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The Domains
Arbel Arif posts largest .shop sale to date with Blade.shop
Domain investor Arbel Arif has posted the highest selling .shop name with his sale of Blade.Shop for $10,000. Arbel kept Namepros members in suspense for a few days while waiting for escrow to clear. There have only been 9 .shop sales reported by Nam...
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Arbel Arif posts largest .shop sale to date with Blade.shop
Domain investor Arbel Arif has posted the highest selling .shop name with his sale of Blade.Shop for $10,000. Arbel kept Namepros members in suspense for a few days while waiting for escrow to clear. There have only been 9 .shop sales reported by Nam...
Discussion
February 1, 2017, 10:28 pm
Domain Name Wire
A first hand account of being forced to change your domain name
An example of why you shouldn’t register “psuedo” domain names. Last year CentralNic announced it was closing down certain third level domain names that it allowed people to register. It sold these domains similar to how you can buy...
Discussion
A first hand account of being forced to change your domain name
An example of why you shouldn’t register “psuedo” domain names. Last year CentralNic announced it was closing down certain third level domain names that it allowed people to register. It sold these domains similar to how you can buy...
Discussion
February 1, 2017, 10:09 pm
Domain Name Wire
23 end user domain name sales up to $179,000
Here are 23 domain names that were purchased by end users over the past two weeks. I was so busy during NamesCon last week that I didn’t run my usual end user sales column, so this week you get two weeks worth of Sedo end user sales to peruse. ...
Discussion
23 end user domain name sales up to $179,000
Here are 23 domain names that were purchased by end users over the past two weeks. I was so busy during NamesCon last week that I didn’t run my usual end user sales column, so this week you get two weeks worth of Sedo end user sales to peruse. ...
Discussion
February 1, 2017, 3:31 pm
Domain Name Wire
Video: GoDaddy 2017 Super Bowl Commercial
Here’s GoDaddy’s Super Bowl ad. GoDaddy debuted its 2017 Super Bowl ad last night on CBS’s Greatest Super Bowl Commercials Ever. Here it is: The Super Bowl commercial promotes GoDaddy’s new site builder called GoCentral. Accor...
Discussion
Video: GoDaddy 2017 Super Bowl Commercial
Here’s GoDaddy’s Super Bowl ad. GoDaddy debuted its 2017 Super Bowl ad last night on CBS’s Greatest Super Bowl Commercials Ever. Here it is: The Super Bowl commercial promotes GoDaddy’s new site builder called GoCentral. Accor...
Discussion
February 1, 2017, 2:04 pm
The Domains
What is the answer ?
For just about everyone in the domain industry .com is king. It is the undisputed leader when it comes to reported sales and development worldwide. Over the years both domain investors and businesses have asked what is the best alternative ? When the...
Discussion
What is the answer ?
For just about everyone in the domain industry .com is king. It is the undisputed leader when it comes to reported sales and development worldwide. Over the years both domain investors and businesses have asked what is the best alternative ? When the...
Discussion
February 1, 2017, 3:49 am
The Domains
Sedo weekly sales led by Physician.com
Sedo reported their weekly sales and Physician.com topped the chart at $179,000. Another solid LNN.com sale with F25.com selling for $10,001. e77.com sold for $25,000 last week. .Info had a couple big sales this week, Train.info sold for $12,438 and ...
Discussion
Sedo weekly sales led by Physician.com
Sedo reported their weekly sales and Physician.com topped the chart at $179,000. Another solid LNN.com sale with F25.com selling for $10,001. e77.com sold for $25,000 last week. .Info had a couple big sales this week, Train.info sold for $12,438 and ...
Discussion
January 31, 2017, 10:03 pm
Domain Name Wire
Analyzing new top level domain registrations by country (Part 3: the Geos)
This is the third part of Joseph Peterson’s analysis of new TLD registrations by geography. In 2 previous articles (here and here), we scrutinized nTLD registration volume by country, asking which nations are most / least engaged overall w...
Discussion
Analyzing new top level domain registrations by country (Part 3: the Geos)
This is the third part of Joseph Peterson’s analysis of new TLD registrations by geography. In 2 previous articles (here and here), we scrutinized nTLD registration volume by country, asking which nations are most / least engaged overall w...
Discussion
January 31, 2017, 6:09 pm
Domain Name Wire
Don’t ignore that “Buyers identified” email from Sedo
Sedo’s partners will promote your domain names to targeted prospects. Earlier this week some domain name investors received an email from Sedo with “Buyers identified” in the subject line. Here’s what it looked like: The email...
Discussion
Don’t ignore that “Buyers identified” email from Sedo
Sedo’s partners will promote your domain names to targeted prospects. Earlier this week some domain name investors received an email from Sedo with “Buyers identified” in the subject line. Here’s what it looked like: The email...
Discussion
January 31, 2017, 3:44 pm
Domain Name Wire
FIFA wins FIFA.net cybersquatting claim
Soccer’s governing body gets FIFA.net to use along with its FIFA.com domain name. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has awarded soccer’s (sorry, football) governing body the domain name FIFA.net. Fédération In...
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FIFA wins FIFA.net cybersquatting claim
Soccer’s governing body gets FIFA.net to use along with its FIFA.com domain name. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has awarded soccer’s (sorry, football) governing body the domain name FIFA.net. Fédération In...
Discussion
January 31, 2017, 2:19 pm
The Domains
Monte Cahn interview with Edward Zeiden at NamesCon
Edward Zeiden from Namepros sat down with Monte Cahn at the 2016 NamesCon. Namepros did not get the 2016 interviews out until this year. It’s still worth hearing what the participants had to say in my opinion. Monte discussed his take on new gt...
Discussion
Monte Cahn interview with Edward Zeiden at NamesCon
Edward Zeiden from Namepros sat down with Monte Cahn at the 2016 NamesCon. Namepros did not get the 2016 interviews out until this year. It’s still worth hearing what the participants had to say in my opinion. Monte discussed his take on new gt...
Discussion
January 31, 2017, 3:31 am
