George Kirikos put his research hat on and tweeted out that Live Current Media sold a domain name on March 22, 2021 for USD $1,150,000. See page F-13 of their SEC filing at: sec.gov/Archives/edgar… From what I can tell, it appears to be the Boxing(.)com domain name. [2/2] Boxing(.)com nameservers changed in March (from Digital Ocean to the current registrar-based ones). Also, p. F-13 notes that … [Read more...]
A no holds barred interview with Rick Schwartz
Rick Schwartz answers a multitude of questions on topics such as new gtlds, the future of domaining, valuation and a host of other things. I hope you enjoy the interview and thanks to Rick for taking the time. Q1) You have been doing this a long time, are you still excited by domain investing and if so why? I would say I’m more excited than ever. I’ve seen domains since they were basically … [Read more...]
Teespring moves from .com to the domain hack Spri.ng
Teespring is a social e-commerce platform and changed their name to Spring. Namepros member Akos noticed they are transitioning from a .com domain, to a domain hack based on the Nigerian TLD country code .ng.https://www.spri.ng/blog/spring-is-here The domain name spring.com is used for a UK job website owned by Adecco Spring UK. The move to a domain hack is always tricky, some people who … [Read more...]
Security the biggest challenge in domain management according to new report
Clarivate put out a press release today with regards to domain management and security. No surprise as domain names become more valuable and meaningful to organizations around the world. The 2020 survey was conducted by independent research firm Vitreous World and surveyed 1100 IT, legal and marketing decision-makers around the world from seven countries, China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, … [Read more...]
Newz.com buyer revealed
Riz from EmpireNames.com sold Newz.com for $70,000 in December. He had purchased it just three months before for $15,500. Riz mentioned he did so with the help of Epik's Rob Monster. The buyer is Contents.com out of Milano MI, ITALY. They own several websites around the world. They also are involved in technology and tools for publishing. They operate on Contents.com and Contents.media. A … [Read more...]
Checkout.com raises $450m a look at the history of this premium .com
Checkout.com just raised $450 million, according to TechCrunch, the company wants to build a one-stop shop for all things related to payments, such as accepting transactions, processing them and detecting fraud. It focuses on large merchants and tries to make its product as customizable as possible so that you integrate it as an infrastructure partner in your product. Looking back at the … [Read more...]
Will Registrars ban or delete “hate” domain names in the future?
Disclaimer: This post is for adults only, should not be read around children or at work, the subject of the article deals in words many will find offensive or possibly be triggered by. With social networks censoring being in the spotlight this week. Someone asked about hate related domain names eventually being shut down. On Namepros @Jeffrey asked, Will Registrars ban or delete "hate" … [Read more...]
