68 million to its bank account after losing three more contention set auctions. The money primarily comes from losing .beauty and .soccer, both of ...
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Minds + Machines pockets $1.68 from three more auction losses
Company gets cash for losing auctions. New top level domain name company Minds + Machines has added $1.68 million to its bank account after losing three more contention set auctions. The money primarily comes from losing .beauty and .soccer, both of ...
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March 6, 2015, 3:10 pm
Domain Name Wire
ASOP gets Tucows named in U.S. Government “Notorious” List
Registrar blamed for domain names used for fake online pharmacies. The U.S. government just released its “2014 Out-of-Cycle Review of Notorious Markets” report (pdf), which calls out markets in which there is apparent widespread counterfe...
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ASOP gets Tucows named in U.S. Government “Notorious” List
Registrar blamed for domain names used for fake online pharmacies. The U.S. government just released its “2014 Out-of-Cycle Review of Notorious Markets” report (pdf), which calls out markets in which there is apparent widespread counterfe...
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March 6, 2015, 2:56 pm
