There has been a lot of talk about emojis when it comes to domain names. It now seems that they are moving their way to be used in court proceedings. There was an article on TheNextWeb, where a landlord in Israel was successful in proving that he was misled by the use of emojis. A landlord in Israel has successfully sued a couple who mislead him with emoji, with the judge ruling that the tiny … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2017
Sedo weekly sales led by Leem.com
Sedo released their weekly sales and Leem.com was the top sale at $30,000. OnlyYou.com sold for $27,000. Songs and movies have both been titled Only You, so this is a pretty cool buy. Country codes were dominated by .De and .Ca, 3 sales for the Canadian extension on the week. Bit.Trade sold for $9,360 as the only new gtld sale. Domain … [Read more...]
Homes.Forsale and Houses.Forsale sell for $90,000
Robert Bruce a self described expert in online marketing strategies, wrote an article on Entrepreneur.com that he purchased two .forsale domains for $90,000 in total. From the article: The startup I'm currently building aims to modernize real estate marketing, and is scheduled to launch this summer. To position myself in the market, I opted for the exact-match domains www.homes.forsale and … [Read more...]
You never discuss available domains out in public (Part 2)
It seems like coffee shops are the perfect place to get ideas for domain names or to exact a bit of revenge on a loud patron. Back in 2012 I wrote a story about a guy who was sitting behind a bunch of people in a coffee shop, they were loud and were throwing out names for their new business. The guy sitting behind them let's them know he has been registering their names for the last 20 … [Read more...]
Who makes the first move matters
Gerald M. Levine wrote an excellent article that domain investors, especially those that do outbound marketing should read. Levine delves into the subject of who makes the initial contact in a domain negotiation. Levine highlights the loss of Halifax.com and how even fellow domain investors agreed on the respondent losing. From the article: Woe be the impatient respondent! Even domain … [Read more...]
90% of domainers should start over
Rick Schwartz made a pretty interesting tweet yesterday that I think will bring about a great deal of conversation. Rick stated that 90% of all domain investors should look to reboot. Drop everything and start over again. 90% of every domainer should drop ALL their #Domains and start again! They are so far off the path that it is sad to see. #gtld #Startups — Rick Schwartz (@DomainKing) May … [Read more...]
Shares of Godaddy Hit An All Time High
Shares of Godaddy (GDDY) hit an all time high today of $40.37 before closing at $40.29 which I also believe is an all time high closing price for shares of Godaddy. Shares were up over 3% at $1.23 and are up slightly after hours. I didn't see any news today on the company. Godaddy has a market cap based on the closing price of 6.77 Billion … [Read more...]