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The Domains
The number of domain names sold in 2019 has already surpassed 2018
We have just entered the fourth quarter for 2019 but the total number of reported domains sold have already surpassed the full year numbers of 2017 and 2018. The total sales volume from last year is only $6 million behind. Looking at the last 6 month...
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The number of domain names sold in 2019 has already surpassed 2018
We have just entered the fourth quarter for 2019 but the total number of reported domains sold have already surpassed the full year numbers of 2017 and 2018. The total sales volume from last year is only $6 million behind. Looking at the last 6 month...
Discussion
October 6, 2019, 12:05 am
The Domains
Facebook and Google a tale of two European rulings
Two recent rulings have come out of Europe that have one Tech giant (Google) happy and another (Facebook) with potentially a lot of extra work to do to comply with European law. Facebook has now been told that EU courts can now force them to remove &...
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Facebook and Google a tale of two European rulings
Two recent rulings have come out of Europe that have one Tech giant (Google) happy and another (Facebook) with potentially a lot of extra work to do to comply with European law. Facebook has now been told that EU courts can now force them to remove &...
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October 5, 2019, 10:07 pm
The Domains
NameJet/Snapnames sales for September led by Kura.com
Web.com released the September sales report for NameJet/Snapnames and Kura.com led the way at $68,495. LWM.com was second at $28,009. 81 total sales in total $2,000 or more. 10 non com sales with Images.org being the high sale. kura.com $68,495.00 Na...
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NameJet/Snapnames sales for September led by Kura.com
Web.com released the September sales report for NameJet/Snapnames and Kura.com led the way at $68,495. LWM.com was second at $28,009. 81 total sales in total $2,000 or more. 10 non com sales with Images.org being the high sale. kura.com $68,495.00 Na...
Discussion
October 3, 2019, 8:27 pm
The Domains
Namepros takes further steps to protect it’s moderators
Namepros has made a change with regards to moderator identifiers, amidst threats spelled out in the post below, Namepros smartly has moved to mod team id’s. In March of 2018 Eric Lyon was receiving threats and had his role changed at Namepros. ...
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Namepros takes further steps to protect it’s moderators
Namepros has made a change with regards to moderator identifiers, amidst threats spelled out in the post below, Namepros smartly has moved to mod team id’s. In March of 2018 Eric Lyon was receiving threats and had his role changed at Namepros. ...
Discussion
October 3, 2019, 5:53 am
The Domains
Can Facebook prevent it’s financial partners from abandoning Libra?
Since Facebook announced it’s plans for Libra in June, many domain investors climbed on board the Libra domain name train. With a lot of excitement for both Facebook Libra and domain registrations, optimism was high. That optimism might need to...
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Can Facebook prevent it’s financial partners from abandoning Libra?
Since Facebook announced it’s plans for Libra in June, many domain investors climbed on board the Libra domain name train. With a lot of excitement for both Facebook Libra and domain registrations, optimism was high. That optimism might need to...
Discussion
October 1, 2019, 11:33 pm
The Domains
Sedo weekly sales led by Upgrades.com
Sedo released their weekly sales and Upgrades.com led the way at $32,000. Scalable.co was second at $25,000 and Payment.co was third at 12,875 Euros, ($14,097). 35 .com sales 18 cctld sales 4 other tld sales Sedo also mentioned that a sale from April...
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Sedo weekly sales led by Upgrades.com
Sedo released their weekly sales and Upgrades.com led the way at $32,000. Scalable.co was second at $25,000 and Payment.co was third at 12,875 Euros, ($14,097). 35 .com sales 18 cctld sales 4 other tld sales Sedo also mentioned that a sale from April...
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October 1, 2019, 8:17 pm
The Domains
Fashion.com domain will be sold at auction this autumn
There is a press releases out today that Fashion.com one of the most valuable .coms on the net will be auctioned off. On the final day of Paris Fashion Week, it has been announced that one of the world’s most sought-after and highly valued doma...
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Fashion.com domain will be sold at auction this autumn
There is a press releases out today that Fashion.com one of the most valuable .coms on the net will be auctioned off. On the final day of Paris Fashion Week, it has been announced that one of the world’s most sought-after and highly valued doma...
Discussion
October 1, 2019, 5:18 pm
The Domains
Here we go again – The Curious case of 6666666.com
So this time last year I was talking about the big closing price on 6666666.com (7 sixes) for $99,999 on GoDaddy expiring auctions. Later that same day, Joe Styler posted that they walked back some of the bids, after backing out 35 bids and removing ...
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Here we go again – The Curious case of 6666666.com
So this time last year I was talking about the big closing price on 6666666.com (7 sixes) for $99,999 on GoDaddy expiring auctions. Later that same day, Joe Styler posted that they walked back some of the bids, after backing out 35 bids and removing ...
Discussion
October 1, 2019, 4:46 am
The Domains
PayPal coming to China through acquisition
PayPal is coming to China it looks like. TechCrunch reported that through an acquisition of Go Pay Ltd, PayPal will become the first foreign payment platform to provide service in China. The market is expected to grow to on the mobile payments side a...
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PayPal coming to China through acquisition
PayPal is coming to China it looks like. TechCrunch reported that through an acquisition of Go Pay Ltd, PayPal will become the first foreign payment platform to provide service in China. The market is expected to grow to on the mobile payments side a...
Discussion
September 30, 2019, 11:51 pm
DomainSherpa
Media Options Announces a New SEO Domain Acquisition Newsletter
Andrew Rosener, CEO of Media Options, announces a new SEO-focused domain acquisition newsletter, in partnership with SEO expert Sean Markey!
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Media Options Announces a New SEO Domain Acquisition Newsletter
Andrew Rosener, CEO of Media Options, announces a new SEO-focused domain acquisition newsletter, in partnership with SEO expert Sean Markey!
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September 30, 2019, 11:30 pm
