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The Domains
From Voice.com to .org, 2019 was a Monster year
Domaining in 2019 was a very busy and very interesting year. We saw the largest sale ever reported as Voice.com sold for $30 million. Chad Wright’s WebQuest and New.Life took 5 of the top 15 new gtld sales with Free.Games being the top reported...
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From Voice.com to .org, 2019 was a Monster year
Domaining in 2019 was a very busy and very interesting year. We saw the largest sale ever reported as Voice.com sold for $30 million. Chad Wright’s WebQuest and New.Life took 5 of the top 15 new gtld sales with Free.Games being the top reported...
Discussion
December 31, 2019, 7:30 pm
The Domains
Reported country code sales in 2019 up over 2018
Country code sales ticked up in 2019 versus the last two years. Over dollar volumes were slightly up, with the number of total sales up substantially vs 2018. Average sale price was down vs 2018 by just under $700. Keeping the data balanced it’...
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Reported country code sales in 2019 up over 2018
Country code sales ticked up in 2019 versus the last two years. Over dollar volumes were slightly up, with the number of total sales up substantially vs 2018. Average sale price was down vs 2018 by just under $700. Keeping the data balanced it’...
Discussion
December 31, 2019, 4:59 am
The Domains
Is Cats.com worth $1million?
So the owner of Cats.com Algis Skara told the Huffington Post India the name is back on the market. Skara cleaned up some misconceptions about whether or not The Flower Co. had purchased the domain name. He explained they never bought it, they were w...
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Is Cats.com worth $1million?
So the owner of Cats.com Algis Skara told the Huffington Post India the name is back on the market. Skara cleaned up some misconceptions about whether or not The Flower Co. had purchased the domain name. He explained they never bought it, they were w...
Discussion
December 28, 2019, 11:26 pm
The Domains
Merry Christmas
To all those out there today celebrating Christmas, Michael, Judi and myself would like to wish you and those close to you a Merry Christmas. To those not celebrating, may you have the day you desire. The post Merry Christmas appeared first on TheDom...
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Merry Christmas
To all those out there today celebrating Christmas, Michael, Judi and myself would like to wish you and those close to you a Merry Christmas. To those not celebrating, may you have the day you desire. The post Merry Christmas appeared first on TheDom...
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December 25, 2019, 9:44 am
The Domains
New.Life gets a Christmas present as Open.money sells for $25,000
Namepros member New.Life got his wish from Santa Claus, his third five figure new gtld sale of the year. A couple of months ago New.Life sold two new gtld domains for $63,000. Hello everyone! Just sold my third xx.xxx New gtld domain this year! Domai...
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New.Life gets a Christmas present as Open.money sells for $25,000
Namepros member New.Life got his wish from Santa Claus, his third five figure new gtld sale of the year. A couple of months ago New.Life sold two new gtld domains for $63,000. Hello everyone! Just sold my third xx.xxx New gtld domain this year! Domai...
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December 25, 2019, 8:56 am
The Domains
Rebranding trends for 2020
Forbes published an article on the trends surrounding rebranding. Looking back at 2019 and forward to 2020. Those who own and trade short names especially .com will be happy with the continuation of even established companies to want to get shorter. ...
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Rebranding trends for 2020
Forbes published an article on the trends surrounding rebranding. Looking back at 2019 and forward to 2020. Those who own and trade short names especially .com will be happy with the continuation of even established companies to want to get shorter. ...
Discussion
December 23, 2019, 7:10 pm
The Domains
Should new gtlds be viewed through the lens of a 20 year plan?
I have been under the weather this weekend so I have not been reading texts and emails right away as normal. A few people were mentioning to me the post we did a few days ago about new gtld sales. The comments become the classic com fans vs non com f...
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Should new gtlds be viewed through the lens of a 20 year plan?
I have been under the weather this weekend so I have not been reading texts and emails right away as normal. A few people were mentioning to me the post we did a few days ago about new gtld sales. The comments become the classic com fans vs non com f...
Discussion
December 22, 2019, 11:59 pm
The Domains
Last sale post of the year, generate some Christmas cash
Last sales post of the year, a chance to make some last minute Christmas money. I got a few emails this week asking if there would be a post? I want to say this year some have gone well others were a complete joke, people listed trash. Other professi...
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Last sale post of the year, generate some Christmas cash
Last sales post of the year, a chance to make some last minute Christmas money. I got a few emails this week asking if there would be a post? I want to say this year some have gone well others were a complete joke, people listed trash. Other professi...
Discussion
December 20, 2019, 11:31 pm
The Domains
Verisign: third quarter of 2019 closed with 359.8 million domain name registrations
Verisign Q3 2019 Domain Name Industry Brief: Internet Grows to 359.8 Million Domain Name Registrations in the Third Quarter of 2019 Data shows that the third quarter of 2019 closed with 359.8 million domain name registrations across all top-level dom...
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Verisign: third quarter of 2019 closed with 359.8 million domain name registrations
Verisign Q3 2019 Domain Name Industry Brief: Internet Grows to 359.8 Million Domain Name Registrations in the Third Quarter of 2019 Data shows that the third quarter of 2019 closed with 359.8 million domain name registrations across all top-level dom...
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December 19, 2019, 10:06 pm
The Domains
Reported new gtld sales in 2019 down over $2million from 2018
2019 was not a great year for reported new gtld sales, after 2018 saw dollar volumes rise by 700,000, 2019 is looking down over $2 million. Of course there will be those that will say many sales go unreported, that’s true for all extensions so ...
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Reported new gtld sales in 2019 down over $2million from 2018
2019 was not a great year for reported new gtld sales, after 2018 saw dollar volumes rise by 700,000, 2019 is looking down over $2 million. Of course there will be those that will say many sales go unreported, that’s true for all extensions so ...
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December 19, 2019, 8:22 pm
