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Understanding GoDaddy’s Full Domain & Privacy Protection
GoDaddy’s paid domain privacy service has some practical implications for domain owners and the expired domain market. Earlier this year, GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) made its basic Whois privacy protection service free. By default, GoDaddy now shows a...
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Understanding GoDaddy’s Full Domain & Privacy Protection
GoDaddy’s paid domain privacy service has some practical implications for domain owners and the expired domain market. Earlier this year, GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) made its basic Whois privacy protection service free. By default, GoDaddy now shows a...
Discussion
November 9, 2020, 2:23 pm
Domain Name Wire
What Donuts’ data tell us about the new top level domain market
A look at premium sales and which TLDs drive the most volume Donuts, the largest top level domain operator in terms of number of strings, published a report about its sales in October. While the company doesn’t provide absolute numbers in its r...
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What Donuts’ data tell us about the new top level domain market
A look at premium sales and which TLDs drive the most volume Donuts, the largest top level domain operator in terms of number of strings, published a report about its sales in October. While the company doesn’t provide absolute numbers in its r...
Discussion
November 6, 2020, 5:13 pm
Domain Name Wire
Tucows announces Q3 2020 earnings
Core business revenue up slightly, but headline number drops due to sale of mobile customer base. Tucows (NASDAQ: TCX), a domain name and communications company, announced earnings after the market closed today. Q3 2020 revenue was $74.3 million. Tha...
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Tucows announces Q3 2020 earnings
Core business revenue up slightly, but headline number drops due to sale of mobile customer base. Tucows (NASDAQ: TCX), a domain name and communications company, announced earnings after the market closed today. Q3 2020 revenue was $74.3 million. Tha...
Discussion
November 5, 2020, 10:33 pm
Domain Name Wire
How domain stocks are faring in 2020
Endurance leads the way after acquisition. It’s been a wild ride in the stock market this year. On March 14, I wrote about how domain name stocks fared during the pandemic market crash up through the close on March 13. I wrote an update in...
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How domain stocks are faring in 2020
Endurance leads the way after acquisition. It’s been a wild ride in the stock market this year. On March 14, I wrote about how domain name stocks fared during the pandemic market crash up through the close on March 13. I wrote an update in...
Discussion
November 5, 2020, 6:17 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy earnings: 1 million net new customers this year, COO Andrew Low Ah Kee leaving
Customer base and revenue continues to climb as business quickly transition online. Domain name and web presence company GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) announced earnings after the market closed today. The company said it has added over one million net paying ...
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GoDaddy earnings: 1 million net new customers this year, COO Andrew Low Ah Kee leaving
Customer base and revenue continues to climb as business quickly transition online. Domain name and web presence company GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) announced earnings after the market closed today. The company said it has added over one million net paying ...
Discussion
November 4, 2020, 9:26 pm
Domain Name Wire
Walmart sold Lingerie.com as part of divestiture
Walmart divests great domains as it divests businesses. In August I wrote that Walmart sold Shoes.com. It turns out that the company also struck a deal in August that involved another great domain, Lingerie.com. Walmart sold its Bare Necessities bran...
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Walmart sold Lingerie.com as part of divestiture
Walmart divests great domains as it divests businesses. In August I wrote that Walmart sold Shoes.com. It turns out that the company also struck a deal in August that involved another great domain, Lingerie.com. Walmart sold its Bare Necessities bran...
Discussion
November 4, 2020, 7:52 pm
Domain Name Wire
Stars.com sold for close to $1 million last year
UDRP reveals high sales price for Stars.com domain name. I’ve been keeping a close eye on a UDRP for Stars.com that was filed on September 22. I hoped there was more to the story than some misguided company going after a dictionary word .com do...
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Stars.com sold for close to $1 million last year
UDRP reveals high sales price for Stars.com domain name. I’ve been keeping a close eye on a UDRP for Stars.com that was filed on September 22. I hoped there was more to the story than some misguided company going after a dictionary word .com do...
Discussion
November 4, 2020, 4:23 pm
Domain Name Wire
15 more end user sales
A telemedicine company, an orthopedic clinic and a sports marketing company bought domain names. Sedo’s top public sale this past week was Uncle.com for $66,002. The buyer appears to be a domain investor. One of my favorite end user sales is Im...
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15 more end user sales
A telemedicine company, an orthopedic clinic and a sports marketing company bought domain names. Sedo’s top public sale this past week was Uncle.com for $66,002. The buyer appears to be a domain investor. One of my favorite end user sales is Im...
Discussion
November 4, 2020, 2:09 pm
Domain Name Wire
Speak the buyer’s language
What matters to domain sellers doesn’t always matter — or even make sense — to domain buyers. Darpan Munjal, the founder of SquadHelp, provides a unique view on his Twitter feed into the domain name aftermarket. While most people wh...
Discussion
Speak the buyer’s language
What matters to domain sellers doesn’t always matter — or even make sense — to domain buyers. Darpan Munjal, the founder of SquadHelp, provides a unique view on his Twitter feed into the domain name aftermarket. While most people wh...
Discussion
November 3, 2020, 4:50 pm
Domain Name Wire
October’s Top 5 domain name stories
PayPal, a fly, and some expensive domain forwards made for top domain name news last month. Here are the stories that attracted the most attention on Domain Name Wire last month. 1. PayPal drops Epik, sparking registrar to cry it is being “depl...
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October’s Top 5 domain name stories
PayPal, a fly, and some expensive domain forwards made for top domain name news last month. Here are the stories that attracted the most attention on Domain Name Wire last month. 1. PayPal drops Epik, sparking registrar to cry it is being “depl...
Discussion
November 3, 2020, 2:27 pm
