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A look back at 2021 and the 3 acronyms,along with Meta and Swetha that dominated the year
I want to wish everyone a happy and healthy 2022. Looking back at 2021 there were a few 3 letter combinations, the Metaverse and Swetha that dominated the news in 2021. NFT Non fungible tokens, made a huge impact in 2021, some prominent domain invest...
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A look back at 2021 and the 3 acronyms,along with Meta and Swetha that dominated the year
I want to wish everyone a happy and healthy 2022. Looking back at 2021 there were a few 3 letter combinations, the Metaverse and Swetha that dominated the news in 2021. NFT Non fungible tokens, made a huge impact in 2021, some prominent domain invest...
Discussion
January 1, 2022, 2:30 pm
The Domains
IRP Panel Sanctions Afilias, Clears the Way for ICANN to Decide .web Disputes
Verisign posted on their blog an update to the proceedings around .web. This ongoing saga seems to just keep muddling along. Hopefully ICANN will finally put an end to the uncertainty and make a definitive judgement and .web can eventually go live. F...
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IRP Panel Sanctions Afilias, Clears the Way for ICANN to Decide .web Disputes
Verisign posted on their blog an update to the proceedings around .web. This ongoing saga seems to just keep muddling along. Hopefully ICANN will finally put an end to the uncertainty and make a definitive judgement and .web can eventually go live. F...
Discussion
December 30, 2021, 5:29 am
The Domains
TechCrunch asks “WTF is .xyz?”
Tech Crunch published an article titled, “WTF is .xyz?” It’s no secret to domain investors in 2021 that Web3 companies have adopted .xyz in greater numbers this year. With Swetha and other leading the way there have been many more ....
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TechCrunch asks “WTF is .xyz?”
Tech Crunch published an article titled, “WTF is .xyz?” It’s no secret to domain investors in 2021 that Web3 companies have adopted .xyz in greater numbers this year. With Swetha and other leading the way there have been many more ....
Discussion
December 28, 2021, 5:30 pm
The Domains
Swetha has a very Merry Christmas with 9 sales including her highest reported ever .xyz
Swetha sold 9 .xyz domain names including Glow.xyz for $79,888. Quest.xyz was her previous high at $69,888. What a way to end what has been an incredible year for Swetha. Congrats. glow.xyz 79,888 USD 2021-12-25 Swetha.xyz heir.xyz 19,888 USD 2021-12...
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Swetha has a very Merry Christmas with 9 sales including her highest reported ever .xyz
Swetha sold 9 .xyz domain names including Glow.xyz for $79,888. Quest.xyz was her previous high at $69,888. What a way to end what has been an incredible year for Swetha. Congrats. glow.xyz 79,888 USD 2021-12-25 Swetha.xyz heir.xyz 19,888 USD 2021-12...
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December 27, 2021, 2:17 am
The Domains
Charity focused NFT project PUL3E goes live to fight heart disease
There are so many NFT projects these days, I have been following the recent news on Paradise Trippies which to my novice NFT eyes looks like a cool project. I get emails all the time about different projects. One that caught my eye was for PUL3E. It&...
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Charity focused NFT project PUL3E goes live to fight heart disease
There are so many NFT projects these days, I have been following the recent news on Paradise Trippies which to my novice NFT eyes looks like a cool project. I get emails all the time about different projects. One that caught my eye was for PUL3E. It&...
Discussion
December 21, 2021, 9:10 pm
The Domains
Batteries.com going up for sale in private auction
Batteries.com is up for auction, the auction will close on Christmas Day. This is quite the promotion with a site at WelcomeToBatteries.com giving potential prospects all the reasons they want to own the domain name. Registration for Batteries.com is...
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Batteries.com going up for sale in private auction
Batteries.com is up for auction, the auction will close on Christmas Day. This is quite the promotion with a site at WelcomeToBatteries.com giving potential prospects all the reasons they want to own the domain name. Registration for Batteries.com is...
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December 16, 2021, 9:46 am
The Domains
Sedo weekly domain name sales led by Regal.co
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and Regal.co led the way at 25,000 GBP, ($33,063). Uran.com was second at 25,000 Euro, ($28,168). Claim.co was third at 14,950 GBP, ($19,769). 41 .com sales 15 cctld sales 4 other tld sales Top 3 highlight...
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Sedo weekly domain name sales led by Regal.co
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and Regal.co led the way at 25,000 GBP, ($33,063). Uran.com was second at 25,000 Euro, ($28,168). Claim.co was third at 14,950 GBP, ($19,769). 41 .com sales 15 cctld sales 4 other tld sales Top 3 highlight...
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December 14, 2021, 5:23 pm
The Domains
It’s not just Meta related domain names – Social media handles are in demand
It’s not just in domain names where the keywords meta and metaverse are in hot demand. The New York Times did a piece today on Thea-Mai Baumann, an Australian artist and technologist. The lady has been @metaverse on Instagram since 2012. She wa...
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It’s not just Meta related domain names – Social media handles are in demand
It’s not just in domain names where the keywords meta and metaverse are in hot demand. The New York Times did a piece today on Thea-Mai Baumann, an Australian artist and technologist. The lady has been @metaverse on Instagram since 2012. She wa...
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December 14, 2021, 4:29 am
The Domains
NameJet/Snapnames November sales led by Regional.com
NameJet/SnapNames reported their November domain name sales. The top sale was Regional.com at $106,888. Total sales were down 2% to October sales with NameJet picking up a couple of sales while SnapNames dropped a couple of sales. Total sales amount ...
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NameJet/Snapnames November sales led by Regional.com
NameJet/SnapNames reported their November domain name sales. The top sale was Regional.com at $106,888. Total sales were down 2% to October sales with NameJet picking up a couple of sales while SnapNames dropped a couple of sales. Total sales amount ...
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December 10, 2021, 9:29 pm
The Domains
Verisign DNIB Q3 2021 (.Com and .net 172.1 million domain name registrations at the end of the third quarter of 2021)
Verisign (VRSN:NASDAQ) released their Q3 2021, Domain Name Industry Brief EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The third quarter of 2021 closed with 364.6 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains, a decrease of 2.7 million domain name registration...
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Verisign DNIB Q3 2021 (.Com and .net 172.1 million domain name registrations at the end of the third quarter of 2021)
Verisign (VRSN:NASDAQ) released their Q3 2021, Domain Name Industry Brief EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The third quarter of 2021 closed with 364.6 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains, a decrease of 2.7 million domain name registration...
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December 10, 2021, 12:29 am
