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Domain Name Wire
What makes domains valuable? – DNW Podcast #379
Looking at the data behind sales over $25,000. What makes a domain sell for lots of money? How can you break out of low-range sales and sell a domain for $25k, $100k or more? On today’s show, Bob Hawkes breaks down the data. Understand the char...
Discussion
What makes domains valuable? – DNW Podcast #379
Looking at the data behind sales over $25,000. What makes a domain sell for lots of money? How can you break out of low-range sales and sell a domain for $25k, $100k or more? On today’s show, Bob Hawkes breaks down the data. Understand the char...
Discussion
March 14, 2022, 3:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
NFT is still hot for domains, but meta?
Meta hasn’t been a top search at Sedo so far this year. Sedo released its top search terms report for February 2022, and something is conspicuously absent: meta. The term jumped onto the list at #2 in October, which was the month Facebook annou...
Discussion
NFT is still hot for domains, but meta?
Meta hasn’t been a top search at Sedo so far this year. Sedo released its top search terms report for February 2022, and something is conspicuously absent: meta. The term jumped onto the list at #2 in October, which was the month Facebook annou...
Discussion
March 14, 2022, 3:22 pm
The Domains
CyberSecurityJobs.com becomes the largest Keyword-Jobs reported sale of all time
Cyber Security is an important and highly competitive industry. The need for professionals in this field grows monthly. CyberSecurityJobs.com sold for $205,000 today at Sedo. The domain now forwards to the .net. The .com was registered in 2000. DotDB...
Discussion
CyberSecurityJobs.com becomes the largest Keyword-Jobs reported sale of all time
Cyber Security is an important and highly competitive industry. The need for professionals in this field grows monthly. CyberSecurityJobs.com sold for $205,000 today at Sedo. The domain now forwards to the .net. The .com was registered in 2000. DotDB...
Discussion
March 11, 2022, 10:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
February’s top domain name stories: Untapped, bird.com, and more
Here’s what made news last month. This is a list of the news stories that got the most attention on Domain Name Wire last month. 1. Canvas rebrands to Untapped, using untapped.io – Diversity recruiting company Canvas rebranded after a cou...
Discussion
February’s top domain name stories: Untapped, bird.com, and more
Here’s what made news last month. This is a list of the news stories that got the most attention on Domain Name Wire last month. 1. Canvas rebrands to Untapped, using untapped.io – Diversity recruiting company Canvas rebranded after a cou...
Discussion
March 11, 2022, 5:07 pm
Domain Name Wire
Verisign, Altanovo and ICANN trade barbs over .web
More ill-will exposed in newly-published letters. This week, ICANN published a series of letters related to the fight for .web. The quick backstory: a company called Nu Dot Co won the auction to run the .web top level domain for $135 million. Verisig...
Discussion
Verisign, Altanovo and ICANN trade barbs over .web
More ill-will exposed in newly-published letters. This week, ICANN published a series of letters related to the fight for .web. The quick backstory: a company called Nu Dot Co won the auction to run the .web top level domain for $135 million. Verisig...
Discussion
March 10, 2022, 10:46 pm
The Domains
NameJet/SnapNames February 2022 sales led by Kickstand.com
NameJet produced 68 domains over the $2K mark generating $380.5K in revenue. That was 25% lower domain sales than Jan. SnapNames produced 52 domains over the $2K mark with $229.9K in revenue. That was 22% lower sales than Jan. NameJet did have 10 dom...
Discussion
NameJet/SnapNames February 2022 sales led by Kickstand.com
NameJet produced 68 domains over the $2K mark generating $380.5K in revenue. That was 25% lower domain sales than Jan. SnapNames produced 52 domains over the $2K mark with $229.9K in revenue. That was 22% lower sales than Jan. NameJet did have 10 dom...
Discussion
March 10, 2022, 7:50 pm
Domain Name Wire
Akamai loses cybersquatting fight with Cloudflare
It’s not often that two large companies are involved in a cybersquatting dispute under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution (UDRP). But that was the case in a just-decided dispute between two Content Delivery Network companies over four d...
Discussion
Akamai loses cybersquatting fight with Cloudflare
It’s not often that two large companies are involved in a cybersquatting dispute under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution (UDRP). But that was the case in a just-decided dispute between two Content Delivery Network companies over four d...
Discussion
March 10, 2022, 3:48 pm
Domain Name Wire
Kickstand.com leads the way at NameJet/SnapNames
NameJet and SnapNames teamed up for 120 sales over $2,000 in February. Newfold Digital’s domain auction platforms NameJet and SnapNames combined to sell 120 domain names for $2,000 or more last month, totaling $610,000. Here are some of the dom...
Discussion
Kickstand.com leads the way at NameJet/SnapNames
NameJet and SnapNames teamed up for 120 sales over $2,000 in February. Newfold Digital’s domain auction platforms NameJet and SnapNames combined to sell 120 domain names for $2,000 or more last month, totaling $610,000. Here are some of the dom...
Discussion
March 10, 2022, 2:48 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain Name Wire turns 17
Thanks for being part of Domain Name Wire. Domain Name Wire celebrates its 17th anniversary today. I started this humble site on March 9, 2005. I enjoyed trading in domains, so I started the site as a hobby. At the time, no daily news sources covered...
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Domain Name Wire turns 17
Thanks for being part of Domain Name Wire. Domain Name Wire celebrates its 17th anniversary today. I started this humble site on March 9, 2005. I enjoyed trading in domains, so I started the site as a hobby. At the time, no daily news sources covered...
Discussion
March 9, 2022, 7:01 pm
Domain Name Wire
Wow, check out this argument in a UDRP
Just when you think you’ve seen them all… I’ve seen a lot of spurious arguments in UDRP cases, and one from a case published this week lands in my top 5. McCoy & Partners B.V., an SAP consulting firm, filed a UDRP against McCoy...
Discussion
Wow, check out this argument in a UDRP
Just when you think you’ve seen them all… I’ve seen a lot of spurious arguments in UDRP cases, and one from a case published this week lands in my top 5. McCoy & Partners B.V., an SAP consulting firm, filed a UDRP against McCoy...
Discussion
March 9, 2022, 5:47 pm
