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The Domains
Live Tweeting During NameJet.com Extended Auction from Namescon
Just a quick note that I will be Tweeting some bidding and auction results in real-time on our Twitter feed which is @thedomains We already pointed out all the domain names that have met reserve and will sell today over the last couple of hours, plea...
Discussion
Live Tweeting During NameJet.com Extended Auction from Namescon
Just a quick note that I will be Tweeting some bidding and auction results in real-time on our Twitter feed which is @thedomains We already pointed out all the domain names that have met reserve and will sell today over the last couple of hours, plea...
Discussion
January 21, 2016, 7:51 pm
Domain Shane
CHINESE AUCTION TRENDS FOR JANUARY 21, 2016
The volume of 5i.com names sold today was amazing — nearly 1,000. The problem is they are trading for around 10 bucks each on average. I modified the chart today and removed the 7-day delta column and replaced it with a 30...
Discussion
CHINESE AUCTION TRENDS FOR JANUARY 21, 2016
The volume of 5i.com names sold today was amazing — nearly 1,000. The problem is they are trading for around 10 bucks each on average. I modified the chart today and removed the 7-day delta column and replaced it with a 30...
Discussion
January 21, 2016, 6:16 pm
Domain Name Wire
Taxi software company goes with .Taxi domain name
Company uses bid.taxi for new ride-hailing technology. Back in November, Sedo reported the sale of Bid.Taxi for €2,000. I reached out to the buyer to understand why it bought the domain name and chose a new top level domain. Command Software Ser...
Discussion
Taxi software company goes with .Taxi domain name
Company uses bid.taxi for new ride-hailing technology. Back in November, Sedo reported the sale of Bid.Taxi for €2,000. I reached out to the buyer to understand why it bought the domain name and chose a new top level domain. Command Software Ser...
Discussion
January 21, 2016, 5:45 pm
The Domains
1st Day New gTLD Totals: .Family; .Feedback
Earlier today we wrote about .Car, .Cars and .Auto which ended its first day of general availability with around 650 domain registrations. Two other new gTLD’s launched yesterday Rightside (NAME) .Family and Jay Westerdal’s .Feedback. .Fa...
Discussion
1st Day New gTLD Totals: .Family; .Feedback
Earlier today we wrote about .Car, .Cars and .Auto which ended its first day of general availability with around 650 domain registrations. Two other new gTLD’s launched yesterday Rightside (NAME) .Family and Jay Westerdal’s .Feedback. .Fa...
Discussion
January 21, 2016, 4:49 pm
Domain Name Wire
Dietmar Stefitz gives the lowdown on Domaining Europe
Domain name conference will be held in The Hague in May. After a successful NamesCon this month, the next domain investor-focused conference on the schedule is DomainingEurope. The event will take place May 29-31 in The Hague. DNW readers can current...
Discussion
Dietmar Stefitz gives the lowdown on Domaining Europe
Domain name conference will be held in The Hague in May. After a successful NamesCon this month, the next domain investor-focused conference on the schedule is DomainingEurope. The event will take place May 29-31 in The Hague. DNW readers can current...
Discussion
January 21, 2016, 4:20 pm
Domain Name Wire
Toot.com for $31.8k and other expired domain name sales
Toot.com leads expired domain name sales. Close observers will have noticed the absence of SnapNames results from my last article, which only covered NameJet expired domains. In the week since NamesCon, most of us have d...
Discussion
Toot.com for $31.8k and other expired domain name sales
Toot.com leads expired domain name sales. Close observers will have noticed the absence of SnapNames results from my last article, which only covered NameJet expired domains. In the week since NamesCon, most of us have d...
Discussion
January 21, 2016, 2:58 pm
The Domains
.Car, .Cars & .Auto Hauls In Another Cool Million
The new gTLD’s .Car, .Cars and .Auto went into it’s first day of general availability (GA) yesterday a domain name could be registered on a first come, first severed basis. According to RegistrarStats.com here are the totals from th...
Discussion
.Car, .Cars & .Auto Hauls In Another Cool Million
The new gTLD’s .Car, .Cars and .Auto went into it’s first day of general availability (GA) yesterday a domain name could be registered on a first come, first severed basis. According to RegistrarStats.com here are the totals from th...
Discussion
January 21, 2016, 2:08 pm
Domain Shane
DSAD.com Domain Shane’s Big List of Domains at Auction for Thursday, January 21st
One big auction is closing today and one nice one is starting. NamesCon/Namejet auction closes today and Sedo’s Great Domains auction starts. Some great names are going to sell at both of them. Good times right now. &nb...
Discussion
DSAD.com Domain Shane’s Big List of Domains at Auction for Thursday, January 21st
One big auction is closing today and one nice one is starting. NamesCon/Namejet auction closes today and Sedo’s Great Domains auction starts. Some great names are going to sell at both of them. Good times right now. &nb...
Discussion
January 21, 2016, 10:40 am
Domain Shane
Auction Recap, 20th of January 2016
The Daily recap of Shane’s Auction Picks, the 20th of January Yesterday’s Average 4L Chip Sales as listed on LLLLsales.com was $2,170.50 Auction Quick Recap 01142.com Currently at $504 in auction Baq.org still availa...
Discussion
Auction Recap, 20th of January 2016
The Daily recap of Shane’s Auction Picks, the 20th of January Yesterday’s Average 4L Chip Sales as listed on LLLLsales.com was $2,170.50 Auction Quick Recap 01142.com Currently at $504 in auction Baq.org still availa...
Discussion
January 21, 2016, 9:01 am
Domain Shane
ROTD/NameJet/NamesCon Auction Ends Soon; Another 7-Figures in Sales On The Horizon?
The live auction at NamesCon last week was a big success, with a 70% sell through rate and nearly $1.5 million in total sales. That could turn out to be just the beginning of the story, as Monte Cahn of Right Of The Dot emailed this afternoon stating...
Discussion
ROTD/NameJet/NamesCon Auction Ends Soon; Another 7-Figures in Sales On The Horizon?
The live auction at NamesCon last week was a big success, with a 70% sell through rate and nearly $1.5 million in total sales. That could turn out to be just the beginning of the story, as Monte Cahn of Right Of The Dot emailed this afternoon stating...
Discussion
January 21, 2016, 5:34 am