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NameJet.com Reports Over $500K in Sales In December 2015
Namejet.com had over $500K in reportable sales in December. For a domain name to make the list the domain had to sell for $2,000 or more in December and be paid for by the end of the month. 5 of the 6 top sales went to 3 character domain names. In al...
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NameJet.com Reports Over $500K in Sales In December 2015
Namejet.com had over $500K in reportable sales in December. For a domain name to make the list the domain had to sell for $2,000 or more in December and be paid for by the end of the month. 5 of the 6 top sales went to 3 character domain names. In al...
Discussion
January 4, 2017, 10:10 pm
The Domains
The Domain King Is Now The King Of Deplorables
Rick Schwartz, who is know as and has a US trademark on the term “Domain King” is now certainly the King of “Deplorables” In the 2016 President election the term “Deplorables” gained amazing traction after Hillary ...
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The Domain King Is Now The King Of Deplorables
Rick Schwartz, who is know as and has a US trademark on the term “Domain King” is now certainly the King of “Deplorables” In the 2016 President election the term “Deplorables” gained amazing traction after Hillary ...
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January 4, 2017, 8:59 pm
The Domains
The Top 5 for 1-3-17
The Top 5 is a daily look at the top 5 sales from the previous day. These are sales recorded by Namebio. The first business day of the new year showed modest sales/closes. The top transaction was ScarletLetter.com at $3,250. The domain was registered...
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The Top 5 for 1-3-17
The Top 5 is a daily look at the top 5 sales from the previous day. These are sales recorded by Namebio. The first business day of the new year showed modest sales/closes. The top transaction was ScarletLetter.com at $3,250. The domain was registered...
Discussion
January 4, 2017, 1:57 pm
The Domains
Sedo weekly sales close out 2016 with a six figure LLL.com sale
Sedo released two weeks of sales data and closed out 2016. The top sale was TCP.com at $133,000. Cave.com was number 2 at $61,350. A lot of brandables sold like infosea.com for 10,500 Euros and a great price for OpticsNation.com at $14,500. F.gg was ...
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Sedo weekly sales close out 2016 with a six figure LLL.com sale
Sedo released two weeks of sales data and closed out 2016. The top sale was TCP.com at $133,000. Cave.com was number 2 at $61,350. A lot of brandables sold like infosea.com for 10,500 Euros and a great price for OpticsNation.com at $14,500. F.gg was ...
Discussion
January 3, 2017, 9:16 pm
The Domains
The good, the bad and the ugly – Name.com
“The good, the bad and the ugly” An opportunity for readers to discuss what they like and don’t like about a particular company in the domain space. Each post will deal with just one company, readers are encouraged to share their po...
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The good, the bad and the ugly – Name.com
“The good, the bad and the ugly” An opportunity for readers to discuss what they like and don’t like about a particular company in the domain space. Each post will deal with just one company, readers are encouraged to share their po...
Discussion
January 3, 2017, 4:00 am
The Domains
Poll Results: Less Than 20% Correctly Guessed How Many .Com Registrations There Would Be On 1/1/17
A year ago on January 1, 2016 we started a poll asking the question is how many .Com will be registered by next year, 1/1/17? On January 1, 2006 according to Verisign there were 123,963,640 .Com domain names in the Domain Base. As of today January 1,...
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Poll Results: Less Than 20% Correctly Guessed How Many .Com Registrations There Would Be On 1/1/17
A year ago on January 1, 2016 we started a poll asking the question is how many .Com will be registered by next year, 1/1/17? On January 1, 2006 according to Verisign there were 123,963,640 .Com domain names in the Domain Base. As of today January 1,...
Discussion
January 1, 2017, 5:48 pm
The Domains
Our top 5 posts for 2016
Looking back at the posts that were written in 2016 that generated the most traffic here in 2016. Interestingly a post written in December of 2016 tops the list. The post which took a look at the all time most popular post on TheDomains.com, led the ...
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Our top 5 posts for 2016
Looking back at the posts that were written in 2016 that generated the most traffic here in 2016. Interestingly a post written in December of 2016 tops the list. The post which took a look at the all time most popular post on TheDomains.com, led the ...
Discussion
January 1, 2017, 4:40 am
The Domains
A look at how domain stocks did in 2016, if you owned Tucows you were very happy
2016 was a great year for shareholders of Tucows and Neustar, for shareholders of Verisign, Marchex and Sedo parent United Internet ? Not so much. Tucows was the star for 2016 up 67% on the year. Neustar got acquired and the stock finished up close t...
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A look at how domain stocks did in 2016, if you owned Tucows you were very happy
2016 was a great year for shareholders of Tucows and Neustar, for shareholders of Verisign, Marchex and Sedo parent United Internet ? Not so much. Tucows was the star for 2016 up 67% on the year. Neustar got acquired and the stock finished up close t...
Discussion
December 30, 2016, 10:43 pm
The Domains
RETARDED.COM – Should this domain be auctioned in the largest domain industry convention?
The question in the above headline is being asked on Namepros and quite a debate is breaking out. Some say business is business and think it’s fine, while others feel that the convention has no moral obligation to anyone. On the flipside some a...
Discussion
RETARDED.COM – Should this domain be auctioned in the largest domain industry convention?
The question in the above headline is being asked on Namepros and quite a debate is breaking out. Some say business is business and think it’s fine, while others feel that the convention has no moral obligation to anyone. On the flipside some a...
Discussion
December 30, 2016, 9:30 am
The Domains
.Com Registrations Loses Another 1 Million Domains In Less Than 2 Weeks; Now Under 127 Million
It was just on December 16th that we reported that the number of .Com domain names in the Domain Name Base as reported by Verisign had dropped below 128 Million. As of today the number of .Com domain names in the Domain Name Base as reported by Veris...
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.Com Registrations Loses Another 1 Million Domains In Less Than 2 Weeks; Now Under 127 Million
It was just on December 16th that we reported that the number of .Com domain names in the Domain Name Base as reported by Verisign had dropped below 128 Million. As of today the number of .Com domain names in the Domain Name Base as reported by Veris...
Discussion
December 29, 2016, 3:33 pm
