Above.com posted on their blog today that they successfully brokered the sale of the domain name Palestine.com for $194,400. Above.com, a leading provider of domain brokerage services, announces the successful sale of Palestine.com for USD$194,400.00. The buyer and seller have elected to remain anonymous. This marks Above.com’s second top 5 domain sale of the year. It’s a testament to the … [Read more...]
Swedish domain registry takes the Pirate Bay of Science offline
The Swedish Internet Foundation, which manages Sweden’s .se has deactivated the domain name Sci-Hub.se which has been known as the PirateBay of Science, according to TorrentFreak.com. TorrentFreak.com published an article on the takedown. From the article: Major academic publishers such as Elsevier, Wiley, and American Chemical Society are not happy with the rogue research library. These … [Read more...]
Sedo weekly domain name sales led by ThisAV.com
Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and ThisAV.com led the way at $99,000. More background on this name here. Juv.com was second at $29,500 and puppytoys.com third at $20,000. 43 .com sales 30 cctld sales 10 other tld sales Highlights of public SedoMLS sales are: Domain … [Read more...]
CentralNic 2022 gross revenue of about USD728 million
CentralNic Group PLC (LON: CNIC) posted earnings on Monday, and 2022 was a very good year. With gross revenue up 77% compared to 2021. The stock closed up on Monday. Last Price145.50 Day Change2.50|1.75% CentralNic Group PLC on Monday said it booked record revenue in 2022, owing to its "outstanding business portfolio". The London-based domain name registry and registrar services … [Read more...]
Is The Rock going into politics? A couple domain name registrations point in that direction
Could WWE wrestler and box office superstar Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson be gearing up for a political run? According to a post at SFStandard.com two domain names were registered on January 27 indicating such a possibility. The domain names are under privacy so it's not known if Johnson registered them himself. From the article: On Jan. 27, somebody registered the domain names … [Read more...]
ChatGPT.net sells for $8,900 at DAN.com
ChatGPT has been around for just a few months but it's caused quite a stir. On Twitter I see people I follow showing their activity with the OpenAI chatbot. Forbes actually published an article tonight, focusing on the "Dark Side" of ChatGPT. From the article: The chat bot has a plethora of possibilities: it can write poetry, song lyrics, computer code and pass an MBA course exam. Users … [Read more...]
What is a fair sales commission rate?
I am sure just about everyone is familiar with the sales commission changes coming across all GoDaddy properties, (GoDaddy.com, Afternic, DAN.com and Uniregistry). For those not familiar, To simplify commissions, effective Feb. 1, 2023, each marketplace is moving to a 15% commission rate for domain names pointed to Afternic, Dan, or Uniregistry nameservers at the time of the sale. If your … [Read more...]