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10 years of domain lessons – DNW Podcast #444
Lessons to help you in domains investing and business. It’s been 10 years since Bill Sweetman launched Name Ninja. Since then, he’s helped countless companies acquire domains to launch new products and brands. On today’s show, Bill ...
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10 years of domain lessons – DNW Podcast #444
Lessons to help you in domains investing and business. It’s been 10 years since Bill Sweetman launched Name Ninja. Since then, he’s helped countless companies acquire domains to launch new products and brands. On today’s show, Bill ...
Discussion
July 17, 2023, 3:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Understanding Afternic’s LTO commission structure
How the commission discounts work. Yesterday, Afternic announced it’s launching lease-to-own (LTO) deals. The company will charge buyers a service fee for longer-term deals and will share some of this fee with sellers in the form of reduced com...
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Understanding Afternic’s LTO commission structure
How the commission discounts work. Yesterday, Afternic announced it’s launching lease-to-own (LTO) deals. The company will charge buyers a service fee for longer-term deals and will share some of this fee with sellers in the form of reduced com...
Discussion
July 14, 2023, 6:12 pm
Domain Name Wire
Lease to Own is finally coming to Afternic – here’s everything you need to know
Afternic will leverage Dan.com’s existing LTO system but will tap into GoDaddy and its brokers for greater distribution. Lease-to-own (LTO) options for Aftermarket domains are finally coming to Afternic and GoDaddy. The company has said the fea...
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Lease to Own is finally coming to Afternic – here’s everything you need to know
Afternic will leverage Dan.com’s existing LTO system but will tap into GoDaddy and its brokers for greater distribution. Lease-to-own (LTO) options for Aftermarket domains are finally coming to Afternic and GoDaddy. The company has said the fea...
Discussion
July 13, 2023, 4:55 pm
Domain Name Wire
End user domain buyers: dog food, coaching, journals and more
A solar power site, a gaming tutorials business, and a dog food company bought domain names. Before we get to this week’s list of end user sales, I’d like to thank Sedo for providing a list of public sales over $2,000 each week. It’...
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End user domain buyers: dog food, coaching, journals and more
A solar power site, a gaming tutorials business, and a dog food company bought domain names. Before we get to this week’s list of end user sales, I’d like to thank Sedo for providing a list of public sales over $2,000 each week. It’...
Discussion
July 12, 2023, 3:32 pm
Domain Name Wire
India might ban .in domain investing
Retroactive ban could make it harder to trade .in domains. NIXI, the non-profit organization that manages India’s .in country code domain, is proposing a significant change to registration rules: no more domain investing. Currently, there&rsquo...
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India might ban .in domain investing
Retroactive ban could make it harder to trade .in domains. NIXI, the non-profit organization that manages India’s .in country code domain, is proposing a significant change to registration rules: no more domain investing. Currently, there&rsquo...
Discussion
July 11, 2023, 6:22 pm
Domain Name Wire
The top 11-25 registrars for .com domains
Here’s who is knocking on the door of the top 10. Every month I publish a list of the top 10 domain registrars for .com, ranked both for that month’s new registrations and total .com domains under management. Last year, a reader asked if ...
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The top 11-25 registrars for .com domains
Here’s who is knocking on the door of the top 10. Every month I publish a list of the top 10 domain registrars for .com, ranked both for that month’s new registrations and total .com domains under management. Last year, a reader asked if ...
Discussion
July 11, 2023, 1:17 pm
Domain Name Wire
Brandable domains with Margot Bushnaq – DNW Podcast #443
The ins and outs of brandable domains and BrandBucket. BrandBucket is perhaps the oldest brandable domain marketplace, and it was started on accident. Founder Margot Bushnaq explains how it came to be, why trendy keyword domains can be bad for market...
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Brandable domains with Margot Bushnaq – DNW Podcast #443
The ins and outs of brandable domains and BrandBucket. BrandBucket is perhaps the oldest brandable domain marketplace, and it was started on accident. Founder Margot Bushnaq explains how it came to be, why trendy keyword domains can be bad for market...
Discussion
July 10, 2023, 3:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Top .com registrars, ranked
Here are the biggest and fastest-growing domain name registrars for .com domains. ICANN has published the latest official data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) about the .com namespace. This registrar-by-registrar report covers March 2023. It’s int...
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Top .com registrars, ranked
Here are the biggest and fastest-growing domain name registrars for .com domains. ICANN has published the latest official data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) about the .com namespace. This registrar-by-registrar report covers March 2023. It’s int...
Discussion
July 7, 2023, 1:20 pm
Domain Name Wire
New Estibot tool finds trending keywords in news articles
Tool uses AI to find interesting keywords and phrases in news stories. Estibot has released a new tool that looks for trending words in news stories. The News Crawler and Domain Generator automatically crawls major news sites for breaking stories in ...
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New Estibot tool finds trending keywords in news articles
Tool uses AI to find interesting keywords and phrases in news stories. Estibot has released a new tool that looks for trending words in news stories. The News Crawler and Domain Generator automatically crawls major news sites for breaking stories in ...
Discussion
July 6, 2023, 9:43 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain conferences set for London and Dubai this year
London Domain Summit and Domain Days schedule conferences for 2023. Two domain name conferences have announced their plans in recent days. First, London Domain Summit will take place in its namesake city, August 22-23, 2023, at London Hilton Metropol...
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Domain conferences set for London and Dubai this year
London Domain Summit and Domain Days schedule conferences for 2023. Two domain name conferences have announced their plans in recent days. First, London Domain Summit will take place in its namesake city, August 22-23, 2023, at London Hilton Metropol...
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July 6, 2023, 5:40 pm
