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Verisign and other registries are starting to step up to the plate and empower the industry with new incentives designed to help domain investors avoid losing their nest eggs. There is news this week that Verisign will waive restore fees on .COM and .NET until June 1. This is a great step in...

Verisign and other registries are starting to step up to the plate and empower the industry with new incentives designed to help domain investors avoid losing their nest eggs. There is news this week that Verisign will waive restore fees on .COM and .NET until June 1. This is a great step in...

Hey friends, I wanted to pass this along. Eugene is a homeless entrepreneur working odd jobs. Domaining could become one. “I’m buying land!” ~ Eugene, a homeless man in NC buying his first domain, for under 2 bucks. Who knows whether (BlackGolf.club) will fetch him enough for a pair of...

Hey friends, I wanted to pass this along. Eugene is a homeless entrepreneur working odd jobs. Domaining could become one. “I’m buying land!” ~ Eugene, a homeless man in NC buying his first domain, for under 2 bucks. Who knows whether (BlackGolf.club) will fetch him enough for a pair of...

The Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth and The Rockefeller Foundation announced data.org as a platform for partnerships that will continue to build the field of data science for social impact. This is the next chapter of a $50 million commitment Mastercard and the Rockefeller Foundation...

The Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth and The Rockefeller Foundation announced data.org as a platform for partnerships that will continue to build the field of data science for social impact. This is the next chapter of a $50 million commitment Mastercard and the Rockefeller Foundation...

It is Christmas. It is a good time to talk about Christmas gifts with the NamePros community. A few months ago, Epik acquired the domain name NameInvestors.com in a bulk deal with Troy Rushton. We have been thinking about what to do with such a memorable name. I think we figured it out. Here...

It is Christmas. It is a good time to talk about Christmas gifts with the NamePros community. A few months ago, Epik acquired the domain name NameInvestors.com in a bulk deal with Troy Rushton. We have been thinking about what to do with such a memorable name. I think we figured it out. Here...

A month ago we announced a project to select a brand name for the "Goodwill of Domains". The group here helped choose the domain eRise.org, and we are going with that. @Abdullah Abdullah is on point. In the meantime, I wanted to share that we had 2 domain donations that sold almost...

A month ago we announced a project to select a brand name for the "Goodwill of Domains". The group here helped choose the domain eRise.org, and we are going with that. @Abdullah Abdullah is on point. In the meantime, I wanted to share that we had 2 domain donations that sold almost...

A few folks have been asking about why I have recently become more bullish on .ORG. I thought the topic deserves a post, and perhaps some debate. In short, the reason why I think .ORG will have a healthy after-market in the coming years is because of what some have called "Plutocratic Guilt"...

A few folks have been asking about why I have recently become more bullish on .ORG. I thought the topic deserves a post, and perhaps some debate. In short, the reason why I think .ORG will have a healthy after-market in the coming years is because of what some have called "Plutocratic Guilt"...

There has recently been some extensive discussion about a Domain Microfinance program. Related to this, there has been an invitation to submit brand names for a charitable entity that I have referred to as the "Goodwill of Domains" where domains, as well as potentially other digital assets, are...

There has recently been some extensive discussion about a Domain Microfinance program. Related to this, there has been an invitation to submit brand names for a charitable entity that I have referred to as the "Goodwill of Domains" where domains, as well as potentially other digital assets, are...

Over the weekend, Epik acquired a very interesting set of courses from Troy Rushton. You can get a sense of the content here: https://learn.domainflippa.com/ The plan is to open up all the courses -- they will be free. In many parts of the world, even a $49 tuition is unaffordable. So, we...

Over the weekend, Epik acquired a very interesting set of courses from Troy Rushton. You can get a sense of the content here: https://learn.domainflippa.com/ The plan is to open up all the courses -- they will be free. In many parts of the world, even a $49 tuition is unaffordable. So, we...