Longtime domain investors Brian and Meghan Berke of DomainAgency.com launched BrandAftermarket.com, a brandable domain marketplace with a unique twist; all brandable .com domains are priced at one very affordable price, $495. “We are excited to try something new in the brandable domain space,” said co-founder Brian Berke. “We think there is a large group of people looking for a lean branding … [Read more...]
Namepros members call attention to IrmaHurricane.com
There is a post on Namepros in the warnings and alerts section with regard to IrmaHurricane.com. Quickly members identified the owner, where they lived and where they worked. The owner joined Namepros and requested that people take his info down. According to the post there was once a Paypal link for donations (I did not see the site at that time) now it's just a landing page that says contact … [Read more...]
Rick Schwartz gives insight into how the Porno.com deal went down
Rick Schwartz is giving some insight into how the Porno.com deal went down. In a series of tweets Rick has posted what was going on right before the deal. Part1: Porno/com Letter #1 of 2. The initial GoF*ckYourself email. #Domains #Startups #GTLD #Sales #HowToCloseADeal #Ballsofsteel #Business pic.twitter.com/eUNwVfnF6L — Rick Schwartz ? (@DomainKing) September 5, 2017 Part2: Porno/com … [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...]
Emoji domains hype or the real deal?
2017 has brought more attention to emoji domains than any other year I can remember. 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. Blake Irving, CEO of GoDaddy expressed his fondness for … [Read more...]
Interesting discussion on domain names
It's always interesting to me to see domain names get discussed by non domainers. Most of the times there is only 1 or 2 comments on a website outside the industry. There was an interesting Reddit thread that has quite a lively discussion. There were more pro domaining comments than I expected, vs the usual all domainers are squatters. There were plenty of squatter comments and thoughts on … [Read more...]
Not everyone agrees with GoDaddy’s decision and Google has a lot of work ahead
One of the more prominent domain stories to be discussed in the mainstream has been the game of hot potato being played with The Daily Stormer domain and website. GoDaddy hosted the site and finally made the decision to tell the registrant to transfer their domain out. The Verge reported: Just hours after being dropped by GoDaddy, prominent white nationalist publication The Daily Stormer … [Read more...]