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Who is the greatest domainer of all time?
Last July we asked who was the greatest domainer of all time? Things change from year to year, some people raise their profile, others sail off into the sunset or have a setback in their domaining career. Last year Rick Schwartz ran away with the vot...
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Who is the greatest domainer of all time?
Last July we asked who was the greatest domainer of all time? Things change from year to year, some people raise their profile, others sail off into the sunset or have a setback in their domaining career. Last year Rick Schwartz ran away with the vot...
Discussion
July 17, 2017, 8:22 pm

The Domains
It’s all about the side hustle
There has been a lot of talk lately about “side hustles” UBER has run commercials talking about everyone needing a side hustle. Marketwatch published an article about side hustles and included buying and selling domain names. Buying and s...
Discussion
It’s all about the side hustle
There has been a lot of talk lately about “side hustles” UBER has run commercials talking about everyone needing a side hustle. Marketwatch published an article about side hustles and included buying and selling domain names. Buying and s...
Discussion
July 17, 2017, 7:31 pm

The Domains
Elon Musk tweets about X.com and the Internet loses it’s mind
The big news of the week was Elon Musk getting his old domain back. Elliot Silver detailed the acquisition of X.com. Andrew Rosener commented that Media Options helped with the transaction. Today Elon Musk put out a tweet about x.com and that single ...
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Elon Musk tweets about X.com and the Internet loses it’s mind
The big news of the week was Elon Musk getting his old domain back. Elliot Silver detailed the acquisition of X.com. Andrew Rosener commented that Media Options helped with the transaction. Today Elon Musk put out a tweet about x.com and that single ...
Discussion
July 14, 2017, 8:57 pm

The Domains
Mike Mann turns $20 into $10,000 in 3 day flip
Mike Mann turned two very recent $20 purchases into $12,888. He tweeted within the last hour. Things to do near me: sell domains I bought in the last month. Sold https://t.co/eoKFGcM8Va $2888. Purch 06/22/17 $20 — Mike Mann (@mikemanndot...
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Mike Mann turns $20 into $10,000 in 3 day flip
Mike Mann turned two very recent $20 purchases into $12,888. He tweeted within the last hour. Things to do near me: sell domains I bought in the last month. Sold https://t.co/eoKFGcM8Va $2888. Purch 06/22/17 $20 — Mike Mann (@mikemanndot...
Discussion
July 13, 2017, 10:05 pm

The Domains
Covfefe.com would you have taken $15,000?
I have written before about striking while the iron is hot on pop culture and political domain names. Back in April we detailed the Shane Burchett the owner of TrumpPence2016.com, you can read the full story here, but the gist of the story is the reg...
Discussion
Covfefe.com would you have taken $15,000?
I have written before about striking while the iron is hot on pop culture and political domain names. Back in April we detailed the Shane Burchett the owner of TrumpPence2016.com, you can read the full story here, but the gist of the story is the reg...
Discussion
July 13, 2017, 4:23 am

The Domains
Bitcoin – Soft Fork, Hard Fork, What The Fork?
I’m sure many of you have heard chatter about a Bitcoin fork. Whilst some may have a good understanding of what this means, there are probably many of you that are a little confused. I will try my best to provide some clarity on the matter. Ess...
Discussion
Bitcoin – Soft Fork, Hard Fork, What The Fork?
I’m sure many of you have heard chatter about a Bitcoin fork. Whilst some may have a good understanding of what this means, there are probably many of you that are a little confused. I will try my best to provide some clarity on the matter. Ess...
Discussion
July 12, 2017, 6:54 pm

The Domains
Sedo weekly sales led by AcaiBerry.com
Sedo reported their weekly sales and AcaiBerry.com led the way at $18,000. BuTV.com was the second highest sale, LLtv is a niche I have traded in for a long time, I kinda stopped focusing on them over the last year. Nice to see a $15,000 sale. Very l...
Discussion
Sedo weekly sales led by AcaiBerry.com
Sedo reported their weekly sales and AcaiBerry.com led the way at $18,000. BuTV.com was the second highest sale, LLtv is a niche I have traded in for a long time, I kinda stopped focusing on them over the last year. Nice to see a $15,000 sale. Very l...
Discussion
July 11, 2017, 8:22 pm

The Domains
.Shop wins most popular new gTLD of China
.Shop (an advertiser on TheDomains) won most popular new gtld of China at the Global Domain Summit. Proud to bring home the “The most popular new gTLD of China” award from @gdschina What an honor – thank you! #GDS pic.twitter.com/QG...
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.Shop wins most popular new gTLD of China
.Shop (an advertiser on TheDomains) won most popular new gtld of China at the Global Domain Summit. Proud to bring home the “The most popular new gTLD of China” award from @gdschina What an honor – thank you! #GDS pic.twitter.com/QG...
Discussion
July 11, 2017, 3:05 am

The Domains
Taking over four of the seven authoritative nameservers for the .io TLD
Matthew Bryant @IAmMandatory of TheHackerBlog.com wrote a very detailed post on how he was able to register domains in .io that would essentially allow him to take over authoritative nameservers for the .io cctld. It’s a very interesting post a...
Discussion
Taking over four of the seven authoritative nameservers for the .io TLD
Matthew Bryant @IAmMandatory of TheHackerBlog.com wrote a very detailed post on how he was able to register domains in .io that would essentially allow him to take over authoritative nameservers for the .io cctld. It’s a very interesting post a...
Discussion
July 10, 2017, 10:21 pm

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New gTLD .Health Ends Sunrise Period With 287 Registrations
The .health registry ended their 60-day Sunrise period on Friday, June 7th, with a total of 287 total applications, none of which were in contention, so there will be no sunrise auctions for .health. All domains will be provisioned on Monday evening,...
Discussion
New gTLD .Health Ends Sunrise Period With 287 Registrations
The .health registry ended their 60-day Sunrise period on Friday, June 7th, with a total of 287 total applications, none of which were in contention, so there will be no sunrise auctions for .health. All domains will be provisioned on Monday evening,...
Discussion
July 10, 2017, 2:19 pm