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Back in November many were surprised by the news that Donuts was acquiring Afilias. While mergers and acquisitions happen all the time, this deal was big news and to many observers probably a little surprising. Yesterday the deal closed. The “change of control” had been on the agenda of a [...] Continue reading →

I was listening to a podcast with Jerry Seinfeld and I have to say its one of my favorite of the year. While I’m not a huge fan of Tim’s cadence and style I love his guests and he does a fantastic job of getting the most out of a guest. [...] Continue reading →

Lately ccTLDs have been seen impressive bidding wars on expired domain auction sites like Park.io. Over the course of 2020 both .IO and .CO saw strong interest with many one-word domains selling in the the four figure range at auction. While .GG and .VC tend to show up on the [...] Continue reading →

John Berryhill started an interesting thread about sales landers. While the prominent attorney is usually discussing legal issues like UDRP’s and trademarks, this was about sales landers. John showed some examples he liked and went on to say in another post: A “for sale” page doesn’t really convey what might motivate someone to buy a [...] Continue reading →

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers organization (ICANN org) announced that all of the current 1,195 generic top-level domains (gTLDs) have deployed Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC). Why it's important: "DNSSEC allows registrants to digitally sign information they put into the Domain Name System (DNS). This protects consumers by ensuring [...] Continue reading →

Sedo, our premium sponsor, is taking a break for the holidays and won’t be releasing its regular weekly domain sales report today. Among the oldest and most established domain sales venues, Sedo has been sharing domain sales data year after year, providing valuable metrics to domain investors and end-users. Early this year, Sedo shared their [...] Continue reading →