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Uncle.com moves to the Cayman Islands has an asking price that will please some
Back on October 18, the domain name Uncle.com sold for $66,002 at Sedo. The domain name registered since 1994 was owned by a Canadian IT specialist. Many believed the domain was a steal. It had to be noted it was a wholesale transaction, an auction a...
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Uncle.com moves to the Cayman Islands has an asking price that will please some
Back on October 18, the domain name Uncle.com sold for $66,002 at Sedo. The domain name registered since 1994 was owned by a Canadian IT specialist. Many believed the domain was a steal. It had to be noted it was a wholesale transaction, an auction a...
Discussion
November 3, 2020, 4:53 am
The Domains
NamePull gets a 23x return on GreenFunder.com
Thursday had some decent domain name resales. NamePull.com scored a nice sale on Thursday selling GreenFunder.com for $4,999. This resulted in a sweet return as they acquired it for $220 in 2017 at GoDaddy auctions. Alaa.com purchased for $2,300 in 2...
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NamePull gets a 23x return on GreenFunder.com
Thursday had some decent domain name resales. NamePull.com scored a nice sale on Thursday selling GreenFunder.com for $4,999. This resulted in a sweet return as they acquired it for $220 in 2017 at GoDaddy auctions. Alaa.com purchased for $2,300 in 2...
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October 30, 2020, 5:47 am
The Domains
Reported cctld sales in 2020 higher in 10 months than 2019 and 2018 full year
October is winding down and there are two full months left in 2020. When we look at reported country code domain name sales, they have already surpassed 2019 and 2018 full year sales. 2020 sales are 6,344 sales for $10.5 million vs 2019 full year sal...
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Reported cctld sales in 2020 higher in 10 months than 2019 and 2018 full year
October is winding down and there are two full months left in 2020. When we look at reported country code domain name sales, they have already surpassed 2019 and 2018 full year sales. 2020 sales are 6,344 sales for $10.5 million vs 2019 full year sal...
Discussion
October 29, 2020, 5:34 pm
The Domains
Two $50,000 + closes at DropCatch – Kau.com closed at $100,350
A couple big domain name closes at DropCatch on Wednesday. Kau.com closed at $100,350 and epara.com closed at $58,056. Kau.com was registered in 1996 and owned by a Japanese company. There are no trademarks for KAU as a standalone registration. Kau i...
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Two $50,000 + closes at DropCatch – Kau.com closed at $100,350
A couple big domain name closes at DropCatch on Wednesday. Kau.com closed at $100,350 and epara.com closed at $58,056. Kau.com was registered in 1996 and owned by a Japanese company. There are no trademarks for KAU as a standalone registration. Kau i...
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October 29, 2020, 4:50 am
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Sedo weekly domain name sales led by RCV.com
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and RCV.com led the way at $53,000. Tourist.de was second at 32,000 Euro, ($37,792). CultWines.com was third at $25,000. 30 .com sales 15 cctld sales 10 other tld sales Top 3 highlights of public SedoMLS s...
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Sedo weekly domain name sales led by RCV.com
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and RCV.com led the way at $53,000. Tourist.de was second at 32,000 Euro, ($37,792). CultWines.com was third at $25,000. 30 .com sales 15 cctld sales 10 other tld sales Top 3 highlights of public SedoMLS s...
Discussion
October 27, 2020, 8:21 pm
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Forbes contributor asks “Is Google Helping End The Dominance Of .COM?” NO!
A Forbes contributor, Johan Moreno published an article on Google, new gtld domains and .com. Some of the stats are not correct, the author ends the article with the following: .COM still holds about 22% of all TLD registrations, according to data fr...
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Forbes contributor asks “Is Google Helping End The Dominance Of .COM?” NO!
A Forbes contributor, Johan Moreno published an article on Google, new gtld domains and .com. Some of the stats are not correct, the author ends the article with the following: .COM still holds about 22% of all TLD registrations, according to data fr...
Discussion
October 27, 2020, 2:43 am
The Domains
EveryTeam.com expires after being purchased for $35K in 2018 and $3million in funding
The domain name EveryTeam.com has quite the history. Registered on my birthday in August of 2002. In 2005 it was billed as the social network for the sports fan. The company that owned the domain name was out of Reston, Virginia. Press release circa ...
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EveryTeam.com expires after being purchased for $35K in 2018 and $3million in funding
The domain name EveryTeam.com has quite the history. Registered on my birthday in August of 2002. In 2005 it was billed as the social network for the sports fan. The company that owned the domain name was out of Reston, Virginia. Press release circa ...
Discussion
October 25, 2020, 8:02 am
The Domains
NamesCon online 2021 $59 early bird pricing open now
NamesCon sent out an email and announced registration is open for early bird pricing. $59 is the price. I thought it was an excellent platform this year and worth attending again. Registration is now open for NamesCon Online 2021! We’re taking ...
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NamesCon online 2021 $59 early bird pricing open now
NamesCon sent out an email and announced registration is open for early bird pricing. $59 is the price. I thought it was an excellent platform this year and worth attending again. Registration is now open for NamesCon Online 2021! We’re taking ...
Discussion
October 23, 2020, 4:31 pm
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PayPal terminates it’s relationship with Epik
It looks like PayPal has stopped doing business with domain name registrar Epik. A member at Namepros noticed they could not use PayPal and thought it was a glitch. Rob Davis replied and he has done a nice job writing a series of letters that are ver...
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PayPal terminates it’s relationship with Epik
It looks like PayPal has stopped doing business with domain name registrar Epik. A member at Namepros noticed they could not use PayPal and thought it was a glitch. Rob Davis replied and he has done a nice job writing a series of letters that are ver...
Discussion
October 22, 2020, 9:45 pm
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Verisign reports Q3 earnings revenue of $318 million for Q3 2020, up 3.1 percent from Q3 2019
VeriSign (NASDAQ:VRSN): reported earnings for Q3. Stock unchanged after hours. Q3 Non-GAAP EPS of $1.28 misses by $0.07; GAAP EPS of $1.49 beats by $0.23. Revenue of $317.8M (+3.0% Y/Y) beats by $1.73M. Financial Highlights Verisign ended the third q...
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Verisign reports Q3 earnings revenue of $318 million for Q3 2020, up 3.1 percent from Q3 2019
VeriSign (NASDAQ:VRSN): reported earnings for Q3. Stock unchanged after hours. Q3 Non-GAAP EPS of $1.28 misses by $0.07; GAAP EPS of $1.49 beats by $0.23. Revenue of $317.8M (+3.0% Y/Y) beats by $1.73M. Financial Highlights Verisign ended the third q...
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October 22, 2020, 8:39 pm
