Nikhil Sonnad published an article on QZ.com that China will now demand users give their real identity while commenting anywhere online. Certain services and websites have already had to require real identities from users, but now it seems it will be ubiquitous. From the article: “For users who have not given identifying information, platforms for and providers of online communities may not … [Read more...]
Was TrumpForPresident.com worth $1,526?
The 10 year old domain TrumpForPresident.com closed at $1,526 yesterday afternoon. Only 7 bidders participated in the auction which GoDaddy valued at $3,548. The domain had been under privacy for years, the last known registrant was a Jeff Nesler who seems to dabble in political domains, he owned Politics2012.com at the time and Politics2016.com, 2012 was caught by DropCatch and is now a parked … [Read more...]
Will seller take a loss on Travel.Agency?
In one of the more publicized new gtld auctions back in 2016, Ali Zandi sold Travel.Agency on Flippa for $9,999. There was a big discussion about the sale on Namepros, 79 posts deep. The winner of the auction was playing with fantasy money. Roman Edmond won $3million in the FanDuel 2015 World Fantasy Football Championship. It seems now that the buyer is looking to sell the name after holding … [Read more...]
“The new gTLD industry has not “killed” it.”
Pinky Brand wrote an article on his blog that is a good read for anyone interested in the domain industry. Whether registry, registrar or investor, Brand gives some decent insight into the new gtld program and doing business in China. Brand noted that the new gtld's would have to "kill it" to meet his projections for global market share. Currently they have not killed it. From the … [Read more...]
Blake Irving to retire from GoDaddy
News out of GoDaddy is that Blake Irving to retire From Reuters (Reuters) - Website hoster GoDaddy Inc said Chief Executive Blake Irving would retire at the end of this year and named Chief Operating Officer Scott Wagner as his successor. Irving would continue to serve on GoDaddy's board through June 2018 and work closely with Wagner through the transition, the company said on … [Read more...]
Sedo weekly sales led by ipb.com
Sedo released their weekly sales and ipb.com topped the list at $36,600. rechnung24.de sold for 18,000 Euros ($21,167) and 7306.com sold for $19,500 to come in third. Cloud.Market sold for 9,000 Euros. Solid week for .co which had 3 sales, the highest being KPI.co at $6,999. The Indian extension put up 2 sales, Apartment.in sold for $9,950. Domain … [Read more...]
Emoji domains hype or the real deal?
2017 has brought more attention to emoji domains than any other year I can remember. From i❤️domains to the excellent guide produced by DNAcademy, to a high schooler named Shane Brunswick, an incoming high school sophomore who created Domainoji.com, an emoji domain registration website that automatically converts emojis to punycode. Blake Irving, CEO of GoDaddy expressed his fondness for … [Read more...]