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Is 3,500 domains a slow start or good start?
Last month Famous Four Media launched its first few domains, including .webcam and .trade. .Webcam and .Trade each received about 3,500 registrations on the first day. .Bid received fewer than a thousand. It turns out that the bulk of registrations w...
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Is 3,500 domains a slow start or good start?
Last month Famous Four Media launched its first few domains, including .webcam and .trade. .Webcam and .Trade each received about 3,500 registrations on the first day. .Bid received fewer than a thousand. It turns out that the bulk of registrations w...
Discussion
July 11, 2014, 2:49 pm
Domain Name Wire
Expired Domain Report for this week
Last week, the expired domain market posted gains of … Well, nobody knows. Without any cost basis to refer to, who can say whether it’s a bull or a bear? In any event, the former domain owner gains nothing from the sale of a domain...
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Expired Domain Report for this week
Last week, the expired domain market posted gains of … Well, nobody knows. Without any cost basis to refer to, who can say whether it’s a bull or a bear? In any event, the former domain owner gains nothing from the sale of a domain...
Discussion
July 11, 2014, 1:50 pm
Domain Name Wire
End users buy matching domains and domain hacks
Many end user domain purchases this past week were for “matching” domains. What strikes me about the latest list of end user domain name sales taking place at Sedo is the number of companies that are buying “matching” domains....
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End users buy matching domains and domain hacks
Many end user domain purchases this past week were for “matching” domains. What strikes me about the latest list of end user domain name sales taking place at Sedo is the number of companies that are buying “matching” domains....
Discussion
July 10, 2014, 4:15 pm
Domain Name Wire
Registrar’s .Co.com promo misses the point
Promotion misses the point of getting the .com I’ve always wanted. The .co.com third level domain name launched in general availability this week. The company is using the tagline “Get the .com You’ve Always Wanted”, pitching ...
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Registrar’s .Co.com promo misses the point
Promotion misses the point of getting the .com I’ve always wanted. The .co.com third level domain name launched in general availability this week. The company is using the tagline “Get the .com You’ve Always Wanted”, pitching ...
Discussion
July 10, 2014, 1:54 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Services domain name up to 4,600 and .Pub 1,300 after one day
.Services runs out of the gate, .pub is toast-worthy. Two new top level domain names launched yesterday and both had fairly good days. Donuts launched .services, its only domain name to come out of the Early Access phase this week. It added roughly 4...
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.Services domain name up to 4,600 and .Pub 1,300 after one day
.Services runs out of the gate, .pub is toast-worthy. Two new top level domain names launched yesterday and both had fairly good days. Donuts launched .services, its only domain name to come out of the Early Access phase this week. It added roughly 4...
Discussion
July 10, 2014, 1:40 pm
Domain Name Wire
Investing in new TLDs? Hope for modest, not great, success of program.
Early investors in new top level domain names might get a better return if new TLDs as a whole are a mediocre success instead of a home run. Domain investors have registered a good chunk (the bulk?) of new TLD offerings to date. Is this a good invest...
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Investing in new TLDs? Hope for modest, not great, success of program.
Early investors in new top level domain names might get a better return if new TLDs as a whole are a mediocre success instead of a home run. Domain investors have registered a good chunk (the bulk?) of new TLD offerings to date. Is this a good invest...
Discussion
July 9, 2014, 4:34 pm
Domain Name Wire
Bitcoins.com gives Heritage Auctions the press it has been looking for
HA adds a press-worthy domain name to its July auction. One of the things Heritage Auctions is trying to do with domain name auctions is bring domain investing to the mainstream. By mainstream, I mean collectors and investors in coins, memorabilia an...
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Bitcoins.com gives Heritage Auctions the press it has been looking for
HA adds a press-worthy domain name to its July auction. One of the things Heritage Auctions is trying to do with domain name auctions is bring domain investing to the mainstream. By mainstream, I mean collectors and investors in coins, memorabilia an...
Discussion
July 9, 2014, 2:16 pm
Domain Name Wire
.XXX sells more premiums and offers free domain names through partnership
Sales keep coming in for .xxx in its third year. .XXX continues to sell premium domain names for prices that new TLD operators would love to obtain. The company recently sold three more .xxx domain names, including extreme.xxx, for a total of over $1...
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.XXX sells more premiums and offers free domain names through partnership
Sales keep coming in for .xxx in its third year. .XXX continues to sell premium domain names for prices that new TLD operators would love to obtain. The company recently sold three more .xxx domain names, including extreme.xxx, for a total of over $1...
Discussion
July 9, 2014, 1:58 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Co.com exits landrush with thousands of registrations
Third level domain option enters general availability today. .Co.com.Co.com, a new third level domain name registration, enters general availability today with “single-digit thousands” of registrations already. The registry says that the ...
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.Co.com exits landrush with thousands of registrations
Third level domain option enters general availability today. .Co.com.Co.com, a new third level domain name registration, enters general availability today with “single-digit thousands” of registrations already. The registry says that the ...
Discussion
July 8, 2014, 3:22 pm
Domain Name Wire
Texas License plates sound a bit like new TLDs
A lot of niche license plates, just like niche domain names, might not make sense in the long run. The Dallas Morning News published a story this past weekend about specialized licensed plates and a lack of sales for niche plates. Like many states, T...
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Texas License plates sound a bit like new TLDs
A lot of niche license plates, just like niche domain names, might not make sense in the long run. The Dallas Morning News published a story this past weekend about specialized licensed plates and a lack of sales for niche plates. Like many states, T...
Discussion
July 8, 2014, 2:26 pm
