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Earn.com acquired
Coinbase is acquiring Earn.com, the company was formerly known as 21 Inc, they once were a maker of bitcoin mining hardware, they shifted gears to focus on using cryptocurrency to power a social network. On top of everything they get a valuable one w...
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Earn.com acquired
Coinbase is acquiring Earn.com, the company was formerly known as 21 Inc, they once were a maker of bitcoin mining hardware, they shifted gears to focus on using cryptocurrency to power a social network. On top of everything they get a valuable one w...
Discussion
April 16, 2018, 5:03 pm

The Domains
Too early to try to flip?
Vape.net was sold in 2016 for $9,000 on Sedo, the seller was from Austria. The domain immediately went under privacy. The domain name was developed as a review site. The domain expired apparently and went for $30,000 at GoDaddy auctions on 2-25-18. T...
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Too early to try to flip?
Vape.net was sold in 2016 for $9,000 on Sedo, the seller was from Austria. The domain immediately went under privacy. The domain name was developed as a review site. The domain expired apparently and went for $30,000 at GoDaddy auctions on 2-25-18. T...
Discussion
April 16, 2018, 3:36 pm

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10% the top choice on the profitability of domainers
At the end of March we asked, What percentage of domain investors do you think are profitable? This post followed a poll on Namepros that seemed to show a greater percentage of profitable domain investors than most probably thought. The results of ou...
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10% the top choice on the profitability of domainers
At the end of March we asked, What percentage of domain investors do you think are profitable? This post followed a poll on Namepros that seemed to show a greater percentage of profitable domain investors than most probably thought. The results of ou...
Discussion
April 15, 2018, 9:43 pm

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Slack.com was purchased for $60,000
Communications app Slack paid $60,000 for the domain slack. The price was revealed by the founder himself on Quora a few years back. Slack which is an acronym for “Searchable Log of All Conversation and Knowledge“. Tip of the cap to Namep...
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Slack.com was purchased for $60,000
Communications app Slack paid $60,000 for the domain slack. The price was revealed by the founder himself on Quora a few years back. Slack which is an acronym for “Searchable Log of All Conversation and Knowledge“. Tip of the cap to Namep...
Discussion
April 12, 2018, 5:55 pm

The Domains
Sedo weekly sales led by Closers.com
Sedo reported their weekly sales and Closers.com was the top sale at $50,000. The second highest sale was Live.Casino at 24,500 GBP, ($34,732). 44 .com sales 20 cctld sales 7 other gtld sales CryptoLabs.com sold for $10,000 I liked this name a lot, t...
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Sedo weekly sales led by Closers.com
Sedo reported their weekly sales and Closers.com was the top sale at $50,000. The second highest sale was Live.Casino at 24,500 GBP, ($34,732). 44 .com sales 20 cctld sales 7 other gtld sales CryptoLabs.com sold for $10,000 I liked this name a lot, t...
Discussion
April 10, 2018, 8:21 pm

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Mike Mann sells two names he held for 13 years for $73,500 total
Mike Mann tweeted out about two different sales that were both acquired in 2005. Mann actually purchased both of these name on the same day and for the same price. He held both for 13 years. BetterFuture.com was sold for $65,000 and ChooseLife.org fo...
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Mike Mann sells two names he held for 13 years for $73,500 total
Mike Mann tweeted out about two different sales that were both acquired in 2005. Mann actually purchased both of these name on the same day and for the same price. He held both for 13 years. BetterFuture.com was sold for $65,000 and ChooseLife.org fo...
Discussion
April 9, 2018, 11:50 am

The Domains
CQD.com owner should be following the playbook used by MLA.com
With all the discussion and things brought to light with the CQD.com case, I took a look back at some domain thefts that were covered by publications outside the domain industry. The Huffington Post took a rather bleak stance with the following headl...
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CQD.com owner should be following the playbook used by MLA.com
With all the discussion and things brought to light with the CQD.com case, I took a look back at some domain thefts that were covered by publications outside the domain industry. The Huffington Post took a rather bleak stance with the following headl...
Discussion
April 8, 2018, 2:42 am

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The continuing saga of CQD.com
A couple weeks ago I wrote a piece about the CQD.com ordeal, a post that has become one of the all time forum reads. Since then the thread has really heated up with a lot more evidence coming out and a lot of detective work provided by some members s...
Discussion
The continuing saga of CQD.com
A couple weeks ago I wrote a piece about the CQD.com ordeal, a post that has become one of the all time forum reads. Since then the thread has really heated up with a lot more evidence coming out and a lot of detective work provided by some members s...
Discussion
April 4, 2018, 9:16 pm

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Sedo weekly sales led by Handle.com
Sedo released their weekly sales and Handle.com led the way at 77,500 Euros, ($95,080). HawaiianIslands.com was number two at $15,000. 49 .com sales 15 cctld sales 5 other gtld sales A lot of brandables, some of the made up kind like Pilki.com at $7,...
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Sedo weekly sales led by Handle.com
Sedo released their weekly sales and Handle.com led the way at 77,500 Euros, ($95,080). HawaiianIslands.com was number two at $15,000. 49 .com sales 15 cctld sales 5 other gtld sales A lot of brandables, some of the made up kind like Pilki.com at $7,...
Discussion
April 3, 2018, 8:21 pm

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NameJet March sales led by Bey.com
NameJet reported their March sales and Bey.com led the list at $31,000. Optimization.com came in second at $27,700. 102 sales 2 three letter.com sales 17 numeric sales 7 three character .com sales ML.net was the highest non com sale at $24,500 bey.co...
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NameJet March sales led by Bey.com
NameJet reported their March sales and Bey.com led the list at $31,000. Optimization.com came in second at $27,700. 102 sales 2 three letter.com sales 17 numeric sales 7 three character .com sales ML.net was the highest non com sale at $24,500 bey.co...
Discussion
April 2, 2018, 7:34 pm