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Domain Name Wire
European Domain Market + BrandIT – DNW Podcast #146
Understanding the European domain market and corporate domain management. This week I chat with Jesper Knudsen and Jochen Kieler of BrandIT. BrandIT is a corporate domain and brand management company that bought domain brokerage Igloo.com earlier thi...
Discussion
European Domain Market + BrandIT – DNW Podcast #146
Understanding the European domain market and corporate domain management. This week I chat with Jesper Knudsen and Jochen Kieler of BrandIT. BrandIT is a corporate domain and brand management company that bought domain brokerage Igloo.com earlier thi...
Discussion
July 31, 2017, 3:30 pm
The Domains
Emojis.com purchased in 2010 looking like a great investment
Emojis have been talked about a lot over the last few months with regards to domain names. From i❤️domains to the excellent guide produced by DNAcademy, to a high schooler named Shane Brunswick, an incoming high school sophomore who created ...
Discussion
Emojis.com purchased in 2010 looking like a great investment
Emojis have been talked about a lot over the last few months with regards to domain names. From i❤️domains to the excellent guide produced by DNAcademy, to a high schooler named Shane Brunswick, an incoming high school sophomore who created ...
Discussion
July 31, 2017, 2:07 pm
DomainSherpa
DomainSherpa Review – July 31: NameJet Safe to Buy/Sell? Getting Uncomfortable w Shane…
What do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names?In this show:• We discuss the recent shill bidding situation at NameJet, and whether it's a safe place to buy and sell domain names• We learn what the Sherpas ...
Discussion
DomainSherpa Review – July 31: NameJet Safe to Buy/Sell? Getting Uncomfortable w Shane…
What do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names?In this show:• We discuss the recent shill bidding situation at NameJet, and whether it's a safe place to buy and sell domain names• We learn what the Sherpas ...
Discussion
July 31, 2017, 7:01 am
The Domains
Domaining – Gambling or investing?
I received an email today from a reader that was about domain investing. Hi, Raymond Big fan of your blog, but one thing has always stuck in my craw…buying domain names is not investing, rather it is gambling. Why do people like Schwartz and S...
Discussion
Domaining – Gambling or investing?
I received an email today from a reader that was about domain investing. Hi, Raymond Big fan of your blog, but one thing has always stuck in my craw…buying domain names is not investing, rather it is gambling. Why do people like Schwartz and S...
Discussion
July 30, 2017, 10:01 pm
The Domains
Be careful of potential Payoneer phishing email
Be careful if you use Payoneer of a phishing attempt going on. I received an email from what looks to be Payoneer. But when I look at the bottom of the email, it says: Note: If clicking Continue fails, please click the entire link below : http://payo...
Discussion
Be careful of potential Payoneer phishing email
Be careful if you use Payoneer of a phishing attempt going on. I received an email from what looks to be Payoneer. But when I look at the bottom of the email, it says: Note: If clicking Continue fails, please click the entire link below : http://payo...
Discussion
July 30, 2017, 2:38 am
The Domains
Ethereum Proof of Stake Transition
Ethereum (ETH), the largest altcoin and second largest cryptocurrency (based on market cap) will be moving to a proof of stake (POS) model by the end of the year. Over the past few months, ETH has been getting a bad rap due to the rapid rise o...
Discussion
Ethereum Proof of Stake Transition
Ethereum (ETH), the largest altcoin and second largest cryptocurrency (based on market cap) will be moving to a proof of stake (POS) model by the end of the year. Over the past few months, ETH has been getting a bad rap due to the rapid rise o...
Discussion
July 29, 2017, 3:27 am
Domain Name Wire
EFF whitepaper compares registry policies, disses new TLDs
Paper points to questionable rights protection mechanisms in new TLDs. Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and Public Knowledge have released a whitepaper comparing policies across various domain name registries, and warning domain registrants to be...
Discussion
EFF whitepaper compares registry policies, disses new TLDs
Paper points to questionable rights protection mechanisms in new TLDs. Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and Public Knowledge have released a whitepaper comparing policies across various domain name registries, and warning domain registrants to be...
Discussion
July 28, 2017, 3:32 pm
Domain Name Wire
Verisign announces 10% .net price hike, could hit $14.52 in 2023
Prices keep going up. Verisign (VRSN) announced yesterday that it is increasing the price of .net domain names by 10% on February 1, 2018. The wholesale price of a one-year registration or renewal will jump from $8.20 to $9.02 on that day. The move d...
Discussion
Verisign announces 10% .net price hike, could hit $14.52 in 2023
Prices keep going up. Verisign (VRSN) announced yesterday that it is increasing the price of .net domain names by 10% on February 1, 2018. The wholesale price of a one-year registration or renewal will jump from $8.20 to $9.02 on that day. The move d...
Discussion
July 28, 2017, 11:01 am
The Domains
Verisign ended the second quarter with 144.3 million .com and .net domain name registrations
Verisign reported earnings today after the close. There were a couple odd after hours trades that might have made some investors gasp. After hours trading can be very thin and the odd print does happen. Things are back to normal as of the time of wri...
Discussion
Verisign ended the second quarter with 144.3 million .com and .net domain name registrations
Verisign reported earnings today after the close. There were a couple odd after hours trades that might have made some investors gasp. After hours trading can be very thin and the odd print does happen. Things are back to normal as of the time of wri...
Discussion
July 27, 2017, 8:53 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Com/.Net domain base increases just 0.68 million in second quarter
Base barely budges but beats Verisign’s expecations. Verisign (VRSN), the registry for .com and .net domain names, released results after the closing bell today. The base of registered domains in .com and .net barely budged, increasing 0.68 mil...
Discussion
.Com/.Net domain base increases just 0.68 million in second quarter
Base barely budges but beats Verisign’s expecations. Verisign (VRSN), the registry for .com and .net domain names, released results after the closing bell today. The base of registered domains in .com and .net barely budged, increasing 0.68 mil...
Discussion
July 27, 2017, 8:34 pm
