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Sully's Blog
The Beauty of Dropped Domains with Dan Rubin
I am quite the domain junkie. You may already know that I love hand…
Discussion
The Beauty of Dropped Domains with Dan Rubin
I am quite the domain junkie. You may already know that I love hand…
Discussion
August 4, 2022, 1:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Nokia cans Chinese dot-brand domain
Company still has .nokia. Technology company Nokia (NYSE: NOK) has decided it doesn’t want one of the dot-brand top level domains it obtained. The company notified ICANN that it wishes to terminate the contract for .诺基亚, which is th...
Discussion
Nokia cans Chinese dot-brand domain
Company still has .nokia. Technology company Nokia (NYSE: NOK) has decided it doesn’t want one of the dot-brand top level domains it obtained. The company notified ICANN that it wishes to terminate the contract for .诺基亚, which is th...
Discussion
August 4, 2022, 1:21 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy reports earnings, lowers revenue guidance on exchange rates
Revenue tops $1 billion in Q2. GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) reported second quarter earnings after the market closed today. The company grossed just over a billion dollars in revenue, taking in $1.02 billion for the quarter. That’s up 9% compared to th...
Discussion
GoDaddy reports earnings, lowers revenue guidance on exchange rates
Revenue tops $1 billion in Q2. GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) reported second quarter earnings after the market closed today. The company grossed just over a billion dollars in revenue, taking in $1.02 billion for the quarter. That’s up 9% compared to th...
Discussion
August 3, 2022, 8:27 pm
The Domains
Will $15M seem like a steal or a huge overpay 5 years from now for NFTs.com?
The big news today is the announced acquisition of NFTs.com for $15M. The press release is attached below. How do you think this sale will age? It does make NFT.com at $2M look like a great purchase price IMO. Looking at Google trends which is only o...
Discussion
Will $15M seem like a steal or a huge overpay 5 years from now for NFTs.com?
The big news today is the announced acquisition of NFTs.com for $15M. The press release is attached below. How do you think this sale will age? It does make NFT.com at $2M look like a great purchase price IMO. Looking at Google trends which is only o...
Discussion
August 3, 2022, 8:19 pm
Domain Name Wire
Namecheap appears ready to fight Unstoppable Domains
Namecheap’s CEO appears to throw weight behind .wallet and defending the Handshake blockchain domain system. For a day, it appeared that blockchain domain company Unstoppable Domains picked the right fight to argue its first-to-offer-a-blockcha...
Discussion
Namecheap appears ready to fight Unstoppable Domains
Namecheap’s CEO appears to throw weight behind .wallet and defending the Handshake blockchain domain system. For a day, it appeared that blockchain domain company Unstoppable Domains picked the right fight to argue its first-to-offer-a-blockcha...
Discussion
August 3, 2022, 3:35 pm
Domain Name Wire
NFTs.com domain sells for whopping $15 million
It’s the second largest public domain sale of all time. NFTs.com has sold for a staggering $15 million, making it the second largest domain sale ever publicly reported. Domainer.com and GoDaddy brokered the deal for an undisclosed buyer. Escrow...
Discussion
NFTs.com domain sells for whopping $15 million
It’s the second largest public domain sale of all time. NFTs.com has sold for a staggering $15 million, making it the second largest domain sale ever publicly reported. Domainer.com and GoDaddy brokered the deal for an undisclosed buyer. Escrow...
Discussion
August 3, 2022, 3:00 pm
Domain Name Wire
XYZ acquires .lat top level domain name
Company acquires domain name that’s short for Latinos. Domain name registry XYZ has acquired the .lat top level domain name from ECOM-LAC Federaciòn de Latinoamèrica y el Caribe para Internet y el Comercio Electrònico (Lati...
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XYZ acquires .lat top level domain name
Company acquires domain name that’s short for Latinos. Domain name registry XYZ has acquired the .lat top level domain name from ECOM-LAC Federaciòn de Latinoamèrica y el Caribe para Internet y el Comercio Electrònico (Lati...
Discussion
August 2, 2022, 6:11 pm
Domain Name Wire
Latest end user domain sales led by a .org domain
A blockchain company, a pool seller, and a swimsuit business bought domain names. Sedo sold a couple of nice domains this past week for which I can’t determine the buyer yet: afloat.com sold for $75,000 and bu.lu sold for EUR 33,000. The latter...
Discussion
Latest end user domain sales led by a .org domain
A blockchain company, a pool seller, and a swimsuit business bought domain names. Sedo sold a couple of nice domains this past week for which I can’t determine the buyer yet: afloat.com sold for $75,000 and bu.lu sold for EUR 33,000. The latter...
Discussion
August 2, 2022, 5:39 pm
The Domains
Sedo weekly domain name sales led by Afloat.com
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and Afloat.com led the way at $75,000. Bu.Lu was second at 33,000 Euro, ($33.663). Push.org was third at 31,243 Euro, ($31,860). 32 .com sales 15 cctld sales 9 other tld sales Highlights of public SedoMLS ...
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Sedo weekly domain name sales led by Afloat.com
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and Afloat.com led the way at $75,000. Bu.Lu was second at 33,000 Euro, ($33.663). Push.org was third at 31,243 Euro, ($31,860). 32 .com sales 15 cctld sales 9 other tld sales Highlights of public SedoMLS ...
Discussion
August 2, 2022, 3:04 pm
Domain Name Wire
A split decision UDRP worth reading
One panelist thinks this was RDNH; another thought the domain should be transferred. It’s always interesting when there’s a dissenting opinion in a UDRP. These disputes are designed to handle clear-cut cases of cybersquatting, so you&rsqu...
Discussion
A split decision UDRP worth reading
One panelist thinks this was RDNH; another thought the domain should be transferred. It’s always interesting when there’s a dissenting opinion in a UDRP. These disputes are designed to handle clear-cut cases of cybersquatting, so you&rsqu...
Discussion
August 2, 2022, 1:19 pm
