I didn’t write much leading up to the Verisign (VRSN) acquisition of .Web for $135 Million this week, but I have plenty of thoughts about it. First and foremost it’s a no brainier for Verisign. Forget the $1.9 Billion they have sitting in the bank and focus in on the over $9 Billion dollar valuation [...] Continue reading →

  You’ve noticed we have been alternating writers between posts over the last few months.  We’re doing it to get different perspective on things.  When you write every day about the same thing its natural to get pigeonholed or bored with the content.  Ike’s daily list is different than mine (and usually better) because [...] Continue reading →

Today: WANTED : LLLL.com ending in (TZ, LC, DK or JR) – No AEIOUV / Domain names with articles a, an, the / ADA.com Sold for $200,000; NZS.com for €26,499 / And more. Here are the new discussions and domain news that caught my eye today. Anyone preregistered .shop yet? – How many of you are investing in [...] Continue reading →

Listed below are updates on the top 10 domain sales from a year ago, as ranked by DN Journal. Not alot of development love to show this week….. 1. QE.com sold for $554,000 No site resolves, and the owner is under privacy protection. 2. 9595.com sold for $180,000 No site resolves, owned by an individual [...] Continue reading →

.UK domain name is one of the biggest public sales of the year. The domain name Furniture.co.uk has sold for $650,000. Buyer Graham Haynes issued a release last week announcing his purchase of the domain name through Sedo domain name broker Dave Evanson. Haynes’ release said the purchase was $700,000, but I verified the story [...] Continue reading →

A comprehensive look at the final auction prices, closeout purchases and more from the auction list posted on July 29, 2016.  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 [...] Continue reading →

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