Emojis have been talked about a lot over the last few months with regards to domain names. From i❤️domains to the excellent guide produced by DNAcademy, to a high schooler named Shane Brunswick, an incoming high school sophomore who created Domainoji.com, an emoji domain registration website that automatically converts emojis to punycode. One of the best names in the space Emojis.com is … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2017
Domaining – Gambling or investing?
I received an email today from a reader that was about domain investing. Hi, Raymond Big fan of your blog, but one thing has always stuck in my craw...buying domain names is not investing, rather it is gambling. Why do people like Schwartz and Silver and several others call it investing? This is something that has been brought up from time to time over the years. I thought it would be … [Read more...]
Be careful of potential Payoneer phishing email
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 … [Read more...]
Verisign ended the second quarter with 144.3 million .com and .net domain name registrations
Verisign reported earnings today after the close. There were a couple odd after hours trades that might have made some investors gasp. After hours trading can be very thin and the odd print does happen. Things are back to normal as of the time of writing. Trade Detail After Hours Time (ET) After Hours Price After Hours Share … [Read more...]
Radix’s domains and the Startup League RISE in Hong Kong
The Startup League sponsored 11 startups on Radix TLDs to exhibit at the RISE Conference 24th July 2017, Hong Kong. Startup League, a unique startup-support program by Radix, offered to give 5 free booths to select startups at the RISE Conference in Hong Kong, held from 11th to 13th July. In addition to this, the Startup League offered to give 25% sponsorship the remaining startups who … [Read more...]
Sedo weekly sales led by Mondly.com
Sedo reported their weekly sales and Mondly.com was the top sale this week at $25,000. Thf.org sold for $14,500 to lead the other gtlds. Crypto was a theme this week, Crypto.bet sold for $4,800. CryptoAcademy.com sold for $4,999. Bitcoin.blog sold for $2,999. Domain … [Read more...]
Alphabet Inc (Nasdaq GOOG) reports earnings down $30 after hours
Alphabet the parent company of Google, released their Q2 earnings a couple minutes ago. The stock is down over $30 (3%) in after hours trading. Revenues were up 21% year over year. Operating margin looks to have taken a hit, 28% Q2 last year and 16% Q2 this year. More info at Abc.xyz MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – July 24, 2017 – Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG, GOOGL) today announced … [Read more...]