Richard Dynas of Hatred.com fame, detailed how he got scammed by a scamster on the domain Technology.com. I think it was good of Richard to take the time to detail everything so that other domain investors, especially new ones, can be more alert. When someone won't or can't use Escrow, it's time to move along, especially when dealing with big dollars. Posted on Namepros: I cant believe I am … [Read more...]
“there’s no money in domain names.. this industry full of bullsh*t.”
The headline here is the title of a thread on Namepros getting a lot of attention. There seems to be a bunch of these posts in 2018. A lot of them seem to center around the frustrations of those who have invested in new gtlds. Another thread asks why it's so hard to sell new gtlds? When one looks at the industry, they might see themselves on the wrong side of the industry. I think the … [Read more...]
Post the best name you have for sale for $5,000 or less
This post should be used to sell a name where you are making some money with no commission, and leave a little for the next buyer. So this post is for the best name you are willing to sell right now with a $5,000 max price. 1 name listed only. There have been a few who have tried to post more names using a different email address/name same IP all submissions will be deleted if caught. I … [Read more...]
RRPproxy’s New UI Comes up With Re-invented Reselling Features
Sponsored by Key-Systems Minimizing effort, time and costs for the technical development of your system is always a good idea. However, selling domains and related products is not an easy-to-handle business sometimes. To provide your clients the best offering can mean to deal with thousands of top level domains, their regulations and handling rules as well as complex technical background … [Read more...]
Verisign processed 9.0 million new domain name registrations for .com and .net, as compared to 8.8 million for the same quarter in 2016.
Verisign reported Q4 earnings today after the close. Revenue was up 3.2% year over year. Net income was $103 million vs $106 million the previous Q4. Financial Highlights Verisign ended 2017 with cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities of $2.4 billion, an increase of $617 million from year-end 2016. Cash flow from operations was $199 million for the fourth quarter of 2017 and … [Read more...]
Sedo weekly sales led by HPX.com
Sedo released their weekly sales and HPX.com was the top sale at $130,000. 49 .com sales 21 cctld sales 10 other gtld sales There were 8 five figure sales in .com after HPX.com. UserAcquisition.com was the number two sale at $23,000. Beat.org sold for $20,000 to lead the other gtld sales. Click.tech sold for $7,000 as the highest new gtld sale. Domain … [Read more...]
The ADO.com decision brings up another potential problem
With all the news yesterday about the ridiculous UDRP decision on ADO.com, I read a comment on DNW.com that I thought was very interesting. The point made by commenter RP may require people to rethink whether all these logos are needed to sell very short names like three and four letter .coms. As Andrew Allemann pointed out, part of the discussion that motivated these 3 panelists to rule against … [Read more...]