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DomainSherpa
We Hold These Truths to be Self-Evident, That All Men Are Created Equal
Level Up: Insights into Black Experiences & Concrete Steps to Better Our WorldIf you can't change the world, influence your business, friendships, and understand your circle of influence and make the change there!
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We Hold These Truths to be Self-Evident, That All Men Are Created Equal
Level Up: Insights into Black Experiences & Concrete Steps to Better Our WorldIf you can't change the world, influence your business, friendships, and understand your circle of influence and make the change there!
Discussion
June 29, 2020, 3:08 pm
Domain Name Wire
How to Search GoDaddy Domain Auctions using the “old” API
Alvin Brown provides a tutorial on how to use the GdAuctionsBiddingWS_v2 api to search and retrieve domain names listed on GoDaddy Aftermarket by keyword. Today’s tutorial is a bit tricky. Why? Well, you’ll need to have access to GoDaddy&...
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How to Search GoDaddy Domain Auctions using the “old” API
Alvin Brown provides a tutorial on how to use the GdAuctionsBiddingWS_v2 api to search and retrieve domain names listed on GoDaddy Aftermarket by keyword. Today’s tutorial is a bit tricky. Why? Well, you’ll need to have access to GoDaddy&...
Discussion
June 29, 2020, 2:38 pm
The Domains
Those Perfect 10 auction proceeds probably should have gone to Giganews
Over the last couple weeks Perfect10.com and PerfectTen.com expired and were acquired at NameJet. Perfect10.com closing at $47,510 and PerfectTen.com closing at $5,308. The former men’s magazine went out of business mostly because of lawsuit th...
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Those Perfect 10 auction proceeds probably should have gone to Giganews
Over the last couple weeks Perfect10.com and PerfectTen.com expired and were acquired at NameJet. Perfect10.com closing at $47,510 and PerfectTen.com closing at $5,308. The former men’s magazine went out of business mostly because of lawsuit th...
Discussion
June 28, 2020, 9:58 pm
The Domains
What they do right – what do they do wrong – namecheap
Over the last few years we have published a series The good, the bad and the ugly. Readers have been able to leave their feedback and some companies have reached out over the years and let me know they took the posts to heart. This year I want to try...
Discussion
What they do right – what do they do wrong – namecheap
Over the last few years we have published a series The good, the bad and the ugly. Readers have been able to leave their feedback and some companies have reached out over the years and let me know they took the posts to heart. This year I want to try...
Discussion
June 27, 2020, 10:45 pm
The Domains
Polls at Namepros and TheDomains don’t seem like most want to pay for a Virtual Conference
Last week we asked will you attend a Virtual NamesCon and over the last week the response has been slanted to the no side. 70% of readers said no and 30% went with yes. Now to be fair there were not hundreds of votes. On Namepros a poll asked about a...
Discussion
Polls at Namepros and TheDomains don’t seem like most want to pay for a Virtual Conference
Last week we asked will you attend a Virtual NamesCon and over the last week the response has been slanted to the no side. 70% of readers said no and 30% went with yes. Now to be fair there were not hundreds of votes. On Namepros a poll asked about a...
Discussion
June 26, 2020, 8:59 pm
Domain Name Wire
Reviewing recent 4-letter domain sales
Kassey Lee investigates Chinese end users for these recent four-letter domain purchases. Here are some 4-letter domains sold in May, viewed from the angle of finding end users in China for domain upgrades. Remember that I always check both .cn and .c...
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Reviewing recent 4-letter domain sales
Kassey Lee investigates Chinese end users for these recent four-letter domain purchases. Here are some 4-letter domains sold in May, viewed from the angle of finding end users in China for domain upgrades. Remember that I always check both .cn and .c...
Discussion
June 26, 2020, 1:45 pm
The Domains
The 10 year anniversary of .XXX – A look back
A decade ago on this day ICANN approved the .xxx extension. Stuart Lawley and his ICM Registry realized a dream. The controversial extension that found resistance from all sides including, adult performers and studios, they had concerns that adult or...
Discussion
The 10 year anniversary of .XXX – A look back
A decade ago on this day ICANN approved the .xxx extension. Stuart Lawley and his ICM Registry realized a dream. The controversial extension that found resistance from all sides including, adult performers and studios, they had concerns that adult or...
Discussion
June 25, 2020, 10:22 pm
Domain Name Wire
20 end user domain name sales up to $108,000
A pet food company, an artificial intelligence company, and a water filtration company bought domain names. There were many good end user sales at Sedo this past week, including the Expert.ai sale I wrote about on Tuesday. Here’s a list of some...
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20 end user domain name sales up to $108,000
A pet food company, an artificial intelligence company, and a water filtration company bought domain names. There were many good end user sales at Sedo this past week, including the Expert.ai sale I wrote about on Tuesday. Here’s a list of some...
Discussion
June 25, 2020, 4:09 pm
Domain Name Wire
2008 vs 2020: Analyzing domains in a global recession
[Editor’s note: The world has entered into a recession for the first time since the great recession. The causes are very different, but one thing is certain: uncertainty. In this post, Bala GR, Head of Business Intelligence at Radix, evaluates ...
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2008 vs 2020: Analyzing domains in a global recession
[Editor’s note: The world has entered into a recession for the first time since the great recession. The causes are very different, but one thing is certain: uncertainty. In this post, Bala GR, Head of Business Intelligence at Radix, evaluates ...
Discussion
June 25, 2020, 1:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
I’m struggling with this UDRP decision
Is EveryFamily.org confusingly similar to Everytown? Post link: I’m struggling with this UDRP decision © DomainNameWire.com 2020. This is copyrighted content. Domain Name Wire full-text RSS feeds are made available for personal use only,...
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I’m struggling with this UDRP decision
Is EveryFamily.org confusingly similar to Everytown? Post link: I’m struggling with this UDRP decision © DomainNameWire.com 2020. This is copyrighted content. Domain Name Wire full-text RSS feeds are made available for personal use only,...
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June 24, 2020, 8:01 pm
