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The Domains
NamesCon Day Three Explores Crypto and Domaining Intersection
Day’s One and Two are down in the books, and NamesCon Day Three is up to bat. Full steam ahead did the third day lead off with a Domain Name Industry Drivers keynote given by Verisign’s Scott Schnell. Scott discussed and expressed thought...
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NamesCon Day Three Explores Crypto and Domaining Intersection
Day’s One and Two are down in the books, and NamesCon Day Three is up to bat. Full steam ahead did the third day lead off with a Domain Name Industry Drivers keynote given by Verisign’s Scott Schnell. Scott discussed and expressed thought...
Discussion
February 1, 2018, 2:21 am

The Domains
Monte Cahn “Great.com is a done deal”
Great.com was the big sale at NamesCon’s live auction last night. Some expressed doubts if the domain sale would close. We did a poll on Twitter with not many votes but the majority voted no it would not go through. Will the sale of https://t.c...
Discussion
Monte Cahn “Great.com is a done deal”
Great.com was the big sale at NamesCon’s live auction last night. Some expressed doubts if the domain sale would close. We did a poll on Twitter with not many votes but the majority voted no it would not go through. Will the sale of https://t.c...
Discussion
January 31, 2018, 8:38 pm

The Domains
NamesCon’s “Domaining to the Future” in Day Two
It’s a new day in Las Vegas as the Tropicana Hotel comes to life for Day Two of NamesCon 2018. NamesCon follows up a highly energized Day One event with yet another fast-paced day of “Domaining to the Future”. Day Two’s Keynot...
Discussion
NamesCon’s “Domaining to the Future” in Day Two
It’s a new day in Las Vegas as the Tropicana Hotel comes to life for Day Two of NamesCon 2018. NamesCon follows up a highly energized Day One event with yet another fast-paced day of “Domaining to the Future”. Day Two’s Keynot...
Discussion
January 31, 2018, 9:00 am

The Domains
Josh Metnick just keeps on selling crypto related domains
Josh Metnick continues to sell crypto domains, some of them I would never even think of registering. Names like, 0x.fund. Josh sold it for $5,000. He explained to me in an email, (0x is shorthand for Ethereum — all Ethereum addresses start with...
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Josh Metnick just keeps on selling crypto related domains
Josh Metnick continues to sell crypto domains, some of them I would never even think of registering. Names like, 0x.fund. Josh sold it for $5,000. He explained to me in an email, (0x is shorthand for Ethereum — all Ethereum addresses start with...
Discussion
January 31, 2018, 5:26 am

The Domains
Great.com sells for $900,000 to lead NamesCon auction
There were 135 lots in the live auction and 82 sold. The top sale was Great.com at $900,000. The reserve was higher but looks like it was lowered and an online bidder won the auction. PayPerClick.com was sold at $100,000. ORDER DOMAIN 10 cryptocurren...
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Great.com sells for $900,000 to lead NamesCon auction
There were 135 lots in the live auction and 82 sold. The top sale was Great.com at $900,000. The reserve was higher but looks like it was lowered and an online bidder won the auction. PayPerClick.com was sold at $100,000. ORDER DOMAIN 10 cryptocurren...
Discussion
January 31, 2018, 3:38 am

The Domains
Sedo weekly sales led by CarStore.com
Sedo reported their weekly sales and CarStore.com led the way at $82,500. Two 4L.coms made the top 6 with Hbus.com selling for $12,500 and oaio.com selling for 8,000 Euros, ($9,916). 43.com sales 14 cctld sales 8 other gtld sales .US woke up and char...
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Sedo weekly sales led by CarStore.com
Sedo reported their weekly sales and CarStore.com led the way at $82,500. Two 4L.coms made the top 6 with Hbus.com selling for $12,500 and oaio.com selling for 8,000 Euros, ($9,916). 43.com sales 14 cctld sales 8 other gtld sales .US woke up and char...
Discussion
January 30, 2018, 9:19 pm

The Domains
NamesCon Auction today, Lucky.com has a 7 figure bid
RightOfTheDot will conduct the live auction today at 4:00 PM Pacific Time at the NamesCon conference. The domain name Lucky.com has a bid of over $1millon but still shy of reserve. Now Domains.co.uk tweeted out that it met reserve, but when looking a...
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NamesCon Auction today, Lucky.com has a 7 figure bid
RightOfTheDot will conduct the live auction today at 4:00 PM Pacific Time at the NamesCon conference. The domain name Lucky.com has a bid of over $1millon but still shy of reserve. Now Domains.co.uk tweeted out that it met reserve, but when looking a...
Discussion
January 30, 2018, 6:59 pm

The Domains
NamesCon Launches with a Content-Packed Day One!
Las Vegas is buzzing with excitement as NamesCon kicks off another year. If you missed attending the event, then you’re missing out on great opportunities to connect and collaborate with key relationships. Not only that, but you’re also m...
Discussion
NamesCon Launches with a Content-Packed Day One!
Las Vegas is buzzing with excitement as NamesCon kicks off another year. If you missed attending the event, then you’re missing out on great opportunities to connect and collaborate with key relationships. Not only that, but you’re also m...
Discussion
January 29, 2018, 5:22 pm

The Domains
Results on Trust and Sentiment
At the beginning of the year we asked a couple questions, How do you feel about domaining in 2018? In another post who do you trust the most. 166 votes were recorded on investor sentiment, results below: Bullish 45% 74 Bearish 27% 45 Same as in the p...
Discussion
Results on Trust and Sentiment
At the beginning of the year we asked a couple questions, How do you feel about domaining in 2018? In another post who do you trust the most. 166 votes were recorded on investor sentiment, results below: Bullish 45% 74 Bearish 27% 45 Same as in the p...
Discussion
January 26, 2018, 4:59 am

The Domains
Sedo weekly sales led by CryptoWorld.com
Sedo reported their weekly sales and CryptoWorld.com led the way at $194,888. Mike Mann sold the name, he tweeted he paid $15. The domain had sold years ago according to Namebio. The pricetag back in 2006? $485. Orbs.com sold for $50,000. Quini6.com ...
Discussion
Sedo weekly sales led by CryptoWorld.com
Sedo reported their weekly sales and CryptoWorld.com led the way at $194,888. Mike Mann sold the name, he tweeted he paid $15. The domain had sold years ago according to Namebio. The pricetag back in 2006? $485. Orbs.com sold for $50,000. Quini6.com ...
Discussion
January 23, 2018, 9:39 pm