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Domain Shane
AUCTION RECAP OF DECEMBER 31, 2016
A comprehensive look at the final auction prices, closeouts and more from the auction list posted on December 31, 2016. If there is an asterisk (*) next to a price, it means that the name was at auction from a private seller (rather than a...
Discussion
AUCTION RECAP OF DECEMBER 31, 2016
A comprehensive look at the final auction prices, closeouts and more from the auction list posted on December 31, 2016. If there is an asterisk (*) next to a price, it means that the name was at auction from a private seller (rather than a...
Discussion
January 1, 2017, 8:08 pm
The Domains
Poll Results: Less Than 20% Correctly Guessed How Many .Com Registrations There Would Be On 1/1/17
A year ago on January 1, 2016 we started a poll asking the question is how many .Com will be registered by next year, 1/1/17? On January 1, 2006 according to Verisign there were 123,963,640 .Com domain names in the Domain Base. As of today January 1,...
Discussion
Poll Results: Less Than 20% Correctly Guessed How Many .Com Registrations There Would Be On 1/1/17
A year ago on January 1, 2016 we started a poll asking the question is how many .Com will be registered by next year, 1/1/17? On January 1, 2006 according to Verisign there were 123,963,640 .Com domain names in the Domain Base. As of today January 1,...
Discussion
January 1, 2017, 5:48 pm
Domain Shane
DSAD.com: Domain Shane’s Daily List of Domains One the FIRST DAY of 2017
Welcome to 2017. I still remember vividly as a kid thinking about what it would be like when it turned over to 2000. How old I would be and would I be married and with kids (I was both). Now here we are 17 years into it. I truly en...
Discussion
DSAD.com: Domain Shane’s Daily List of Domains One the FIRST DAY of 2017
Welcome to 2017. I still remember vividly as a kid thinking about what it would be like when it turned over to 2000. How old I would be and would I be married and with kids (I was both). Now here we are 17 years into it. I truly en...
Discussion
January 1, 2017, 10:54 am
The Domains
Our top 5 posts for 2016
Looking back at the posts that were written in 2016 that generated the most traffic here in 2016. Interestingly a post written in December of 2016 tops the list. The post which took a look at the all time most popular post on TheDomains.com, led the ...
Discussion
Our top 5 posts for 2016
Looking back at the posts that were written in 2016 that generated the most traffic here in 2016. Interestingly a post written in December of 2016 tops the list. The post which took a look at the all time most popular post on TheDomains.com, led the ...
Discussion
January 1, 2017, 4:40 am
Domain Shane
A .Estate Sighting in the Wild
I took an impromptu trip to northwestern Costa Rica and was on the lookout for .com versus .cr domains, but was surprised to stumble across a new gTLD: CostaRicaRealEstate.Estate. The picture below was taken while biking between the beach towns of Co...
Discussion
A .Estate Sighting in the Wild
I took an impromptu trip to northwestern Costa Rica and was on the lookout for .com versus .cr domains, but was surprised to stumble across a new gTLD: CostaRicaRealEstate.Estate. The picture below was taken while biking between the beach towns of Co...
Discussion
December 31, 2016, 5:57 pm
Domain Shane
AUCTION RECAP OF DECEMBER 30, 2016
A comprehensive look at the final auction prices, closeouts and more from the auction list posted on December 30, 2016. If there is an asterisk (*) next to a price, it means that the name was at auction from a private seller (rather than a...
Discussion
AUCTION RECAP OF DECEMBER 30, 2016
A comprehensive look at the final auction prices, closeouts and more from the auction list posted on December 30, 2016. If there is an asterisk (*) next to a price, it means that the name was at auction from a private seller (rather than a...
Discussion
December 31, 2016, 3:28 pm
Domain Name Wire
#1 in 2016: On Cloud 9
A story about the .cloud launch was the most-viewed story on DNW this year. Drumroll please…. The top story on Domain Name Wire this past year based on views was the story of .Cloud’s launch. A lot of new top level domain names launched ...
Discussion
#1 in 2016: On Cloud 9
A story about the .cloud launch was the most-viewed story on DNW this year. Drumroll please…. The top story on Domain Name Wire this past year based on views was the story of .Cloud’s launch. A lot of new top level domain names launched ...
Discussion
December 31, 2016, 3:04 pm
Domain Shane
DSAD.COM: IKE’S LIST OF DOMAINS AT AUCTION FOR Saturday, December 31st
Happy Last Day of 2016. It’s the 366 day of the year for those keeping track. I made a meme of an email I got yesterday from Register.com,It made me laugh. If I renew now I can save a whole buck and only have to pay $37! Thank you so muc...
Discussion
DSAD.COM: IKE’S LIST OF DOMAINS AT AUCTION FOR Saturday, December 31st
Happy Last Day of 2016. It’s the 366 day of the year for those keeping track. I made a meme of an email I got yesterday from Register.com,It made me laugh. If I renew now I can save a whole buck and only have to pay $37! Thank you so muc...
Discussion
December 31, 2016, 10:31 am
The Domains
A look at how domain stocks did in 2016, if you owned Tucows you were very happy
2016 was a great year for shareholders of Tucows and Neustar, for shareholders of Verisign, Marchex and Sedo parent United Internet ? Not so much. Tucows was the star for 2016 up 67% on the year. Neustar got acquired and the stock finished up close t...
Discussion
A look at how domain stocks did in 2016, if you owned Tucows you were very happy
2016 was a great year for shareholders of Tucows and Neustar, for shareholders of Verisign, Marchex and Sedo parent United Internet ? Not so much. Tucows was the star for 2016 up 67% on the year. Neustar got acquired and the stock finished up close t...
Discussion
December 30, 2016, 10:43 pm
Domain Shane
AUCTION RECAP OF DECEMBER 29, 2016
A comprehensive look at the final auction prices, closeouts and more from the auction list posted on December 29, 2016. If there is an asterisk (*) next to a price, it means that the name was at auction from a private seller (rather than a...
Discussion
AUCTION RECAP OF DECEMBER 29, 2016
A comprehensive look at the final auction prices, closeouts and more from the auction list posted on December 29, 2016. If there is an asterisk (*) next to a price, it means that the name was at auction from a private seller (rather than a...
Discussion
December 30, 2016, 5:17 pm
