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Domain Name Wire
What is Freelancer.com and why did it buy Escrow.com?
Publicly traded freelance marketplace owns a number of businesses, including a website and domain name marketplace. Yesterday (United States time), Freelancer.com announced that it acquired Escrow.com for US $7.5 million. Freelancer.com is a publicly...
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What is Freelancer.com and why did it buy Escrow.com?
Publicly traded freelance marketplace owns a number of businesses, including a website and domain name marketplace. Yesterday (United States time), Freelancer.com announced that it acquired Escrow.com for US $7.5 million. Freelancer.com is a publicly...
Discussion
April 27, 2015, 1:52 pm
Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Monday, April 27th, 2015
The big news around the domain space was the sale of Escrow.com. Everyone seems surprised that it sold for $7.5 million. Only $7.5 million. None of know the financials and I don’t think there is any way the guy that owns the ...
Discussion
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Monday, April 27th, 2015
The big news around the domain space was the sale of Escrow.com. Everyone seems surprised that it sold for $7.5 million. Only $7.5 million. None of know the financials and I don’t think there is any way the guy that owns the ...
Discussion
April 27, 2015, 11:05 am
DomainSherpa
DomainSherpa Review – Apr 27: Keo.com, Veo.com, Honeybees.com, AthletesBody.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• An investor's portfolio is appraised: AthletesBody.com, HowToSellYourWebsite.com, TalkCancer....
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DomainSherpa Review – Apr 27: Keo.com, Veo.com, Honeybees.com, AthletesBody.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• An investor's portfolio is appraised: AthletesBody.com, HowToSellYourWebsite.com, TalkCancer....
Discussion
April 27, 2015, 7:02 am
Domain Name Wire
Escrow.com acquired for $7.5 million
Company known for securing domain name transactions is acquired by Australian company. Freelancer.com, an online marketplace for freelance services, has acquired escrow service Escrow.com for $7.5 million. Escrow.com is a popular service among domain...
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Escrow.com acquired for $7.5 million
Company known for securing domain name transactions is acquired by Australian company. Freelancer.com, an online marketplace for freelance services, has acquired escrow service Escrow.com for $7.5 million. Escrow.com is a popular service among domain...
Discussion
April 27, 2015, 1:15 am
The Domains
Escrow.com Purchased for $7.5million
Freelancer.com announces the acquisition of Escrow.com and completion of capital raising SYDNEY, April 27, 2015: Freelancer.com, the world’s largest freelancing and crowdsourcing marketplace,today announced that it had entered into a definitive...
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Escrow.com Purchased for $7.5million
Freelancer.com announces the acquisition of Escrow.com and completion of capital raising SYDNEY, April 27, 2015: Freelancer.com, the world’s largest freelancing and crowdsourcing marketplace,today announced that it had entered into a definitive...
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April 27, 2015, 12:38 am
Domain Shane
Escrow.com Has Been Acquired by Freelancer.com
I just received an email for Brandon Abbey announcing the sale of Escrow.com to Freelancer.com. Mr. Abbey put it best “Earlier today Freelancer.com announced the acquisition of Escrow.com, subject to regulatory appro...
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Escrow.com Has Been Acquired by Freelancer.com
I just received an email for Brandon Abbey announcing the sale of Escrow.com to Freelancer.com. Mr. Abbey put it best “Earlier today Freelancer.com announced the acquisition of Escrow.com, subject to regulatory appro...
Discussion
April 27, 2015, 12:07 am
The Domains
Majority of our poll respondents see new gtld registrations ending 2015 on a sour note
We did started a poll two months ago that asked, How Many New gTLD Registrations Will There Be By The End of 2015? Currently there are over 5 million new gtld registrations according to multiple sources such as ntldstats.com. The majority of responde...
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Majority of our poll respondents see new gtld registrations ending 2015 on a sour note
We did started a poll two months ago that asked, How Many New gTLD Registrations Will There Be By The End of 2015? Currently there are over 5 million new gtld registrations according to multiple sources such as ntldstats.com. The majority of responde...
Discussion
April 26, 2015, 11:54 pm
Domain Shane
Domains Flips (Jumpo.com, Zuxy.com) and Flops (NWN.com, BCIG.com) from NameBio
Below is another look at a few recent domain flips and flops, with data courtesy of NameBio. Flips PowerInvesting.com sold for 1,505 USD recently at NameJet, vs 520 USD on 2013-04-20 at NameJet. Looks like Frank Schilling’s Name Administration...
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Domains Flips (Jumpo.com, Zuxy.com) and Flops (NWN.com, BCIG.com) from NameBio
Below is another look at a few recent domain flips and flops, with data courtesy of NameBio. Flips PowerInvesting.com sold for 1,505 USD recently at NameJet, vs 520 USD on 2013-04-20 at NameJet. Looks like Frank Schilling’s Name Administration...
Discussion
April 26, 2015, 8:32 pm
Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Sunday, April 26th, 2015
Well, the list is pretty good again today. Had a little more time to run through the list because it rained all day on Saturday and I actually took the day off. First one in a month and it was fantastic. We lose $20,000 in sales by ...
Discussion
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Sunday, April 26th, 2015
Well, the list is pretty good again today. Had a little more time to run through the list because it rained all day on Saturday and I actually took the day off. First one in a month and it was fantastic. We lose $20,000 in sales by ...
Discussion
April 26, 2015, 11:36 am
Domain Shane
Update on Top 10 Sales from a Year Ago: RDH.com, Lolly.com, FreeHookups.com, More
Listed below are updates to the top 10 domain sales from a year ago, as ranked by DN Journal. 1. Autos.de for $166,800 Domain is parked, and it’s owned by DAY Investments GmbH. According to a translation of their site at Day.eu, they own...
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Update on Top 10 Sales from a Year Ago: RDH.com, Lolly.com, FreeHookups.com, More
Listed below are updates to the top 10 domain sales from a year ago, as ranked by DN Journal. 1. Autos.de for $166,800 Domain is parked, and it’s owned by DAY Investments GmbH. According to a translation of their site at Day.eu, they own...
Discussion
April 25, 2015, 8:54 pm
