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A look at who invests in domain names
A registry's investor census says as much about the registrar business as it does about the people buying names.
Domain Name Wire
Read the full storyGoDaddy customer must pay $652k after suing over domain suspension
A registrant who sued GoDaddy over a suspended domain just learned the real price of the fight: $652,000 in attorneys' fees.
Domain Name Wire
Twenty end user domain name sales up to $89,000
Public sales lists only show the residue; the end users beneath them are where the real money learns to move.
Top USD sale balaena
Domain Name Wire
Afternic: Auto Renew Turned Off for Canceled LTOs
A renewal notice is the market's way of telling you the sale didn't stick.
DomainInvesting.com
Identity Digital Releases New Research Centered on Domain Investors - Who They Are, What They Are Buying and Why
A registry that sells nearly 300 TLDs has put a number on the people it wants to renew them.
Domain Name Journal
Which domain registrars are biggest in Europe
The real story in Europe's registrar rankings is not the names at the top; it's which local markets carry them there.
Domain Name Wire
Atom offers “Instant Premium” domains for $7.75
Atom is selling cheap names with a premium halo attached.
Domain Name Wire
Sedo weekly domain name sales led by Balaena.com
A whale named Balaena carried Sedo's week, but the real signal is in the tail.
Top USD sale balaena
TheDomains.com
NameJet & Snapnames Set to Reveal a “New Look”
When the inventory is interchangeable, the interface becomes the product.
DomainInvesting.com
Internet Commerce Association names new board president, VP
Domain owners just got new lobby leadership, and that matters more than the names suggest.
Domain Name Wire
Anand Vora, Namecheap and Spaceship – DNW Podcast #591
A podcast interview is a staged window into a registrar's roadmap, and Anand Vora is the new guide.
Domain Name Wire
Many One Word .App Domains on Namecheap Auctions Today
A stack of one-word .app names hit Namecheap's auction block, and the question isn't whether they sell — it's whether anyone actually needs one.
DomainInvesting.com