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Domain Name Wire
EDR: Over 120 expired domain sales results and analysis
This week’s Expired Domain Report (EDR) covers over ten dozen domain names sold over the past week, plus a look at the week ahead. What’s the value of a good book? Or a piece of art? If you thought you couldn’t put a num...
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EDR: Over 120 expired domain sales results and analysis
This week’s Expired Domain Report (EDR) covers over ten dozen domain names sold over the past week, plus a look at the week ahead. What’s the value of a good book? Or a piece of art? If you thought you couldn’t put a num...
Discussion
May 23, 2014, 5:15 pm

Domain Name Wire
Here’s what your favorite TLDs are (and the ones that will sell the most)
Your forecast for the best selling TLDs. This year’s Domain Name Wire survey asked you what your favorite new top level domain names are, as well as the ones you expect to get the most registrations. There was no clear runaway winner on which T...
Discussion
Here’s what your favorite TLDs are (and the ones that will sell the most)
Your forecast for the best selling TLDs. This year’s Domain Name Wire survey asked you what your favorite new top level domain names are, as well as the ones you expect to get the most registrations. There was no clear runaway winner on which T...
Discussion
May 23, 2014, 2:45 pm

Domain Name Wire
The most influential person in the domain name industry is…
Survey says… Who is the most influential person in the domain name industry? Frank Schilling, according to respondents to this year’s Domain Name Wire survey. 37% of respondents said Schilling was the most influential person in the domai...
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The most influential person in the domain name industry is…
Survey says… Who is the most influential person in the domain name industry? Frank Schilling, according to respondents to this year’s Domain Name Wire survey. 37% of respondents said Schilling was the most influential person in the domai...
Discussion
May 22, 2014, 5:55 pm

Domain Name Wire
What domain names TNT and 16 others bought last week
TV network among end user domain name buyers at Sedo last week. Sedo had a lot of five figure sales last week that are still in escrow, meaning I can’t see who bought the domains yet. Most of them are likely end users given the price tags and d...
Discussion
What domain names TNT and 16 others bought last week
TV network among end user domain name buyers at Sedo last week. Sedo had a lot of five figure sales last week that are still in escrow, meaning I can’t see who bought the domains yet. Most of them are likely end users given the price tags and d...
Discussion
May 22, 2014, 2:55 pm

Domain Name Wire
Advertising a 6 word domain name on the radio?
Why is this new home community asking radio listeners to remember a six word domain name? I heard a radio advertisement yesterday for a new home community outside of Austin called Rocky Creek. Like many planned developments, this one was built in pha...
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Advertising a 6 word domain name on the radio?
Why is this new home community asking radio listeners to remember a six word domain name? I heard a radio advertisement yesterday for a new home community outside of Austin called Rocky Creek. Like many planned developments, this one was built in pha...
Discussion
May 22, 2014, 2:00 pm

Domain Name Wire
Report: How to Sell Domain Names on Marketplaces
Free report provides details for getting the most out of domain name marketplaces. Today I’m delighted to release my first in-depth Domain Name Wire report, “How to Sell Domain Names on Marketplaces”. I wrote this report in response...
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Report: How to Sell Domain Names on Marketplaces
Free report provides details for getting the most out of domain name marketplaces. Today I’m delighted to release my first in-depth Domain Name Wire report, “How to Sell Domain Names on Marketplaces”. I wrote this report in response...
Discussion
May 21, 2014, 4:33 pm

Domain Name Wire
18 end user domain name sales up to $38,000
SteamEngine.com among company’s top reported sales for last week. GoDaddy/Afternic teamed up for a better-than-usual $2.3 million worth of aftermarket domain name sales last week. Here are some of the sales made to end user. (As always, you may...
Discussion
18 end user domain name sales up to $38,000
SteamEngine.com among company’s top reported sales for last week. GoDaddy/Afternic teamed up for a better-than-usual $2.3 million worth of aftermarket domain name sales last week. Here are some of the sales made to end user. (As always, you may...
Discussion
May 21, 2014, 2:20 pm

Domain Name Wire
Garry Chernoff sells Scada.com domain name for $110k
Domain investor strikes gold with SCADA.com. Domain name investor Garry Chernoff has sold the domain name Scada.com for $110,000. The buyer is B-Scada, Inc. (Beyond SCADA). SCADA stands for Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition, and is a field I k...
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Garry Chernoff sells Scada.com domain name for $110k
Domain investor strikes gold with SCADA.com. Domain name investor Garry Chernoff has sold the domain name Scada.com for $110,000. The buyer is B-Scada, Inc. (Beyond SCADA). SCADA stands for Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition, and is a field I k...
Discussion
May 20, 2014, 6:08 pm

Domain Name Wire
New TLDs and a lack of price caps
Registries can jack up prices, but they must give notice. One issue many people think may be a ticking time bomb with consumers and new top level domain names is a lack of price controls. I was reminded of this today by some comments on another post....
Discussion
New TLDs and a lack of price caps
Registries can jack up prices, but they must give notice. One issue many people think may be a ticking time bomb with consumers and new top level domain names is a lack of price controls. I was reminded of this today by some comments on another post....
Discussion
May 20, 2014, 4:29 pm

Domain Name Wire
Domain Name Wire is Growing
DNW continues to grow with additional features and services. Your feedback is welcomed. A lot has happened in the nine-plus years since Domain Name Wire launched in March 2005. The domain name business has gone through its ups and downs. Business mod...
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Domain Name Wire is Growing
DNW continues to grow with additional features and services. Your feedback is welcomed. A lot has happened in the nine-plus years since Domain Name Wire launched in March 2005. The domain name business has gone through its ups and downs. Business mod...
Discussion
May 20, 2014, 2:45 pm