Facebook through their NPE Team has launched what many are calling a Pinterest like app. Facebook has been launching new consumer-focused apps under the developer name “NPE Team, from Facebook.” Whale was one such app that was created to make memes. That app has apparently already shutdown. Hobbi.com is owned by a gentleman in Malaysia and currently does not resolve. Apparently a domain … [Read more...]
GoDaddy reports Q4 and full year 2019 results
GoDaddy (NYSE:GDDY) reported earnings after the close today. After hours stock moving up 74.15 +3.28 (4.63%) The company made news on Tuesday with the announcement of their acquisition of Name Administration Inc. and Uniregistry. That deal will close in Q2 which normally gets reported in the first couple days of August. The acquisition was mentioned under business highlights in this … [Read more...]
Back in 2013 GoDaddy decided not to compete on the registry side
With all the news around GoDaddy ( NYSE: GDDY ) acquiring Name Administration Inc, and Uniregistry. There was some of the back and forth between .commers and new gtld fans. Some made comments saying see GoDaddy did not want the registry business because they are not high on new gtlds. That's not true, they made a decision years ago not to compete. They make money in other ways from new … [Read more...]
Did Cocoon.com sell for $225,000?
This Week in Startups did a video with the founders of Cocoon. Cocoon is a special app for your most special relationships, designed to keep you close no matter where you are. You want to start at 14:50 - The host says that's a great domain name, a $250,000 domain name. Did you pay that much? More or less, the founders say less, we can say less than $250,000. The one founder said it's … [Read more...]
NameJet/Snapnames January sales led by Koles.com
NameJet/Snapnames January 2020 sales led by Koles.com at $73,055. Xinda.com was second at $22,101 and FIH.com was third at $20,402. 88 sales for the month ($2,000+) 80 .coms and 8 non … [Read more...]
ArsTechnica covers the Verisign proposed price hike
The backlash over Verisign raising prices was picked up by a publication outside the domain industry. ArsTechnica.com published a piece today that highlighted the concerns from registrars. The article discussed the potential for Verisign to make an additional $500 million per year. It also honed in on price caps. From the article: While ICANN has eliminated price caps on .org and most … [Read more...]
Sedo weekly sales led by Stairs.com
Sedo released their weekly sales and Stairs.com led the way at $67,500. ThaiCasino.com was second at $60,000. Jane.ca was third at $25,000. 41 .com sales 19 cctld sales 4 other tld sales Domain … [Read more...]
