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The Domains
Namecheap ended 2024 at $398m in revenue
Richard Kirkendall posted on X that Namecheap fell just shy of $400M in revenue for 2024. This is Namecheap and Spaceship. He added that this was 18% year over year growth rate. Congrats to Namecheap on a successful 2024. It would be nice if more pri...
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Namecheap ended 2024 at $398m in revenue
Richard Kirkendall posted on X that Namecheap fell just shy of $400M in revenue for 2024. This is Namecheap and Spaceship. He added that this was 18% year over year growth rate. Congrats to Namecheap on a successful 2024. It would be nice if more pri...
Discussion
January 22, 2025, 9:39 pm
Domain Name Wire
13 end user domain name sales this week:
A rebranded energy company, a connected thermometer seller, and a company that hopes to improve restaurant food pickup bought domain names. Who bought pack.com for $600,000? It’s been a mystery ever since Sedo broker Mark Ghoriafi announced the...
Discussion
13 end user domain name sales this week:
A rebranded energy company, a connected thermometer seller, and a company that hopes to improve restaurant food pickup bought domain names. Who bought pack.com for $600,000? It’s been a mystery ever since Sedo broker Mark Ghoriafi announced the...
Discussion
January 22, 2025, 2:22 pm
Domain Name Wire
Sleep patch seller loses second cybersquatting claim in two months
Silent nights has many uses. SoletLuna Holdings, Inc. and Lifewave, Inc., which sell a skin patch that the companies say helps you get better sleep, have lost their second cybersquatting claim in as many months. In October, the companies filed a clai...
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Sleep patch seller loses second cybersquatting claim in two months
Silent nights has many uses. SoletLuna Holdings, Inc. and Lifewave, Inc., which sell a skin patch that the companies say helps you get better sleep, have lost their second cybersquatting claim in as many months. In October, the companies filed a clai...
Discussion
January 21, 2025, 5:40 pm
The Domains
Sedo weekly domain name sales led by Pack.com
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and Pack.com led the way at $600,000. 1Feed.com was second at $30,000. Awake.de was third at 18,000 Euro, ($18,720). 46 .com sales 30 cctld sales 6 other tld sales Highlights of public SedoMLS sales are: &...
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Sedo weekly domain name sales led by Pack.com
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and Pack.com led the way at $600,000. 1Feed.com was second at $30,000. Awake.de was third at 18,000 Euro, ($18,720). 46 .com sales 30 cctld sales 6 other tld sales Highlights of public SedoMLS sales are: &...
Discussion
January 21, 2025, 4:04 pm
Domain Name Wire
Your TikTok moment is coming
The TikTok ban is another reminder to control your own internet presence. For a few hours this weekend, visitors from the United States were shut out of TikTok. That was just a minor inconvenience for most TikTok users. They found something else to d...
Discussion
Your TikTok moment is coming
The TikTok ban is another reminder to control your own internet presence. For a few hours this weekend, visitors from the United States were shut out of TikTok. That was just a minor inconvenience for most TikTok users. They found something else to d...
Discussion
January 21, 2025, 2:02 pm
Domain Name Wire
Hexonet is shutting down; customers migrating to other Team Internet platforms
Team Internet is consolidating domain management platforms. Team Internet Group (London AIM: TIG) is shuttering its domain name reseller platform Hexonet. As of the end of 2024, the company is no longer updating Hexonet other than critical security i...
Discussion
Hexonet is shutting down; customers migrating to other Team Internet platforms
Team Internet is consolidating domain management platforms. Team Internet Group (London AIM: TIG) is shuttering its domain name reseller platform Hexonet. As of the end of 2024, the company is no longer updating Hexonet other than critical security i...
Discussion
January 20, 2025, 5:44 pm
Domain Name Wire
Trading platform spat was reverse domain name hijacking
Cybersquatting case results in reverse domain name hijacking finding. A German company called Solar Hero GmbH has been found to have tried to reverse hijack the domain hive-pt .com. The company has a European trademark for tradinghive, which covers f...
Discussion
Trading platform spat was reverse domain name hijacking
Cybersquatting case results in reverse domain name hijacking finding. A German company called Solar Hero GmbH has been found to have tried to reverse hijack the domain hive-pt .com. The company has a European trademark for tradinghive, which covers f...
Discussion
January 20, 2025, 5:09 pm
Domain Name Wire
Greatest hits: Chess.com – DNW Podcast #518
Rewind: How a great domain helped Chess.com denominate online chess. This week, we’re opening up the vault and going back to one of the most interesting interviews from this show over the past couple of years. In October 2023, I interviewed Che...
Discussion
Greatest hits: Chess.com – DNW Podcast #518
Rewind: How a great domain helped Chess.com denominate online chess. This week, we’re opening up the vault and going back to one of the most interesting interviews from this show over the past couple of years. In October 2023, I interviewed Che...
Discussion
January 20, 2025, 4:35 pm
Domain Name Wire
AI is still hot in the aftermarket
It’s the number one seller on Afternic and will likely remain near the top for some time. Domain names with AI in them continue to sell at a fast clip on the domain name aftermarket. Afternic has revealed the top-selling keywords in domains sol...
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AI is still hot in the aftermarket
It’s the number one seller on Afternic and will likely remain near the top for some time. Domain names with AI in them continue to sell at a fast clip on the domain name aftermarket. Afternic has revealed the top-selling keywords in domains sol...
Discussion
January 17, 2025, 6:13 pm
DomainSherpa
DomainSherpa – Sherpa Shorts – January 16, 2025: The Future Is So Bright
As we say on DomainSherpa - all roads lead to domains! And today we have a Sherpa Shorts segment, co-hosted by JT, Drew, Chris, & Matthew Zuiker of MediaOptions.com to recap 2024 and discuss some of what they learned, some of the biggest trends t...
Discussion
DomainSherpa – Sherpa Shorts – January 16, 2025: The Future Is So Bright
As we say on DomainSherpa - all roads lead to domains! And today we have a Sherpa Shorts segment, co-hosted by JT, Drew, Chris, & Matthew Zuiker of MediaOptions.com to recap 2024 and discuss some of what they learned, some of the biggest trends t...
Discussion
January 17, 2025, 12:10 am
