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Domain Name Wire
Internet Commerce Association introduces $25-a-month membership option
New option makes it easier for individual domain name investors to support trade group. Internet Commerce Association (ICA), a trade group that represents domain name investors, has introduced a new membership option. The Basic Member level is $300 p...
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Internet Commerce Association introduces $25-a-month membership option
New option makes it easier for individual domain name investors to support trade group. Internet Commerce Association (ICA), a trade group that represents domain name investors, has introduced a new membership option. The Basic Member level is $300 p...
Discussion
April 27, 2020, 1:20 pm
Domain Name Wire
Frank Schilling invests in Desktop.com
Schilling invests in and partners on Desktop.com. Former domain name investor Frank Schilling, who sold his portfolio and registrar to GoDaddy this year, has partnered with Rolf Larsen on Desktop.com. Desktop.com will make it easier for individuals a...
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Frank Schilling invests in Desktop.com
Schilling invests in and partners on Desktop.com. Former domain name investor Frank Schilling, who sold his portfolio and registrar to GoDaddy this year, has partnered with Rolf Larsen on Desktop.com. Desktop.com will make it easier for individuals a...
Discussion
April 27, 2020, 12:12 am
The Domains
Where are your thoughts on 4L.coms?
One of the most discussed and traded categories in domaining is the 4L.com space. Providing access to a wider number of investors as opposed to 2L.com and 3L.com which many don’t have the budget for. In 2018 there were 7,862 reported 4L.com sal...
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Where are your thoughts on 4L.coms?
One of the most discussed and traded categories in domaining is the 4L.com space. Providing access to a wider number of investors as opposed to 2L.com and 3L.com which many don’t have the budget for. In 2018 there were 7,862 reported 4L.com sal...
Discussion
April 27, 2020, 12:05 am
The Domains
Things not to say to an undercover agent – Coronaprevention.org seized by ICE
CoronaPrevention.org seized ICE has seized the domain name Coronaprevention.org. Apparently the seller listed it for sale and engaged in communication with an undercover agent. Among the things he relayed to the agent was that it was “genius&rd...
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Things not to say to an undercover agent – Coronaprevention.org seized by ICE
CoronaPrevention.org seized ICE has seized the domain name Coronaprevention.org. Apparently the seller listed it for sale and engaged in communication with an undercover agent. Among the things he relayed to the agent was that it was “genius&rd...
Discussion
April 26, 2020, 8:50 pm
The Domains
Post the best .com you have for sale for $500 or less
$500 or less .COM ONLY READ EVERYTHING FIRST so you are not surprised if your comment is not published ore removed. This post should be used to sell a name where you are making some money with no commission, and leave a little for the next buyer. Wit...
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Post the best .com you have for sale for $500 or less
$500 or less .COM ONLY READ EVERYTHING FIRST so you are not surprised if your comment is not published ore removed. This post should be used to sell a name where you are making some money with no commission, and leave a little for the next buyer. Wit...
Discussion
April 24, 2020, 8:53 pm
Domain Name Wire
Ben Padnos launches Done.com to document COVID-19 response
Site will expand to cover other social and environmental responsibility responses. Ben Padnos has launched done.com as a social responsibility platform that will start by covering how key people are responding to the Covid-19 crisis. It will later ex...
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Ben Padnos launches Done.com to document COVID-19 response
Site will expand to cover other social and environmental responsibility responses. Ben Padnos has launched done.com as a social responsibility platform that will start by covering how key people are responding to the Covid-19 crisis. It will later ex...
Discussion
April 24, 2020, 3:32 pm
Domain Name Wire
Redacted Whois at GoDaddy: a revenue hit but better customer experience
Privacy laws and bad customer experience are forcing GoDaddy to rethink a cash cow. Last Friday, Elliot Silver broke the news that GoDaddy is planning to limit personal information in Whois records starting later this year. GoDaddy is the largest dom...
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Redacted Whois at GoDaddy: a revenue hit but better customer experience
Privacy laws and bad customer experience are forcing GoDaddy to rethink a cash cow. Last Friday, Elliot Silver broke the news that GoDaddy is planning to limit personal information in Whois records starting later this year. GoDaddy is the largest dom...
Discussion
April 24, 2020, 1:59 pm
Domain Name Wire
Verisign shrugs off Covid-19 so far
Revenue and earnings remain robust despite the pandemic. Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) reported first quarter earnings yesterday after the market closed. The registry operator processed 10.0 million new .com and .net transactions during the quarter and the...
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Verisign shrugs off Covid-19 so far
Revenue and earnings remain robust despite the pandemic. Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) reported first quarter earnings yesterday after the market closed. The registry operator processed 10.0 million new .com and .net transactions during the quarter and the...
Discussion
April 24, 2020, 12:59 pm
The Domains
Verisign reports Q1 2020 earnings Revenue up 2%
Verisign, Inc ((NASDAQ: VRSN) reported first quarter 2020 earnings. Financial Highlights Verisign ended the first quarter of 2020 with cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities of $1.14 billion, a decrease of $79 million from the end of 2019. ...
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Verisign reports Q1 2020 earnings Revenue up 2%
Verisign, Inc ((NASDAQ: VRSN) reported first quarter 2020 earnings. Financial Highlights Verisign ended the first quarter of 2020 with cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities of $1.14 billion, a decrease of $79 million from the end of 2019. ...
Discussion
April 23, 2020, 9:18 pm
Domain Name Wire
.De registrations hit 16.3 million, 15 million in Germany
Data on one of the internet’s most successful country code domains. Germany’s .de domain name extension had 16.3 million domains registered at the end of 2019, .de registry DENIC disclosed today. 15 million of the domains are registered t...
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.De registrations hit 16.3 million, 15 million in Germany
Data on one of the internet’s most successful country code domains. Germany’s .de domain name extension had 16.3 million domains registered at the end of 2019, .de registry DENIC disclosed today. 15 million of the domains are registered t...
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April 23, 2020, 4:53 pm
