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The Domains
There Goes Another Two Letter .Com To China: Telepathy Sells WG.com
The domain name WG.com has sold to a Chinese buyer. WG.com was owned by Nat Cohen’s Telepathy.com and is now over at GoldenName.com (4.cn) Earlier today we reported that the domain name Ak.com appears to have sold as the site where the domain w...
Discussion
There Goes Another Two Letter .Com To China: Telepathy Sells WG.com
The domain name WG.com has sold to a Chinese buyer. WG.com was owned by Nat Cohen’s Telepathy.com and is now over at GoldenName.com (4.cn) Earlier today we reported that the domain name Ak.com appears to have sold as the site where the domain w...
Discussion
November 5, 2015, 4:23 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy sold $1.4 million of domain names from Marchex portfolio last quarter
Company getting early results from domain name portfolio. GoDaddy released its Q3 earnings yesterday, and its 10-Q filing with the SEC gives some insight into how it is doing with the Marchex domain name portfolio. The company paid $28.1 million to a...
Discussion
GoDaddy sold $1.4 million of domain names from Marchex portfolio last quarter
Company getting early results from domain name portfolio. GoDaddy released its Q3 earnings yesterday, and its 10-Q filing with the SEC gives some insight into how it is doing with the Marchex domain name portfolio. The company paid $28.1 million to a...
Discussion
November 5, 2015, 3:09 pm
The Domains
Owner of Houses.co.uk Who Paid £40,000 Blames Sedo For Auction Price of £2,999
Remember the story a few weeks ago about the domain name Houses.co.uk which was purchased a few years ago for £40,000 was on sale for £2,999 on Sedo? The owner of the domain name blames Sedo and its automated valuation tool. P...
Discussion
Owner of Houses.co.uk Who Paid £40,000 Blames Sedo For Auction Price of £2,999
Remember the story a few weeks ago about the domain name Houses.co.uk which was purchased a few years ago for £40,000 was on sale for £2,999 on Sedo? The owner of the domain name blames Sedo and its automated valuation tool. P...
Discussion
November 5, 2015, 2:42 pm
Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Auction Picks: Thursday, November 5th, 2015
I sold a CHIP yesterday at auction I had no plan on selling. I have been buying LLLL.coms for a decade but I usually try and make a profit and flip them. Like many people I bought some “shitty” letters every once in a while an...
Discussion
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Auction Picks: Thursday, November 5th, 2015
I sold a CHIP yesterday at auction I had no plan on selling. I have been buying LLLL.coms for a decade but I usually try and make a profit and flip them. Like many people I bought some “shitty” letters every once in a while an...
Discussion
November 5, 2015, 10:03 am
The Domains
AK.com is pending sale
Taking a look at AK.com tonight it looks like the domain is now pending sale. Below is a cached version of AK.com from a couple months ago, you will see the $4,995,000 asking price. Below that is the current look of the website showing a pending sale...
Discussion
AK.com is pending sale
Taking a look at AK.com tonight it looks like the domain is now pending sale. Below is a cached version of AK.com from a couple months ago, you will see the $4,995,000 asking price. Below that is the current look of the website showing a pending sale...
Discussion
November 5, 2015, 8:23 am
The Domains
Godaddy May Be The World’s Largest Domain Registrar But Not For New gTLD’s
Godaddy.com, which is the world’s largest domain name registrar (having the most domain names under management) is no longer the number 1 domain name registrar for new gTLD domains. According to ntldstats.com, Godaddy.com has fallen into the 2n...
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Godaddy May Be The World’s Largest Domain Registrar But Not For New gTLD’s
Godaddy.com, which is the world’s largest domain name registrar (having the most domain names under management) is no longer the number 1 domain name registrar for new gTLD domains. According to ntldstats.com, Godaddy.com has fallen into the 2n...
Discussion
November 5, 2015, 3:33 am
The Domains
.XYZ Did Not Block 12K Domains on Request of China; Liberty.xyz is Owned & We Have His email
Its been an interesting couple of weeks for the .XYZ registry. It all started when Domainincite.com published a post on October 12th, talking about that .XYZ might block almost 40,000 domain names at the registry level on the request of China. That n...
Discussion
.XYZ Did Not Block 12K Domains on Request of China; Liberty.xyz is Owned & We Have His email
Its been an interesting couple of weeks for the .XYZ registry. It all started when Domainincite.com published a post on October 12th, talking about that .XYZ might block almost 40,000 domain names at the registry level on the request of China. That n...
Discussion
November 5, 2015, 2:46 am
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy shares jump after hours on earnings, guidance
Wall Street applauds GoDaddy’s Q3 results. Shares in GoDaddy are up sharply after the company reported earnings this afternoon. GoDaddy shares are trading at $30.00 per share in after hours trading, up around 10% from its closing price today. T...
Discussion
GoDaddy shares jump after hours on earnings, guidance
Wall Street applauds GoDaddy’s Q3 results. Shares in GoDaddy are up sharply after the company reported earnings this afternoon. GoDaddy shares are trading at $30.00 per share in after hours trading, up around 10% from its closing price today. T...
Discussion
November 4, 2015, 10:58 pm
Domain Name Wire
At what price would it make sense to sell the DNW.com domain name?
I’ve never considered it before, but perhaps I should Three letter domain names continue to go up in value, and I receive daily offers from China for DNW.com. For the most part, this is a non-starter for me. After all, I use the domain name for...
Discussion
At what price would it make sense to sell the DNW.com domain name?
I’ve never considered it before, but perhaps I should Three letter domain names continue to go up in value, and I receive daily offers from China for DNW.com. For the most part, this is a non-starter for me. After all, I use the domain name for...
Discussion
November 4, 2015, 8:42 pm
The Domains
New U.K. Surveillance Bill includes monitoring users online habits
BBC.com broke down the details of the new surveillance bill to be passed in the U.K. No surprise there are opinions from all sides with some saying the bill goes too far and are too intrusive, this type of surveillance is not legal in and other Europ...
Discussion
New U.K. Surveillance Bill includes monitoring users online habits
BBC.com broke down the details of the new surveillance bill to be passed in the U.K. No surprise there are opinions from all sides with some saying the bill goes too far and are too intrusive, this type of surveillance is not legal in and other Europ...
Discussion
November 4, 2015, 7:41 pm
