Last week DN.com announced by sending an email that it will be closing for 3-4 days and their website went offline. Yesterday they announced by sending another email that they had some government issues and …
Read More »Donuts Gives “Proof” That Not-Coms Are Superior To Legacy Domains
Donuts published a blog post titled “The Proof is in the Data – Not-Coms Are Superior To Legacy Domains“. During the first two months of 2016, not-coms made their Super Bowl debut and the highly-anticipated …
Read More »2.tv Was Sold For $100,000 – How Much Is 2tv.com Worth?
There was a report 2 weeks ago that the domain name 2.tv was sold for about $100,000 USD. Raymond Hackney wrote that the domain was owned by Michael Berkens before he sold his portfolio to …
Read More »Why I Didn’t Like The .WS Post By Braden Pollock
I have been debating for 4 days if I like Braden Pollock’s post “Why I Invested Six Figures in .WS Domain Names” or not. I read the post and all the comments, including the crazy …
Read More ».COM, .ORG & New gTLDs Get Relatively More Domain Inquiries
I run a test counting all domain name inquiries in a month to see what TLDs are getting the most inquiries compared to the percentage that each TLD represents in my domain portfolio. I only …
Read More »“Hope you sleep well at night!”
I got an inquiry and as usual I submitted my quote. It was an 8 letter .com for $25,000. What I got back was another crazy response from someone not familiar with domain names or …
Read More »5 Reasons Why Antony Van Couvering Was Fired From Minds + Machines
There was a press release today by Minds + Machines announcing that Antony Van Couvering is no longer the Chief Executive Officer of the Company. Mr Van Couvering was removed from office with immediate effect …
Read More »Mike Mann Thinks New gTLDs Will Confuse Consumers
Mike Mann wrote a Facebook post expressing his views on the .com Vs New gTLDs issue: The new gTLD domains can sound very good and their industry can grow a bit for a while, but …
Read More »10 Things I learned About Chinese Domain Buyers
I sold a few domain names to a few Chinese buyers in November and December and it was all together a pleasant experience. Everybody knows they like short domain names and numerics but here are …
Read More »NAF Messes With The UDRP Rules In Domain Disputes
Evidence that the National Arbitration Forum (NAF) is advising complainants on how to win a complaint OR it simply allows complaints that don’t follow the UDRP rules to proceed has come to light. The complainant, …
Read More »Email Spammers Are Using Cheap .Top & .Pro Domains
I checked the last 50 spam emails I received to see what domain names the spammers are using. I have to say that this is not a scientific study in any way and maybe these …
Read More »Am I A Domain Name Geek?
I decided last night to watch the Silicon Valley TV show from the first episode. I had only watched 2-3 episodes of the show here and there, mostly on flights. I started watching episode 1 …
Read More »What percentage of my domains did I sell in 2015? (poll)
I wrote an article with details about my domain name portfolio including the total number of domains and the percentage of each TLD I invest in. I want to ask you to guess what is …
Read More »Adam Dicker Owes A Lot Of Money To A Lot Of People
I was at NamesCon and people were asking if Adam Dicker was coming or not. Some people told me that Adam Dicker owes them money. I didn’t have any complaints send to me until the …
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