Fred Mercaldo sold Kenosha.com for $75,000 according to KenoshaNews.com Mercaldo is a legendary geo-centric domain investor. He was looking to sell Kenosha.com to a local entrepreneur. From VisitKenosha.com About Kenosha, Wisconsin Our Lake Michigan shoreline is one of our most popular features, with nearly 90 percent publicly accessible via parks, beaches, festival places and a … [Read more...]
2020 Social Media Industry Benchmark Report
RivalIQ.com published a very comprehensive report that takes a look at the social media industry at large. One of the deeper dives into the entire industry that you can access for free. From the article: Social Media Benchmark Key TakeawaysEngagement rates decreased on Instagram, stagnant on Facebook and Twitter The world’s most engaging social channel became a little less engaging this … [Read more...]
Masterhold prevails in year long battle for domain name
World Trademark Review posted a decision on a case that took over a year to get resolved. Masterhold.ru was the domain name in question. In 2018 LLC Masterhold lodged a complaint alleging that Kornev’s use of its domain name ‘masterhold.ru’ and MASTERHOLD and МАСТЕРХОЛД was illegal as these were confusingly similar to LLC Masterhold’s means of individualisation. On 15 October 2018, … [Read more...]
GradeSlam raises $7.5 million rebrands to Paper.co
So Gradeslam.org put out a press release today and announced funding and a new name. They are moving from a .org to a .co. They are a Canadian company. MONTREAL, March 11, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- GradeSlam, the education company founded by McGill University graduates Philip Cutler and Roberto Cipriani, announced today that it has raised 7.5 million USD in funding. Along with the funding … [Read more...]
Verisign Q4 2019 DNIB: New .com and .net domain name registrations totaled 10.3 million at the end of the fourth quarter of 2019
Verisign (NASDAQ - VRSN) released their Q4 2019 Domain Name Industry Brief. The report shows 362.3 Million Domain Name Registrations In The Fourth Quarter Of 2019 From the report: The .com and .net TLDs had a combined total of 158.8 million domain name registrations in the domain name base3 at the end of the fourth quarter of 2019, an increase of 1.5 million domain name registrations, … [Read more...]
Sedo weekly sales led by RS.de
Sedo released their weekly sales and RS.de led the way at 70,000 Euro, ($78,631). Memories.net was second at $41,000. OnlyTech.com was the highest .com sale 30 .com sales 28 cctld sales 7 other tld sales Domain nameDatePriceCurrency.COMsonlytech.com03/05/2020Requested … [Read more...]
Who is your favorite registrar in 2020?
Poll is very simple who is your favorite registrar in 2020? Who is your favorite registrar in 2020?GoDaddyName.comNameCheapHexonetFabulousGandi1&1NameSiloEpikDynadotNetworkSolutionsRegister.comPorkbunUniregistryHoverDomain.comEnomSav.comGoogleCloudFlare101DomainsInternetBSMonikerNameBrightNamespro.caCreated with PollMaker … [Read more...]