It's hard to run a successful ecommerce site, if you are a one person shop or even for a company with significant resources. NYPost.com reported that Style.com is being sold by it's current owner Condé Nast International. The buyer is Farfetch. From the article: Condé Nast International CEO Jonathan Newhouse, in a note to 75 staffers announcing the sale, said the e-commerce venture “had … [Read more...]
Rightside to be acquired for $10.60 a share
Rightside (Nasdaq: NAME) to be acquired by Donuts for $10.60 a share. 52 week range on the stock $7.17 - $12.85. It really is a deal that makes sense for everybody, well accept for those that paid in the teens for NAME stock. Three years ago stock was at 17.00. One question is what happens to Name.com the registrar? From StreetInsider.com Rightside Group, Ltd. (NASDAQ: NAME) and … [Read more...]
Sedo weekly sales led by CannabisMedicinal.com
Sedo reported weekly sales and Cannabismedicinal.com topped the list at 26,000 Euros. ($29,139). VALENCIA WEB TECHNOLOGY, S.L. out of Spain sold the domain that was registered back in 2004. Currently the domain is under privacy. Alexandre Rehbinder sold Russia.org for 9,500 GBP ($12,116). There were no reported new gtld sales this week. Only 3 non .com gtld sales in total. The funny … [Read more...]
The good, the bad and the ugly – Namepros
“The good, the bad and the ugly” An opportunity for readers to discuss what they like and don’t like about a particular company in the domain space. Each post will deal with just one company, readers are encouraged to share their positive and negative experiences. Suggestions for improvement are also encouraged. One of the goals of the column is that company representatives will see … [Read more...]
The History of money
With all the talk about cryptocurrency lately, I thought this was an interesting look at the history of money. When looking at Bitcoin here is an interesting fact not in the infographic. 2010: 1 bitcoin = 0.004 usd 2016: 1 usd = 0.001 bitcoin Source: … [Read more...]
$9,888 is today’s magic number for Mike Mann
Mike Mann announced a couple nice sales that both sold for $9,888. I would imagine the first one most would have given an appraisal of reg fee, which is what it cost Mike. Congrats to Mike. Domain ideas from the well of the soul Sold https://t.co/fVQV5pJ8IE $9888 Purch 5/12/12 $8 — Mike Mann (@mikemanndotcom) June 7, 2017 Living in rain, chatting about sun. Sold … [Read more...]
Sedo weekly sales led by UpGift.com
Sedo released their weekly sales report and upgift.com was the top sale at $18,000. Snowflake.co.uk was the top cctld sale at $15,500. ShotGlass.com for $7,499 was a nice buy. dontgetboxedin.com common phrase that got $3,000. Intra.cloud sold for 3,950 Euros Domain … [Read more...]
