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China’s “Nasdaq” index is a small-caps share gauge, and just about to become cheaper than the Nasdaq Composite Index, for the first time. After raising $21 billion dollars from share sales between 2014 – 2016, the 100 ChiNext members posted a combined profit of “only” $17 billion dollars. According to data compiled by Bloomberg, that […]
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GoDaddy went through a corporate transformation in 2013, and new CEO, Blake Irving, rolled things out with a different process. Gone are the days of blatant sexist ads, with big-breasted female models pitching domains at Super Bowl commercial gawkers. These sleazy times were erased from the action book of GoDaddy, and Blake Irving promoted a […]
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The poll results are in, and most domain investors whose corporate sponsors include NameJet, fully trust it as a domain auction venue. Out of 244 blogs and other content publishers in the domain and entertainment industry, NameJet advertises at 101; of that number, 95% believes NameJet is doing a great job with transparency and reliability. […]
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This story is not about NameJet, and won’t mention NameJet beyond this point. Sundays are great days for introspection, particularly by finger-pointing domainers with plenty of time on their hands. Popcorn-popping discussion threads often attract tinfoil hatters and kooks alike; whether there is a real fire or not, such events soon become eruptions of volcanic […]
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Rick Schwartz raised an interesting point about who is fit to sell his premium domains, and active brokering is not what he’s after. Responding to a tweet about commissions on a potential brokerage sale, the Domain King responded: “No. A middle man isnt out there selling. He has CONNECTIONS!! He puts worlds together. He does […]
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A group of teenagers who did not assist a domain investor fixated with Chinese domain “Chips” has been arrested. Police reports indicate that the five teenagers repeatedly failed to save a man who bid on GoDaddy auctions, for “Chinese premium letter” LLLL .com domains, taunting him instead. The man lost a fortune bidding, and eventually […]
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There is a lot of bullshit in the domain industry. From claims of sizable sales under NDA, to ball-busting brokers bragging big bucks, to broken promises about PPC performance. But don’t worry, there is one domain industry company that cares, and offers no bullshit: Gandi. The French domain registrar changed its motto recently to “No […]
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Is NamePros down? Yes, but it’s only temporary. The busy domain forum with more than one million registered accounts is undergoing maintenance. There is a cool feature that regardless of uptime or downtime, displays a variety of information about NamePros. Hosted at NameProsStatus.com, it provides useful information about the server infrastructure, network status, email availability […]
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NameJet has announced immediate measures to ensure the domain marketplace remains a destination of choice, following allegations of misconduct by a number of sellers. Effective immediately, several domain bidding accounts have been suspended, and the full measures can be seen in detail below: Shill Bidding Update And Platform Improvements Friday, July 21, 2017 Jacksonville, FL […]
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