Google’s quest to form a more secure web will take a new shape this October with Chrome v62. Chrome will begin showing “Not Secure” on all sites without an SSL Certificate where users can enter text in a contact form. Nearly 50% of internet users choose Chrome as their browser of choice so this can have a big impact on the way people interact with your website(s). If you have sites which … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2017
Namepros admin Eric Lyon’s family has lost everything and here is how to help
Eric Lyon long time member and admin of Namepros was one of those affected by Hurricane Harvey. Eric has made several updates on Facebook, while he and his family were rescued, Eric posted he and his family lost everything. Eric Lyon Thanks everyone for your kind words. I am now able to type up an official update (As follows): Note: The national guard … [Read more...]
Sedo weekly sales led by Quoin.com
Sedo released their weekly sales and Quoin.com was the top sale at $15,000. Two LLNN names made the charts this week, BT21.com sold for $7,000 and Go99.com sold for $2,000. Bitcoin/Crypto names continue to sell, CryptoAlerts.com sold for $5,000. Cointime.com sold for $5,000 and BitcoinMiners.com sold for $3,500. .Ai posted a couple sales with Tour.ai selling for $10,000. Study.tips … [Read more...]
If you want to post online in China, you need to use your real name
Nikhil Sonnad published an article on QZ.com that China will now demand users give their real identity while commenting anywhere online. Certain services and websites have already had to require real identities from users, but now it seems it will be ubiquitous. From the article: “For users who have not given identifying information, platforms for and providers of online communities may not … [Read more...]
Was TrumpForPresident.com worth $1,526?
The 10 year old domain TrumpForPresident.com closed at $1,526 yesterday afternoon. Only 7 bidders participated in the auction which GoDaddy valued at $3,548. The domain had been under privacy for years, the last known registrant was a Jeff Nesler who seems to dabble in political domains, he owned Politics2012.com at the time and Politics2016.com, 2012 was caught by DropCatch and is now a parked … [Read more...]
Will seller take a loss on Travel.Agency?
In one of the more publicized new gtld auctions back in 2016, Ali Zandi sold Travel.Agency on Flippa for $9,999. There was a big discussion about the sale on Namepros, 79 posts deep. The winner of the auction was playing with fantasy money. Roman Edmond won $3million in the FanDuel 2015 World Fantasy Football Championship. It seems now that the buyer is looking to sell the name after holding … [Read more...]
“The new gTLD industry has not “killed” it.”
Pinky Brand wrote an article on his blog that is a good read for anyone interested in the domain industry. Whether registry, registrar or investor, Brand gives some decent insight into the new gtld program and doing business in China. Brand noted that the new gtld's would have to "kill it" to meet his projections for global market share. Currently they have not killed it. From the … [Read more...]