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DomainSherpa
DomainSherpa Review – Sep 28: Memento.com, Singles.club, IC.group
What do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names?In this show:• We learn what the Sherpas bought or sold recently: Memento.com, Singles.club, IC.group• An investor's portfolio is appraised: Sneaker.world, Roo...
Discussion
DomainSherpa Review – Sep 28: Memento.com, Singles.club, IC.group
What do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names?In this show:• We learn what the Sherpas bought or sold recently: Memento.com, Singles.club, IC.group• An investor's portfolio is appraised: Sneaker.world, Roo...
Discussion
September 28, 2020, 4:22 pm
The Domains
“Domain Name Disputes: A Masterclass”
Doug Isenberg over at Giga.Law has started a UDRP masterclass. “Domain Name Disputes: A Masterclass” is a YouTube video series from attorney Doug Isenberg of GigaLaw that provides basic and advanced information about the Uniform Domain Na...
Discussion
“Domain Name Disputes: A Masterclass”
Doug Isenberg over at Giga.Law has started a UDRP masterclass. “Domain Name Disputes: A Masterclass” is a YouTube video series from attorney Doug Isenberg of GigaLaw that provides basic and advanced information about the Uniform Domain Na...
Discussion
September 28, 2020, 3:55 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain broker ethics – DNW Podcast #305
How domain brokers, buyers, and sellers should act ethically. How should domain name brokers behave? On today’s show, domain buyer broker Bill Sweetman of Name Ninja discusses the role of buyer brokers, seller brokers, and buyers and sellers in...
Discussion
Domain broker ethics – DNW Podcast #305
How domain brokers, buyers, and sellers should act ethically. How should domain name brokers behave? On today’s show, domain buyer broker Bill Sweetman of Name Ninja discusses the role of buyer brokers, seller brokers, and buyers and sellers in...
Discussion
September 28, 2020, 3:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Is Wechat.com registrar migration a harbinger of things to come in the China domain market?
Chinese companies might move their domains from the United States. Domaingang.com reported on September 24 that WeChat.com has recently moved from the USA-based registrar MarkMonitor to the China-based eName. This happened amid the worsening relation...
Discussion
Is Wechat.com registrar migration a harbinger of things to come in the China domain market?
Chinese companies might move their domains from the United States. Domaingang.com reported on September 24 that WeChat.com has recently moved from the USA-based registrar MarkMonitor to the China-based eName. This happened amid the worsening relation...
Discussion
September 28, 2020, 1:02 pm
The Domains
Making a profit with aged domain names
Domain names like WebMonkey.com, PDFzone.com and most recently ConstitutionUS.com are all aged domain names that went for big money at auction. These domain names were all aged, with a solid backlink profile and strong in other metrics like domain au...
Discussion
Making a profit with aged domain names
Domain names like WebMonkey.com, PDFzone.com and most recently ConstitutionUS.com are all aged domain names that went for big money at auction. These domain names were all aged, with a solid backlink profile and strong in other metrics like domain au...
Discussion
September 27, 2020, 2:11 am
Domain Name Wire
Sell a domain name for bitcoin? Make sure to report it to the IRS
A crypto transaction is not a tax-free transaction. U.S. taxpayers who sell domain names for cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin and ether must report these as income on their income tax returns. For this year’s tax returns, the Internal Revenue S...
Discussion
Sell a domain name for bitcoin? Make sure to report it to the IRS
A crypto transaction is not a tax-free transaction. U.S. taxpayers who sell domain names for cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin and ether must report these as income on their income tax returns. For this year’s tax returns, the Internal Revenue S...
Discussion
September 25, 2020, 7:36 pm
Domain Name Wire
Sweet spot: nouns with no plurals
Some nouns have rarely-used plurals. I’ve acquired domain names to start businesses, and I’ve talked to lots of entrepreneurs when they were selecting their domain names. In some cases, they have their eye on a great one or two-word domai...
Discussion
Sweet spot: nouns with no plurals
Some nouns have rarely-used plurals. I’ve acquired domain names to start businesses, and I’ve talked to lots of entrepreneurs when they were selecting their domain names. In some cases, they have their eye on a great one or two-word domai...
Discussion
September 25, 2020, 4:22 pm
The Domains
How Chris Snyder acquired Banks.com
Banks.com was once a publicly traded company. Elliot Silver reported in 2010 about an agreement with Domain Capital. I just learned that Banks.com, a company that is publicly traded on the American Stock Exchange under ticker symbol BNX, has entered ...
Discussion
How Chris Snyder acquired Banks.com
Banks.com was once a publicly traded company. Elliot Silver reported in 2010 about an agreement with Domain Capital. I just learned that Banks.com, a company that is publicly traded on the American Stock Exchange under ticker symbol BNX, has entered ...
Discussion
September 25, 2020, 2:22 am
Domain Name Wire
Pocketbook e-reader company sues over Pocketbook.com
After losing UDRP for Pocketbook.com, e-reader maker tries U.S. courts. PocketBook International SA, a company that sells ebook readers, has filed a lawsuit (pdf) to try to get the domain name Pocketbook.com. This is the company’s second attemp...
Discussion
Pocketbook e-reader company sues over Pocketbook.com
After losing UDRP for Pocketbook.com, e-reader maker tries U.S. courts. PocketBook International SA, a company that sells ebook readers, has filed a lawsuit (pdf) to try to get the domain name Pocketbook.com. This is the company’s second attemp...
Discussion
September 24, 2020, 5:02 pm
The Domains
Just bidding on domain names for shits and giggles
Not every bid is a bid to win MapleDots came back to Namepros and detailed an auction battle that he had with Huge Domains. The domain name was CanadianRed.com and he won the auction at $1,280. Huge Domain bid $1255 USD for CanadianRed.comI had to go...
Discussion
Just bidding on domain names for shits and giggles
Not every bid is a bid to win MapleDots came back to Namepros and detailed an auction battle that he had with Huge Domains. The domain name was CanadianRed.com and he won the auction at $1,280. Huge Domain bid $1255 USD for CanadianRed.comI had to go...
Discussion
September 24, 2020, 1:24 am