NamesCon sent out an email and announced registration is open for early bird pricing. $59 is the price. I thought it was an excellent platform this year and worth attending again. Registration is now open for NamesCon Online 2021! We're taking what worked for September's event and improving on the overall experience. Get ready for smooth networking, top-tier content, and more platform features … [Read more...]
PayPal terminates it’s relationship with Epik
It looks like PayPal has stopped doing business with domain name registrar Epik. A member at Namepros noticed they could not use PayPal and thought it was a glitch. Rob Davis replied writing a series of letters that are very well written addressing Paypal executives. You can follow this link and read all the correspondence Epik has sent out to the company. This decision by PayPal just … [Read more...]
Verisign reports Q3 earnings revenue of $318 million for Q3 2020, up 3.1 percent from Q3 2019
VeriSign (NASDAQ:VRSN): reported earnings for Q3. Stock unchanged after hours. Q3 Non-GAAP EPS of $1.28 misses by $0.07; GAAP EPS of $1.49 beats by $0.23. Revenue of $317.8M (+3.0% Y/Y) beats by $1.73M. Financial Highlights Verisign ended the third quarter of 2020 with cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities of $1.15 billion, a decrease of $68 million from the end of … [Read more...]
Sedo weekly domain name sales led by Antum.com
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and Antum.com led the way at $14,888. Parkour.de was second at 11,900 Euro, ($14,072). Pan.de was third at 11,600 Euro, ($13,718). 38 .com sales 24 cctld sales 7 other tld sales Top 3 highlights of public SedoMLS sales are: · antum.com at 14,888 USD · circle5.com at 13,472 USD · jisapp.com at 8,999 USD A week … [Read more...]
Those are some expensive BUTTERMILK CRISPY TENDERS
Sometimes you see a domain name go for 4 figures and laugh. Once you investigate you see the bidder logic. BUTTERMILKCRISPYTENDERS.COM closed at $4,050 at GoDaddy auctions. ButterMilk Crispy Tenders became the new name for Chicken Selects at McDonald's in 2017. That's when McDonald's registered the domain name. They even have their own Wikipedia page: Crispy Tenders (formerly called … [Read more...]
“Are most people who comment on blogs and Namepros broke?
There has been a lot of discussion about the Uncle.com sale. Many calling it a steal, with one Namepros member commenting, "Definitely a 6 or low 7 figure domain." I do not share the sentiment that Uncle is a 7 figure domain name. But a reader emailed me and asked me a little while ago if most blog and Namepros commenters are broke? Their point was this was a public auction that many knew … [Read more...]
Uncle.com sells for $66,002
The domain name Uncle.com sold for $66,002 at Sedo. The domain name registered since 1994 was owned by a Canadian IT specialist. The domain name was the personal blog site for a registrant with a background in cyber security and other matters of IT. UNCLE was used as an acronym Uncle is registered in 125 extensions per DOFO.com (that number could be a tad higher). … [Read more...]