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Domain Name Wire
New Afternic integrations could lead to more stale listings
More sales are good but recent integrations might cause headaches. GoDaddy made a couple of recent changes that could push more inventory to its distributed Afternic network. More inventory is good, but I worry that the new inventory will include a h...
Discussion
New Afternic integrations could lead to more stale listings
More sales are good but recent integrations might cause headaches. GoDaddy made a couple of recent changes that could push more inventory to its distributed Afternic network. More inventory is good, but I worry that the new inventory will include a h...
Discussion
March 21, 2023, 3:14 pm
Domain Name Wire
Gandi nixes free lifetime email with domain registrations
Company will start charging for email beyond the first year of registration. Total Web Solutions acquired domain registrar Gandi this month to form a new entity called Your.Online. Its first order of business: generating more revenue by eliminating f...
Discussion
Gandi nixes free lifetime email with domain registrations
Company will start charging for email beyond the first year of registration. Total Web Solutions acquired domain registrar Gandi this month to form a new entity called Your.Online. Its first order of business: generating more revenue by eliminating f...
Discussion
March 21, 2023, 1:44 pm
The Domains
Ireland NCP releases initial assessment in .io dispute
The Ireland NCP (National Contact Point for the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises) released their initial assessment on the dispute between Crypto Currency Resolution Trust (CCRT) and Chagos Refugees GroupUK (CRG UK) against Afilias Ltd.,...
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Ireland NCP releases initial assessment in .io dispute
The Ireland NCP (National Contact Point for the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises) released their initial assessment on the dispute between Crypto Currency Resolution Trust (CCRT) and Chagos Refugees GroupUK (CRG UK) against Afilias Ltd.,...
Discussion
March 20, 2023, 9:34 pm
Domain Name Wire
Tucows examines softness in expired domain market
Company generated less money per expired domain in 2022. Last month I reported about Tucows (NASDAQ: TCX) generated less revenue from its expired domain stream. It added some color to this in its recently-published annual report (pdf). Like many regi...
Discussion
Tucows examines softness in expired domain market
Company generated less money per expired domain in 2022. Last month I reported about Tucows (NASDAQ: TCX) generated less revenue from its expired domain stream. It added some color to this in its recently-published annual report (pdf). Like many regi...
Discussion
March 20, 2023, 4:10 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain news & Lead Center walkthrough – DNW Podcast #428
Today’s podcast covers a lot of recent domain news and Afternic’s new Lead Center. On today’s show, I run through a lot of interesting news in the domain business including new features at SnapNames and Dan.com. I also cover the lat...
Discussion
Domain news & Lead Center walkthrough – DNW Podcast #428
Today’s podcast covers a lot of recent domain news and Afternic’s new Lead Center. On today’s show, I run through a lot of interesting news in the domain business including new features at SnapNames and Dan.com. I also cover the lat...
Discussion
March 20, 2023, 3:30 pm
The Domains
.gay Domains donations came in at over $180,000 in 2022
.Gay released a press release with regards to their giving program. The latest donation brings the total amount raised and donated close to $182K. Release: Today .gay domains announces another donation to our LGBTQ+ community beneficiaries, GLAAD and...
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.gay Domains donations came in at over $180,000 in 2022
.Gay released a press release with regards to their giving program. The latest donation brings the total amount raised and donated close to $182K. Release: Today .gay domains announces another donation to our LGBTQ+ community beneficiaries, GLAAD and...
Discussion
March 17, 2023, 9:01 pm
DomainSherpa
DomainSherpa Review – March 16, 2023: Home Improvement: CityTees.com, ACasino.com, AnotherDayWasted.com, BusinessModels.com
What do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names?In this show:•In this show, the Sherpas play The Domain Game (starting at the 11:12 mark), where they guess what certain domains were bought and sold for and discuss the...
Discussion
DomainSherpa Review – March 16, 2023: Home Improvement: CityTees.com, ACasino.com, AnotherDayWasted.com, BusinessModels.com
What do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names?In this show:•In this show, the Sherpas play The Domain Game (starting at the 11:12 mark), where they guess what certain domains were bought and sold for and discuss the...
Discussion
March 16, 2023, 11:47 pm
Domain Name Wire
Dan adds import-a-lead “lease to own” option
It’s a good option for lower-priced long-term payment deals. At the Internet Commerce Association event in Las Vegas this January, someone asked GoDaddy President of Domains Paul Nicks if there could be an option to import a lead with a long-te...
Discussion
Dan adds import-a-lead “lease to own” option
It’s a good option for lower-priced long-term payment deals. At the Internet Commerce Association event in Las Vegas this January, someone asked GoDaddy President of Domains Paul Nicks if there could be an option to import a lead with a long-te...
Discussion
March 16, 2023, 3:21 pm
Domain Name Wire
14 end user domain sales including a $60,000 .io
A shed seller, a nanny service, and a site that generates QR codes bought domain names. Sedo’s top public sale for the past week was vital.io. Vital, a company that offers technology to emergency health providers, bought his domain name. Questi...
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14 end user domain sales including a $60,000 .io
A shed seller, a nanny service, and a site that generates QR codes bought domain names. Sedo’s top public sale for the past week was vital.io. Vital, a company that offers technology to emergency health providers, bought his domain name. Questi...
Discussion
March 16, 2023, 1:42 pm
The Domains
Jimmy Wales co-founder of Wikipedia to be in person at NamesCon
NamesCon is out today with some breaking news, Jimmy Wales the co-founder of the online non-profit encyclopedia Wikipedia and the for-profit wiki hosting service Fandom will be doing a fireside chat. Mr. Wales certainly has seen it all when it comes ...
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Jimmy Wales co-founder of Wikipedia to be in person at NamesCon
NamesCon is out today with some breaking news, Jimmy Wales the co-founder of the online non-profit encyclopedia Wikipedia and the for-profit wiki hosting service Fandom will be doing a fireside chat. Mr. Wales certainly has seen it all when it comes ...
Discussion
March 15, 2023, 5:09 pm
