Back in June of 2015 there was big news that Austim.Rocks sold for $100,000. Now there is news out that the buyer Sanjay Shah might be involved in some legal trouble. TheNational.ae reported: The assets of Dubai resident Sanjay Shah have been frozen as Danish officials seek to claw back losses A centre for autistic children in the UAE funded by an alleged tax fraudster has closed … [Read more...]
Researcher finds vulnerability with Unicode Latin IPA characters
Matt Hamilton published an article on Soluble.ai where he was able to register domains using homograph domain names on gTLDs (.com, .net, etc.) as well as subdomains within some SaaS companies using homoglyph characters. It's the Unicode Latin IPA homoglyph that are the source of this. Hamilton goes to great lengths to detail what he found, how he documented everything and the timeline for … [Read more...]
Twitter to start testing Fleets
Twitter is getting in on the "stories" side of social media, with a new feature called, Fleets. Fleets will not go out to the network, be able to be searched and cannot be embedded. TechCrunch reported: Twitter is one of the last major social platforms to test out a Stories format. First popularized by Snapchat, you can now find a version of Stories across Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp, … [Read more...]
Those are some incredible bids
So while I was looking at GoDaddy auctions this morning, four auctions stood out. whatsaap.org7- - $11,750 *USD$ 3D 8H feverr.net7- - $11,500 *USD$ 3D 8H xvideos.page7- - $11,500 *USD$ 3D 8H orderfoodonline.org6- - $11,000 *USD$ All four of … [Read more...]
Radix $21m in total revenue for 2019
Radix (an advertiser here on TheDomains) reported 2019 results. The company showed over 54% growth in profit for 2019, revenue grows by over 26%. Highlights of the report include: $21M in total revenue for 2019, 26% growth over 2018 (revenue is net of all discounts and rebates)54% growth in Net Profit in 2019 over 2018Revenue Split - 25% standard registrations | 64% standard renewals$2M in … [Read more...]
Sedo weekly sales led by Codi.com
Sedo released their weekly sales and Codi.com led the way at $40,000. The sale was made by legendary domain investor Garry Chernoff. Another well known domainer (Future Media Architects) came in second with Digid.com selling for 30,000 Eur, (33,432). .Co had a strong week, izi.co was the top sale at 13,000 Eur, ($14,533). YJZG.org if I asked for $10 on Namepros I could not get it, but any … [Read more...]
Congressman – Being able to look up who owns and operates a website is essential for safety
Congressman Bob Latta (R-OH05)serves on the Energy and Commerce Committee as the Republican Leader on the Communications and Technology Subcommittee. Last week he published a House resolution with regards to WHOIS. In a press release on House.gov “Being able to look up who owns and operates a website is not just a tool necessary for public transparency, but it is essential for … [Read more...]