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Domain Name Wire
Expired domain sales hurt Tucows again in Q1
Decline in aftermarket revenue hurts Tucows’ domain name business. Tucows (NASDAQ: TCX) released Q1 2023 earnings yesterday. For the second consecutive quarter, the company blamed decreased expired domain revenue for a decline in domain revenue...
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Expired domain sales hurt Tucows again in Q1
Decline in aftermarket revenue hurts Tucows’ domain name business. Tucows (NASDAQ: TCX) released Q1 2023 earnings yesterday. For the second consecutive quarter, the company blamed decreased expired domain revenue for a decline in domain revenue...
Discussion
May 9, 2023, 5:44 pm
Domain Name Wire
Dynadot enables direct listing on Afternic
Dynadot customers can now list their domains on Afternic through the Dynadot account dashboard. In its Q1 earnings release, Godaddy announced that it had rolled out its Afternic List for Sale technology to other registrars. Dynadot sent a message to ...
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Dynadot enables direct listing on Afternic
Dynadot customers can now list their domains on Afternic through the Dynadot account dashboard. In its Q1 earnings release, Godaddy announced that it had rolled out its Afternic List for Sale technology to other registrars. Dynadot sent a message to ...
Discussion
May 9, 2023, 5:20 pm
Domain Name Wire
Prices increases boost Q1 revenue at Squarespace
Sticky customers help Squarespace boost revenue. Proprietary website builders are sticky. It’s hard to switch from one provider to another. And they mostly cater to non-technical people, making it even harder to switch. Squarespace (NYSE: ...
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Prices increases boost Q1 revenue at Squarespace
Sticky customers help Squarespace boost revenue. Proprietary website builders are sticky. It’s hard to switch from one provider to another. And they mostly cater to non-technical people, making it even harder to switch. Squarespace (NYSE: ...
Discussion
May 9, 2023, 4:59 pm
Domain Name Wire
auDA: 740,000 .au “direct” registrations after one year
Second level registrations now make up about 17% of .au domains. auDA, the organization that manages Australia’s .au country code domain name, reported today that there were 740,000 .au “direct” registrations by the end of Q1 this y...
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auDA: 740,000 .au “direct” registrations after one year
Second level registrations now make up about 17% of .au domains. auDA, the organization that manages Australia’s .au country code domain name, reported today that there were 740,000 .au “direct” registrations by the end of Q1 this y...
Discussion
May 9, 2023, 4:04 pm
Domain Name Wire
No surprise: WIPO kicks boot company to the curb in Thursday.com dispute
Thursday Boot Company tried to reverse domain name hijack thursday.com Sometimes you’d be willing to bet that a UDRP will result in a reverse domain name hijacking finding based on the domain alone, before even seeing the facts. Thursday.com is...
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No surprise: WIPO kicks boot company to the curb in Thursday.com dispute
Thursday Boot Company tried to reverse domain name hijack thursday.com Sometimes you’d be willing to bet that a UDRP will result in a reverse domain name hijacking finding based on the domain alone, before even seeing the facts. Thursday.com is...
Discussion
May 9, 2023, 3:42 pm
The Domains
Sedo weekly domain name sales led by Gov.de
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and Gov.de led the way at 30,000 Euro, ($32,874). Factorylab.com was the second highest sale at $18,000 and Renais.com was third at $12,980. 40 .com sales 25 cctld sales 7 other tld sales Domain name Date ...
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Sedo weekly domain name sales led by Gov.de
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and Gov.de led the way at 30,000 Euro, ($32,874). Factorylab.com was the second highest sale at $18,000 and Renais.com was third at $12,980. 40 .com sales 25 cctld sales 7 other tld sales Domain name Date ...
Discussion
May 9, 2023, 2:24 pm
Domain Name Wire
Here’s what sold at NameJet and SnapNames last month
No big sales, but some nice deals. Newfold Digital’s aftermarket platforms NameJet and SnapNames combined to sell 103 domains for $2,000 or more last month. Those sales totaled just over $400,000. Sean Markey will review some of the domains tha...
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Here’s what sold at NameJet and SnapNames last month
No big sales, but some nice deals. Newfold Digital’s aftermarket platforms NameJet and SnapNames combined to sell 103 domains for $2,000 or more last month. Those sales totaled just over $400,000. Sean Markey will review some of the domains tha...
Discussion
May 9, 2023, 1:51 pm
Domain Name Wire
PayPal restored services to dotDB. Here’s why it dropped it.
It seems like PayPal could have prevented this with proper communication. Last week I wrote about how dotDB’s PayPal account was canceled and the funds were frozen. PayPal wouldn’t give any reason for the cancellation at first. But dotDB ...
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PayPal restored services to dotDB. Here’s why it dropped it.
It seems like PayPal could have prevented this with proper communication. Last week I wrote about how dotDB’s PayPal account was canceled and the funds were frozen. PayPal wouldn’t give any reason for the cancellation at first. But dotDB ...
Discussion
May 8, 2023, 6:07 pm
Domain Name Wire
Chat.com and big domain deals – DNW Podcast #435
Andrew Miller discusses some recent big domain sales. On this week’s show, I talk with Andrew Miller, managing director of Hilco Digital Assets. I had no idea how diverse and large Hilco was, and Andrew explains the role Digital Assets plays in...
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Chat.com and big domain deals – DNW Podcast #435
Andrew Miller discusses some recent big domain sales. On this week’s show, I talk with Andrew Miller, managing director of Hilco Digital Assets. I had no idea how diverse and large Hilco was, and Andrew explains the role Digital Assets plays in...
Discussion
May 8, 2023, 3:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Presonate.com dispute ends in reverse domain name hijacking
Man registered domain well before Complainant existed. A Hungarian company has been found to have tried reverse domain name hijacking presonate.com. Presonate Zrt filed the dispute against a person in India who registered the domain in 2011. The Comp...
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Presonate.com dispute ends in reverse domain name hijacking
Man registered domain well before Complainant existed. A Hungarian company has been found to have tried reverse domain name hijacking presonate.com. Presonate Zrt filed the dispute against a person in India who registered the domain in 2011. The Comp...
Discussion
May 8, 2023, 3:11 pm
