Domain Name Wire is now one of the top 100,000 sites on the web, according to Alexa. To some sites it's no big deal, and I hope the site keeps climbing, but Domain Name Wire has finally broken into the "5 digit" range in Alexa's web rankings. At the ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Domain Name Wire cracks top 100,000
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eNom ups Club Drop prices again
· Expired DomainseNom's Club Drop service increased its minimum bid again. It seems like if eNom didn't increase its expired domain prices a couple times a year we'd start to worry if they were OK. Today they announced that the mininum bid for all domains will ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Wall Street Journal article on Drop Catching
· Expired DomainsThe Wall Street Journal published a new article about domain names today. In section B page 1 of today's Wall Street Journal is an article titled "Drop Catchers Buy and Sell Web Names Others Let Slip". I have yet to find a free online version of this ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Survey: Do not hand control of internet to international body
· Policy & LawOnly 38% of respondents to our survey approve of transferring control of the internet and domain name system to an international body. [Editors note: this is the ninth in a series of posts with results from the 2006 Domain Name Wire survey. The ... Continue Reading6 Comments
Domain mid-market continues to thrive
· Domain SalesSales of domains in the $2k-$10k range continue to explode. It's an area of the domain name aftermarket that I refer to as the mid-market: domains that sell for a couple grand but don't quite hit 5-figures. Although you read about all of the big 5 and ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Lettuce.com escapes my bid
· Domain SalesLettuce.com sold for $4,002 on TDNAM, much to my disappointment. An auction for Lettuce.com ended Thursday at $4,002 on GoDaddy's TDNAM. Why does this disappoint me? Because I wanted to win the auction! Thursday evening I was perusing TDNAM and ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Domain Roundtable discount code and information
· ServicesOne of the domain industry's most important conferences, Domain Roundtable, is just a couple months away. The Domain Roundtable conference is organized by Name Intelligence, known for running the Whois.sc service. Details Dates: April 19-21, ... Continue Reading2 Comments
New Wall Street Journal article to cover domain drop catching
· ServicesThe Wall Street Journal is writing a new article about the domain name industry - this one about expired domain drop catching. According to a post at DNForum by someone who said he was interviewed for the story, The Wall Street Journal is writing ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Survey: Domain Name Owners reject ICANN/VeriSign Settlement
· Policy & LawSurvey shows only 25% of domain owners support agreement. [Editors note: this is the eighth in a series of posts with results from the 2006 Domain Name Wire survey. The complete results of the survey will be posted soon.] Opposition to the proposed ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Afternic sells 2 letter .net
· Domain SalesLV.net has sold on Afternic for $10,000. Afternic recently completed the sale of LV.net for $10,000. Sales of two letter domains are extremely rare given the small number of two letter combinations and restrictions for availability when there are ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
