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Taking a look at Web.com’s auction sales last month
A three-letter .com domain led the charts. Web.com’s aftermarket sites NameJet and SnapNames combined for 76 sales over $2,000 last month. These 76 domains sold for a combined $360,000. The top sales were: ZML.com $34,000 – Not a bad sale...
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Taking a look at Web.com’s auction sales last month
A three-letter .com domain led the charts. Web.com’s aftermarket sites NameJet and SnapNames combined for 76 sales over $2,000 last month. These 76 domains sold for a combined $360,000. The top sales were: ZML.com $34,000 – Not a bad sale...
Discussion
September 16, 2020, 4:38 pm
The Domains
NameJet/Snapnames sales for August led by ZML.com
Web.com released their August aftermarket report for domain name sales, and ZML.com led the way at $34,000. Taiyuan.com was second at $17,500 and RumorFix.com was third at $15,750. Just 74 sales $2,000 or more in August, 67 were .com. zml.com $34,000...
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NameJet/Snapnames sales for August led by ZML.com
Web.com released their August aftermarket report for domain name sales, and ZML.com led the way at $34,000. Taiyuan.com was second at $17,500 and RumorFix.com was third at $15,750. Just 74 sales $2,000 or more in August, 67 were .com. zml.com $34,000...
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September 16, 2020, 3:35 pm
Domain Name Wire
Milestone: There are now over 150 million .com domains registered
.Com has over 150 million registrations 35 years after its launch. There are now officially over 150 million .com domain names registered. Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) updated its .com domain base statistics earlier today, revealing that .com hit the big ...
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Milestone: There are now over 150 million .com domains registered
.Com has over 150 million registrations 35 years after its launch. There are now officially over 150 million .com domain names registered. Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) updated its .com domain base statistics earlier today, revealing that .com hit the big ...
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September 16, 2020, 3:01 pm
Domain Name Wire
Why are two letter domains so sought after in China?
Kassey Lee explores why two letter domains are valuable to Chinese companies. Actually, I found the answer in a comment made by Jeff Sass (CMO of .club) on the September 7 DomainSherpa show — even though he was not referring directly to China. ...
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Why are two letter domains so sought after in China?
Kassey Lee explores why two letter domains are valuable to Chinese companies. Actually, I found the answer in a comment made by Jeff Sass (CMO of .club) on the September 7 DomainSherpa show — even though he was not referring directly to China. ...
Discussion
September 16, 2020, 1:20 pm
The Domains
Jobless.com sells for $2,500 after selling for $19,025 nine years ago
Jobless is unfortunately a keyword that is on the minds of many in 2020. The Covid-19 pandemic has caused a spike in jobless claims in the U.S. and many other parts of the world. Below is a look at Google trends which saw a spike from 4 to 100 for th...
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Jobless.com sells for $2,500 after selling for $19,025 nine years ago
Jobless is unfortunately a keyword that is on the minds of many in 2020. The Covid-19 pandemic has caused a spike in jobless claims in the U.S. and many other parts of the world. Below is a look at Google trends which saw a spike from 4 to 100 for th...
Discussion
September 16, 2020, 5:36 am
The Domains
Sedo weekly sales led by HotelsGuide.com
Sedo released their weekly sales and HotelsGuide.com led the way at 50,000 Euros, Bags.co.uk was second at 40,000 Euros and Wintage.com was third at $17,000. Domain name Date Price Currency .COMs hotelsguide.com 09/08/2020 50,000 EUR wintage.com 09/0...
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Sedo weekly sales led by HotelsGuide.com
Sedo released their weekly sales and HotelsGuide.com led the way at 50,000 Euros, Bags.co.uk was second at 40,000 Euros and Wintage.com was third at $17,000. Domain name Date Price Currency .COMs hotelsguide.com 09/08/2020 50,000 EUR wintage.com 09/0...
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September 15, 2020, 10:38 pm
Domain Name Wire
End user domain sales up to €50,000
A green energy company, an office space broker, and a fire detection company bought domain names at Sedo. Sedo’s public sales this week were led by HotelsGuide.com. A Romanian direct response company bought the domain name. Here’s a list ...
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End user domain sales up to €50,000
A green energy company, an office space broker, and a fire detection company bought domain names at Sedo. Sedo’s public sales this week were led by HotelsGuide.com. A Romanian direct response company bought the domain name. Here’s a list ...
Discussion
September 15, 2020, 10:30 pm
The Domains
piratebay.org is at $25,250 at DropCatch closing today – Risky play?
The Pirate Bay is one of, if not thee most well known bit torrent websites on the Internet. There are several domain extensions affiliated with the Pirate Bay. The Pirate Bay first came online during the summer of 2003, its main point of access was t...
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piratebay.org is at $25,250 at DropCatch closing today – Risky play?
The Pirate Bay is one of, if not thee most well known bit torrent websites on the Internet. There are several domain extensions affiliated with the Pirate Bay. The Pirate Bay first came online during the summer of 2003, its main point of access was t...
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September 15, 2020, 5:43 pm
Domain Name Wire
Verisign awarded patent for using machine learning in name spinning
Idea uses neural networks to find relevant domain names. The United States Patent and Trademark Office has granted patent number 10,778,640 (pdf) to Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) for “Deep neural network generation of domain names.” The patent ...
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Verisign awarded patent for using machine learning in name spinning
Idea uses neural networks to find relevant domain names. The United States Patent and Trademark Office has granted patent number 10,778,640 (pdf) to Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) for “Deep neural network generation of domain names.” The patent ...
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September 15, 2020, 4:36 pm
Domain Name Wire
Web.com ups offer for WebCentral by 55% after competing bid
Top 10 domain registrar increases all-cash offer for Australian domain name company. Web.com has significantly increased its acquisition offer for Australian domain name company WebCentral (ASX: WCG) after a competing bid was made. Web.com entered in...
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Web.com ups offer for WebCentral by 55% after competing bid
Top 10 domain registrar increases all-cash offer for Australian domain name company. Web.com has significantly increased its acquisition offer for Australian domain name company WebCentral (ASX: WCG) after a competing bid was made. Web.com entered in...
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September 15, 2020, 12:02 pm
