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Q4 2020 Liquid Market Report shows a decline in sales to end the year
Giuseppe Graziano released the Q4 2020 Liquid Market Report. Public Disclosed Sales Q4 2020 were down ▼ 10.92% according to the report. $2,730,378 Escrow.com Sales Q4 2020 were down ▼ 17.49% at $11,023,223. Check out the full report here The post...
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Q4 2020 Liquid Market Report shows a decline in sales to end the year
Giuseppe Graziano released the Q4 2020 Liquid Market Report. Public Disclosed Sales Q4 2020 were down ▼ 10.92% according to the report. $2,730,378 Escrow.com Sales Q4 2020 were down ▼ 17.49% at $11,023,223. Check out the full report here The post...
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January 12, 2021, 2:15 pm
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Checkout.com raises $450m a look at the history of this premium .com
Checkout.com just raised $450 million, according to TechCrunch, the company wants to build a one-stop shop for all things related to payments, such as accepting transactions, processing them and detecting fraud. It focuses on large merchants and trie...
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Checkout.com raises $450m a look at the history of this premium .com
Checkout.com just raised $450 million, according to TechCrunch, the company wants to build a one-stop shop for all things related to payments, such as accepting transactions, processing them and detecting fraud. It focuses on large merchants and trie...
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January 12, 2021, 7:24 am
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GoDaddy boots AR15.com
Earlier the news broke that Parler.com moved to Epik and now GoDaddy has apparently booted AR15.com. 15 years ago I said this was the way I thought the Internet would be in the future. Splintered as a series of “Internets” Countries who w...
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GoDaddy boots AR15.com
Earlier the news broke that Parler.com moved to Epik and now GoDaddy has apparently booted AR15.com. 15 years ago I said this was the way I thought the Internet would be in the future. Splintered as a series of “Internets” Countries who w...
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January 11, 2021, 9:50 pm
The Domains
Dot CLUB hits record 72 premium names sold in one day
Colin from Dot Club tweeted out that .Club had the most premium .club sales in one day on Saturday. 72 names sold. The prices and renewal fees were not included in the tweet. Colin did provide the list. The post Dot CLUB hits record 72 premium names ...
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Dot CLUB hits record 72 premium names sold in one day
Colin from Dot Club tweeted out that .Club had the most premium .club sales in one day on Saturday. 72 names sold. The prices and renewal fees were not included in the tweet. Colin did provide the list. The post Dot CLUB hits record 72 premium names ...
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January 11, 2021, 4:24 pm
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In 2020 .org continued it’s upward trend in reported domain sales
The .org extension was in the news a lot in 2020, many organizations, investors and other interested parties were anxious about a potential sale of the registry to Ethos Capital. Then on April 30, 2020 ICANN says no sale on .org. On the reported sale...
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In 2020 .org continued it’s upward trend in reported domain sales
The .org extension was in the news a lot in 2020, many organizations, investors and other interested parties were anxious about a potential sale of the registry to Ethos Capital. Then on April 30, 2020 ICANN says no sale on .org. On the reported sale...
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January 10, 2021, 8:22 pm
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Will Registrars ban or delete “hate” domain names in the future?
Disclaimer: This post is for adults only, should not be read around children or at work, the subject of the article deals in words many will find offensive or possibly be triggered by. With social networks censoring being in the spotlight this week. ...
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Will Registrars ban or delete “hate” domain names in the future?
Disclaimer: This post is for adults only, should not be read around children or at work, the subject of the article deals in words many will find offensive or possibly be triggered by. With social networks censoring being in the spotlight this week. ...
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January 8, 2021, 11:14 pm
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Epik Update on Afternic Fast Transfer Status
Epik provided an update on their termination from Afternic Fast Transfer. In the blog post Epik gives some insight into what factors played a part in the decision from their view. From the post We believe there were several factors involved, includin...
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Epik Update on Afternic Fast Transfer Status
Epik provided an update on their termination from Afternic Fast Transfer. In the blog post Epik gives some insight into what factors played a part in the decision from their view. From the post We believe there were several factors involved, includin...
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January 5, 2021, 9:32 pm
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Sedo weekly domain name sales led by Limit.com
Sedo reported their weekly domain name sales report and Limit.com led the way at $120,000. Termine.de was second at 21,000 Euro, ($25,817). Frugality.com was third at $22,500. 64 .com sales 39 cctld sales 6 other tld sales Top 3 highlights of public ...
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Sedo weekly domain name sales led by Limit.com
Sedo reported their weekly domain name sales report and Limit.com led the way at $120,000. Termine.de was second at 21,000 Euro, ($25,817). Frugality.com was third at $22,500. 64 .com sales 39 cctld sales 6 other tld sales Top 3 highlights of public ...
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January 5, 2021, 9:18 pm
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2020 Reported Country code sales up over 20% compared to 2019
Reported Country code sales in 2020 were up over 20% in 2020 compared to 2019. There were 7,648 Total Sales vs 6,249 in 2019. $12.8m in dollar volume vs $10.5m in 2019. Average selling price per domain name was almost unchanged, $1,677 vs $1,681. The...
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2020 Reported Country code sales up over 20% compared to 2019
Reported Country code sales in 2020 were up over 20% in 2020 compared to 2019. There were 7,648 Total Sales vs 6,249 in 2019. $12.8m in dollar volume vs $10.5m in 2019. Average selling price per domain name was almost unchanged, $1,677 vs $1,681. The...
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January 4, 2021, 6:55 am
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Are you looking to do anything differently in 2021 when it comes to domaining?
Domaining 2021 For some 5 or 6 years of middling .coms or new gtlds has not panned out. Some have told me they really wished they had abandoned domain names and put all their time and money into crypto. 2020 certainly has been a trying year around th...
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Are you looking to do anything differently in 2021 when it comes to domaining?
Domaining 2021 For some 5 or 6 years of middling .coms or new gtlds has not panned out. Some have told me they really wished they had abandoned domain names and put all their time and money into crypto. 2020 certainly has been a trying year around th...
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January 1, 2021, 12:21 am
