Domain Name Wire for Domain - Consolidation continues in domain biz

April's top domain stories

Latest domain news View this email in your browser DNW Newsletter   Receive this email as a forward? Sign up to get it at domainnamewire.com/newsletter. How many domain name companies will there be five years from now? At the rate we're going, not many. No, I'm not talking about companies going out of business. I'm talking about consolidation. Last month, GoDaddy Registry announced it is acquiring MMX's 28 strings along with .design and .club. GoDaddy Registry itself was created by acquiring Neustar's registry business last year. It's just the latest acquisition in our industry and follows Donuts' acquisition of Afilias at the end of last year.  Consolidation is not a problem in and of itself. But it's important that we always have strong competitors in the business. This drives innovation and keeps costs down for consumers. It's important that we have many strong registrars, many registries, at least two good expired domain services, and at least two good marketplaces to choose from. It's also important that we support the new companies trying to shake up the industry.  GoDaddy's acquisition announcement was the most-read story on Domain Name Wire in April. Scroll down to find the other top stories and the podcasts I published last month. -Andrew SPONSOR MESSAGE Domain Financing 2.0 Domain owners: sell more domains with Domain Financing 2.0 at Dan.com! Sellers can offer buyers financing options of up to 60 months, and no additional negotiation is needed. Sellers also get extra fees depending on the term.  No Dan.com account? Sign up today and opt-in to domain financing.   Here are the top stories on DNW last month, as ranked by pageviews:   1. GoDaddy to acquire MMX, .Club, .Design - More domain industry consolidation as GoDaddy announced it's acquiring 30 top level domain names as part of its GoDaddy Registry business. 2. Bloomberg writes about Nick Lim and Epik - Bloomberg published an interesting story about Nick Lim, who sold his company BitMitigate to domain name register Epik in 2019. 3. Frank Schilling's top level domain auction begins today - The auction concluded last week. Results are not yet known. 4. Stands4 sues Dan.com over Calculator.com transaction - A company sued Dan.com after it bought a hot domain. 5. ICANN sends breach notice to Pheenix - After over a year of not hearing back from the registrar, ICANN finally sent a breach notice. Podcasts #335 - Developing your domains into a business with Michael Cyger - listen #334 - Tackling DNS Abuse with Graeme Bunton - listen #333 - More domain investing competition with Braden Pollock - listen #332 - The "new" NamesCon and Cloudfest with Christian Jaeger and Soeren von Varchmin - listen   Get the Latest Don't wait for this newsletter to get the latest domain name news. Check in to DNW daily, and join the 35k people who follow DNW on Twitter. Thanks for reading, Andrew Copyright © 2021 Brainstorm Labs, LLC, All rights reserved. Thanks for subscribing to Domain Name Wire's newsletter. Our mailing address is: Brainstorm Labs, LLC 290 Madison Ave Ste 204 Seattle, Washington 98110 Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list

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Domain Name Wire for Domain - Clubhouse, GoDaddy, and France.com

March's top domain stories

Latest domain news View this email in your browser DNW Newsletter   Receive this email as a forward? Sign up to get it at domainnamewire.com/newsletter. Shots in arms. We're getting somewhere, but we still have a long way to go...unsurprisingly, NamesCon canceled its summer event in Budapest. And the June ICANN meeting will be virtual. The domain name industry is international, which makes getting together during a pandemic more challenging. But we're seeing progress. Green shoots, if you will. I can't wait to see you all in person again. Scroll down to find the top five stories on Domain Name Wire from the last month, as well as the five podcasts I published. If you have a suggestion for a future podcast guest, please let me know.   SPONSOR MESSAGE Domain Financing 2.0 Domain owners: sell more domains with Domain Financing 2.0 at Dan.com! Sellers can offer buyers financing options of up to 60 months, and no additional negotiation is needed. Sellers also get extra fees depending on the term.  No Dan.com account? Sign up today and opt-in to domain financing.   Here are the top stories on DNW last month, as ranked by pageviews:   1. GoDaddy to remove locks on Brent Oxley's domains, changes policy - The registrar changed its policy for locking domains that are subject to a legal dispute after an outcry from the domain name industry. 2. Domain investing is changing. It's time to adapt your strategy - What worked before might not work in the future. Here's what's changing and how to adapt. 3. Google among end user buyers at GoDaddy, SelfMade.com sells for nearly $1M - GoDaddy's October sales included Selfmade.com, which sold for just under $1 million. 4. Anyone can start a club on Clubhouse now. What does this mean for .Club? - More clubs might use .club domains for off-app interactions with fans. 5. Court rules France can keep France.com - Previous domain name owner dealt a blow in court.   Podcasts #331 - Closing domain deals with a contract (Joe Uddeme) – listen #330 - A different domain model (Arno Vis) - listen #329 - Verisign's .com printing press (David Dayen) - listen #328 - Adapting your domain investing strategy (Logan Flatt) - listen #327 - Domain investing strategies (Nikul Sanghvi) - listen   Get the Latest Don't wait for this newsletter to get the latest domain name news. Check in to DNW daily, and join the 35k people who follow DNW on Twitter. Thanks for reading, Andrew Copyright © 2021 Brainstorm Labs, LLC, All rights reserved. Thanks for subscribing to Domain Name Wire's newsletter. Our mailing address is: Brainstorm Labs, LLC 290 Madison Ave Ste 204 Seattle, Washington 98110 Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list

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Domain Name Wire for Domain - Spider-Man, Newfold & more

February's top domain stories

Latest domain news View this email in your browser DNW Newsletter   Receive this email as a forward? Sign up to get it at domainnamewire.com/newsletter. I'm not much of a superhero fan. But my daughter recently asked me to watch Wandavision with her and I see the appeal. She fills me in on the backstory of all of the characters and it's a lot of fun. And much like how people who read this newsletter get into the nitty-gritty of domain names, caring about things other people never think about, people love to get into the nitty-gritty of their superhero movies. Last month I wrote about domain names that may tip off the name of the next Spider-Man movie. On Reddit and other forums, people who obsess over little things like the title of a movie got a kick out of it, giving their own theories about what the final title will be and what it means about the plot. That story was the most visited story on Domain Name Wire last month.  Scroll down to see the rest of the top stories on DNW last month, and links to podcasts with Frank Schilling, Elliot Noss and more.   SPONSOR MESSAGE Domain Financing 2.0 Domain owners: sell more domains with Domain Financing 2.0 at Dan.com! Sellers can offer buyers financing options of up to 60 months, and no additional negotiation is needed. Sellers also get extra fees depending on the term.  No Dan.com account? Sign up today and opt-in to domain financing.   Here are the top stories on DNW last month, as ranked by pageviews:   1. Domain names suggest title for upcoming Spider-Man movie - Much like how I scooped possible names for Wonder Woman 1984, these recent domain registrations suggest titles for the next Spider-Man movie. 2. Miller Lite will pay you $8 to type in this 836-character URL - The beer company made a very long URL part of its Super Bowl campaign. 3. Endurance to acquire Web.com, spin off Constant Contact - The big keep getting bigger! The combined entity is called Newfold Digital. 4. Breaking: Verisign announces .com price hike to $8.39 - .Com domains will cost more to renew/register starting September 1. 5. New GoDaddy domain listing wizard generates 350k aftermarket listings - GoDaddy has added a lot of latent domain inventory to the aftermarket by opening up a domain listing tool to more of its customers. Podcasts #326 - Takedowns on the Web with Elliot Noss (listen) #325 - Domain investing case study with Mark Levine (listen) #324 - Catching up with Frank Schilling (listen) #323 - Planning for the future with Warren Coughlin (listen)   Get the Latest Don't wait for this newsletter to get the latest domain name news. Check in to DNW daily, and join the 35k people who follow DNW on Twitter. Thanks for reading, Andrew Copyright © 2021 Brainstorm Labs, LLC, All rights reserved. Thanks for subscribing to Domain Name Wire's newsletter. Our mailing address is: Brainstorm Labs, LLC 290 Madison Ave Ste 204 Seattle, Washington 98110 Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list

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