Would you like people to pay to make an offer on your name? Would you like to pay to make an offer on someone else's domain name? I read a tweet from George Kirikos about low ballers (someone offered him $500 for Orderly.com) George wrote: What sucks is the time wasters trying to buy domains at 1% of the floor price, spamming their lowball offers. I think Webmagic has it right, charging … [Read more...]
November 2009 the scandal that rocked domaining – A look back
A decade ago it was the scandal that rocked the domain industry, the Snapnames Halvarez bidding scandal. Mike wrote The 5 Most Surprising Things That Came Out Of The SnapNames Scandal Michael Arrington wrote at TechCrunch: SnapNames: Apologies Shouldn't Be Conditional, Especially When You Steal From Customers Mike again posted 12,000 Auctions, 8,900 Bidders and 350,000 Bids: We Conclude … [Read more...]
Canadian Organization takes on Global Domain Name Disputes
A new player is entering the domain dispute arena. The Canadian International Internet Dispute Resolution Centre or (CIIDRC) put out a press release announcing their entry into the world of UDRP. Press release: MONTREAL, Nov. 13, 2019 /CNW/ - The Canadian International Internet Dispute Resolution Centre (CIIDRC) is thrilled to announce that it is now open for business and accepting … [Read more...]
Kate Buckley addresses those who question her sales
There was a post on Namepros that called into question the Chocolate.com sale. "NDA Keeps A FAKE Multi-Million $ Sale of Chocolate.com from being exposed" I wrote previously about the Chocolate.com sale and the buyer being revealed here. Kate decided to address these Namepros threads in the open letter below: An Open Letter from Kate Buckley: It’s been called to my attention … [Read more...]
What percentage of reported domain sales do you believe?
The domain industry can only prove so much, domain sales are reported to DN Journal, recorded by and sometimes reported to Namebio. Blogs will sometimes break a story with a domain sale that no one else knew about. All these platforms rely on trust to a great degree, there is not forensic accounting done to verify every sale. From time to time I have had someone say they can tell me a lot about … [Read more...]
GoDaddy to do a share buyback of $500 million
GoDaddy (NYSE:GDDY) is up 16% today, the company announced strong earnings yesterday and a share buyback. CNBC broke it down Key Points GoDaddy on Wednesday announced its biggest ever share buyback of $500 million.The company reported a 12% rise in quarterly revenue as the web hosting company earned more per user, sending its shares up 10% in extended trading.Average revenue per … [Read more...]
Who is your number 2?
Second favorite domain extension Looking around the industry it seems some are bullish on one word .co, others .io, Rob Monster has a big thread on Namepros about being bullish on .org. Who is your number 2? After .com what is your second favorite extension? … [Read more...]
