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Afternic search and Domain Academy – DNW Podcast #461
Joe Styler discusses a new search tool and what’s ahead for Domain Academy. Want to find bargains at Afternic? Filtering through Afternic’s 23 million domains just got a lot easier thanks to a new tool in Domain Academy: Afternic Advanced...
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Afternic search and Domain Academy – DNW Podcast #461
Joe Styler discusses a new search tool and what’s ahead for Domain Academy. Want to find bargains at Afternic? Filtering through Afternic’s 23 million domains just got a lot easier thanks to a new tool in Domain Academy: Afternic Advanced...
Discussion
November 13, 2023, 4:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
ICANN terminates OpenTLD, famous for its connection to .TK domains
Three strikes, and OpenTLD is out. ICANN has sent a notice of termination to OpenTLD, the domain name registrar associated with the Freenom group of companies. Freenom is best known for giving away free domain registrations, most famously .tk, in a d...
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ICANN terminates OpenTLD, famous for its connection to .TK domains
Three strikes, and OpenTLD is out. ICANN has sent a notice of termination to OpenTLD, the domain name registrar associated with the Freenom group of companies. Freenom is best known for giving away free domain registrations, most famously .tk, in a d...
Discussion
November 10, 2023, 4:53 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy introduces power search tool for Afternic inventory
Domain investors can filter inventory to find bargains. GoDaddy has released a beta search tool to help domain investors find good values within Afternic’s inventory. The Afternic Advanced Search tool is available to anyone with access to ...
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GoDaddy introduces power search tool for Afternic inventory
Domain investors can filter inventory to find bargains. GoDaddy has released a beta search tool to help domain investors find good values within Afternic’s inventory. The Afternic Advanced Search tool is available to anyone with access to ...
Discussion
November 9, 2023, 6:22 pm
Domain Name Wire
Newfold sales led by 802.com and weapons.com
NameJet and SnapNames combine for 73 sales of $2,000 or higher last month. Newfold Digital has revealed 73 sales of $2,000 or more from its platforms NameJet and SnapNames during October. The sales total $442,000. Here are some of the sales that stan...
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Newfold sales led by 802.com and weapons.com
NameJet and SnapNames combine for 73 sales of $2,000 or higher last month. Newfold Digital has revealed 73 sales of $2,000 or more from its platforms NameJet and SnapNames during October. The sales total $442,000. Here are some of the sales that stan...
Discussion
November 9, 2023, 2:11 pm
Domain Name Wire
Gambling company fails for THIRD time to get circus.com
Court rules in favor of circus.com owner. Online gambling company Circus Belgium SA has failed for a third time to get the domain name circus.com. First, it tried to obtain the valuable domain name through a UDRP in 2016. It failed and was found to h...
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Gambling company fails for THIRD time to get circus.com
Court rules in favor of circus.com owner. Online gambling company Circus Belgium SA has failed for a third time to get the domain name circus.com. First, it tried to obtain the valuable domain name through a UDRP in 2016. It failed and was found to h...
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November 8, 2023, 11:41 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Ai, cybercriminals and domain pricing
Netcraft published a report showing that criminals will use expensive domains for sophisticated schemes. Netcraft published an analysis of cybercrime in the .ai namespace today. .Ai is the country code for Anguilla and is popular because of artificia...
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.Ai, cybercriminals and domain pricing
Netcraft published a report showing that criminals will use expensive domains for sophisticated schemes. Netcraft published an analysis of cybercrime in the .ai namespace today. .Ai is the country code for Anguilla and is popular because of artificia...
Discussion
November 8, 2023, 4:13 pm
Domain Name Wire
Recent Sedo end user domain name sales
An online healthcare site, a green energy company, and a luxury vacation rental business bought domain names. RTbet .com led this week’s Sedo sales list at $60,000. It’s not yet clear who bought the domain name. I was able to find the buy...
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Recent Sedo end user domain name sales
An online healthcare site, a green energy company, and a luxury vacation rental business bought domain names. RTbet .com led this week’s Sedo sales list at $60,000. It’s not yet clear who bought the domain name. I was able to find the buy...
Discussion
November 8, 2023, 2:45 pm
Domain Name Wire
Squarespace reports earnings, expects $1B annual revenue for first time
Company reports robust growth, with more ahead thanks to Google Domains acquisition. Website building platform Squarespace (NYSE: SQSP) announced its Q3 earnings before the market opened this morning. Total revenue grew 18% year over year to $257.1 m...
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Squarespace reports earnings, expects $1B annual revenue for first time
Company reports robust growth, with more ahead thanks to Google Domains acquisition. Website building platform Squarespace (NYSE: SQSP) announced its Q3 earnings before the market opened this morning. Total revenue grew 18% year over year to $257.1 m...
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November 7, 2023, 3:41 pm
Domain Name Wire
Parking ad revenue will be impacted by Google changes in January
New consent requirements could reduce parking revenue. Consent changes are coming to Google in January, which could impact revenue from parked domain names. Team Internet (AIM: TIG), the parent company of ParkingCrew and Tonic, sent a notice to publi...
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Parking ad revenue will be impacted by Google changes in January
New consent requirements could reduce parking revenue. Consent changes are coming to Google in January, which could impact revenue from parked domain names. Team Internet (AIM: TIG), the parent company of ParkingCrew and Tonic, sent a notice to publi...
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November 7, 2023, 3:24 pm
Domain Name Wire
Over $160k of expired .ai domains sold today
Dynadot’s monthly .ai auction concludes today. Dynadot’s monthly .ai expired domain auction concludes this morning. Many of the auctions have already closed, but the auctions have generous extensions for late bids, so others will close la...
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Over $160k of expired .ai domains sold today
Dynadot’s monthly .ai auction concludes today. Dynadot’s monthly .ai expired domain auction concludes this morning. Many of the auctions have already closed, but the auctions have generous extensions for late bids, so others will close la...
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November 6, 2023, 5:13 pm
