Rob Monster made a prediction thread for the industry at the beginning of the year. Rob predicted Uniregistry would get acquired in 2020 and it took only 42 days to be proved right. Industry consolidation: Look for DAN, Efty, Escrow.com and Uniregistry all to be acquired in 2020. Godaddy will be a buyer of innovation […]
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Countries consider their country code a natural resource
Wired published an article titled, “The Digital Colonialism Behind .tv and .ly” The story deals with country codes starting with .nu. It seems the news driving the story is the lawsuit regarding .nu the country code for the South Pacific island of Niue. I did not know all the history behind .nu, I knew it […]
Continue ReadingNamepros rewrites software to provide better account info
Over the years things like why was someone banned? Or what does partial restriction mean? One of the things I have mentioned over the years was when you see “account auto closed” you did not know if it was the member’s request or they got banned. Namepros has now upgraded their software to provide specific […]
Continue ReadingNow being brokered, 20 years ago Cool.com had a lot going on
Elliot Silver mentioned yesterday that Future Media Architects will now have it’s domain names brokered by Saw.com. One of the domain names FMA owns is Cool.com. 20 years ago Cool.com had a lot going on and a potential $38 million deal that was never accepted. ZDNet covered the story. Tim Lee hand registered the name […]
Continue Reading30% of NamesCon Live Auction (136 names) have already met reserve
The NamesCon live auction will have 136 names in the live auction. 30% of the names in the live auction have met reserve. Toolchest.com and JM.org are two of the best that have met reserve and both under four figures. Roughly 40% of the live auction are domain names with 4 or less characters. Here […]
Continue ReadingSome domain registrants look to profit off the passing of Kobe Bryant
Sunday was a terrible day as Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna and 7 other passengers were killed in a helicopter crash. Kobe went to high school around where I live, he played at Lower Merion, High School in Ardmore, PA. I had friends who met him at the Bellevue Hotel and got autographs way back […]
Continue ReadingSedo has positions available in Cologne and Boston
Sedo tweeted out today they have positions available in their Cologne and Boston offices. Want to bring your skills and talents to work for the best in the domain business? 💡🤔 Sedo has open positions in both our Boston and Cologne, Germany offices. U.S careers page: https://t.co/fOdfeFSWhLAnd for those in Europe: https://t.co/PfYVVVSOVK Happy job hunting! […]
Continue ReadingKim Dotcom Wins Back K.im, registrant who lost it plans to appeal
It looks like Kim Dotcom will be getting back K.im. The Isle of Mann has apparently decided to transfer the name back to the original owner. TorrentFreak lays out all the details and you should read the article in full. There apparently was an attempt to sell the name back for $100,000. “I conclude that […]
Continue ReadingNamepros 2019 profitability poll results
It looks like a fair number of domain investors on Namepros had a solid 2019. I started a poll that asked if 2019 was profitable? It looks like 68% had a profitable year out of 200 voters. Doron Vermaat of Efty detailed his year in one of the 65 comments. Doron wrote: Total revenue for […]
Continue ReadingKeyword sales data for 2019
There are certain keywords that are the most sought after in domain wanted threads, certain keywords that are the strongest when it comes to overall registration numbers. Here is a look back at 2019 and how certain keywords fared. Many specialize in certain niches and this can provide some guidance to see how what you […]
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