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Domain name registrations grew 4.9 percent, year over year
Verisign published their Q4 2018 DNIB report The fourth quarter of 2018 closed with approximately 348.7 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs), an increase of approximately 6.3 million domain name registrations, or 1.8 ...
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Domain name registrations grew 4.9 percent, year over year
Verisign published their Q4 2018 DNIB report The fourth quarter of 2018 closed with approximately 348.7 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs), an increase of approximately 6.3 million domain name registrations, or 1.8 ...
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March 28, 2019, 10:17 pm
The Domains
Sedo weekly sales led by kBet.com
Sedo released their weekly sales and kBet.com was the top sale at $43,530. Mobility.de was second at 35,000 Euros, ($39,444). 42 .com sales 20 cctld sales 4 other tld sales Domain name Price Currency .COMs kbet.com 43,530 USD noxion.com 20,000...
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Sedo weekly sales led by kBet.com
Sedo released their weekly sales and kBet.com was the top sale at $43,530. Mobility.de was second at 35,000 Euros, ($39,444). 42 .com sales 20 cctld sales 4 other tld sales Domain name Price Currency .COMs kbet.com 43,530 USD noxion.com 20,000...
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March 26, 2019, 8:16 pm
The Domains
Making a fortune squatting domains on the Dark Web?
Typosquatting on corporate names is not the only squatting game in town. TheNextWeb has a story about someone claiming to have made $760,000 in BTC by squatting on websites that reside on the Tor network. From the article: A scammer is claiming ...
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Making a fortune squatting domains on the Dark Web?
Typosquatting on corporate names is not the only squatting game in town. TheNextWeb has a story about someone claiming to have made $760,000 in BTC by squatting on websites that reside on the Tor network. From the article: A scammer is claiming ...
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March 22, 2019, 1:23 am
The Domains
Burl.com sells for second time in less than a year
Burl.com sold for the third time in 12 years and the second time in less than one year. The domain closed at $24,555 on NameJet and was the top close for Wednesday. The name sold for just $5,088 in April of 2018. That sale was down from the previous ...
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Burl.com sells for second time in less than a year
Burl.com sold for the third time in 12 years and the second time in less than one year. The domain closed at $24,555 on NameJet and was the top close for Wednesday. The name sold for just $5,088 in April of 2018. That sale was down from the previous ...
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March 21, 2019, 11:57 am
The Domains
Google gets fined €1.49 billion in Adsense antitrust case
Google has now got hit with their third huge fine from the EU, €1.49 billion, ($1.7 billion) this time around, which is the third highest fine they have had to pay. This was in regards to Adsense, Venture Beat wrote: In those previous fil...
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Google gets fined €1.49 billion in Adsense antitrust case
Google has now got hit with their third huge fine from the EU, €1.49 billion, ($1.7 billion) this time around, which is the third highest fine they have had to pay. This was in regards to Adsense, Venture Beat wrote: In those previous fil...
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March 21, 2019, 5:26 am
The Domains
Will all marketplaces have to become licensed escrow agents?
In a thread on Namepros about Rob Monster and Epik, Joseph Peterson posted an interesting tidbit, one that if it plays out as Joseph speculates it could, will affect all the big players in the domain aftermarket space and domain investors as well. Th...
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Will all marketplaces have to become licensed escrow agents?
In a thread on Namepros about Rob Monster and Epik, Joseph Peterson posted an interesting tidbit, one that if it plays out as Joseph speculates it could, will affect all the big players in the domain aftermarket space and domain investors as well. Th...
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March 21, 2019, 3:10 am
The Domains
Is it still too early for emoji domains?
Page Howe was mentioned in an article on ieee.org. The article took a look at emoji domains and why they do or don’t make sense. Page has been outspoken about his belief in emoji domains and gets a couple paragraphs. From the article: People li...
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Is it still too early for emoji domains?
Page Howe was mentioned in an article on ieee.org. The article took a look at emoji domains and why they do or don’t make sense. Page has been outspoken about his belief in emoji domains and gets a couple paragraphs. From the article: People li...
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March 20, 2019, 4:25 pm
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Sedo weekly sales led by Vivlio.com
Sedo released their weekly sales and Vivlio.com led the way at $25,000. Mandom.com was second at 20,000 Euros, ($22,714). 48 .com sales 14 cctld sales 7 other tld sales Ostee.travel sold for 9,500 Euros, ($10,790). Domain name Price Currency ....
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Sedo weekly sales led by Vivlio.com
Sedo released their weekly sales and Vivlio.com led the way at $25,000. Mandom.com was second at 20,000 Euros, ($22,714). 48 .com sales 14 cctld sales 7 other tld sales Ostee.travel sold for 9,500 Euros, ($10,790). Domain name Price Currency ....
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March 19, 2019, 7:53 pm
The Domains
That is some expensive pigeon shit
via GIPHY Think domain names are getting expensive? A racing pigeon just sold for $1.8 million. Apparently pigeon racing is big business in China. The National Post wrote a story, from the article: The victorious pigeon fancier, whose identity is a s...
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That is some expensive pigeon shit
via GIPHY Think domain names are getting expensive? A racing pigeon just sold for $1.8 million. Apparently pigeon racing is big business in China. The National Post wrote a story, from the article: The victorious pigeon fancier, whose identity is a s...
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March 19, 2019, 7:40 pm
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FBcoin.com closes at $10,000, Facebook getting into crypto?
FBcoin.com closed at $10,000 on DropCatch on Thursday. There has been speculation that Facebook might get into crypto and have their own coin. The New York Times wrote an article last month titled, “Facebook and Telegram Are Hoping to Succeed W...
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FBcoin.com closes at $10,000, Facebook getting into crypto?
FBcoin.com closed at $10,000 on DropCatch on Thursday. There has been speculation that Facebook might get into crypto and have their own coin. The New York Times wrote an article last month titled, “Facebook and Telegram Are Hoping to Succeed W...
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March 15, 2019, 8:57 am
