Company's founders have longtime experience in the domain name industry. D3 Global has raised a $5 million seed round as it seeks to bridge web3 domain names to the "real" web. The company plans to apply for and acquire new top level domains ... Continue Reading8 Comments
Registration now open for ICA meeting in January
· ServicesInternet Commerce Association returns to Las Vegas in January. Internet Commerce Association (ICA) has opened registration for its meeting in January 2024. The event will take place Thursday and Friday, January 18-19, 2024, with optional events ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
A Google change could make domain research harder
· ServicesGoogle made a small change that could make domain investing more difficult. Last week, I was renewing a lot of domain names ahead of this week's price increase and ran into a problem. I look at a lot of factors when I renew domains. When I'm on ... Continue Reading7 Comments
Verisign: China weighs on .com, .net prices going up
· ServicesSoft demand in China hurts Verisign's quarter. Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) reported Q2 earnings after the closing bell yesterday. Revenue grew 5.7% year over year and operating income grew 5.5%. The overall base of .com and .net domain names ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Moving my personal website from Weebly to Carrd
· ServicesCarrd is easy to use and inexpensive for simple websites. Five years ago, I tested out website developers, including Weebly. I built a different site on each platform and chose to build a personal site at AndrewAllemann.com on Weebly. The site ... Continue Reading4 Comments
Five cool Estibot tools you probably haven’t used
· ServicesEstibot is more than just domain appraisals. A lot of people hear the name Estibot and all they think of is automated domain appraisals. But the company offers a lot more, and I used one of its other tools this week to save time. I was listing ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Lease to Own is finally coming to Afternic – here’s everything you need to know
· ServicesAfternic will leverage Dan.com's existing LTO system but will tap into GoDaddy and its brokers for greater distribution. Lease-to-own (LTO) options for Aftermarket domains are finally coming to Afternic and GoDaddy. The company has said the ... Continue Reading12 Comments
New Estibot tool finds trending keywords in news articles
· ServicesTool uses AI to find interesting keywords and phrases in news stories. Estibot has released a new tool that looks for trending words in news stories. The News Crawler and Domain Generator automatically crawls major news sites for breaking ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Summertime domain to-do list
· ServicesWith summer officially here, take a look at this checklist for domain investors. The Northern Hemisphere entered summer today. Kids are out of school, and vacations are on tap. Things tend to slow down in the business world this time of year, making ... Continue Reading1 Comment
GoDaddy improves List for Sale workflow for parking domains
· ServicesImprovement eliminates the need to change nameservers. On this week's podcast, I discussed how I'm listing domains for sale. For domains registered at GoDaddy, I usually list them on Afternic using the List for Sale tool rather than logging into ... Continue Reading2 Comments