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Should sales landers have a sales pitch?
John Berryhill started an interesting thread about sales landers. While the prominent attorney is usually discussing legal issues like UDRP’s and trademarks, this was about sales landers. John showed some examples he liked and went on to say in...
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Should sales landers have a sales pitch?
John Berryhill started an interesting thread about sales landers. While the prominent attorney is usually discussing legal issues like UDRP’s and trademarks, this was about sales landers. John showed some examples he liked and went on to say in...
Discussion
December 30, 2020, 3:13 am
The Domains
VPN.com Announces University.com Sold for $1.11 Million to Tsunami VR in 2020
VPN.com put out a press release today and it details the sale of University.com. Registered in 1999 it was dropped previous to that. ATLANTA and SAN DIEGO and VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Dec. 24, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — University.com was sold...
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VPN.com Announces University.com Sold for $1.11 Million to Tsunami VR in 2020
VPN.com put out a press release today and it details the sale of University.com. Registered in 1999 it was dropped previous to that. ATLANTA and SAN DIEGO and VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Dec. 24, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — University.com was sold...
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December 24, 2020, 3:14 pm
The Domains
Sedo weekly domain name sales led by Spectacle.com
Sedo released their last weekly domain name sales report of 2020. Spectacle.com led the way at $100,000. Sleepwave.com was second at $50,000 (great job by the seller). Heal.me was third at $43,000. 50 .com sales 43 cctld sales 9 other tld sales Top 3...
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Sedo weekly domain name sales led by Spectacle.com
Sedo released their last weekly domain name sales report of 2020. Spectacle.com led the way at $100,000. Sleepwave.com was second at $50,000 (great job by the seller). Heal.me was third at $43,000. 50 .com sales 43 cctld sales 9 other tld sales Top 3...
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December 22, 2020, 9:13 pm
The Domains
Voice.com seller buys $650 million in Bitcoin
In domain industry circles MicroStrategy (Stock price: MSTR (NASDAQ) $317.60 +16.40) is known for being the company that sold Voice.com for $30,000,000. While the company still owns a nice portfolio of domain names, they are a big believer and big ho...
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Voice.com seller buys $650 million in Bitcoin
In domain industry circles MicroStrategy (Stock price: MSTR (NASDAQ) $317.60 +16.40) is known for being the company that sold Voice.com for $30,000,000. While the company still owns a nice portfolio of domain names, they are a big believer and big ho...
Discussion
December 21, 2020, 11:27 pm
The Domains
Selling early and leaving $1.3 billion on the table
Many early domain name investors sold a name way too early or knew of someone else who was not going to pay for a domain registration back in the day. Years ago I was talking to someone who was into domain names real early and he said a friend at one...
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Selling early and leaving $1.3 billion on the table
Many early domain name investors sold a name way too early or knew of someone else who was not going to pay for a domain registration back in the day. Years ago I was talking to someone who was into domain names real early and he said a friend at one...
Discussion
December 20, 2020, 10:03 pm
The Domains
Niue wants .nu redelegated
Niue wants it’s country code back! This is not something new as I have written before about how countries view their country code as a natural resource and want to control their own digital identity. Back in February Wired wrote a piece on seve...
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Niue wants .nu redelegated
Niue wants it’s country code back! This is not something new as I have written before about how countries view their country code as a natural resource and want to control their own digital identity. Back in February Wired wrote a piece on seve...
Discussion
December 16, 2020, 10:03 pm
The Domains
GoDaddy buys payments processor Poynt
GoDaddy buys payments processor Poynt for $320 million to boost ecommerce offerings. GoDaddy said, Poynt’s technology will let it offer businesses a “complete suite of commerce and payment services”; Poynt CEO Bedier will run a newl...
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GoDaddy buys payments processor Poynt
GoDaddy buys payments processor Poynt for $320 million to boost ecommerce offerings. GoDaddy said, Poynt’s technology will let it offer businesses a “complete suite of commerce and payment services”; Poynt CEO Bedier will run a newl...
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December 15, 2020, 10:37 pm
The Domains
Sedo weekly domain name sales led by FV.de
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and FV.de topped the list at 58,000 Euro, ($70,542). Weights.com was second at $52,000. OFTV.com was third at $32,000. 53 .com sales 18 cctld sales 3 other tld sales Top 3 highlights of public SedoMLS sale...
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Sedo weekly domain name sales led by FV.de
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and FV.de topped the list at 58,000 Euro, ($70,542). Weights.com was second at $52,000. OFTV.com was third at $32,000. 53 .com sales 18 cctld sales 3 other tld sales Top 3 highlights of public SedoMLS sale...
Discussion
December 15, 2020, 9:40 pm
The Domains
Google – 2020 the year in search
Google released a video for the year in search 2020. The word of the year was “Why” it was asked more than ever in 2020. Top 5 Searches in the U.S. Overall Top Searches Election results Coronavirus Kobe Bryant Coronavirus update Coronavir...
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Google – 2020 the year in search
Google released a video for the year in search 2020. The word of the year was “Why” it was asked more than ever in 2020. Top 5 Searches in the U.S. Overall Top Searches Election results Coronavirus Kobe Bryant Coronavirus update Coronavir...
Discussion
December 14, 2020, 5:02 am
The Domains
Patterns.com confirmed stolen
Bill Hartzer confirmed to me that he spoke with the owner of the domain name. Their IT guy eventually said that Netsol told them that it was part of the netsol data breach a year ago. Bill did notice that the theft looked to be more recent. “Bu...
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Patterns.com confirmed stolen
Bill Hartzer confirmed to me that he spoke with the owner of the domain name. Their IT guy eventually said that Netsol told them that it was part of the netsol data breach a year ago. Bill did notice that the theft looked to be more recent. “Bu...
Discussion
December 12, 2020, 4:57 am
