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Sedo weekly sales led by Chauffage.fr
Sedo released their weekly sales and Chauffage.fr led the way at 62,500 Euros, ($69,006). BitcoinPoker.com was second at $65,000. We all have owned a few 4L.nets that just sit there, this week there were a couple great 4L.net sales, 4L.nets selling m...
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Sedo weekly sales led by Chauffage.fr
Sedo released their weekly sales and Chauffage.fr led the way at 62,500 Euros, ($69,006). BitcoinPoker.com was second at $65,000. We all have owned a few 4L.nets that just sit there, this week there were a couple great 4L.net sales, 4L.nets selling m...
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February 4, 2020, 6:05 pm
The Domains
Seller of write.com discussed his 6 figure flip
The domain name write.com has had a few owners over the years. The domain is now owned by Brent Oxley and listed for sale. Write.com sold on Snapnames for $60,000 back in 2011. The company that bought the name back then sold the name to a Namepros me...
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Seller of write.com discussed his 6 figure flip
The domain name write.com has had a few owners over the years. The domain is now owned by Brent Oxley and listed for sale. Write.com sold on Snapnames for $60,000 back in 2011. The company that bought the name back then sold the name to a Namepros me...
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February 4, 2020, 5:29 pm
The Domains
New York times covers the .Ai extension
Steve Lohr of the New York Times published a piece on the .AI extension. .Ai has become a windfall for Anguilla. It was once just a side job for the man running the extension, Vincent Cate, a computer scientist who settled in Anguilla and later becam...
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New York times covers the .Ai extension
Steve Lohr of the New York Times published a piece on the .AI extension. .Ai has become a windfall for Anguilla. It was once just a side job for the man running the extension, Vincent Cate, a computer scientist who settled in Anguilla and later becam...
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February 4, 2020, 4:23 pm
The Domains
ICYMI: January 2020 – Top stories
The top posts of January 2020 on TheDomains January saw Rat.com launch, Adam Dicker back out of an appearance on You Tube and the NamesCon Live Auction. Our top story traffic wise was on the founder of Xiaomi discussing the importance of domain names...
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ICYMI: January 2020 – Top stories
The top posts of January 2020 on TheDomains January saw Rat.com launch, Adam Dicker back out of an appearance on You Tube and the NamesCon Live Auction. Our top story traffic wise was on the founder of Xiaomi discussing the importance of domain names...
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February 4, 2020, 4:39 am
The Domains
Report: 28.99% of domains are re-registered by other users
Who Is Hosting This took a deep dive into the world of domain registrations and domain name renewal rates. They enlisted the services of Whois XML API, and put together their report. From the article: The Sample Whois XML API collected data on one mi...
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Report: 28.99% of domains are re-registered by other users
Who Is Hosting This took a deep dive into the world of domain registrations and domain name renewal rates. They enlisted the services of Whois XML API, and put together their report. From the article: The Sample Whois XML API collected data on one mi...
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February 2, 2020, 3:40 am
The Domains
Add.com sells for $800,000 to lead NamesCon Live Auction
Add.com stole the show at NamesCon live auction. The name sold for $800,000. Offices.com sold for $260,000. The two LL.coms did not meet reserve. 74 out of 136 lots sold. There were no new gtld sales but to be fair there were only a few in the auctio...
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Add.com sells for $800,000 to lead NamesCon Live Auction
Add.com stole the show at NamesCon live auction. The name sold for $800,000. Offices.com sold for $260,000. The two LL.coms did not meet reserve. 74 out of 136 lots sold. There were no new gtld sales but to be fair there were only a few in the auctio...
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January 31, 2020, 1:44 am
The Domains
Elon Musk talks about the 10 years and $10 million to get Tesla.com
On the Third Row Tesla Podcast Elon Musk talks about the 10 year effort to buy Tesla.com. He mentioned the trademark for $75,000 buying the domain was a whole different nightmare that took us 10 years to buy that Tesla com domain. That cost was like ...
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Elon Musk talks about the 10 years and $10 million to get Tesla.com
On the Third Row Tesla Podcast Elon Musk talks about the 10 year effort to buy Tesla.com. He mentioned the trademark for $75,000 buying the domain was a whole different nightmare that took us 10 years to buy that Tesla com domain. That cost was like ...
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January 30, 2020, 5:17 pm
The Domains
TheMortgage.com from $500,000 to $15,050
One of yesterday’s biggest sales reported by Namebio was TheMortgage.com. The domain name sold for $15,050 but in 2000 the name sold for $500,000. ownership of themortgage.com goes back to 1995 when Jason Smith registered the name for his compa...
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TheMortgage.com from $500,000 to $15,050
One of yesterday’s biggest sales reported by Namebio was TheMortgage.com. The domain name sold for $15,050 but in 2000 the name sold for $500,000. ownership of themortgage.com goes back to 1995 when Jason Smith registered the name for his compa...
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January 29, 2020, 8:50 pm
The Domains
DNForum picks up Epik as a sponsor opens up marketplace
DNForum sent out some news this morning they are opening their marketplace for free users and they picked up Epik as a sponsor. There is $25 worth of credit at Epik.com if active on DNForum.com within 14 days of this announcement. Exclusive members c...
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DNForum picks up Epik as a sponsor opens up marketplace
DNForum sent out some news this morning they are opening their marketplace for free users and they picked up Epik as a sponsor. There is $25 worth of credit at Epik.com if active on DNForum.com within 14 days of this announcement. Exclusive members c...
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January 29, 2020, 11:36 am
The Domains
Sedo weekly sales led by apuestas.es
Sedo released their weekly sales and apuestas.es led the way at 111,625 Euros, ($123,016). Bets or Betting in Spanish. BusinessClass.net was second at $19,072. CSA.co was third at 12,000 GBP, ($15,622). A .com did not make the list until number 4 wit...
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Sedo weekly sales led by apuestas.es
Sedo released their weekly sales and apuestas.es led the way at 111,625 Euros, ($123,016). Bets or Betting in Spanish. BusinessClass.net was second at $19,072. CSA.co was third at 12,000 GBP, ($15,622). A .com did not make the list until number 4 wit...
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January 28, 2020, 9:13 pm
