NameJet released their monthly sales for June and QWE.com was the top sale at $31,400. There were 101 sales reported that met the $2,000 minimum price. There were only 8 sales that were five figures. 89.tv was the only cctld that hit five figures at $10,000. 5. orgs and 7 .nets made the list. NetWellness.org was the highest of those at … [Read more...]
Some new domainers feel they know more than the veterans
It's no surprise to anyone following the blog space that Rick Schwartz has been hitting the new gtld's pretty hard lately, One of many examples includes: Rick wrote: Most products may have 1 or 2 weak points. GTLD's have 122 weak points! They sold you a bag of shit and you ate it like Filet Mignon! That's the ugly truth, deal with it! GTLD's took a thriving industry and derailed it. Did not … [Read more...]
Sedo will have a scheduled system wide downtime June 30
Sedo will be having a little down time this Saturday so don't freak out, this is planned. The company tweeted: On Saturday, June 30 we will move our servers to a new data center. There will be a system-wide down time on Sedo's website. This will approximately last for 3 hours. We’ll be back online around 6AM EST. More information is in your Sedo account login area. #takeabreak #downtime — … [Read more...]
French State wins dispute with regards to ‘France.com’ trademark
Worldipreview.com published an article (initially posted on TBO) that the France.com tm case has been resolved in favor of the French state. From the article: In December 2014, the French State opposed the application based on its figurative international registration for ‘France’ (number 1032440) where the word appears underneath an image of the Eiffel Tower, with a French flag in the middle … [Read more...]
Sedo weekly sales led by Ampli.ca
Sedo released their weekly sales and the top sale was Ampli.ca at $50,000. One of the higher .ca sales over the last couple years. Firehose.com was the top .com sale at $35,000. Sales overall were a little light this week: 45 .com sales 15 cctld sales 4 other gtld sales FidgetSpinner.com for $2,000 when the craze took off I would have thought it would have gone for 10 times … [Read more...]
Starting July 1 Google will be banning one of their most expensive keywords
Last year we published an article on the "Most expensive keywords in AdWords for 2017" The report was courtesy of WordStream. Number 2 on that list was Bail Bonds at $58.00 + per click. Google decided to ban all ads for bail bonds services. This will go in effect starting July 1, From their blog: Google bans ads for bail bonds services At Google, we take seriously our … [Read more...]
Web.com to be acquired for $25 a share or $2Billion
Web.com the company that owns Register.com and Network Solutions is being purchased in an all cash deal worth approximately $2 billion. Web.com acquired Register.com in 2010 for $135 million. Web.com acquired Network Solutions company in 2011 for $405 million and 18 million stock shares. Stock traded as high as $37.72 in March of 2014. Full Press release JACKSONVILLE, … [Read more...]