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The inconsistency of domain sales
Up. Down. Up. Down. Up. AbdulBasit Makrani is a successful domain investor with a portfolio of over 8,000 domain names. Today, he wrote about some of his recent domain acquisitions. But something else in his post stood out to me: …I would like...
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The inconsistency of domain sales
Up. Down. Up. Down. Up. AbdulBasit Makrani is a successful domain investor with a portfolio of over 8,000 domain names. Today, he wrote about some of his recent domain acquisitions. But something else in his post stood out to me: …I would like...
Discussion
February 13, 2023, 6:50 pm
Domain Name Wire
A new Domain Academy – DNW Podcast #424
Learn about the new Domain Academy and its free tools. Domain Academy is now under the GoDaddy umbrella, and many GoDaddy users get access for free. Even if you’re not interested in the domain investing course, it comes with free tools to make ...
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A new Domain Academy – DNW Podcast #424
Learn about the new Domain Academy and its free tools. Domain Academy is now under the GoDaddy umbrella, and many GoDaddy users get access for free. Even if you’re not interested in the domain investing course, it comes with free tools to make ...
Discussion
February 13, 2023, 4:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Why does Taboola want a domain name about taboo ladies?
This is a curious cybersquatting claim. Taboola, the ad network known for showing “related content” ads about belly fat, how celebrities have aged, and how a “new law” means you’re overpaying for insurance, recently file...
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Why does Taboola want a domain name about taboo ladies?
This is a curious cybersquatting claim. Taboola, the ad network known for showing “related content” ads about belly fat, how celebrities have aged, and how a “new law” means you’re overpaying for insurance, recently file...
Discussion
February 13, 2023, 4:04 pm
Domain Name Wire
Verisign earnings: domain growth even less than expected
Company missed its lowered guidance. Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) released its Q4 and full-year 2022 earnings results yesterday after the market closed. The company is generally good at pulling the right levers to hit its guidance for the .com/.net domain...
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Verisign earnings: domain growth even less than expected
Company missed its lowered guidance. Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) released its Q4 and full-year 2022 earnings results yesterday after the market closed. The company is generally good at pulling the right levers to hit its guidance for the .com/.net domain...
Discussion
February 10, 2023, 2:25 pm
Domain Name Wire
Verisign announces another .com price hike
Company will raise wholesale cost of .com domains by 62 cents. Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) today announced a 7% increase in .com prices to take effect on September 1, 2023. The wholesale price for .com domains will increase from $8.97 currently to $9.59 ...
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Verisign announces another .com price hike
Company will raise wholesale cost of .com domains by 62 cents. Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) today announced a 7% increase in .com prices to take effect on September 1, 2023. The wholesale price for .com domains will increase from $8.97 currently to $9.59 ...
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February 9, 2023, 10:42 pm
Domain Name Wire
My 2022 domain sales recap
A high level summary of my domain sales last year. I recently calculated my 2022 domain sales. Here’s how my sales broke down: 32 sales 26 .com, 2 .gg, 1 each of .xyz, .info, .us, .org 25 at Afternic, 3 at Dan, 2 inbound, 1 each at Sedo and Uni...
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My 2022 domain sales recap
A high level summary of my domain sales last year. I recently calculated my 2022 domain sales. Here’s how my sales broke down: 32 sales 26 .com, 2 .gg, 1 each of .xyz, .info, .us, .org 25 at Afternic, 3 at Dan, 2 inbound, 1 each at Sedo and Uni...
Discussion
February 9, 2023, 5:48 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy announces layoffs
8% of employees being let go in second round of layoffs since 2020. GoDaddy announced yesterday that it’s letting go of about 8% of its employees. CEO Aman Bhutani announced the layoffs in a notice to employees and impacted employees have alrea...
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GoDaddy announces layoffs
8% of employees being let go in second round of layoffs since 2020. GoDaddy announced yesterday that it’s letting go of about 8% of its employees. CEO Aman Bhutani announced the layoffs in a notice to employees and impacted employees have alrea...
Discussion
February 9, 2023, 3:47 pm
Domain Name Wire
January’s top domain name news
These were popular news stories in the domain business last month. 1. Sex/com is for sale again – It last sold for $13 million, and the current owner wants at least $20 million. But they think they’ve found a business model, so it’s...
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January’s top domain name news
These were popular news stories in the domain business last month. 1. Sex/com is for sale again – It last sold for $13 million, and the current owner wants at least $20 million. But they think they’ve found a business model, so it’s...
Discussion
February 8, 2023, 7:28 pm
Domain Name Wire
Sedo and InterNetX are part of a new public company
IONOS went public today. Some domain name companies you’ve probably used are part of a new public company today. United Internet spun off IONOS in an initial public offering in Germany today. The IONOS entity includes Sedo, InterNetX, IONOS, St...
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Sedo and InterNetX are part of a new public company
IONOS went public today. Some domain name companies you’ve probably used are part of a new public company today. United Internet spun off IONOS in an initial public offering in Germany today. The IONOS entity includes Sedo, InterNetX, IONOS, St...
Discussion
February 8, 2023, 3:42 pm
Domain Name Wire
13 recent end user domain name sales
A web3 company, a 3D imaging business and a lead generation company bought domain names. Sedo sold a couple of nice five figure domains this past week including payments.co for $45,000 and direct-flights.com for $35,000. The latter is in use but appe...
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13 recent end user domain name sales
A web3 company, a 3D imaging business and a lead generation company bought domain names. Sedo sold a couple of nice five figure domains this past week including payments.co for $45,000 and direct-flights.com for $35,000. The latter is in use but appe...
Discussion
February 8, 2023, 2:10 pm
