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Domain Name Wire
Verisign lowers guidance for 2024 after slow Q1
.Com domain base drops, hurting Verisign’s prospects. Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) released earnings this afternoon and has downgraded its guidance for 2024. The company ended Q1 2024 with 172.5 million domains across .com and .net, down 0.27 millio...
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Verisign lowers guidance for 2024 after slow Q1
.Com domain base drops, hurting Verisign’s prospects. Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) released earnings this afternoon and has downgraded its guidance for 2024. The company ended Q1 2024 with 172.5 million domains across .com and .net, down 0.27 millio...
Discussion
April 25, 2024, 9:04 pm
Domain Name Wire
Create domain financing deals with this handy calculator
This calculator makes it easy to offer financing options to prospective buyers. Long term payment plans and domain financing are becoming popular ways to close the gap in domain name negotiations. The creator of Domaining has created a handy calculat...
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Create domain financing deals with this handy calculator
This calculator makes it easy to offer financing options to prospective buyers. Long term payment plans and domain financing are becoming popular ways to close the gap in domain name negotiations. The creator of Domaining has created a handy calculat...
Discussion
April 25, 2024, 7:51 pm
The Domains
RightOfTheDot Set to Host Groundbreaking Digital Asset Auction at NamesCon 2024
Right of The Dot put out a press release with information on the upcoming NamesCon auction scheduled to take place live on June 6, 2024, at 3:00 PM CT AUSTIN, Texas, /PRNewswire/ — RightOfTheDot, LLC (ROTD.com), the premier destination for doma...
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RightOfTheDot Set to Host Groundbreaking Digital Asset Auction at NamesCon 2024
Right of The Dot put out a press release with information on the upcoming NamesCon auction scheduled to take place live on June 6, 2024, at 3:00 PM CT AUSTIN, Texas, /PRNewswire/ — RightOfTheDot, LLC (ROTD.com), the premier destination for doma...
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April 25, 2024, 7:27 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy implements new bidder verification system
Stronger ID verification replaces the PayPal verification system. GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) has introduced a new bidder verification system for new accounts to reduce deadbeat and shill bidders. As has been the case since 2015, new account holders can onl...
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GoDaddy implements new bidder verification system
Stronger ID verification replaces the PayPal verification system. GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) has introduced a new bidder verification system for new accounts to reduce deadbeat and shill bidders. As has been the case since 2015, new account holders can onl...
Discussion
April 25, 2024, 3:50 pm
Domain Name Wire
No joke: Sumo rebrands to bdow.com
I understand rebranding, but this? Well, this one is a bit of a head-scratcher. Remember SumoMe? The company paid $1.5 million to acquire sumo.com back in 2017 because people didn’t understand its name. It forwarded it to sumome.com. The busine...
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No joke: Sumo rebrands to bdow.com
I understand rebranding, but this? Well, this one is a bit of a head-scratcher. Remember SumoMe? The company paid $1.5 million to acquire sumo.com back in 2017 because people didn’t understand its name. It forwarded it to sumome.com. The busine...
Discussion
April 24, 2024, 4:24 pm
The Domains
Are links no longer important to Google?
Roger Montti published an article on SearchEngineJournal.com that discussed whether links were still important to Google when it came to search engine ranking. Apparently Google’s Gary Illyse was at a search conference in Bulgaria and stated, &...
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Are links no longer important to Google?
Roger Montti published an article on SearchEngineJournal.com that discussed whether links were still important to Google when it came to search engine ranking. Apparently Google’s Gary Illyse was at a search conference in Bulgaria and stated, &...
Discussion
April 24, 2024, 3:55 pm
The Domains
Supporting The Growing IT Community: it.com Domains Now Available at Sav.com
IT.com an advertiser here at TheDomains.com has put out a press release today. Sav.com will now offer IT.com domain names at their registrar. LONDON, APRIL 24, 2024 A leading provider of IT-related domain names, it.com Domains, is excited to announce...
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Supporting The Growing IT Community: it.com Domains Now Available at Sav.com
IT.com an advertiser here at TheDomains.com has put out a press release today. Sav.com will now offer IT.com domain names at their registrar. LONDON, APRIL 24, 2024 A leading provider of IT-related domain names, it.com Domains, is excited to announce...
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April 24, 2024, 1:26 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain Jackpot: hack pay.day fetches €21,000 on Sedo, plus end user sales
A form-building app, a grilling products company, and a process automation consultant bought domain names. The owner of the new TLD hack pay.day got a payday this week: they sold the domain on Sedo for €21,000. Google’s registry launched t...
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Domain Jackpot: hack pay.day fetches €21,000 on Sedo, plus end user sales
A form-building app, a grilling products company, and a process automation consultant bought domain names. The owner of the new TLD hack pay.day got a payday this week: they sold the domain on Sedo for €21,000. Google’s registry launched t...
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April 23, 2024, 8:13 pm
Domain Name Wire
The Complainant lost this UDRP. Did the panel get it wrong?
Two panelists denied the UDRP. The other dissented and would have transferred the domain. Who was right? It’s not often that I read a UDRP that’s found in favor of the Respondent, but feel like perhaps the Complainant should have won. And...
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The Complainant lost this UDRP. Did the panel get it wrong?
Two panelists denied the UDRP. The other dissented and would have transferred the domain. Who was right? It’s not often that I read a UDRP that’s found in favor of the Respondent, but feel like perhaps the Complainant should have won. And...
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April 23, 2024, 4:54 pm
The Domains
Sedo weekly domain name sales led by LVK.com
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and LVK.com led the way at $65,000. Las Vegas Kings? I don’t know the name does not resolve. a v and a k is usually difficult in the same LLL but this one found the right buyer. Acronym finder shows ...
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Sedo weekly domain name sales led by LVK.com
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and LVK.com led the way at $65,000. Las Vegas Kings? I don’t know the name does not resolve. a v and a k is usually difficult in the same LLL but this one found the right buyer. Acronym finder shows ...
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April 23, 2024, 2:29 pm
