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  Crypto is undoubtedly hurting the domain industry right now.  People that were searching for domain names are now trying to “trade” cryptos.  Putting their money somewhere else.  I think it has very little effect long term and in some sense I really like it because I have less competition for names.  Most of [...] Continue reading →

I’ll start by saying, no, I am not getting some kind of refund relating to bidding in an auction that was proven to have shill bidding taking place on it. While NameJet is doing an internal audit to determine if shill bidding has been impacting their auctions, it looks like they’re also uncovering some payments [...] Continue reading →

Be careful if you use Payoneer of a phishing attempt going on. I received an email from what looks to be Payoneer. But when I look at the bottom of the email, it says: Note: If clicking Continue fails, please click the entire link below : http://payouts.payoneer.com/PayoutPage/Gateway.aspx?PD=9SJ14f39L91DKM8Y    Continue But when I place my cursor [...] Continue reading →

Today: Share your awesome brandable domain here / TM filed which is same name as my long existing website / Scivee.tv sold for $3,150 / And more. Here are the new discussions and domain news. KinkyChat.com and a few others – Is KinkyCat.com worth anything? Should you include higher value names on your enduser sales site? – [...] Continue reading →

According to a letter sent from ICANN's chair to the Registries Stakeholder Group (RySG) this week, the agency will not be setting a date for the next round of new gTLD applications anytime soon despite keen interest from registry operators. Kevin Murphy reporting in Domain Incite writes: "The RySG had asked last month for ICANN's [...] Continue reading →

A comprehensive look at the final auction prices, closeouts and more from the auction list posted on July 28, 2017.  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 where [...] Continue reading →