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The Domains
Sucky Domain Names
Someone over the weekend asked me if I thought they should get their name + sucks.com? I didn’t think they needed it and certainly don’t need to spend the money securing a .sucks domain. It did get me to looking at industry participants a...
Discussion
Sucky Domain Names
Someone over the weekend asked me if I thought they should get their name + sucks.com? I didn’t think they needed it and certainly don’t need to spend the money securing a .sucks domain. It did get me to looking at industry participants a...
Discussion
August 7, 2018, 3:57 am
DomainSherpa
Understanding Domains As SEO & Marketing Tools – with Rand Fishkin
We're re-airing our popular interview with Rand Fishkin, founder of Moz.com and SparkToro.com, and one of the top 5 SEO experts in the world. Rand explains the value of domains as marketing tools.We discuss EMDs and SEO today, SEO for new gTLDs,...
Discussion
Understanding Domains As SEO & Marketing Tools – with Rand Fishkin
We're re-airing our popular interview with Rand Fishkin, founder of Moz.com and SparkToro.com, and one of the top 5 SEO experts in the world. Rand explains the value of domains as marketing tools.We discuss EMDs and SEO today, SEO for new gTLDs,...
Discussion
August 6, 2018, 9:57 am
The Domains
A tale of three disputes
Many times over the years someone will try to pinpoint the % of the .com value in .net and .org. While there is no formula and plenty of outlier sales distort the data set, this week we have a look at a one word, common English name in .com, .net and...
Discussion
A tale of three disputes
Many times over the years someone will try to pinpoint the % of the .com value in .net and .org. While there is no formula and plenty of outlier sales distort the data set, this week we have a look at a one word, common English name in .com, .net and...
Discussion
August 3, 2018, 3:48 am
The Domains
NameJet July sales led by TajMahal.com
NameJet released their July sales and TajMahal.com led the way. Selling for $29,999, the domain had sold years ago for $50,000. There were 7 four letter .com sales, the highest being WCDM.com at $10,199. Numerical sales are certainly down, usually a ...
Discussion
NameJet July sales led by TajMahal.com
NameJet released their July sales and TajMahal.com led the way. Selling for $29,999, the domain had sold years ago for $50,000. There were 7 four letter .com sales, the highest being WCDM.com at $10,199. Numerical sales are certainly down, usually a ...
Discussion
August 1, 2018, 5:17 pm
The Domains
.XYZ Announces New Buy It Now Premium Domain Tiers with Standard Renewal Fees
The .XYZ registry announced today a new Buy It Now Premium domain tier with standard renewal fees The registry’s new selection of premium domains will have $10 MSRP renewal price (each domain registrar sets it own price for domain names which c...
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.XYZ Announces New Buy It Now Premium Domain Tiers with Standard Renewal Fees
The .XYZ registry announced today a new Buy It Now Premium domain tier with standard renewal fees The registry’s new selection of premium domains will have $10 MSRP renewal price (each domain registrar sets it own price for domain names which c...
Discussion
July 31, 2018, 7:29 pm
The Domains
Sedo weekly sales led by Haide.com
Sedo released their weekly sales and Haide.com led the way at $18,000. Sales overall were light this week, Casino was a popular keyword with SolCasino.com selling for $15,000, CasinoFair.com selling for 4,000 GBP, ($5,244) and Casino-Test.com 2,500 E...
Discussion
Sedo weekly sales led by Haide.com
Sedo released their weekly sales and Haide.com led the way at $18,000. Sales overall were light this week, Casino was a popular keyword with SolCasino.com selling for $15,000, CasinoFair.com selling for 4,000 GBP, ($5,244) and Casino-Test.com 2,500 E...
Discussion
July 31, 2018, 3:02 pm
The Domains
Coin.Store tops the list of first half premium sales for Radix
Radix (an advertiser of TheDomains) put out their premium report for Radix TLDs for the period 1st Jan to 30th June 2018. Coin.store was the top premium registration. A developed website out of China. Some of the key highlights of this report ar...
Discussion
Coin.Store tops the list of first half premium sales for Radix
Radix (an advertiser of TheDomains) put out their premium report for Radix TLDs for the period 1st Jan to 30th June 2018. Coin.store was the top premium registration. A developed website out of China. Some of the key highlights of this report ar...
Discussion
July 31, 2018, 2:43 pm
DomainSherpa
DomainSherpa Review – July 30: GHF.com, FoodTrucks.com, LDL.com
What do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names?In this show:• We learn what the Sherpas bought or sold recently: GHF.com, FoodTrucks.com, LDL.com• An investor's portfolio is appraised: Acquisition.com, Apol...
Discussion
DomainSherpa Review – July 30: GHF.com, FoodTrucks.com, LDL.com
What do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names?In this show:• We learn what the Sherpas bought or sold recently: GHF.com, FoodTrucks.com, LDL.com• An investor's portfolio is appraised: Acquisition.com, Apol...
Discussion
July 30, 2018, 7:40 am
The Domains
Dispute.com expired where will it close?
Dispute.com a 22 year old, one word premium domain name has expired and hit GoDaddy auctions yesterday. The bidding is already over $30,000 with the auction not closing until 8/7. Post where you think the auction will close and the guess closest to t...
Discussion
Dispute.com expired where will it close?
Dispute.com a 22 year old, one word premium domain name has expired and hit GoDaddy auctions yesterday. The bidding is already over $30,000 with the auction not closing until 8/7. Post where you think the auction will close and the guess closest to t...
Discussion
July 29, 2018, 12:46 pm
The Domains
FantasyIsland.com that’s quite a haircut
In 1977 Fantasy Island premiered on ABC and ran for 7 seasons. There were 152 episodes and 2 TV movies, it started as a movie first before becoming a show on Saturday nights. The series ended in 1984. FantasyIsland.com was registered in June of 1997....
Discussion
FantasyIsland.com that’s quite a haircut
In 1977 Fantasy Island premiered on ABC and ran for 7 seasons. There were 152 episodes and 2 TV movies, it started as a movie first before becoming a show on Saturday nights. The series ended in 1984. FantasyIsland.com was registered in June of 1997....
Discussion
July 29, 2018, 10:41 am
