Bloomberg economics editor Peter Coy, wrote a piece on domain names and some of the commentary was interesting. Joseph Cohen, founder of Universe a startup that makes an app for building mobile websites, said “It’s not a true market,” “There’s sort of a market, but it’s not very efficient or liquid.” Coy seems to be focused on the fact that there is little uptake for the new … [Read more...]
Emoji domain name registration tips and tricks
Kickstart Commerce put together a couple videos recently that deal with emojis. For those interested in emoji domains these videos are worth watching. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K41xs_xbqvo Free Tool: Bulk Emoji Domain Suggestion and Registration https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuD_CVVX6yk … [Read more...]
Father’s Day $500 Blowout
As tomorrow is Father's Day I decided to put up a $500 blowout post, sell a name, buy Dad a gift. 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 .com only and the max price is $500. You may list up to 2 names. There have been a few who have tried to post more names using a different email … [Read more...]
Price on TrumpTV.com gets a big reduction
TrumpTV.com is on auction at Ebay with a buy it now price of $450,000. Back in October of 2016 we did an article on TrumpTV.com and the owner wanted $3 million. Even with the price reduction it seems like an unrealistic price. In my opinion the Trump organization could have interest in acquiring but not at that price. From the story last October: TheWrap.com has an exclusive interview with … [Read more...]
.Store turns 1 an illustrated look back
.Store has reached it's one year anniversay, Radix (a sponsor here) published an infographic taking a look back. STORE already boasts of 25+ leading brands that are using their .STORE domain name actively. From global players like www.emirates.store to known brands in the sports & entertainment industry like www.f1.store, www.dudeperfect.store, www.backtothefuture.store and … [Read more...]
Condé Nast sells Style.com
It's hard to run a successful ecommerce site, if you are a one person shop or even for a company with significant resources. NYPost.com reported that Style.com is being sold by it's current owner Condé Nast International. The buyer is Farfetch. From the article: Condé Nast International CEO Jonathan Newhouse, in a note to 75 staffers announcing the sale, said the e-commerce venture “had … [Read more...]
Rightside to be acquired for $10.60 a share
Rightside (Nasdaq: NAME) to be acquired by Donuts for $10.60 a share. 52 week range on the stock $7.17 - $12.85. It really is a deal that makes sense for everybody, well accept for those that paid in the teens for NAME stock. Three years ago stock was at 17.00. One question is what happens to Name.com the registrar? From StreetInsider.com Rightside Group, Ltd. (NASDAQ: NAME) and … [Read more...]