Dan.com, Mike Mann and more newsmakers. These were the top five stories on Domain Name Wire last month, as ranked by views: 1. GoDaddy is acquiring Dan.com - GoDaddy announced it is acquiring domain sales platform Dan.com. This combo could have ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
What people think about the Dan.com acquistion
· ServicesThey're concerned about one key thing. The day's talk in the domain community is that GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) is acquiring Dan.com. Domain investors want to know what this will mean for them. I just held an hour-long Twitter Space on the topic, and ... Continue Reading6 Comments
Big news: GoDaddy is acquiring Dan.com
· ServicesGoDaddy to acquire domain sales platform that is popular with domain investors. GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) is acquiring domain name sales platform Dan.com. The world's largest registrar will pick up a competitor that had taken a bite out of its ... Continue Reading56 Comments
How to earn money with the Bodis – Dan integration
· Domain ParkingHere's how to earn pay-per-click money on Dan.com, including an important step you might overlook. [Update: Dan has discontinued the Bodis partnership in light of GoDaddy acquiring Dan. Read more about the hybrid parking change here.] I don't ... Continue Reading5 Comments
Dan.com adds categories and improves conversion on hybrid lander
· ServicesDan.com releases new features, including domain categories. Domain name sales platform Dan.com announced a product update today, including the ability to add domains to user-defined categories. We should probably call domain categories "category ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
Dan.com’s refresh and an upcoming improvement
· ServicesHere are some of the new features I like and an upcoming feature I'm looking forward to. Dan.com rolled out a new user interface last week. Many of the changes are small (but nice) usability adjustments. But there are also new and updated features, ... Continue Reading3 Comments
Dan.com domain sales kept rocking last month
· Domain SalesSales at Dan.com increased month-to-month in October. The domain name aftermarket remained strong last month, according to data from Dan.com. Leanne McMahon aggregated the sales data and found: 4368 public sales UP 189 4 six figure sales ... Continue Reading2 Comments
October’s top domain name stories: Meta, Tucows, EU and more
· UncategorizedThese are the stories that attracted the most eyeballs last month. 1. Yes, Facebook chose Meta for its new name and forwards Meta.com - Facebook is now Meta, a company with metaverse ambitions. Domainers have been registering meta domains in ... Continue Reading1 Comment
Dan.com’s September sales and what it shows us about the market
· Domain SalesHere are some trends from September based on Dan's sales. Yesterday, I wrote about Dan.com's sales in the final week of September. I communicated with Leanne McMahon (who puts the data together) and suggested that we feature the monthly sales on ... Continue Reading5 Comments
Two takeaways from Dan.com’s sales data
· Domain SalesTwo things jumped out at me after reviewing Dan's latest sales data. Domain name investor Leanne McMahon puts together a weekly summary of sales at Dan.com. Here's a look at the numbers from September 22-30: Public Dan @UndevelopedSales 22-30 ... Continue Reading11 Comments