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The Domains
Radix “We have no immediate plans to increase our wholesale prices.”
With all the discussion about price increases at Uniregistry on certain new gtld strings, I reached out to a sponsor here at TheDomains, Radix. I wanted them to let our readers know what their plans were as far as potential price increases. Sandeep R...
Discussion
Radix “We have no immediate plans to increase our wholesale prices.”
With all the discussion about price increases at Uniregistry on certain new gtld strings, I reached out to a sponsor here at TheDomains, Radix. I wanted them to let our readers know what their plans were as far as potential price increases. Sandeep R...
Discussion
March 9, 2017, 3:35 pm
Domain Name Wire
Here’s to a dozen! Domain Name Wire turns 12 today
Happy Birthday, Domain Name Wire! DNW launched on March 9, 2005, back when there weren’t any daily blogs covering the business of domain names. We’ve been through a lot of up and down cycles in the domain name business over the past dozen...
Discussion
Here’s to a dozen! Domain Name Wire turns 12 today
Happy Birthday, Domain Name Wire! DNW launched on March 9, 2005, back when there weren’t any daily blogs covering the business of domain names. We’ve been through a lot of up and down cycles in the domain name business over the past dozen...
Discussion
March 9, 2017, 2:26 pm
The Domains
What company do you trust the most in the domain industry ?
You deal with a lot of companies in the domain game, from registrars to registries, escrow companies and aftermarket sites to hosting companies and parking/web development. Which company do you trust the most and why ? Comments that do not answer tha...
Discussion
What company do you trust the most in the domain industry ?
You deal with a lot of companies in the domain game, from registrars to registries, escrow companies and aftermarket sites to hosting companies and parking/web development. Which company do you trust the most and why ? Comments that do not answer tha...
Discussion
March 8, 2017, 9:25 pm
Domain Name Wire
Lawsuit filed to recover 6213.com, an allegedly stolen domain name
Allegedly stolen domain name end up at eName. A Hong Kong resident has filed suit (pdf) in Virginia to recover the domain name 6213.com, which he says was stolen from him. Ching Ping Cheung says he registered the domain name in 2003. He alleges it wa...
Discussion
Lawsuit filed to recover 6213.com, an allegedly stolen domain name
Allegedly stolen domain name end up at eName. A Hong Kong resident has filed suit (pdf) in Virginia to recover the domain name 6213.com, which he says was stolen from him. Ching Ping Cheung says he registered the domain name in 2003. He alleges it wa...
Discussion
March 8, 2017, 5:49 pm
Domain Name Wire
14 end user domain sales including .Info
A .info domain name is at the top of this week’s end user list. The top two end user sales I found in this week’s Sedo sales are interesting. The first shows how mispriced some new top level domain names are. The second is a .info. It&rsq...
Discussion
14 end user domain sales including .Info
A .info domain name is at the top of this week’s end user list. The top two end user sales I found in this week’s Sedo sales are interesting. The first shows how mispriced some new top level domain names are. The second is a .info. It&rsq...
Discussion
March 8, 2017, 3:08 pm
Sully's Blog
Jamie Zoch – The mind behind DotWeekly.com
Jamie Zoch runs the domain blog at DotWeekly.com. I’ve followed Jamie’s posts for years and his blog is a core standards in my news feed. Jamie is a family man and all around cool guy. I had a chance to connect with Jamie...
Discussion
Jamie Zoch – The mind behind DotWeekly.com
Jamie Zoch runs the domain blog at DotWeekly.com. I’ve followed Jamie’s posts for years and his blog is a core standards in my news feed. Jamie is a family man and all around cool guy. I had a chance to connect with Jamie...
Discussion
March 8, 2017, 12:59 pm
Domain Name Wire
How much it costs to run a domain name registry
Not much, but some TLDs don’t have many registrations, either. Frank Schilling’s Uniregistry registry is drastically increasing prices on some of its top level domain names. Schilling told DomainIncite: If you have a space with only 5,000...
Discussion
How much it costs to run a domain name registry
Not much, but some TLDs don’t have many registrations, either. Frank Schilling’s Uniregistry registry is drastically increasing prices on some of its top level domain names. Schilling told DomainIncite: If you have a space with only 5,000...
Discussion
March 7, 2017, 9:45 pm
The Domains
Sedo weekly sales led by elektromobil.com
Sedo reported their weekly sales and elektromobil.com led the way at 14,000 Euros. There were a couple 3 character.com sales 22J.com sold for $10,099 while 44x.com sold for $2,499. MN8.com sold for $4,111. Fly.info sold for 10,000 Euros and after a s...
Discussion
Sedo weekly sales led by elektromobil.com
Sedo reported their weekly sales and elektromobil.com led the way at 14,000 Euros. There were a couple 3 character.com sales 22J.com sold for $10,099 while 44x.com sold for $2,499. MN8.com sold for $4,111. Fly.info sold for 10,000 Euros and after a s...
Discussion
March 7, 2017, 9:19 pm
Domain Name Wire
Yikes! Is this a death spiral for new top level domain names?
Massive price hike for Uniregistry domains will be very bad for business. A big shoe has dropped. DomainIncite reported today that Uniregistry (the registry, not registrar) is getting ready to jack up the prices on many of its domain names. Bigly. .H...
Discussion
Yikes! Is this a death spiral for new top level domain names?
Massive price hike for Uniregistry domains will be very bad for business. A big shoe has dropped. DomainIncite reported today that Uniregistry (the registry, not registrar) is getting ready to jack up the prices on many of its domain names. Bigly. .H...
Discussion
March 7, 2017, 7:28 pm
The Domains
NameJet February sales led by Lows.com
NameJet sales for February were led by Lows.com at $104,501. Frontline Media out of San Diego is the buyer. Elliot Silver sold Franks.com for $26,200, Frontline Media was the buyer here as well. lows.com $104,501....
Discussion
NameJet February sales led by Lows.com
NameJet sales for February were led by Lows.com at $104,501. Frontline Media out of San Diego is the buyer. Elliot Silver sold Franks.com for $26,200, Frontline Media was the buyer here as well. lows.com $104,501....
Discussion
March 7, 2017, 7:12 pm
