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Domain Name Wire
The most polite “no” I’ve ever received from a domain inquirer
One potential buyer didn’t get upset when I quoted him a price he couldn’t afford. Every domain name investor has dealt with angry people inquiring about buying domain names. You quote them a price; they tell you to flip off (or something...
Discussion
The most polite “no” I’ve ever received from a domain inquirer
One potential buyer didn’t get upset when I quoted him a price he couldn’t afford. Every domain name investor has dealt with angry people inquiring about buying domain names. You quote them a price; they tell you to flip off (or something...
Discussion
December 24, 2015, 3:39 pm
The Domains
The ROTD Domain Auction At Namescon Tops $5.5 Million In Bids
The RightoftheDot.com domain name auction being held live/online on January 11, 2016 has now topped $5.5 Million in Pre-bidding on Namejet.com In all there are 325 domain names with at least one bid and about 250 of those have more than one bid. Abou...
Discussion
The ROTD Domain Auction At Namescon Tops $5.5 Million In Bids
The RightoftheDot.com domain name auction being held live/online on January 11, 2016 has now topped $5.5 Million in Pre-bidding on Namejet.com In all there are 325 domain names with at least one bid and about 250 of those have more than one bid. Abou...
Discussion
December 24, 2015, 3:33 pm
Domain Shane
Domain Shane’s Big List of Domain at Auction for Christmas Eve
If you really want to measure the value of short domains you could just take the prices being offered in the emails and double them. Because they would be pretty close to the going rate. My offers the last few days have all come in at $1500. &...
Discussion
Domain Shane’s Big List of Domain at Auction for Christmas Eve
If you really want to measure the value of short domains you could just take the prices being offered in the emails and double them. Because they would be pretty close to the going rate. My offers the last few days have all come in at $1500. &...
Discussion
December 24, 2015, 10:14 am
Domain Shane
Auction Recap, 23rd of December
The Daily recap of Shane’s Auction Picks, the 23rd of December Yesterday’s Average 4L Chip Sales as listed on Namebio.com and LLLLsales.com was $2,641.80 Auction Quick Recap It’s now Christmas Eve on the East Coast, it&rsq...
Discussion
Auction Recap, 23rd of December
The Daily recap of Shane’s Auction Picks, the 23rd of December Yesterday’s Average 4L Chip Sales as listed on Namebio.com and LLLLsales.com was $2,641.80 Auction Quick Recap It’s now Christmas Eve on the East Coast, it&rsq...
Discussion
December 24, 2015, 7:41 am
The Domains
Dot Space reaches the 100,000 Registration Mark
Dot Space becomes the next Radix extension to reach the 100,000 registration milestone. Consistently in the Top 10 fastest growing gTLDs in registration and usage (namestat.org) Radix made note of several sales that have taken place in the $3,000 to ...
Discussion
Dot Space reaches the 100,000 Registration Mark
Dot Space becomes the next Radix extension to reach the 100,000 registration milestone. Consistently in the Top 10 fastest growing gTLDs in registration and usage (namestat.org) Radix made note of several sales that have taken place in the $3,000 to ...
Discussion
December 24, 2015, 6:46 am
Domain Name Wire
What if TLDs are Chinese?
Do certain top level domain names have a Chinese meaning? We’ve often seen TLDs repurposed. For instance, .ME and .TV – originally the country codes of Montenegro and Tuvalu, respectively – are mainly understood as wo...
Discussion
What if TLDs are Chinese?
Do certain top level domain names have a Chinese meaning? We’ve often seen TLDs repurposed. For instance, .ME and .TV – originally the country codes of Montenegro and Tuvalu, respectively – are mainly understood as wo...
Discussion
December 23, 2015, 5:27 pm
Domain Name Wire
End user domain name sales up to $50,000
A “Merry Christmas” edition of the end user sales report. Sedo has changed its weekly sales disclosure to only include sales of $2,000 or less. Their median sales price is well below $2,000, so this means the volume of end user sales I ca...
Discussion
End user domain name sales up to $50,000
A “Merry Christmas” edition of the end user sales report. Sedo has changed its weekly sales disclosure to only include sales of $2,000 or less. Their median sales price is well below $2,000, so this means the volume of end user sales I ca...
Discussion
December 23, 2015, 4:20 pm
Domain Shane
Did You Actually Build Out Your Domain Idea? NamesCon Wants to Help You Get Exposure
Everyone who buys a domain talks about what they would do with it. Did you you actually follow through and create a domain product or service? If you’re a new startup that’s related to domain investing and want to showcase you...
Discussion
Did You Actually Build Out Your Domain Idea? NamesCon Wants to Help You Get Exposure
Everyone who buys a domain talks about what they would do with it. Did you you actually follow through and create a domain product or service? If you’re a new startup that’s related to domain investing and want to showcase you...
Discussion
December 23, 2015, 4:17 pm
Domain Name Wire
Viral restaurant robbery video features .Vegas domain name
Video has nearly 800,000 views already. A Las Vegas Mexican restaurant turned a robbery into a viral video hit, giving the .Vegas top level domain name a bit of publicity at the same time. Frijoles & Frescas was recently robbed. That sucks for th...
Discussion
Viral restaurant robbery video features .Vegas domain name
Video has nearly 800,000 views already. A Las Vegas Mexican restaurant turned a robbery into a viral video hit, giving the .Vegas top level domain name a bit of publicity at the same time. Frijoles & Frescas was recently robbed. That sucks for th...
Discussion
December 23, 2015, 3:11 pm
Domain Shane
Domain Shane’s Big List of Domain at Auction for Wednesday the 23rd
If you’re like me, you’ve been getting crushed in the stock market lately. Twitter has been the worst purchase in my 30 years of investing. Chipotle is getting everyone sicker than Charlie Sheen, even Apple has a slow leak. In the ...
Discussion
Domain Shane’s Big List of Domain at Auction for Wednesday the 23rd
If you’re like me, you’ve been getting crushed in the stock market lately. Twitter has been the worst purchase in my 30 years of investing. Chipotle is getting everyone sicker than Charlie Sheen, even Apple has a slow leak. In the ...
Discussion
December 23, 2015, 10:08 am
