The Verisign .com monopoly reported a huge operating margin that was 65.4 percent for the first quarter of 2019. Instead of being grateful for this gift that it is being given they are asking for .com …
Read More »My comment about price increases on Kevin Murphy’s post
Kevin Murphy wrote a blog post “ICA rallies the troops to defeat .org price hikes. It won’t work” that mentioned a few opinions that I don’t agree with. Kevin said that “the retail price of …
Read More »Namecheap opposes domain name price increases
Namecheap is the first registrar that I see opposing the removal of price caps on several legacy top level domains such as .org, .info and .biz. (Also don’t forget .asia.) If you see any other …
Read More »Say “No” to unlimited price increases on .org, .info, .biz and .asia domains!
The ICA has created an easy-to-use Form for you to submit your objections to ICANN regarding its proposed removal of all price caps on several domain name extensions. Although the form focuses on .org you …
Read More »Efty acquires competitor DomaHub
Efty announced it has completed the acquisition of competitor DomaHub Domains LLC. DomaHub is domain name management software maker. DomaHub was founded in 2016 by Wonmin Lee and Wonkyu Lee as a platform that allowed users to rent …
Read More »Mike Mann sells 7 domains for $122,700 in March (LinkChecker[.]com, AmVis[.]com)
Mike Mann reported selling 7 domain names in March for a total of $122,700. Prices started at $7,800 and went up to $40,000. Mike Mann sold 7 .com domains. The average reported domain sales price …
Read More »Constantine Roussos and DotMusic win the rights to .Music domains!!!
DotMusic Limited managed to win the exclusive rights to the .music extension and domain names outbidding 2 giants: Google and Amazon. There were originally 8 competitive applications in contention. The contention was resolved a few …
Read More »Rick Schwartz reveals domain name purchase prices from the 1990’s
Rick Schwartz revealed on Twitter some of his domain name purchase prices from the 1990’s. He started by saying that domain name acquisition cost has nothing to do with sales price, something that I completely …
Read More »The ICA is organizing a public webcast
The Internet Commerce Association (ICA) is organizing a public webcast which will highlight the ICA’s policy positions and interests. The webcast is scheduled for April 12 at 1 PM EDT. Registration is now open. Among the topics ICA will …
Read More »GoDaddy domain auctions: The problems never end
So GoDaddy supposedly fixed the problem where domains would get renewed or transferred out after a GoDaddy auction had ended and paid for. But today I was going through my bank statement from March and …
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Google new spam policy: Expired domain abuse
Google announced the March 2024 core update that they claim is designed to improve the quality of Search by showing less content that feels like it was made to attract clicks, and more content that people find useful. They also shared that Google has new spam policies to better handle …
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Buyer of Cofounders .com shares his thought process
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Ladies and gentlemen this is Rick Schwartz
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7 things Jordan Fried learned about domains (Owner of NFT.com and PuertoRico.com)
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Mike Mann says GoDaddy domain appraisals are a total scam and a racket
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Upcoming changes to Dan.com
GoDaddy and DAN want to move towards a simplified Aftermarket experience so they are announcing three upcoming changes to Dan.com. 1. Payout Currency Selection Starting on July 5th, you can choose a preferred payout currency in your payout settings. This enables payouts in either US Dollars (USD), Great British Pounds …
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Dan.com landers are now available on Afternic
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DAN: Import Lease to Own (LTO) transactions with a 10% commission
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7 things Jordan Fried learned about domains (Owner of NFT.com and PuertoRico.com)
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Liquid market report Q4 2022: $11.4M in Escrow.com sales