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Domain Name Wire
Verisign earnings: domain growth even less than expected
Company missed its lowered guidance. Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) released its Q4 and full-year 2022 earnings results yesterday after the market closed. The company is generally good at pulling the right levers to hit its guidance for the .com/.net domain...
Discussion
Verisign earnings: domain growth even less than expected
Company missed its lowered guidance. Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) released its Q4 and full-year 2022 earnings results yesterday after the market closed. The company is generally good at pulling the right levers to hit its guidance for the .com/.net domain...
Discussion
February 10, 2023, 2:25 pm
DomainSherpa
DomainSherpa Review – February 9, 2023: Fly Eagles Fly: Q33.com, COA.com, Cockatoo.com
What do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names?In this show:•In this show, the Sherpas kick off the show discussing the upcoming Superbowl between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs;• They play ...
Discussion
DomainSherpa Review – February 9, 2023: Fly Eagles Fly: Q33.com, COA.com, Cockatoo.com
What do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names?In this show:•In this show, the Sherpas kick off the show discussing the upcoming Superbowl between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs;• They play ...
Discussion
February 9, 2023, 11:41 pm
Domain Name Wire
Verisign announces another .com price hike
Company will raise wholesale cost of .com domains by 62 cents. Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) today announced a 7% increase in .com prices to take effect on September 1, 2023. The wholesale price for .com domains will increase from $8.97 currently to $9.59 ...
Discussion
Verisign announces another .com price hike
Company will raise wholesale cost of .com domains by 62 cents. Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) today announced a 7% increase in .com prices to take effect on September 1, 2023. The wholesale price for .com domains will increase from $8.97 currently to $9.59 ...
Discussion
February 9, 2023, 10:42 pm
The Domains
Verisign Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2022 Results
VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN) reported Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2022 Results. Verisign ended the fourth quarter of 2022 with 173.8 million .com and .net domain name registrations in the domain name base, a 0.2 percent increase from the end of the...
Discussion
Verisign Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2022 Results
VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN) reported Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2022 Results. Verisign ended the fourth quarter of 2022 with 173.8 million .com and .net domain name registrations in the domain name base, a 0.2 percent increase from the end of the...
Discussion
February 9, 2023, 10:36 pm
Domain Name Wire
My 2022 domain sales recap
A high level summary of my domain sales last year. I recently calculated my 2022 domain sales. Here’s how my sales broke down: 32 sales 26 .com, 2 .gg, 1 each of .xyz, .info, .us, .org 25 at Afternic, 3 at Dan, 2 inbound, 1 each at Sedo and Uni...
Discussion
My 2022 domain sales recap
A high level summary of my domain sales last year. I recently calculated my 2022 domain sales. Here’s how my sales broke down: 32 sales 26 .com, 2 .gg, 1 each of .xyz, .info, .us, .org 25 at Afternic, 3 at Dan, 2 inbound, 1 each at Sedo and Uni...
Discussion
February 9, 2023, 5:48 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy announces layoffs
8% of employees being let go in second round of layoffs since 2020. GoDaddy announced yesterday that it’s letting go of about 8% of its employees. CEO Aman Bhutani announced the layoffs in a notice to employees and impacted employees have alrea...
Discussion
GoDaddy announces layoffs
8% of employees being let go in second round of layoffs since 2020. GoDaddy announced yesterday that it’s letting go of about 8% of its employees. CEO Aman Bhutani announced the layoffs in a notice to employees and impacted employees have alrea...
Discussion
February 9, 2023, 3:47 pm
Domain Name Wire
January’s top domain name news
These were popular news stories in the domain business last month. 1. Sex/com is for sale again – It last sold for $13 million, and the current owner wants at least $20 million. But they think they’ve found a business model, so it’s...
Discussion
January’s top domain name news
These were popular news stories in the domain business last month. 1. Sex/com is for sale again – It last sold for $13 million, and the current owner wants at least $20 million. But they think they’ve found a business model, so it’s...
Discussion
February 8, 2023, 7:28 pm
The Domains
IONOS shares dip below IPO price in first day of trading
IONOS, Inc was spun off from United Internet and went public in Germany on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. The first day of trading had the shares slip below their IPO price. For domain investors the companies under the IONOS umbrella include InternetX...
Discussion
IONOS shares dip below IPO price in first day of trading
IONOS, Inc was spun off from United Internet and went public in Germany on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. The first day of trading had the shares slip below their IPO price. For domain investors the companies under the IONOS umbrella include InternetX...
Discussion
February 8, 2023, 6:54 pm
Domain Name Wire
Sedo and InterNetX are part of a new public company
IONOS went public today. Some domain name companies you’ve probably used are part of a new public company today. United Internet spun off IONOS in an initial public offering in Germany today. The IONOS entity includes Sedo, InterNetX, IONOS, St...
Discussion
Sedo and InterNetX are part of a new public company
IONOS went public today. Some domain name companies you’ve probably used are part of a new public company today. United Internet spun off IONOS in an initial public offering in Germany today. The IONOS entity includes Sedo, InterNetX, IONOS, St...
Discussion
February 8, 2023, 3:42 pm
Domain Name Wire
13 recent end user domain name sales
A web3 company, a 3D imaging business and a lead generation company bought domain names. Sedo sold a couple of nice five figure domains this past week including payments.co for $45,000 and direct-flights.com for $35,000. The latter is in use but appe...
Discussion
13 recent end user domain name sales
A web3 company, a 3D imaging business and a lead generation company bought domain names. Sedo sold a couple of nice five figure domains this past week including payments.co for $45,000 and direct-flights.com for $35,000. The latter is in use but appe...
Discussion
February 8, 2023, 2:10 pm
