2 weeks ago I resigned from the Greek basketball team I had been working for the past 14 months. Yesterday was my last day (it was a Sunday game) and I already know I made …
Read More »Google announces “domain properties” in Search Console
Google recommends verifying all versions of a website — http, https, www, and non-www — in order to get the most comprehensive view of your site in Google Search Console. Unfortunately, many separate listings can …
Read More »Cloudflare registrar is now open to all but still without domain registrations!
The Cloudflare domain name registrar was announced in September. They launched the registrar by making it available in waves to its existing customers. So now the Cloudflare Registrar is available to all customers. The Cloudflare …
Read More »Uniregistry makes WHOIS hidden by default but you can opt-out
Uniregistry announced today to make domain name WHOIS hidden/redacted by default. The good news is that you can opt-out of the default redacted whois and keep WHOIS of your domains public. WHOIS changes will take …
Read More »GoDaddy 2018 report: revenue up 15.5% ($695.8m), domains revenue up 11.6% ($314.3m)
GoDaddy Inc. (NYSE: GDDY) today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2018. “Entrepreneurism is a way of life for hundreds of millions of people around the world. At GoDaddy we …
Read More »Google launched .dev domains
Google registry officially launched .dev domain names yesterday. Starting February 19 at 8:00 a.m. PT and through February 28, .dev domains are available to register as part of the Early Access Program, where you can …
Read More »Domain Trends and Insights from GoDaddy’s Domain Aftermarket (video)
You can now watch the Domain Investing Keynote from Namescon 2019 with Paul Nicks V.P. of the Domain Aftermarket at GoDaddy. The keynote from the Las Vegas domain name conference is titled: “Domain Trends and …
Read More »Liquid domains market: $8.6M in escrow.com recorded sales for 4Ls
GGRG Brokerage Consulting and Giuseppe Graziano published the 4tht quarter of 2018 Liquid Domains Market Overview partnering with Escrow.com and Estibot’s parent company Intelium and ShortNames.com. This report is focused on 2018 Q4 and presents key statistics of the domains that are …
Read More »Mike Mann sells 15 domains for $293,298 in January
Mike Mann reported selling 15 domain names in January for a total of $293,298. Prices started at $1,288 and went up to $100,000. Mike Mann sold 14 .com domains and 1 .org domain. The average …
Read More »Trending domain name keywords: keto, property, trial, legal, litigation, custody
The top 10 trending keywords registered in .COM and .NET domain names during the month of January 2019 were published by Verisign, the .com and .net registry. You can find the list from last month here. …
Read More »Marksmen makes lowball offer using a GoDaddy domain appraisal
Marksmen, a brand protection agency, made a lowball offer for one of my domains using a GoDaddy domain name appraisal. Everybody in the domain name industry knows that all automated domain name appraisals are useless. …
Read More ».Com and .Net domains increase to 153 million in 2018 (up 4.5% from 2017)
VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN) today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and full year 2018. “2018 was a strong year for Verisign. The domain name base and revenues grew; we divested non-core assets; and …
Read More »New GoDaddy commercial is out
GoDaddy has a new commercial on YouTube today. The new ad has the title “Make the World You Want” and is using the hashtag #maketheworldyouwant. The domain MaketheWorldYouWant.com was registered on February 2nd, 2019 at …
Read More »How I reply to threats from companies that want to steal my domains
I got a message from a Spanish company trying to steal my domain. They used the contact form that I have on this domain name I own to send the message below. I have nothing …
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