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Domain transfers will be easier and faster with new improvements. Domain name aftermarket Afternic released enhancements to its domain transfer process today. Afternic says the system will make domain transfers easier and faster. While many domain transfers happen automatically through Afternic’s Fast Transfer system, domains that require manual action can sometimes be slow. Some of […]

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How these two domain investors did last year. It’s time for our recurring podcast with domain investors Mark Levine and Logan Flatt! Mark and Logan come on the show frequently to share their domain investing results, talk about what’s working, and what’s not working for them. On today’s show, they detail their 2024 domain investing […]

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More domains will be monetized with ad networks that don’t do a good job of stopping scams and malware. Google is opting all advertisers out of AdSense for Domains, which will likely lead to the ad program’s demise. This is a blow to domain monetization and the domain industry as a whole. But beyond that, […]

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It might come back to bite you. Earlier this month, The Financial Times wrote a story about an asset management firm that changed its name from Aberdeen to Abrdn. Apparently, the company’s CEO made the switch partly because the Aberdeen.com domain he wanted was in use by another company. An outside marketing firm warned him […]

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Company continues to hire as it prepares for launch this year. A new wholesale/reseller registrar is making a big splash in the industry even though it hasn’t launched its product yet. OpusDNS sponsored last year’s NamesCon in Austin and this month’s CloudFest. It has also been hiring lots of industry professionals. I caught up with […]

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Form 990 reveals salaries and contractor payments. ICANN published its Form 990 tax return for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024. The non-profit’s total revenue for the fiscal year on a tax basis was $184.8 million, compared to $163.7 million in the prior year. The difference can mostly be attributed to higher investment income. […]

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Registrar makes changes to how expired domain auctions work. Namecheap announced today that it’s making changes to expired domain name auctions. First, the company is standardizing auction end times rather than staggering them throughout the day. All auctions will end at 11 am ET US (New York). Of course, bidding on domains with last-minute bids […]

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Registrars sell below the wholesale cost to win customers and to get registry rebates. $5.00. $5.75. $6.99. These are prices some domain registrars are currently charging for new .com domain registrations. The wholesale price for new registrations is $10.26, so why do some domain registrars sell domains below cost? You might see .com domain registrations […]

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An online beer seller, a bong maker, and an ice cube business bought domain names at Sedo this week. Sedo’s top public sale this week was FreeCell.com for $60,000. FreeCell is the name of a popular solitaire game. It’s also possible this domain will be used for its mobile phone meaning. We’ll see once it’s […]

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French company loses cybersquatting complaint against gong.com. In the 1970s game show The Gong Show, entertainers would perform before a panel of judges. If the entertainer was particularly bad, a judge could strike a gong to stop the performance. Somebody should have struck a gong during a recent UDRP. French water sports company Gong Galaxy […]

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Country will announce winner in May. Colombia has issued a request for proposals to run the .co country code domain for the next ten years. .Co Internet began commercialization of the domain name in 2010, making the extension a household name through savvy marketing and a Super Bowl commercial. Neustar acquired .Co Internet for $109 […]

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A basic version of self-brokering comes to Afternic. Afternic launched a basic self-brokering option last week. On today’s show, GoDaddy Sr. Director of Domain Investor Product Alan Shiflett joins us to talk about self-brokering. He discusses the company’s iterative approach to launching this feature (and others). We also discuss how the company is experimenting with […]

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Six of the 11th-20th largest .com registrars grew their DUMs year over year. Earlier this week, I provided the latest official numbers for the top ten domain name registrars, ranked by total .com domains under management. I noted that just one of the ten largest registrar families, Namecheap, grew its .com base year over year. […]

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The long wait is over for .free, .hot, and .spot. In the better-late-than-never category, Amazon is preparing to launch three top level domains from the 2012 round of domain expansion. On April 2, the company will open sunrise for .free, .hot, and .spot. The domains will go through a Dutch auction-style early access period May […]

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First version of self-brokering system is limited. Afternic launched a new feature today that allows domain name investors to self-broker domain names rather than have Afternic’s brokers manage negotiations. The self-brokering feature is very much a minimum viable product, and it will only make sense for some domain name investors to consider at this stage. […]

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Just one of the registrar families has grown its base of .com domains over the 12-month period ending in November. ICANN has published the latest data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) covering the .com namespace. The data covers November 2024. Here are some takeaways from this month’s data: Of the top 10 registrars by total .com […]

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A furniture company, a sushi restaurant chain, and a guy named Pascal bought domain names. Sedo’s top public domain sales this week was bookwalker.com for $27,000. The buyer might be a Japanese e-book store with this name, but it’s unclear at this time. Here’s a list of end user domain name sales that just completed […]

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Fascinating stats in this year’s Global Domain Report. Domain name marketplace Sedo and registrar InternetX have published the 2025 Global Domain Report. The report looks at both the primary and secondary markets for domain names. It uses data from dozens of sources, augmented by a survey the companies sent to domain industry participants. Here are […]

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Company converts license into domain acquisition. Event ticket seller Vivid Seats (NASDAQ: SEAT) disclosed a $17.3 million domain name acquisition in its latest annual report. On October 22, 2024, we acquired a domain name that we had previously licensed (the “Acquired Domain Name”). In exchange for the Acquired Domain Name, we are required to disburse […]

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What I learned at ICANN82 in Seattle. The domain name industry gathered in Seattle last week for ICANN’s annual community forum. During the show, I caught up on what’s happening with two important topics: Adsense for Domains and new top level domains. On today’s show I recap what I learned. You will then hear from […]

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