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New Afternic integrations could lead to more stale listings
More sales are good but recent integrations might cause headaches. GoDaddy made a couple of recent changes that could push more inventory to its distributed Afternic network. More inventory is good, but I worry that the new inventory will include a h...
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New Afternic integrations could lead to more stale listings
More sales are good but recent integrations might cause headaches. GoDaddy made a couple of recent changes that could push more inventory to its distributed Afternic network. More inventory is good, but I worry that the new inventory will include a h...
Discussion
March 21, 2023, 3:14 pm
Domain Name Wire
Gandi nixes free lifetime email with domain registrations
Company will start charging for email beyond the first year of registration. Total Web Solutions acquired domain registrar Gandi this month to form a new entity called Your.Online. Its first order of business: generating more revenue by eliminating f...
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Gandi nixes free lifetime email with domain registrations
Company will start charging for email beyond the first year of registration. Total Web Solutions acquired domain registrar Gandi this month to form a new entity called Your.Online. Its first order of business: generating more revenue by eliminating f...
Discussion
March 21, 2023, 1:44 pm
Domain Name Wire
Tucows examines softness in expired domain market
Company generated less money per expired domain in 2022. Last month I reported about Tucows (NASDAQ: TCX) generated less revenue from its expired domain stream. It added some color to this in its recently-published annual report (pdf). Like many regi...
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Tucows examines softness in expired domain market
Company generated less money per expired domain in 2022. Last month I reported about Tucows (NASDAQ: TCX) generated less revenue from its expired domain stream. It added some color to this in its recently-published annual report (pdf). Like many regi...
Discussion
March 20, 2023, 4:10 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain news & Lead Center walkthrough – DNW Podcast #428
Today’s podcast covers a lot of recent domain news and Afternic’s new Lead Center. On today’s show, I run through a lot of interesting news in the domain business including new features at SnapNames and Dan.com. I also cover the lat...
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Domain news & Lead Center walkthrough – DNW Podcast #428
Today’s podcast covers a lot of recent domain news and Afternic’s new Lead Center. On today’s show, I run through a lot of interesting news in the domain business including new features at SnapNames and Dan.com. I also cover the lat...
Discussion
March 20, 2023, 3:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Dan adds import-a-lead “lease to own” option
It’s a good option for lower-priced long-term payment deals. At the Internet Commerce Association event in Las Vegas this January, someone asked GoDaddy President of Domains Paul Nicks if there could be an option to import a lead with a long-te...
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Dan adds import-a-lead “lease to own” option
It’s a good option for lower-priced long-term payment deals. At the Internet Commerce Association event in Las Vegas this January, someone asked GoDaddy President of Domains Paul Nicks if there could be an option to import a lead with a long-te...
Discussion
March 16, 2023, 3:21 pm
Domain Name Wire
14 end user domain sales including a $60,000 .io
A shed seller, a nanny service, and a site that generates QR codes bought domain names. Sedo’s top public sale for the past week was vital.io. Vital, a company that offers technology to emergency health providers, bought his domain name. Questi...
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14 end user domain sales including a $60,000 .io
A shed seller, a nanny service, and a site that generates QR codes bought domain names. Sedo’s top public sale for the past week was vital.io. Vital, a company that offers technology to emergency health providers, bought his domain name. Questi...
Discussion
March 16, 2023, 1:42 pm
Domain Name Wire
Cocaine Bear doesn’t get his domain name
Bear’s cybersquatting case fails. Cocaine Bear wanted his domain name, but a UDRP panelist said no. Last month, someone filed a cybersquatting claim against the domain name CocaineBear.com. Cocaine Bear (aka Palbo EscoBear) has become famous (a...
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Cocaine Bear doesn’t get his domain name
Bear’s cybersquatting case fails. Cocaine Bear wanted his domain name, but a UDRP panelist said no. Last month, someone filed a cybersquatting claim against the domain name CocaineBear.com. Cocaine Bear (aka Palbo EscoBear) has become famous (a...
Discussion
March 15, 2023, 4:12 pm
Domain Name Wire
SnapNames rolling out new features including auto-delete backorders
One of these features will reduce headaches. SnapNames is rolling out new features next week that should be well-received by domain name investors. One of the best features is auto-deletion of backordered domains you don’t win. As a domain inve...
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SnapNames rolling out new features including auto-delete backorders
One of these features will reduce headaches. SnapNames is rolling out new features next week that should be well-received by domain name investors. One of the best features is auto-deletion of backordered domains you don’t win. As a domain inve...
Discussion
March 15, 2023, 3:56 pm
Domain Name Wire
Radix reports solid premium domains sales and renewals in H2 2022
New registration revenue was down, but overall revenue held steady. Radix has released its H2 2022 Premiums Report, disclosing data about how its premium domains sold in the second half of last year. Overall, registrars grossed $3.76 million from pre...
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Radix reports solid premium domains sales and renewals in H2 2022
New registration revenue was down, but overall revenue held steady. Radix has released its H2 2022 Premiums Report, disclosing data about how its premium domains sold in the second half of last year. Overall, registrars grossed $3.76 million from pre...
Discussion
March 14, 2023, 5:59 pm
Domain Name Wire
Slots.net case amazingly doesn’t result in RDNH finding
It’s the second questionable finding by the same panelist in the same month. A World Intellectual Property Organization panelist has ruled that the owner of slots.net was not cybersquatting. But shockingly, she did not rule it was a case of rev...
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Slots.net case amazingly doesn’t result in RDNH finding
It’s the second questionable finding by the same panelist in the same month. A World Intellectual Property Organization panelist has ruled that the owner of slots.net was not cybersquatting. But shockingly, she did not rule it was a case of rev...
Discussion
March 14, 2023, 4:17 pm
