So today it was reported that Punchh a company that did loyalty cards that has now expanded to analytics raised $40 million. Punch.com is owned by Dr. Pepper/Seven Up, Inc. They also own and have the trademark for Hawaiian Punch. Punch.com which surprisingly has a registration date of 1995 DomainIQ gave me incorrect info Domain Name: punch.com Registry Domain ID: … [Read more...]
Berkens on getting valuations right a decade ago
Valuations: Get It Right You’ll Be A Multimillionaire, Get It Wrong You’ll Go Broke Mike wrote the following post in October of 2009, while it deals with other asset classes as well, here was the part on domain names. Domains like any other asset are going through a constant revaluation process. For domainers, your ability to correctly value a domain is going to be a huge factor in … [Read more...]
XFL reveals team names
The XFL announced the names of the 8 teams that will play in the new league. The XFL will start play in 2020. The team names are as follows: Dallas Renegades.Houston Roughnecks.Los Angeles Wildcats.New York Guardians.Seattle Dragons.St. Louis BattleHawks.Tampa Bay Vipers.D.C. Defenders. All of the full names, city plus nickname were registered in .com some on August 15 at Mark Monitor. As … [Read more...]
The new g’s and me Part 1
So you may have watched my talk from the Asheville Conference on Morgan's blog, if not you can watch it below. So to follow up on my new gTLD presentation at Rick's Asheville Conference where I said Geo extensions are death here are some stats from .Miami domains I … [Read more...]
Final Thoughts: 1st Asheville Domain Investor Meetup
It’s been an exciting few days here in Asheville as an eclectic group of domain investors traveled from near and far to share visions, dreams, and ideas to help one another and the domain industry in general. The farewell breakfast Saturday morning and the Brewery Tour that same afternoon were just the activities to put a nice bow on all the good accomplished over the last few days. … [Read more...]
Sale price of Navigator.com revealed
I had read a tweet some weeks back from Jamie @DotWeekly. It was regarding Navigator.com and Gentry Underwood. Gentry Underwood has acquired the https://t.co/OBdzqzsqAs domain name for his newest startup. It appears the domain was acquired around August 2018 according to whois history records. #AI #teamwork #brand #premium #domain https://t.co/In89RehGI1— Jamie Zoch (@DotWeekly) June 19, … [Read more...]
Is it still too early, or too little, too late for emoji domains?
It’s always interesting to travel back through time, and examine the lifecycle and events of a trending topic, especially when it relates to domains. Now having been entrenched or involved with domains for the last 7-8 years, I find that the domain industry is not an exception. There have been a number of trends — blockchain, crypto, bitcoin, 4L .coms, numeric, and emoji domains to name a few — … [Read more...]