Page Howe was mentioned in an article on ieee.org. The article took a look at emoji domains and why they do or don't make sense. Page has been outspoken about his belief in emoji domains and gets a couple paragraphs. From the article: People like Page Howe, a domain and digital asset investor, are bullish on URL emojis. “If I said to you, ‘you can be the teddy bear emoji dot double-u ess,’ … [Read more...]
Emoji domains have a theme song
This came out earlier this year but I never saw it tweeted or mentioned anywhere. I just thought it was a fun way to try to promote a niche you were interested in. It was created by the owners of i❤️.ws I think they need to do a music video next with Vito from Media Branding, Page Howe and our contributor here Alvin Brown. And no we are not recommending you invest in emoji domains, … [Read more...]
Scandals, Crypto, Emojis – A look back at 2017
2017 is wrapping up and it was quite the interesting year in domaining. It was a year when many heard of crypto for the first time and then played the part of crypto expert. It was the year of the emoji, one excellent guide written by Michael Cyger and emoji domains were off to the races. Domaining has become to a certain degree a collection of echo chambers. Those seeking confirmation bias … [Read more...]
Big week coming up for emoji domains
Alvin Brown posted an interesting article this morning on emoji domains. There are over 1200 emoji domains coming to GoDaddy auctions over the next week. From the article: Most days, the expired emoji domain search returns a handful of domains or, in most cases, no domains at all. Well, that tide changed this week when 1,220 emoji domain auctions soon to expired appeared. Nearly 50% of … [Read more...]
Emoji domains hype or the real deal?
2017 has brought more attention to emoji domains than any other year I can remember. From i❤️domains to the excellent guide produced by DNAcademy, to a high schooler named Shane Brunswick, an incoming high school sophomore who created Domainoji.com, an emoji domain registration website that automatically converts emojis to punycode. Blake Irving, CEO of GoDaddy expressed his fondness for … [Read more...]
Emojis.com purchased in 2010 looking like a great investment
Emojis have been talked about a lot over the last few months with regards to domain names. From i❤️domains to the excellent guide produced by DNAcademy, to a high schooler named Shane Brunswick, an incoming high school sophomore who created Domainoji.com, an emoji domain registration website that automatically converts emojis to punycode. One of the best names in the space Emojis.com is … [Read more...]
Domain Research Group takes a look at emoji domains in .com
Domain Research Group the people behind I❤️.ws, was nice enough to go through the .com zone file and identify all the emoji names that exist in .com. There are 233 in total, (currently emojis are unable to be registered in gtlds like com,net and org). We’re defining “emoji” very loosely here… it’s more interesting to see the wider array of weird characters in dotcom domains than to get too … [Read more...]