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Domain Name Wire
2015’s Top 5: Google now part of Alphabet, uses abc.xyz
Farewell to 2015. 2015 was a busy year on Domain Name Wire. This is the first of five posts that will examine the top 5 most-trafficked stories of last year. I should start by saying these weren’t the most-visited of 2015, just the most-visited...
Discussion
2015’s Top 5: Google now part of Alphabet, uses abc.xyz
Farewell to 2015. 2015 was a busy year on Domain Name Wire. This is the first of five posts that will examine the top 5 most-trafficked stories of last year. I should start by saying these weren’t the most-visited of 2015, just the most-visited...
Discussion
January 22, 2016, 5:11 pm
Domain Shane
DSAD.com Domain Shane’s Big List of Domains at Auction for Friday, January 22nd
Are you looking to get out of a few patterned LLLL.com and a few other types of names? I may be your guy. Save yourself some time and commission and give me a shot at them. Remember I am a reseller, not your Rich uncle. I am lookin...
Discussion
DSAD.com Domain Shane’s Big List of Domains at Auction for Friday, January 22nd
Are you looking to get out of a few patterned LLLL.com and a few other types of names? I may be your guy. Save yourself some time and commission and give me a shot at them. Remember I am a reseller, not your Rich uncle. I am lookin...
Discussion
January 22, 2016, 10:40 am
Domain Shane
Auction Recap, 20th of January 2016
The Daily recap of Shane’s Auction Picks, the 21th of January Auction Quick Recap Starting tomorrow afternoon we may be in the grasp of Winter Storm Jonas. I didn’t know they started naming these things. They probably only do it in winter...
Discussion
Auction Recap, 20th of January 2016
The Daily recap of Shane’s Auction Picks, the 21th of January Auction Quick Recap Starting tomorrow afternoon we may be in the grasp of Winter Storm Jonas. I didn’t know they started naming these things. They probably only do it in winter...
Discussion
January 22, 2016, 8:07 am
The Domains
Live Tweeting During NameJet.com Extended Auction from Namescon
Just a quick note that I will be Tweeting some bidding and auction results in real-time on our Twitter feed which is @thedomains We already pointed out all the domain names that have met reserve and will sell today over the last couple of hours, plea...
Discussion
Live Tweeting During NameJet.com Extended Auction from Namescon
Just a quick note that I will be Tweeting some bidding and auction results in real-time on our Twitter feed which is @thedomains We already pointed out all the domain names that have met reserve and will sell today over the last couple of hours, plea...
Discussion
January 21, 2016, 7:51 pm
Domain Shane
CHINESE AUCTION TRENDS FOR JANUARY 21, 2016
The volume of 5i.com names sold today was amazing — nearly 1,000. The problem is they are trading for around 10 bucks each on average. I modified the chart today and removed the 7-day delta column and replaced it with a 30...
Discussion
CHINESE AUCTION TRENDS FOR JANUARY 21, 2016
The volume of 5i.com names sold today was amazing — nearly 1,000. The problem is they are trading for around 10 bucks each on average. I modified the chart today and removed the 7-day delta column and replaced it with a 30...
Discussion
January 21, 2016, 6:16 pm
Domain Name Wire
Taxi software company goes with .Taxi domain name
Company uses bid.taxi for new ride-hailing technology. Back in November, Sedo reported the sale of Bid.Taxi for €2,000. I reached out to the buyer to understand why it bought the domain name and chose a new top level domain. Command Software Ser...
Discussion
Taxi software company goes with .Taxi domain name
Company uses bid.taxi for new ride-hailing technology. Back in November, Sedo reported the sale of Bid.Taxi for €2,000. I reached out to the buyer to understand why it bought the domain name and chose a new top level domain. Command Software Ser...
Discussion
January 21, 2016, 5:45 pm
The Domains
1st Day New gTLD Totals: .Family; .Feedback
Earlier today we wrote about .Car, .Cars and .Auto which ended its first day of general availability with around 650 domain registrations. Two other new gTLD’s launched yesterday Rightside (NAME) .Family and Jay Westerdal’s .Feedback. .Fa...
Discussion
1st Day New gTLD Totals: .Family; .Feedback
Earlier today we wrote about .Car, .Cars and .Auto which ended its first day of general availability with around 650 domain registrations. Two other new gTLD’s launched yesterday Rightside (NAME) .Family and Jay Westerdal’s .Feedback. .Fa...
Discussion
January 21, 2016, 4:49 pm
Domain Name Wire
Dietmar Stefitz gives the lowdown on Domaining Europe
Domain name conference will be held in The Hague in May. After a successful NamesCon this month, the next domain investor-focused conference on the schedule is DomainingEurope. The event will take place May 29-31 in The Hague. DNW readers can current...
Discussion
Dietmar Stefitz gives the lowdown on Domaining Europe
Domain name conference will be held in The Hague in May. After a successful NamesCon this month, the next domain investor-focused conference on the schedule is DomainingEurope. The event will take place May 29-31 in The Hague. DNW readers can current...
Discussion
January 21, 2016, 4:20 pm
Domain Name Wire
Toot.com for $31.8k and other expired domain name sales
Toot.com leads expired domain name sales. Close observers will have noticed the absence of SnapNames results from my last article, which only covered NameJet expired domains. In the week since NamesCon, most of us have d...
Discussion
Toot.com for $31.8k and other expired domain name sales
Toot.com leads expired domain name sales. Close observers will have noticed the absence of SnapNames results from my last article, which only covered NameJet expired domains. In the week since NamesCon, most of us have d...
Discussion
January 21, 2016, 2:58 pm
The Domains
.Car, .Cars & .Auto Hauls In Another Cool Million
The new gTLD’s .Car, .Cars and .Auto went into it’s first day of general availability (GA) yesterday a domain name could be registered on a first come, first severed basis. According to RegistrarStats.com here are the totals from th...
Discussion
.Car, .Cars & .Auto Hauls In Another Cool Million
The new gTLD’s .Car, .Cars and .Auto went into it’s first day of general availability (GA) yesterday a domain name could be registered on a first come, first severed basis. According to RegistrarStats.com here are the totals from th...
Discussion
January 21, 2016, 2:08 pm