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The Domains
A bunch more of Jane Both’s blockchain domain names expire
Sadly it’s Deja Vu for the estate of Jane Angela Maginsky Pantalone Both. I wrote about her passing and her blockchain related domains expiring in January of 2018. Back then over 100 domains and $100,000 in expired domain auction sales transact...
Discussion
A bunch more of Jane Both’s blockchain domain names expire
Sadly it’s Deja Vu for the estate of Jane Angela Maginsky Pantalone Both. I wrote about her passing and her blockchain related domains expiring in January of 2018. Back then over 100 domains and $100,000 in expired domain auction sales transact...
Discussion
May 15, 2020, 6:13 am
Domain Name Wire
Website Boom: Wix quantifies massive demand for websites due to Covid
People are creating websites in droves. Website building platform Wix (Nasdaq: WIX) reported first quarter earnings today. It had a solid first quarter, but things got really interesting in April. As domain name companies can attest, there has been a...
Discussion
Website Boom: Wix quantifies massive demand for websites due to Covid
People are creating websites in droves. Website building platform Wix (Nasdaq: WIX) reported first quarter earnings today. It had a solid first quarter, but things got really interesting in April. As domain name companies can attest, there has been a...
Discussion
May 14, 2020, 6:38 pm
Domain Name Wire
A cool featured of ExpiredDomains.net
Kassey Lee explains a neat feature of ExpiredDomains.net for finding domain deals. I collect China-related domains. Recently I discovered a function provided by ExpiredDomains.net that is very useful if you have a shopping list of domains. During my ...
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A cool featured of ExpiredDomains.net
Kassey Lee explains a neat feature of ExpiredDomains.net for finding domain deals. I collect China-related domains. Recently I discovered a function provided by ExpiredDomains.net that is very useful if you have a shopping list of domains. During my ...
Discussion
May 14, 2020, 3:52 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Cloud releases lots of reserved inventory, drops premium renewals
No more premium renewals as more names go through the channel. I normally don’t write about individual top level domain names releasing or repricing their premium inventory. But I’ve sold two .cloud domains for about $1,000 each, so there...
Discussion
.Cloud releases lots of reserved inventory, drops premium renewals
No more premium renewals as more names go through the channel. I normally don’t write about individual top level domain names releasing or repricing their premium inventory. But I’ve sold two .cloud domains for about $1,000 each, so there...
Discussion
May 14, 2020, 1:32 pm
The Domains
Tema.com just closed at $128,938
Tema.com just closed at $128,938 at DropCatch. The domain name was owned by a Swedish company named Rectus for years. Rectus was acquired by Parker Hannafin in 2007. The bidding popped from $109,137 to $128,888 by namecatching but the bidder determin...
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Tema.com just closed at $128,938
Tema.com just closed at $128,938 at DropCatch. The domain name was owned by a Swedish company named Rectus for years. Rectus was acquired by Parker Hannafin in 2007. The bidding popped from $109,137 to $128,888 by namecatching but the bidder determin...
Discussion
May 13, 2020, 7:24 pm
Domain Name Wire
Nordic healthcare company files dead-on-arrival cybersquatting claim
Company goes after domain registered nine years before it started using its brand name. Timik Group, a healthcare company in Sweden and Norway, has lost a cybersquatting claim it filed against the domain Timik.com. The case was dead one arrival: Timi...
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Nordic healthcare company files dead-on-arrival cybersquatting claim
Company goes after domain registered nine years before it started using its brand name. Timik Group, a healthcare company in Sweden and Norway, has lost a cybersquatting claim it filed against the domain Timik.com. The case was dead one arrival: Timi...
Discussion
May 13, 2020, 5:29 pm
Domain Name Wire
End user domain sales including a three letter .com
A new online events platform, a touch display manufacturer, and a surgical mask seller bought domain names. Sedo’s top public sale for the past week was a three-letter domain bought by an end user through SedoMLS. Here’s a look at some of...
Discussion
End user domain sales including a three letter .com
A new online events platform, a touch display manufacturer, and a surgical mask seller bought domain names. Sedo’s top public sale for the past week was a three-letter domain bought by an end user through SedoMLS. Here’s a look at some of...
Discussion
May 13, 2020, 5:00 pm
Domain Name Wire
ICANN posts its latest tax return. Let the gawking begin!
ICANN’s latest tax return discloses that it paid 197 employees and contractors at least $100,000. ICANN has posted its latest tax return (pdf), which covers the fiscal year ending June 30, 2019. It’s that time of year when you get to see ...
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ICANN posts its latest tax return. Let the gawking begin!
ICANN’s latest tax return discloses that it paid 197 employees and contractors at least $100,000. ICANN has posted its latest tax return (pdf), which covers the fiscal year ending June 30, 2019. It’s that time of year when you get to see ...
Discussion
May 13, 2020, 3:56 pm
Domain Name Wire
Warning: check domains you won at NameJet
They might not resolve. This week I transferred the domain names I’ve won at NameJet from Network Solutions to GoDaddy. I unlocked the 11 domains and requested the authorization codes. After receiving the codes, I verified in Whois that the dom...
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Warning: check domains you won at NameJet
They might not resolve. This week I transferred the domain names I’ve won at NameJet from Network Solutions to GoDaddy. I unlocked the 11 domains and requested the authorization codes. After receiving the codes, I verified in Whois that the dom...
Discussion
May 13, 2020, 1:31 pm
The Domains
GoDaddy valuations changed – they took $3k off one of my names
I was looking at GoDaddy valuations and I had a name in there of mine. I then was doing some stuff for a few hours and came back and hit refresh for whatever reason. The value of the name dropped by like $900, I was like that’s weird not that a...
Discussion
GoDaddy valuations changed – they took $3k off one of my names
I was looking at GoDaddy valuations and I had a name in there of mine. I then was doing some stuff for a few hours and came back and hit refresh for whatever reason. The value of the name dropped by like $900, I was like that’s weird not that a...
Discussion
May 13, 2020, 8:27 am
