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Domain Investing: Last night, I received quite a few emails from NameJet. This is not uncommon when domain names I have backordered are about to hit the auction block. What was unique about these emails are that they advertised domain names that were ...
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May 6, 2021 Domain Investing
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Domain Investing: In its earnings call this afternoon, GoDaddy discussed its acquisition of around 30 new gTLD extensions. The company cited the “efficiencies of scale” for why the acquisition made sense, and I mentioned that I am curious ...
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May 5, 2021 Domain Investing
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Domain Investing: After the market closed today, GoDaddy reported its Q1 2021 earnings. The quarterly earnings report can be accessed via the Investor Relations portal on GoDaddy’s website. Depending on what time you read this, GoDaddy CEO Aman ...
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May 5, 2021 Domain Investing
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Domain Investing: For more than ten years, I operated a group of pet related directory websites. DogWalker.com was the most popular of the group, and I also operated DogPark.com, DogGroomers.com, and CatSitter.com. I closed down DogPark.com more than ...
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May 5, 2021 Domain Investing
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Domain Investing: I saw a TechCrunch tweet about a Brazilian startup called Alt.bank, and it caught my attention because of the new gTLD that was auto-hyperlinked in the tweet: https://t.co/O7SoWR6tZH, Brazil’s latest fintech targeting the unban...
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May 4, 2021 Domain Investing
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Domain Investing: Merriam Webster defines the word “botanica” as “a shop that deals in herbs and charms used especially by adherents of Santeria.” When it comes to domain names, botanica is a popular keyword, with DomainTools s...
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May 3, 2021 Domain Investing
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Domain Investing: I noticed another domain name has been sold by Anything.com, a company that operates a portfolio of valuable domain names. Snappy.com, which had been registered to Anything.com for many years, transferred from Tucows to GoDaddy. The ...
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April 30, 2021 Domain Investing
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Domain Investing: Wolf.com has been acquired by Namecheap for $550,000, according to Namecheap CEO Richard Kirkendall. I was told this half million deal was brokered by Andy Booth. The domain name recently moved into the Escrow.com holding account, an...
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April 30, 2021 Domain Investing
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Domain Investing: Escrow.com has released its Q1 2021 Domain Investment Index report with domain name sales data from the first quarter. The high level overview is that “the market for domain names is stronger than ever.” Escrow.com handle...
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April 30, 2021 Domain Investing
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Domain Investing: In March, NamesCon announced it would not host its NamesCon Europe event that had been scheduled to be held in Hungary this Summer. Today, NamesCon announced it will be hosting its popular online event, NamesCon Online, September 22 ...
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April 29, 2021 Domain Investing
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