Here’s how to buy domains at wholesale prices that are already approved for Squadhelp Premium. Qualified buyers can acquire domains approved for Squadhelp Premium at discounted prices. On this week’s podcast, I talked to Squadhelp founder Darpan Munjal. One feature we discussed is the Squadhelp Wholesale Marketplace, where domain investors can buy domains that are [...] Continue reading →

Jean-Noël Frydman, who owned France.com from 1994 until 2018, wants the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in. Jean-Noël Frydman hasn’t given up yet. The businessman who registered France.com in 1994 has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to consider a dispute over the France.com domain name. In 2014, Frydman’s company France.com, Inc. filed a lawsuit [...] Continue reading →

Want to dig into China’s domain opportunities? Start here. The China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) website provides useful data to help you decide how to invest for the China domain market. Of particular interest to domain investors is the Internet Statistics section. Here, you can find English reports of surveys CNNIC has conducted [...] Continue reading →

This company’s domain upgrade shows the challenges of naming a company with a popular brand name. Percent is a platform that claims to offer greater transparency and liquidity to anyone looking to make alternative investments. Since forming in 2018, Percent has been through at least two other domain names before settling on the formidable [...] Continue reading →

Namecheap is now offering 11 alt-root domains based on blockchain technology. Namecheap has become the largest domain name registrar to begin offering blockchain-based domain names. The company is offering a selection of 11 alt-root Handshake domain names: .p, .pgp, .sox, .elite, .ill, .saas, .creator, .oh, .oo, .oot, .orb. It says it plans to add [...] Continue reading →

I’m taking part in two sessions today. NamesCon.online starts today, and I’m taking part in two sessions this morning. First, at 7:55 am PDT, I’ll join Soeren von Varchmin for the opening session, where I’ll talk a bit about the current domain name market. Then at 10:05 am PDT, I’m leading a discussion with [...] Continue reading →

NFT and blockchain companies drive several domain sales this week. Sedo’s top sale this week was Fume.com for $160,000. It’s under Whois proxy and doesn’t resolve to an active website yet, so we’ll have to see who bought it. But Sedo had many other solid sales, including a handful of .ai and .io domains. [...] Continue reading →