Back in 2016 we started a series here that looked at the best and worst about companies in the domain industry. Over the last 30 months a lot has changed at many companies so we are revisiting the good, the bad and the ugly. Each post will deal with just one company, readers are encouraged to share their positive and negative experiences. Suggestions for improvement are also … [Read more...]
Quite the haircut for JapaneseHotels.com
Geo hotels names have been quite popular in the past but over the last few years there haven't been the big sales like those that took place years ago. I saw a sale a couple days ago JapaneseHotels.com which took quite the haircut from the previous time it sold. On Flippa the name went for $999 vs selling for $6,750 on GoDaddy almost 1 year ago. ThailandHotels.com is on auction at GoDaddy now … [Read more...]
Bitcoin.com publishes a piece on crypto domain names
Jamie Redman wrote a pretty long piece about the buying, selling and discussion of crypto related domain names. Redman went through a lot of social media posts, referenced a discussion about crypto on Namepros and pulled out a bunch of sales. It would have been nice for Jamie to have left out the squatter moniker and just referred to people buying a selling as domainers, investors or … [Read more...]
Support for Facebook’s Libra is beginning to wane
The Next Web published a piece about some of the early backers of Libra looking to back away and maybe back out completely. The story written by Yessi Bello Perez takes a look at a recent report from FT.com (you need to subscribe to read it). It looks like the backlash from regulators is prompting some companies to think about it changing course. From the article: Now, the FT it’s spoken … [Read more...]
Startups on .tech domains raise $2B+ in VC funding
.Tech turns 4 years old this month and Radix, a sponsor here on TheDomains, sent out a press release with regards to the amount of funding raised by companies operating on a .tech. To date over $2billion has been raised in Venture Capital. 22nd Aug, Dubai. Radix, one of the world’s leading new top-level domains registries, today announced that at least 170 startups on .tech have raised over $2B … [Read more...]
Huge Domains sells Knewz.com to News Corp
So News Corp is looking to start a news aggregation service that will be both a website and a mobile app. They say they are doing this to address concerns publishers have with regards to Google and Facebook. The Wall Street Journal published an article News Corp is developing a news-aggregation service meant to address concerns that Alphabet Inc.’s Google News and other digital platforms … [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...]