Domain Tools lost a case against New Zealand's Domain Name Commission (DNC). The issue is over Domain Tools publishing personal data of .nz registrants. Reseller.co.nz wrote: New Zealand’s Domain Name Commission (DNC) has had its injunction blocking a US company from "scraping" details of domain owners upheld by a higher court.The US Court of Appeals' decision prevents DomainTools from … [Read more...]
Another example of how automated appraisals miss the mark by a mile
Tonight Sedo sold CasinoEngine.com for $40,000, the Australian company that owned the name since 2003 cashed in big time. EveryMatrix a company based out of Romania is involved in iGaming and has a product called "Casino Engine". EveryMatrix is an independent company offering award-winning software solutions to the iGaming industry. It was founded in 2008 by a team of innovative and … [Read more...]
Tough Domains – Free Domain Development and Domain Sales Page for All
The holidays are upon us and what better gift to a domainer than free domain development and free make an offer pages. This week ToughDomains has increased its free plan from 20 domain development and domain for sale pages to support for upto 2,500 domains for free. With the release of GDPR it has become even more important to have a clear way for buyers to contact you and having a clear, … [Read more...]
GoDaddy Adds “Comparable Domains Sold Data” to Closeout Auctions
With recent user experience updates, GoDaddy appears to have brought more changes to auction landing pages — specifically closeout auctions. Much like comps are used in physical real estate to seek the value of a property juxtapose with similar properties, GoDaddy has introduced its own comparable data for domains feature. … [Read more...]
Video: Mastering Aftermarket Appraisals @ NamesCon
Watch the full session of NamesCon's Mastering Aftermarket Appraisals session, and learn a number of perspectives from domain industry professional of how to accurately appraise and evaluate domain names to sell or purchase. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsSIDpDOPx8 … [Read more...]
Are Domainer Invites from Alignable.com Legit?
Here lately, my inbox has been inundated with emails referencing wanting to send me, rather my company, business if I would click a link and join Alignable.com. As I would soon come to learn, Alignable.com is a small business networking website acting as a path to customer referrals, recommendations, and local business insights. I ignored the first couple of emails until I began receiving … [Read more...]
Escrow.com announces beta for third party integration
Escrow.com made an announcement they deemed their biggest announcement ever. They are starting a public beta for their API. The key component from my perspective was they said the following: Built by developers, for developers, any business can integrate the safety and security of escrow payments to their platform as simple as common payment methods such as Stripe or Paypal. If the … [Read more...]
