Frank from MapleDots found this one, Perfect.com redirects to Proactis.com. Now this is not a new name, Proactis is a public company out of the U.K. They acquired Perfect Commerce in 2017. U.K.-based spend management and e-procurement solution provider Proactis announced Friday it’s snapping up Perfect Commerce, a U.S.-based source-to-pay (S2P) provider.Assuming shareholder approval, the … [Read more...]
Ten Trademark Myths domain investors should know
Janet Cho and Christel Harlacher from the firm of Williams Mullen published a piece on Trademark rights that's worth giving a once over and bookmarking. Especially for those new to domaining who sometimes have the wrong impression of trademark rights. The post titled: Ten Trademark Myths and How They Can Hurt Your Business clears up some misconceptions that those without a background in … [Read more...]
As we enter Q4, 2020 domain name sales are way off 2019’s pace
As we now enter the fourth quarter of 2020, reported domain name sales are way off 2019's pace. No surprise really with what has been going on in the world, a global pandemic, environmental and economic hardships have made 2020 one of the worst in recent memory. This is a domain name blog, so we will delve into the numbers so far. Currently reported domain name sales at Namebio are in the … [Read more...]
The Domain Theft Project’s time is now
6 years ago to the day, Phil Corwin published a piece on the ICA website about domain theft. The domain theft project. To be fair Corwin laid out that it was considering initiation. There has been a lot of domain industry press attention lately to domain thefts. We don’t know for sure if this problem is becoming more acute or is just being reported on more often. But, regardless of the level … [Read more...]
More events that are now using .online
2020 has been the year of the online conference. Thanks to Covid-19 many conferences including NamesCon moved online. With that move has come a greater use for .online as the conference website. Radix (an advertiser here) published a post showing 8 conferences using their .online extension. From the Radix Blog: Virtual Events 2020: 8 Major Events That Are Now … [Read more...]
Sedo weekly domain name sales led by Blog.co.uk
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and Blog.co.uk led the way at 54,000 Euro, ($63,404). Dalmatia.com was second at $22,800. Republic.de was third at 13,920 Euro, ($16,345). 45 .com sales 22 cctld sales 7 other tld sales Top 3 highlights of public SedoMLS sales are: · staratlas.com at 14,999 USD · maze.co at 7,999 USD · monta.com at 7,999 … [Read more...]
How Matt Paulson Grew MarketBeat.com to $10 Million a Year
MarketBeat.com is a website I have stumbled upon a few times while searching Google. I was reading NichePursuits.com and came across a recent podcast interview with the founder. It's a pretty interesting story and a good listen for anyone looking to start an online business. The founder Matt Paulson was running a bunch of online sites and then honed in on one site, MarketBeat.com. He now … [Read more...]