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Sully's Blog
“.Com is still king. I’m not launching anything on anything else anymore!”
Ruurtjan Pul is the founder of nslookup.io and whatismyisp.com which fall under his company…
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“.Com is still king. I’m not launching anything on anything else anymore!”
Ruurtjan Pul is the founder of nslookup.io and whatismyisp.com which fall under his company…
Discussion
October 31, 2023, 1:07 pm
DomainSherpa
DomainSherpa – Down The Rabbit Hole – October 30, 2023: Happy Sherpaween 2023
As we say on DomainSherpa - all roads lead to domains. And in the reverse, domains have us venturing "down the rabbit hole" for different topics all the time. This is a tech-adjacent, digital asset & pop culture, tangent-positive, month...
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DomainSherpa – Down The Rabbit Hole – October 30, 2023: Happy Sherpaween 2023
As we say on DomainSherpa - all roads lead to domains. And in the reverse, domains have us venturing "down the rabbit hole" for different topics all the time. This is a tech-adjacent, digital asset & pop culture, tangent-positive, month...
Discussion
October 30, 2023, 7:10 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain investor sues to try to get one character .com domain names
Company claims it should get 1.com, a.com etc based on its registration of internationalized domain names. A domain name investor has sued ICANN (pdf), arguing that the investor should have exclusive rights to many single-character .com domain names....
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Domain investor sues to try to get one character .com domain names
Company claims it should get 1.com, a.com etc based on its registration of internationalized domain names. A domain name investor has sued ICANN (pdf), arguing that the investor should have exclusive rights to many single-character .com domain names....
Discussion
October 30, 2023, 6:27 pm
The Domains
Unstoppable Domains getting into the .com namespace
Unstoppable Domains known for their Web3 prowess it getting into the .com namespace according to a press release today. The company plans to enable all the features currently available for web3 domains to work with users’ .com domains. You can ...
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Unstoppable Domains getting into the .com namespace
Unstoppable Domains known for their Web3 prowess it getting into the .com namespace according to a press release today. The company plans to enable all the features currently available for web3 domains to work with users’ .com domains. You can ...
Discussion
October 30, 2023, 4:38 pm
Domain Name Wire
Checkmate! The chess.com story – DNW Podcast #459
How a great domain powered a huge online business. If you want to talk to someone who understands the power of a great domain, look no further than Erik Allebest. In 2005, he acquired the domain name chess.com for only $55,000 in a bankruptcy auction...
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Checkmate! The chess.com story – DNW Podcast #459
How a great domain powered a huge online business. If you want to talk to someone who understands the power of a great domain, look no further than Erik Allebest. In 2005, he acquired the domain name chess.com for only $55,000 in a bankruptcy auction...
Discussion
October 30, 2023, 3:41 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy adds domain search data to domain control center
GoDaddy provides more data to help evaluate your domain names. How interested are people in owning your domain names? Domain investors get very little data about interest in their domains. It can only be measured by traffic to a domain (a bad measure...
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GoDaddy adds domain search data to domain control center
GoDaddy provides more data to help evaluate your domain names. How interested are people in owning your domain names? Domain investors get very little data about interest in their domains. It can only be measured by traffic to a domain (a bad measure...
Discussion
October 30, 2023, 11:50 am
Domain Name Wire
HBO paid about $1.8 million for Max.com
Price revealed in seller’s IPO filing. The company that sold the max.com domain name to HBO has filed to go public, and the filing indicates how much it sold the domain name for. HBO’s streaming service HBO Max rebranded to Max earlier th...
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HBO paid about $1.8 million for Max.com
Price revealed in seller’s IPO filing. The company that sold the max.com domain name to HBO has filed to go public, and the filing indicates how much it sold the domain name for. HBO’s streaming service HBO Max rebranded to Max earlier th...
Discussion
October 27, 2023, 5:03 pm
Sully's Blog
How to Use Google Analytics for Your Domain Portfolio
As a domain investing hobbyist or professional, one of your keys to success is…
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How to Use Google Analytics for Your Domain Portfolio
As a domain investing hobbyist or professional, one of your keys to success is…
Discussion
October 27, 2023, 12:06 pm
Domain Name Wire
China sinks Verisign’s Q3
.Com would be growing if it weren’t for China. Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) reported third-quarter earnings after the market closed yesterday. The combined base of .com and .net domain names continues to shrink, which the company blames on lackluste...
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China sinks Verisign’s Q3
.Com would be growing if it weren’t for China. Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) reported third-quarter earnings after the market closed yesterday. The combined base of .com and .net domain names continues to shrink, which the company blames on lackluste...
Discussion
October 27, 2023, 11:55 am
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy Auctions raising minimum bid to $25
Higher starting bids will go into effect for auctions starting Monday, October 30. GoDaddy Auctions will raise the minimum bid in expired domain auctions from $12 to $25 on October 30. The increase will apply to auctions that begin on that day and wo...
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GoDaddy Auctions raising minimum bid to $25
Higher starting bids will go into effect for auctions starting Monday, October 30. GoDaddy Auctions will raise the minimum bid in expired domain auctions from $12 to $25 on October 30. The increase will apply to auctions that begin on that day and wo...
Discussion
October 26, 2023, 5:05 pm
