Giuseppe Graziano from GGRG partnering with Escrow.com and Estibot’s parent company Intelium and ShortNames.com published the 14th edition of the Liquid Domains Overview (LXDO), which focuses on the 614,928 .com domains we call “liquid”. The objective of …
Read More »My rough estimate of the Uniregistry acquisition price
After the announcement of the Uniregistry acquisition by GoDaddy some people commented that the acquisition price would be around $50m to $100m. I don’t think the price was near this level. Here is my (extremely) …
Read More »GoDaddy reports 2019 results (revenue up 12.2%)
GoDaddy Inc. (NYSE: GDDY) reported financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2019. Total revenue of $780.4 million, up 12.2% year over year. Domains revenue of $352.3 million, up 12.1% year …
Read More »Opposing the .com price increase
Please act now. The comment period for the proposed price increases of .com closes tomorrow Friday, February 14, 2020. I could have written a lot more about this as I wrote about .org but I …
Read More »Josh Reason launches the Domain Name Wholesale Exchange
Josh Reason is launching the Domain Name Wholesale Exchange (DNWE). The new platform aims to bring a better wholesale experience to domain investors. The exchange is a domain platform built entirely for domainers so the …
Read More »GoDaddy acquires Uniregistry’s registrar, marketplace and 350,000 domains
GoDaddy Inc. (NYSE: GDDY) today announced it is acquiring Uniregistry’s domain registrar and marketplace businesses. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. The deal is expected to close sometime in Q2 2020. The Uniregistry …
Read More »How to buy and sell expired domains for a profit (video)
“Buying and selling domain names is an exciting adventure that for some seems to conjure up images of finding hidden pirate treasure or guessing the winning combination on the next Powerball. Stories abound of domains …
Read More »ICANN mocks the California Attorney General
ICANN is mocking the California Attorney General in a letter submitted on January 31, 2020. ICANN’s attorneys (Jones Day) replied to the letter from California Attorney General (Xavier Becerra) on the 23rd of January regarding …
Read More »Donuts revealed 7 previously unpublished domain sales
Donuts revealed seven previously unpublished New gTLD domain sales ranging from $15,000 up to $125,000. The sales were revealed at NamesCon but were not reported (except for live.chat) until Donuts made a tweet today. It …
Read More »Airbridge Equity Partners (AEP) acquires a minority stake in DAN.com
Airbridge Equity Partners (AEP) has acquired a minority stake in the Amsterdam based scale-up DAN.com. “The Domain Automation Network was founded to resolve the existing & growing problems of the domain industry through process automation while aiming to …
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Misdirected emails containing sensitive information
Over the years I have received many misdirected emails on websites I am operating or contact form messages from domain names I own. I get these on all extensions but mainly .com, .org and .gr. A lot of people are confused and they mistakenly type an email address that is …
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Clubhouse: newbies and snake oil salesmen?
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Rick Schwartz’s 10 lessons in domaining
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GoDaddy fail
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Sahil Gupta tries to steal Spase .com again and fails miserably!
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DAN starts offering 2FA authentication
DAN started offering today 2FA authentication for additional account security using a new universal OTP 2FA Authentication integration. The new security layer that can help with keeping your DAN.COM account safe is to enable 2-Factor authentication for your account. Use your favorite OTP for 2FA (2-factor) authentication if you already use …
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How the ‘Lease to Own’ model can help you make more money
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Escrow.com report: 2020 Q4 domain sales up $16.3 million from Q3
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Masters of Domains: Escrow.com’s top 10 highest-grossing brokers
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DAN 2.0 coming in February