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Domain Name Wire
Live domain auction grosses $2.2 million
Seven figure sale of holiday.com highlights auction. Last week’s Right of the Dot domain auction at NamesCon in Austin was widely viewed as a success, auctioning off 56 domain names for close to $2.2 million. The headline sales were holiday.com...
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Live domain auction grosses $2.2 million
Seven figure sale of holiday.com highlights auction. Last week’s Right of the Dot domain auction at NamesCon in Austin was widely viewed as a success, auctioning off 56 domain names for close to $2.2 million. The headline sales were holiday.com...
Discussion
June 5, 2023, 4:11 pm
Domain Name Wire
AI & domain names – DNW Podcast #439
How Artificial Intelligence will change domain names. Have you played around with any AI-powered domain generators? They’re surprisingly good. On today’s show, Ryan McKegney, CEO of DomainAgents, comes on the show to talk about the impact...
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AI & domain names – DNW Podcast #439
How Artificial Intelligence will change domain names. Have you played around with any AI-powered domain generators? They’re surprisingly good. On today’s show, Ryan McKegney, CEO of DomainAgents, comes on the show to talk about the impact...
Discussion
June 5, 2023, 3:40 pm
Domain Name Wire
Epik is sold
Deal completed after lawsuit settlement. The sale of Epik to a new entity has been completed, Domain Name Wire has confirmed. Earlier this week, the company agreed to sell its registrar and hosting business to Epik LLC, a new entity that appears to b...
Discussion
Epik is sold
Deal completed after lawsuit settlement. The sale of Epik to a new entity has been completed, Domain Name Wire has confirmed. Earlier this week, the company agreed to sell its registrar and hosting business to Epik LLC, a new entity that appears to b...
Discussion
June 3, 2023, 5:31 pm
Domain Name Wire
This week’s end user domain name sales
A cryptocurrency site, a health insurance company, and an open source community platform bought domain names. Sedo had a handful of nice five figure sales this past week. Here’s a list of end user domain name sales that just completed at Sedo. ...
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This week’s end user domain name sales
A cryptocurrency site, a health insurance company, and an open source community platform bought domain names. Sedo had a handful of nice five figure sales this past week. Here’s a list of end user domain name sales that just completed at Sedo. ...
Discussion
June 2, 2023, 2:28 pm
Domain Name Wire
ICANN sends breach notice to Epik
The company has three weeks to pay up and address issues. ICANN sent a breach notice (pdf) to Epik yesterday, giving it until June 22 to fix a number of problems. The official reason for the breach notice is the company’s failure to pay its acc...
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ICANN sends breach notice to Epik
The company has three weeks to pay up and address issues. ICANN sent a breach notice (pdf) to Epik yesterday, giving it until June 22 to fix a number of problems. The official reason for the breach notice is the company’s failure to pay its acc...
Discussion
June 2, 2023, 1:31 pm
DomainSherpa
DomainSherpa Review – June 1, 2023: Deep in the Heart of Texas: FindWithAI.com, RHI.org, ImageRecognition.com
What do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names?In this show:• The Sherpas play The Domain Game (starting at the 11:05 mark), where they guess what certain domains were bought and sold for and discuss the reasons behi...
Discussion
DomainSherpa Review – June 1, 2023: Deep in the Heart of Texas: FindWithAI.com, RHI.org, ImageRecognition.com
What do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names?In this show:• The Sherpas play The Domain Game (starting at the 11:05 mark), where they guess what certain domains were bought and sold for and discuss the reasons behi...
Discussion
June 1, 2023, 9:33 pm
Domain Name Wire
Escrow.com reveals Master of Domains 2023 winners
Escrow company recognizes top domain brokers. Escrow.com today revealed the winners of its 2023 Master of Domains awards. The awards are given to the highest-grossing brokerage firms/individuals based on the dollar volume of their transactions with E...
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Escrow.com reveals Master of Domains 2023 winners
Escrow company recognizes top domain brokers. Escrow.com today revealed the winners of its 2023 Master of Domains awards. The awards are given to the highest-grossing brokerage firms/individuals based on the dollar volume of their transactions with E...
Discussion
June 1, 2023, 7:39 pm
Domain Name Wire
Epik agrees to be sold, Temporary Restraining Order requested to block deal
Deal would pay off debt to many domain registries, and the new entity might be able to pay back customers. Domain name registrar Epik has agreed to sell many of its assets for $4.9 million, most of which will be used to pay outstanding debt, accordin...
Discussion
Epik agrees to be sold, Temporary Restraining Order requested to block deal
Deal would pay off debt to many domain registries, and the new entity might be able to pay back customers. Domain name registrar Epik has agreed to sell many of its assets for $4.9 million, most of which will be used to pay outstanding debt, accordin...
Discussion
June 1, 2023, 4:55 pm
The Domains
NamesCon live auction less than 24 hours away
RightOfTheDot will hold it’s live auction tomorrow at 3:00 PM CT, at the Omni Hotel in Downtown Austin, Texas. For those not attending NamesCon live, you can register here, (bid.rotd.com). The online timed auction will also run until June 8, 20...
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NamesCon live auction less than 24 hours away
RightOfTheDot will hold it’s live auction tomorrow at 3:00 PM CT, at the Omni Hotel in Downtown Austin, Texas. For those not attending NamesCon live, you can register here, (bid.rotd.com). The online timed auction will also run until June 8, 20...
Discussion
May 31, 2023, 8:50 pm
The Domains
Saw.com and NameLot have merged
Brooke Hernandez tweeted out that Saw.com and NameSilo’s NameLot have merged. Names can be listed anywhere not just NameSilo now to have brokerage services offered. We are excited to announce that https://t.co/kavF4cqcMg and NameSilo NameLot ha...
Discussion
Saw.com and NameLot have merged
Brooke Hernandez tweeted out that Saw.com and NameSilo’s NameLot have merged. Names can be listed anywhere not just NameSilo now to have brokerage services offered. We are excited to announce that https://t.co/kavF4cqcMg and NameSilo NameLot ha...
Discussion
May 31, 2023, 7:45 pm
