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It’s time to update those top sales charts. I never believed that the fund.com domain name sold for $10 million back in 2008, and now we have proof. A ruling in the Court of Chancery in Delaware shows that the $10 million sale was fabricated as part of a stock pump and dump scheme. According […]

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Traffic arbitrage business faces headwinds as the cost of traffic increases while revenue per visitor decreases. Team Internet Group (AIM: TIG, OTCQX: TIGXF), a rollup of domain name and online advertising companies, announced results for the first half of 2024 today. The company posted overall revenue growth of 3% year over year, grossing $409.7 million. […]

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Discussing Afternic Boost and if it’s worth it. Last week, Afternic announced Afternic Boost, a new program that the company says will increase sales up to 10%. While everyone likes to sell more domains, the announcement landed like a lead balloon with most people I’ve talked to. The key reason is that you have to give […]

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Domain name business grows slightly with another consistent quarter. Tucows (NASDAQ: TCX) reported Q2 earnings after the market closed yesterday. The company has three main business segments: Tucows Domains, Ting fiber, and telecom software business Wavelo. Q2 revenue from the domain business was $62.4 million, up 4% year over year. The gross margin for the […]

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A web3 project, an attorney, and a grocery chain bought domain names. Sedo delivered three weeks of domain sales data this week. In this report, I review end user purchases that took place in mid-July. You can view previous lists like this here. LandWolf.com $42,069 – LandWolf is a cryptocurrency project. BenBornstein.com $20,000 – Ben […]

Post link: 16 end user domain sales up to $42k

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GoDaddy ends its backorder product, which lost its purpose many years ago. In a long overdue move, GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) is killing its backorder service. GoDaddy never competed well with dropcatching services like SnapNames and DropCatch, which use lots of registrar credentials to acquire domains. The company has mostly focused on direct-transfer backorders, in which […]

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All sellers will be opted into a program that increases marketing but charges an additional 5% commission. Afternic announced a new program today called Afternic Boost, which it says can increase domain sales by up to 10%. Afternic Boost includes features designed to sell more aftermarket domains: Domains appear in suggested search results on GoDaddy, […]

Post link: Afternic adds more promotion — for a fee

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Here’s the latest data about the .com namespace. ICANN has published the latest data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) covering the .com namespace. The data covers April 2024. A few things stand out in this month’s report: Godaddy once again generated nearly 100k fewer .com registrations than a year before. I suspect GoDaddy is one of […]

Post link: Ranking the top domain name registrars for .com: GoDaddy, Namecheap, Squarespace

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You might be better off putting your money in a savings account. This morning, Giuseppe Graziano of domain brokerage GGRG published an analysis of domain name investing that I think all domain investors should read. It’s especially compelling given that Verisign indicates one of its pushbacks against limiting .com price increases is that the average […]

Post link: Is domain name investing worth it?

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Company grabs 10 domains after owner told it to “grab it or get lost”. IBM has won a cybersquatting complaint it filed against ten domain names that included its brand and cryptocurrency terms. Most of the domains follow the format ethereum-ibm.tld. The domains are: cryptocurrencyibm. xyz, ethereum-ibm. app, ethereum-ibm. com, ethereumibm. com, ethereum-ibm. info, ethereum-ibm. […]

Post link: IBM wins control of slew of cryptocurrency domains

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UDRP Perspectives covers common UDRP topics, with links to relevant decisions. A new website is helping to educate trademark holders, domain registrants, and panelists on current UDRP jurisprudence. UDRPPerspectives.org is a project by lawyers and panelists Zak Muscovitch and Igor Motsnyi. The site provides up-to-date case law and commentaries on the UDRP. Muscovitch and Motsyni […]

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Government opens door to re-evaluating prices. The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) today sent a letter to Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) affirming that it will renew the agreement for running the .com registry. However, the organization said it was opening a discussion about pricing in response to requests from lawmakers and outside groups. The letter […]

Post link: US Gov to renew Verisign deal, but questions pricing

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Take a summer vacation last month? Here are some of the stories you might have missed. These were the top stories on Domain Name Wire last month, ranked by views. 1. DNS company files antitrust lawsuit against GoDaddy – A company that assists people with changing their DNS records alleges that GoDaddy has unfairly blocked […]

Post link: Top domain name stories in July

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A new report sheds light on which domains phishers use to steal information. These days, it seems like a never goes by without someone trying to phish me, either via an email saying a bank account is about to be suspended or a text message trying to scare me into logging into a site. Phishing […]

Post link: Which domains phishers use – DNW Podcast #495

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Meta proactively registers domain names related to its Llama AI model. Meta AI’s Llama model is only up to version 3.1, but the company is registering domains to prepare for future versions. This week, Meta (NASDAQ: META) registered at least 42 domain names related to Llama. Most of these follow a format of Llama[version number][the […]

Post link: Meta registers domains for future versions of Llama

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1inch tried to snag a .com domain registered before the company existed. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has ruled that crypto company 1inch Limited tried to reverse domain name hijack the domain 1inch .com. The company cited European Union and United Kingdom trademarks in a cybersquatting filing against the domain name. The problem was […]

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A texting app, a cosmetic dentistry lead generator, and a seller of sheds bought domain names. With Sedo still on summer vacation, I dug into the archives this week to find 13 end user sales I missed toward the end of June. Here’s a list of end user domain name sales at Sedo from the […]

Post link: 13 end user domain sales up to $81,102

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Company reports stronger-than-expected growth. GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) released Q2 earnings after the market closed today. Total revenue was $1.1 billion, up 7% year over year on a constant currency basis. The Core Platform segment, which includes domain names, grew 3% year over year. Godaddy raised its revenue guidance for the year, expecting year-over-year revenue growth […]

Post link: GoDaddy beats its forecast with Q2 earnings

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Wholesale prices will increase by 7%. .Com prices are about to increase, so now is an excellent time to renew domain names to beat the higher costs. Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN), the company that operates the .com registry, will increase wholesale prices from $9.59 to $10.26 on September 1. Most registrars add a margin to this, […]

Post link: .Com prices go up at the end of the month

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Domain name investors have a new option for selling their domains. Domain name brokerage service Saw.com launched a new domain name sales platform today. The platform allows domain name owners to list domains for sale, point them to Saw.com landers (example), and either self-broker the domains or hand them off to Saw.com’s brokers. Sellers will […]

Post link: Saw.com launches new domain sales platform

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