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Would you pay $70,000 for these names? The domain name registrar OnlineNic has told a court that someone is interested in buying a portfolio of 685 domains from it for $70,000. It says that this money could be used to pay the Special Master in a lawsuit with Facebook. Facebook’s attorney is questioning that [...] Continue reading
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and cartecadeau.fr led the way at 49,000 Euro, ($57,923). Translated to Gift Card in English. OneGoal.com was second at $34,495 and Links.to was third at $30,000. 35 .com sales 27 cctld sales 13 other tld sales Top 3 highlights of public SedoMLS sales are: onegoal.com at 34,995 [...] Continue reading
A gift card company, a non-profit, and a new job board bought domain names. Sedo had a strong week for end user domain name sales, led by the sale of “Gift card” in French on the .fr ccTLD. Absent from the list below is Links.to, which sold for $30,000. I can’t figure out who [...] Continue reading
VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN) reported financial results for the second quarter of 2021. VeriSign, Inc. and its subsidiaries (“Verisign”) reported revenue of $329 million for the second quarter of 2021, up 4.8 percent from the same quarter in 2020. Verisign reported net income of $148 million and diluted earnings per share (diluted “EPS”) of $1.31 [...] Continue reading
Escrow.com released some sales data from the first half of 2021, and it confirmed what many people have been saying. Domain name (and website) sales transacted via Escrow.com had a big first half of the year. Escrow.com reported that sales growth for “Online” sales, including domain names and websites, grew 77% compared to the first [...] Continue reading
A look at the final auction prices, closeouts and more from the domain auction list posted on July 26, 2021. If there is an asterisk (*) next to a price, it means that the name was at auction from a private seller (rather than an expiring name) and may have had a reserve. I’m only showing [...] Continue reading
Kassey Lee examines what types of domains appeal to Chinese companies. By at least one important measure, China has become the most global country in the world. The big picture can help you see what domains Chinese companies will likely buy. We tend to believe that the U.S. is the most global country in [...] Continue reading
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