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Domain Name Wire
Australian domain name registrar eyes IPO
Dreamscape targets an $86 million value. Australian domain name company Dreamscape, better known as CrazyDomains, is getting ready to go public. The Australian Financial Review reports that the company plans to begin trading on the Australian Securit...
Discussion
Australian domain name registrar eyes IPO
Dreamscape targets an $86 million value. Australian domain name company Dreamscape, better known as CrazyDomains, is getting ready to go public. The Australian Financial Review reports that the company plans to begin trading on the Australian Securit...
Discussion
October 17, 2016, 12:13 pm
Domain Shane
DSAD.com: Domain Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Monday, October 17th
So I had this great idea. I was going to raise a crop of the world’s hottest peppers to sell. The are called the Carolina Reaper. You may have seen the videos on the Internet of people eating one. It is so hot it...
Discussion
DSAD.com: Domain Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Monday, October 17th
So I had this great idea. I was going to raise a crop of the world’s hottest peppers to sell. The are called the Carolina Reaper. You may have seen the videos on the Internet of people eating one. It is so hot it...
Discussion
October 17, 2016, 10:17 am
DomainSherpa
The Inside Story: Buying and Selling Ocean.com – With Richard Lau
It's rumored but not confirmed that today's Sherpa sold a five letter, dictionary word domain name that has hundreds of thousands of exact match searches per month, and thousands of companies use this word in their name...but nobody's ...
Discussion
The Inside Story: Buying and Selling Ocean.com – With Richard Lau
It's rumored but not confirmed that today's Sherpa sold a five letter, dictionary word domain name that has hundreds of thousands of exact match searches per month, and thousands of companies use this word in their name...but nobody's ...
Discussion
October 17, 2016, 7:02 am
Domain Shane
Domain Flips (EUME.com, Experiments.net) and Flops (Others.com, Digital.eu)
Below is another look at a few recent domain flips and flops, with data courtesy of NameBio. Flips ThinkSleep.com sold for 531 USD recently at NameJet, vs 125 USD on 2016-08-09 at GoDaddy. All of the flips this week had both the buy and the sell in 2...
Discussion
Domain Flips (EUME.com, Experiments.net) and Flops (Others.com, Digital.eu)
Below is another look at a few recent domain flips and flops, with data courtesy of NameBio. Flips ThinkSleep.com sold for 531 USD recently at NameJet, vs 125 USD on 2016-08-09 at GoDaddy. All of the flips this week had both the buy and the sell in 2...
Discussion
October 16, 2016, 7:28 pm
Domain Shane
AUCTION RECAP OF OCTOBER 15, 2016
A comprehensive look at the final auction prices, closeouts and more from the auction list posted on October 15, 2016. If there is an asterisk (*) next to a price, it means that the name was at auction from a private seller (rather than an...
Discussion
AUCTION RECAP OF OCTOBER 15, 2016
A comprehensive look at the final auction prices, closeouts and more from the auction list posted on October 15, 2016. If there is an asterisk (*) next to a price, it means that the name was at auction from a private seller (rather than an...
Discussion
October 16, 2016, 5:51 pm
Domain Shane
DSAD.com: Domain Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Saturday, October 16th
I was talking to one of the guys I train with and he was telling me about a fantastic new business/app. I’m not easily impressed with new business models because I think every idea is not a business. Although many get funded like t...
Discussion
DSAD.com: Domain Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Saturday, October 16th
I was talking to one of the guys I train with and he was telling me about a fantastic new business/app. I’m not easily impressed with new business models because I think every idea is not a business. Although many get funded like t...
Discussion
October 16, 2016, 10:30 am
Domain Shane
Update on Top 10 Sales from a Year Ago: OKA.com, CookieRecipes.com, Treu.de, More
Listed below are updates on the top 10 domain sales from a year ago, as ranked by DN Journal. 1. 8.top sold for $79,000 No site resolves; owned by an individual in China. 2. OKA.com sold for $60,000 The domain was an upgrade from OKADirect.com, and t...
Discussion
Update on Top 10 Sales from a Year Ago: OKA.com, CookieRecipes.com, Treu.de, More
Listed below are updates on the top 10 domain sales from a year ago, as ranked by DN Journal. 1. 8.top sold for $79,000 No site resolves; owned by an individual in China. 2. OKA.com sold for $60,000 The domain was an upgrade from OKADirect.com, and t...
Discussion
October 15, 2016, 7:42 pm
Domain Shane
AUCTION RECAP OF OCTOBER 14, 2016
A comprehensive look at the final auction prices, closeouts and more from the auction list posted on October 14, 2016. If there is an asterisk (*) next to a price, it means that the name was at auction from a private seller (rather than an...
Discussion
AUCTION RECAP OF OCTOBER 14, 2016
A comprehensive look at the final auction prices, closeouts and more from the auction list posted on October 14, 2016. If there is an asterisk (*) next to a price, it means that the name was at auction from a private seller (rather than an...
Discussion
October 15, 2016, 4:06 pm
Domain Name Wire
Unsurprisingly, re-renewal rates on new TLDs higher than original renewals
Rightside’s first batch of new TLDs follow the expected pattern for re-renewals. Rightside, which markets 40 top level domain names, this week published data on domain name renewals. The data aren’t particularly surprising. The company ha...
Discussion
Unsurprisingly, re-renewal rates on new TLDs higher than original renewals
Rightside’s first batch of new TLDs follow the expected pattern for re-renewals. Rightside, which markets 40 top level domain names, this week published data on domain name renewals. The data aren’t particularly surprising. The company ha...
Discussion
October 15, 2016, 1:40 pm
Domain Shane
DSAD.COM: IKE’S LIST OF DOMAINS AT AUCTION FOR Saturday, October 15th
Back home from my travels out west. It was good to get out hike a little bit and see some of the nation’s national parks. I even bummed a ride to the Denver airport from our own Aaron. I’m the short fat guy in the pic. I thought I&...
Discussion
DSAD.COM: IKE’S LIST OF DOMAINS AT AUCTION FOR Saturday, October 15th
Back home from my travels out west. It was good to get out hike a little bit and see some of the nation’s national parks. I even bummed a ride to the Denver airport from our own Aaron. I’m the short fat guy in the pic. I thought I&...
Discussion
October 15, 2016, 9:50 am
