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Domain Name Wire
Build your list: registrar offers $4.99 .com registrations
Name.com offers significant discount on .com domains for one week. Do you have a list of .com domains you want to hand-register? You might want to wait a few more days. Domain Name Wire readers know that I rarely write about sales on domain registrat...
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Build your list: registrar offers $4.99 .com registrations
Name.com offers significant discount on .com domains for one week. Do you have a list of .com domains you want to hand-register? You might want to wait a few more days. Domain Name Wire readers know that I rarely write about sales on domain registrat...
Discussion
May 29, 2025, 1:12 pm
The Domains
As he celebrates his 16th year in the domain industry, Jeff Gabriel shares some thoughts
Jeff Gabriel of Saw.com sent out an email to sellers at Saw.com celebrating his 16th year in the domain business. I thought Jeff’s thoughts on it’s never too late to get in the business was spot on. As he said, “It’s never too...
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As he celebrates his 16th year in the domain industry, Jeff Gabriel shares some thoughts
Jeff Gabriel of Saw.com sent out an email to sellers at Saw.com celebrating his 16th year in the domain business. I thought Jeff’s thoughts on it’s never too late to get in the business was spot on. As he said, “It’s never too...
Discussion
May 28, 2025, 10:21 pm
The Domains
Mega list of Custom Checkout Links & Bring Your Own Lead providers
Many domain investors go out and find buyers or they get someone who contacts them through email or X. Those domain investors are also seeking to pay a lower commission while processing the transaction. Heck they found or brought the buyer to a speci...
Discussion
Mega list of Custom Checkout Links & Bring Your Own Lead providers
Many domain investors go out and find buyers or they get someone who contacts them through email or X. Those domain investors are also seeking to pay a lower commission while processing the transaction. Heck they found or brought the buyer to a speci...
Discussion
May 28, 2025, 8:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy plans next premium auction, including registry-owned .io domains
GoDaddy plans featured auction that will include registry-owned .io domains. GoDaddy has announced that its next featured auction event will begin on June 10, with auctions concluding on June 17 and 18. This auction will include third-party inventory...
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GoDaddy plans next premium auction, including registry-owned .io domains
GoDaddy plans featured auction that will include registry-owned .io domains. GoDaddy has announced that its next featured auction event will begin on June 10, with auctions concluding on June 17 and 18. This auction will include third-party inventory...
Discussion
May 28, 2025, 5:35 pm
Domain Name Wire
Identity Digital releases Q1 data on premium domain sales and keyword trends
.Global domains among most-sold premium domain names. Identity Digital has published a summary of domain name data from Q1 2025. The company is the largest domain name registry in terms of number of TLDs, with nearly 300. The company revealed 20 prem...
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Identity Digital releases Q1 data on premium domain sales and keyword trends
.Global domains among most-sold premium domain names. Identity Digital has published a summary of domain name data from Q1 2025. The company is the largest domain name registry in terms of number of TLDs, with nearly 300. The company revealed 20 prem...
Discussion
May 28, 2025, 4:53 pm
Domain Name Wire
Artificial intelligence remains hot for domain names
AI, my, and group top the list of keywords in sold domain names. Afternic has released its latest list of hot keywords in the aftermarket, and AI leads the list again, other than for the filler word ‘the’. This list includes sales that oc...
Discussion
Artificial intelligence remains hot for domain names
AI, my, and group top the list of keywords in sold domain names. Afternic has released its latest list of hot keywords in the aftermarket, and AI leads the list again, other than for the filler word ‘the’. This list includes sales that oc...
Discussion
May 28, 2025, 4:35 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy patent targets spam-induced domain search overload
A newly issued patent aims to mitigate “resource starvation” resulting from bulk domain availability queries. Domain registrar GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) has secured a patent designed to address spam-induced resource depletion caused by excessi...
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GoDaddy patent targets spam-induced domain search overload
A newly issued patent aims to mitigate “resource starvation” resulting from bulk domain availability queries. Domain registrar GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) has secured a patent designed to address spam-induced resource depletion caused by excessi...
Discussion
May 27, 2025, 3:08 pm
Domain Name Wire
Atom becomes an ICANN-accredited registrar with big plans
Marketplace will build a registrar from the ground up to benefit domain investors and buyers. Domain marketplace and naming platform Atom announced today that it has obtained registrar accreditation from ICANN. Becoming a registrar provides significa...
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Atom becomes an ICANN-accredited registrar with big plans
Marketplace will build a registrar from the ground up to benefit domain investors and buyers. Domain marketplace and naming platform Atom announced today that it has obtained registrar accreditation from ICANN. Becoming a registrar provides significa...
Discussion
May 27, 2025, 2:10 pm
The Domains
Sedo weekly domain sales led by YSTech.com
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and YSTech.com led the way at $29,000. Agent.md was second at 23,000 Euro, ($26,113). MiamiNews.com was third at $20,000. 42 .com sales 23 cctld sales 4 other tld sales Domain name Price Currency &n...
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Sedo weekly domain sales led by YSTech.com
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and YSTech.com led the way at $29,000. Agent.md was second at 23,000 Euro, ($26,113). MiamiNews.com was third at $20,000. 42 .com sales 23 cctld sales 4 other tld sales Domain name Price Currency &n...
Discussion
May 27, 2025, 2:09 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain changes: old domain doesn’t work for new business focus
When State Creative decided to focus on WordPress security and maintenance, it’s old domain no longer fit. This is part of a series about companies changing their domain names. See other stories in the series here. Garrett Goldman, Managing Par...
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Domain changes: old domain doesn’t work for new business focus
When State Creative decided to focus on WordPress security and maintenance, it’s old domain no longer fit. This is part of a series about companies changing their domain names. See other stories in the series here. Garrett Goldman, Managing Par...
Discussion
May 27, 2025, 1:09 pm
