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Who is in charge of domains at Maxim?
Maxim magazine has been around since 1995, started in the U.K. and then headquartered in New York since 1997. The magazine has gone through some ownership changes but it’s the intellectual property, specifically domain names, that I want to div...
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Who is in charge of domains at Maxim?
Maxim magazine has been around since 1995, started in the U.K. and then headquartered in New York since 1997. The magazine has gone through some ownership changes but it’s the intellectual property, specifically domain names, that I want to div...
Discussion
December 14, 2019, 10:33 pm
The Domains
The good, the bad and the ugly – The Domain Industry
We have been running a series for a few years, The good, the bad and the ugly” An opportunity for readers to discuss what they like and don’t like about a particular company in the domain space. In this post give your thoughts on the whol...
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The good, the bad and the ugly – The Domain Industry
We have been running a series for a few years, The good, the bad and the ugly” An opportunity for readers to discuss what they like and don’t like about a particular company in the domain space. In this post give your thoughts on the whol...
Discussion
December 12, 2019, 4:58 am
The Domains
Sedo weekly sales led by OneHome.com
Sedo released their weekly sales and OneHome.com led the way at $70,000. Quaestor.com was second at $26,000. nutztierhaltung.de was third at 22,000 Euros, ($24,409). 35 .com sales 20 cctld sales 5 other tld sales CrowdFunded.com at $2,500 nice buy .O...
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Sedo weekly sales led by OneHome.com
Sedo released their weekly sales and OneHome.com led the way at $70,000. Quaestor.com was second at $26,000. nutztierhaltung.de was third at 22,000 Euros, ($24,409). 35 .com sales 20 cctld sales 5 other tld sales CrowdFunded.com at $2,500 nice buy .O...
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December 10, 2019, 9:12 pm
The Domains
“Fast Transfer means Fast Transfer not Fast Payment”
Richard Dynas started a thread on Namepros about his dissatisfaction with Afternic’s Fast Transfer. Other posters pointed out that fast transfer does not = fast payment. While I always knew that, I think many forget that platforms take the risk...
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“Fast Transfer means Fast Transfer not Fast Payment”
Richard Dynas started a thread on Namepros about his dissatisfaction with Afternic’s Fast Transfer. Other posters pointed out that fast transfer does not = fast payment. While I always knew that, I think many forget that platforms take the risk...
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December 10, 2019, 5:56 pm
The Domains
ICYMI: November 2019 – Top stories
The top posts of November 2019 on TheDomains November had a lot of action whether it was .org or the Namepros/Buckley matter. GetSupply.com rebranding to Supply.co brought about a lot of discussion. Looking back at November our top story traffic wise...
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ICYMI: November 2019 – Top stories
The top posts of November 2019 on TheDomains November had a lot of action whether it was .org or the Namepros/Buckley matter. GetSupply.com rebranding to Supply.co brought about a lot of discussion. Looking back at November our top story traffic wise...
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December 10, 2019, 5:12 am
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4 years ago today Mr. Berkens rang the register, a look back
On this day back in 2015 Michael Berkens announced that he sold the majority of his portfolio to GoDaddy. (171 comments). At the time Michael could not give numbers but after things settled the numbers came out, DomainInvesting.com covered the purcha...
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4 years ago today Mr. Berkens rang the register, a look back
On this day back in 2015 Michael Berkens announced that he sold the majority of his portfolio to GoDaddy. (171 comments). At the time Michael could not give numbers but after things settled the numbers came out, DomainInvesting.com covered the purcha...
Discussion
December 7, 2019, 11:56 am
The Domains
TheDomains.com turns 12
TheDomains.com turned 12 on Wednesday and 10,725 posts and 112,592 approved comments later, Mike, Judi and I would like to thank everyone for their support the past 12 years. Thank you to Escrow.com, Radix, 101Domains, DAN.com and all the other compa...
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TheDomains.com turns 12
TheDomains.com turned 12 on Wednesday and 10,725 posts and 112,592 approved comments later, Mike, Judi and I would like to thank everyone for their support the past 12 years. Thank you to Escrow.com, Radix, 101Domains, DAN.com and all the other compa...
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December 6, 2019, 11:15 pm
The Domains
Bogus domain names and spoofed emails lead to $1m theft
Bogus domain names and spoofed emails result in a hacker stealing $1million. Vice reported about a man in the middle attack where a Chinese hacker was able to steal $1millin from a Chinese VC and Israeli startup. From the article: After seeing the or...
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Bogus domain names and spoofed emails lead to $1m theft
Bogus domain names and spoofed emails result in a hacker stealing $1million. Vice reported about a man in the middle attack where a Chinese hacker was able to steal $1millin from a Chinese VC and Israeli startup. From the article: After seeing the or...
Discussion
December 6, 2019, 12:31 am
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Shares in NNR.com sell out – Do you want to invest in fractional ownership?
Disclaimer: Nothing below is a recommendation or a solicitation to buy or sell any domain name or do business with any of the companies mentioned below. Aron Meystedt announced today that his proof of concept for selling fractional ownership in domai...
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Shares in NNR.com sell out – Do you want to invest in fractional ownership?
Disclaimer: Nothing below is a recommendation or a solicitation to buy or sell any domain name or do business with any of the companies mentioned below. Aron Meystedt announced today that his proof of concept for selling fractional ownership in domai...
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December 5, 2019, 12:56 am
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NameJet/Snapnames November monthly sales led by Wanda.com
The NameJet/Snapnames November sales report was released and Wanda.com was the top sale at $83,817. UML.com was second at $21,400. Loxo.com was third at $18,056. There were three 3L.com sales and thirteen 4L.com sales. There were eleven numeric sales...
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NameJet/Snapnames November monthly sales led by Wanda.com
The NameJet/Snapnames November sales report was released and Wanda.com was the top sale at $83,817. UML.com was second at $21,400. Loxo.com was third at $18,056. There were three 3L.com sales and thirteen 4L.com sales. There were eleven numeric sales...
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December 4, 2019, 11:27 pm
