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The Domains
Domain Registration At a Record Pace 460,000, Yesterday
The huge surge in daily domain name registrations continued yesterday as over 460,000 domain names were registered across all Top Level Domains (excluding ccTLD). Traditionally the number of domain name registrations slow on the weekend, to the point...
Discussion
Domain Registration At a Record Pace 460,000, Yesterday
The huge surge in daily domain name registrations continued yesterday as over 460,000 domain names were registered across all Top Level Domains (excluding ccTLD). Traditionally the number of domain name registrations slow on the weekend, to the point...
Discussion
November 8, 2015, 2:21 pm
Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Auction Picks: Sunday, November 8th, 2015
If you didn’t read Elliot’s post on DomainInvesting.com yesterday you should. I thought it was a great, honest, piece. We all want to try and understand things before we invest our hard earned money. It’s what keeps us p...
Discussion
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Auction Picks: Sunday, November 8th, 2015
If you didn’t read Elliot’s post on DomainInvesting.com yesterday you should. I thought it was a great, honest, piece. We all want to try and understand things before we invest our hard earned money. It’s what keeps us p...
Discussion
November 8, 2015, 10:10 am
Domain Shane
What’s a Singular Domain Worth Compared To The Plural?
Congrats to Andrew Rosener and Media Options on the nice sale of Essential.com for $250,000, as discussed in this week’s DNJournal sales report. I thought I remembered a relatively recent sale of a similar domain, and it turns out it was very ...
Discussion
What’s a Singular Domain Worth Compared To The Plural?
Congrats to Andrew Rosener and Media Options on the nice sale of Essential.com for $250,000, as discussed in this week’s DNJournal sales report. I thought I remembered a relatively recent sale of a similar domain, and it turns out it was very ...
Discussion
November 7, 2015, 6:46 pm
The Domains
RightoftheDot/ 4.CN Auction Sells Over $871K in Domains
The RightoftheDot.com domain name auction on the 4.cn platform as part of the Domainfest.asia conference generated over $871,000 in sales. All sales were led by a three number .com, 586.com which sold for $416,000 The two next highest sales, zhou.com...
Discussion
RightoftheDot/ 4.CN Auction Sells Over $871K in Domains
The RightoftheDot.com domain name auction on the 4.cn platform as part of the Domainfest.asia conference generated over $871,000 in sales. All sales were led by a three number .com, 586.com which sold for $416,000 The two next highest sales, zhou.com...
Discussion
November 7, 2015, 4:34 pm
Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Auction Picks: Saturday, November 7th, 2015
So the 4L.nets are sold out, the 6 number dot coms are, the 4L.coms and 5N.coms have been sold out a while. I know that NNN.xyz has been sold out for a long time and are now going for $1K each on the best numbers. What outlying numbers o...
Discussion
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Auction Picks: Saturday, November 7th, 2015
So the 4L.nets are sold out, the 6 number dot coms are, the 4L.coms and 5N.coms have been sold out a while. I know that NNN.xyz has been sold out for a long time and are now going for $1K each on the best numbers. What outlying numbers o...
Discussion
November 7, 2015, 10:03 am
The Domains
Last Call: 6 Number .Com’s: Less than 8K Left Out of 1 Million
If you’re considering registering any 6 number Ccom domains (NNNNNN.com) I’m going calling “Last Call’. As of publication less than 8,000 NNNNNN.com remain available for registration. The possible number of 6 numbered .com dom...
Discussion
Last Call: 6 Number .Com’s: Less than 8K Left Out of 1 Million
If you’re considering registering any 6 number Ccom domains (NNNNNN.com) I’m going calling “Last Call’. As of publication less than 8,000 NNNNNN.com remain available for registration. The possible number of 6 numbered .com dom...
Discussion
November 7, 2015, 12:20 am
The Domains
Bloomberg: “Candidates Continue to Miss Obvious Domain Registrations”
Bloomberg just published another post on presidential candidates and the domain names they failed to register. In a post BNA.com calls out Jeb Bush for failing to register the matching domain of his “new campaign slogan–“Jeb C...
Discussion
Bloomberg: “Candidates Continue to Miss Obvious Domain Registrations”
Bloomberg just published another post on presidential candidates and the domain names they failed to register. In a post BNA.com calls out Jeb Bush for failing to register the matching domain of his “new campaign slogan–“Jeb C...
Discussion
November 6, 2015, 11:14 pm
The Domains
RightofTheDot/Namescon Domain Auction Is Opened for Submissions
RightoftheDot.com is holding a live and online auction with Namejet.com from the Namescon conference. RightoftheDot.com has now formally opened up submission for the auction. We are looking for great domain names, especially one word .com and new gTL...
Discussion
RightofTheDot/Namescon Domain Auction Is Opened for Submissions
RightoftheDot.com is holding a live and online auction with Namejet.com from the Namescon conference. RightoftheDot.com has now formally opened up submission for the auction. We are looking for great domain names, especially one word .com and new gTL...
Discussion
November 6, 2015, 4:38 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy patent app describes mobile domain name transfer system
A faster, more secure way to transfer domain names for in-person transactions? Picture this: you’re at NamesCon in January when you strike a deal with a fellow domainer to sell a domain name to them. You both pull out your phones, activate an a...
Discussion
GoDaddy patent app describes mobile domain name transfer system
A faster, more secure way to transfer domain names for in-person transactions? Picture this: you’re at NamesCon in January when you strike a deal with a fellow domainer to sell a domain name to them. You both pull out your phones, activate an a...
Discussion
November 6, 2015, 3:54 pm
Domain Name Wire
Expired Domain Report: Over 200 results from past week
China dominated expired domain auctions last week, but this week the West reasserted itself. As many as 8 out of the top 20 auctions (40%) can still be laid on China’s doorstep; but previously the figure was 12 / 20 (60...
Discussion
Expired Domain Report: Over 200 results from past week
China dominated expired domain auctions last week, but this week the West reasserted itself. As many as 8 out of the top 20 auctions (40%) can still be laid on China’s doorstep; but previously the figure was 12 / 20 (60...
Discussion
November 6, 2015, 3:05 pm
