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Domain Name Wire
Aftermarket jumps 12% at GoDaddy, company reports 180 layoffs
Average sale price in aftermarket increased during the quarter. GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) reported Q1 earnings this afternoon, including a surprise jump in domain name aftermarket revenue. Overall, GoDaddy’s revenue increased 7% year over year to $1...
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Aftermarket jumps 12% at GoDaddy, company reports 180 layoffs
Average sale price in aftermarket increased during the quarter. GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) reported Q1 earnings this afternoon, including a surprise jump in domain name aftermarket revenue. Overall, GoDaddy’s revenue increased 7% year over year to $1...
Discussion
May 2, 2024, 8:54 pm
The Domains
Domainer Twitter has been spicy this past week
Different communities on Twitter gain their own little designation, NFL Twitter, NBA Twitter, StarWars Twitter, etc… A decade ago it would have seemed there would be no way there was a Domainer Twitter, I mean for years people preached only pr...
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Domainer Twitter has been spicy this past week
Different communities on Twitter gain their own little designation, NFL Twitter, NBA Twitter, StarWars Twitter, etc… A decade ago it would have seemed there would be no way there was a Domainer Twitter, I mean for years people preached only pr...
Discussion
May 2, 2024, 4:28 pm
Domain Name Wire
Internet gateway company faces name collision with .box
Company uses .box as an internal address on its internet gateways. The maker of FRITZ!Box internet gateways made a disturbing discovery this year: .box is a real top level domain name. The company discovered this after someone registered fritz .box. ...
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Internet gateway company faces name collision with .box
Company uses .box as an internal address on its internet gateways. The maker of FRITZ!Box internet gateways made a disturbing discovery this year: .box is a real top level domain name. The company discovered this after someone registered fritz .box. ...
Discussion
May 2, 2024, 3:21 pm
Domain Name Wire
How GoDaddy handles currencies in long term payment plans
Sellers get the same amount, while buyers pay the USD equivalent in their preferred currency each month. This week, GoDaddy enabled long term payment options on Afternic domains to customers outside of the United States in their own currencies. This ...
Discussion
How GoDaddy handles currencies in long term payment plans
Sellers get the same amount, while buyers pay the USD equivalent in their preferred currency each month. This week, GoDaddy enabled long term payment options on Afternic domains to customers outside of the United States in their own currencies. This ...
Discussion
May 2, 2024, 2:50 pm
Domain Name Wire
dotDB’s new Domain Management tool is helpful for watching for new registrations
See which of your domains are growing in popularity. I use dotDB several times per week for domain research. At its core, dotDB helps you see the number of extensions a domain name is registered in, as well as other variations of names that include i...
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dotDB’s new Domain Management tool is helpful for watching for new registrations
See which of your domains are growing in popularity. I use dotDB several times per week for domain research. At its core, dotDB helps you see the number of extensions a domain name is registered in, as well as other variations of names that include i...
Discussion
May 2, 2024, 1:19 pm
Domain Name Wire
Escrow.com reports uptick in domain sales
Escrow.com shows sequential growth in domain sales but down year over year. Escrow.com released its Q1 Escrow Domain Investment Index (pdf) today, which reported a slight uptick in domain sales compared to the Q4 of last year. Overall, the service ha...
Discussion
Escrow.com reports uptick in domain sales
Escrow.com shows sequential growth in domain sales but down year over year. Escrow.com released its Q1 Escrow Domain Investment Index (pdf) today, which reported a slight uptick in domain sales compared to the Q4 of last year. Overall, the service ha...
Discussion
May 1, 2024, 1:55 pm
Domain Name Wire
End user domain name sales up to $100k
A .ar domain name leads the pack. Sedo’s top reported domain name sale this week was x.ar, which was bought by a blockchain augmented reality company for close to $100,000. I had difficulty finding many end user sales in Sedo’s latest bat...
Discussion
End user domain name sales up to $100k
A .ar domain name leads the pack. Sedo’s top reported domain name sale this week was x.ar, which was bought by a blockchain augmented reality company for close to $100,000. I had difficulty finding many end user sales in Sedo’s latest bat...
Discussion
May 1, 2024, 1:24 pm
The Domains
Escrow.com releases Q1 2024 Domain Name Report
Escrow.com released their Q1 2024 Domain name report and .ai once again showed strength. $2.6M in Q1 2024 and a good chance most of those sales are not reported on Namebio. This quarter, the total domain name volume on Escrow.com continues to increas...
Discussion
Escrow.com releases Q1 2024 Domain Name Report
Escrow.com released their Q1 2024 Domain name report and .ai once again showed strength. $2.6M in Q1 2024 and a good chance most of those sales are not reported on Namebio. This quarter, the total domain name volume on Escrow.com continues to increas...
Discussion
May 1, 2024, 1:12 pm
Sully's Blog
Do You Know When to go Singular or Plural?
In domain investing, every character counts — including whether a domain name is plural…
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Do You Know When to go Singular or Plural?
In domain investing, every character counts — including whether a domain name is plural…
Discussion
May 1, 2024, 12:51 pm
The Domains
Sedo weekly domain name sales led by X.ar
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and X.ar was the top sale at $99,888. DomainHacks.com made the sale. The largest reported .ar domain name sale of all time. DeltaOptical.com was sold for $30,000 by Mike Mann. 36 .com sales 20 cctld sales ...
Discussion
Sedo weekly domain name sales led by X.ar
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and X.ar was the top sale at $99,888. DomainHacks.com made the sale. The largest reported .ar domain name sale of all time. DeltaOptical.com was sold for $30,000 by Mike Mann. 36 .com sales 20 cctld sales ...
Discussion
April 30, 2024, 2:38 pm
