Understanding the European domain market and corporate domain management. This week I chat with Jesper Knudsen and Jochen Kieler of BrandIT. BrandIT is a corporate domain and brand management company that bought domain brokerage Igloo.com earlier this ... Continue Reading3 Comments
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From zero to a $1 billion with Divyank Turakhia – DNW Podcast #139
· PodcastsHow Divyank Turakhia built an ad tech powerhouse. Divyank Turakhia made his initial fortune in domain names and webhosting. He then turned to the online advertising market with Media.net, a company he sold last year for $900 million. This week, the ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
2017 Predictions – DNW Podcast #116
· PodcastsHear predictions for 2017 from 15 people in the domain business. It's the annual Domain Name Wire Podcast Predictions episode! Hear predictions from 15 people in the domain name industry about what they think is in store for 2017. This year's podcast ... Continue Reading15 Comments
Fund.com, which allegedly sold for $10 million in 2008, is back on the market
· Domain SalesCompany with questionable background said it bought domain name for $10 million in 2008. I've never believed that the $10 million transaction in 2008 for Fund.com was really a $10 million sale. There were too many things that didn't add up. And there ... Continue Reading2 Comments
Walmart to bail out Jet.com for $3 billion
· Domain SalesBusiness sold just a couple years after it acquired Jet.com domain name. A little over two years after Igloo brokered the sale of the Jet.com domain name, the company using the domain is going to be acquired by WalMart for $3 billion according to ... Continue Reading11 Comments
April’s Top Stories on Domain Name Wire
· UncategorizedLast night's DNSeattle meetup at GoDaddy's office in Kirkland was awesome. Thanks to Michael Cyger for organizing, and I'll have a recap on DNW next week. In the meantime, here's a look back at April on Domain Name Wire... Podcasts #81: Craig ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Domain name meetup in Houston this month
· ServicesBrand.bar is organizing a meetup April 28 outside of Houston. Angela St. Julien of Brand.bar is organizing DNHouston.com, a domain name meetup just outside of Houston. It will take place from 7-9:30 pm on April 28 at Crush Wine Lounge in The ... Continue Reading4 Comments
Expired Domain Report: KeyPoint.com, SellOff.com and more
· Expired DomainsA weekly roundup of expired domain name sales. February 8 marked the Chinese New Year. Yes, 2016 is to be the "Year of the Monkey". After the amazing surge in prices we saw during 2015 – the "Year of the Sheep", it amuses me to say – the Chinese domain ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
The DNW NamesCon recap
· ServicesHere are my takeaways from last week's event in Las Vegas. What a way to kick off the year in the domain name business. Last week's NamesCon conference in Las Vegas attracted over 1,000 people. Enthusiasm, driven in part by a strong finish to 2015 ... Continue Reading3 Comments
2016 Domain Name Biz Predictions – DNW Podcast #64
· PodcastsIndustry pros give their predictions for 2016. It's the annual predictions podcast! Listen to predictions from over a dozen people in the domain name business about what's on tap for 2016: Bill Sweetman, Michael Castello, Rightside CEO Taryn Naidu, ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment