The Afternic Diaries: Mundane tasks of a domain name broker

My name is – wait, better leave that out, on second thought. I’m a junior domain broker at Afternic, the biggest domain brokerage platform owned by GoDaddy. We are giants. At least, that’s what the middle management tells us on casual Fridays. We have pineapple pizza and soda and we talk about kicking the competition’s […]

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French domainer : Francois unveils fresh photo while on vacation

Ah, the French – they know everything about the good life: long lunch breaks, crunchy bread, strong-smelling cheese and scrumptious wine, olives, grapes, strolls on the beach, long naps. It’s the summer, after all, and life in beautiful south France is at the peak of its majestic revelation. French domain investor, Francois of Domaining.com fame, […]

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Chinese email inquiry deemed suspicious due to perfect grammar

Reports of a well-written email from China, inquiring about domains that you might own, are making the rounds. The suspicious email raised many an eyebrow among domain investors that are looking to flip their large portfolios of four letter .com domains, which are otherwise gathering moss. “When I received that email from a QQ.com address, […]

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Domainer Coffins : Customize your final home with your favorite TLD

Who says you can’t take it with you? When it comes down to that final destination, most of us definitely wish it never happened, but like taxes, death is unavoidable. A new service, Domainer Coffins, wants to make light of this otherwise serious situation, and it does so with gusto. Formed in 2013 by Alfonso […]

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Dot .Ninja domains to get registered very quietly tonight

The dot .Ninja registry has announced that .ninja domains are scheduled to arrive ‘very quietly’ tonight, taking advantage of the darkness and a new moon. Slated as an aggressive alternative to .guru, dot .ninja domains can become the lethal weapon of gTLDs. “Ninja domains are the warriors of the domain industry, and possess skills unlike […]

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Domain resurrection: Registerfly becomes ICANN-accredited .CN and .Asia registrar

The domain registrar associated with a mini scandal in the late 2000’s is back, having cleansed itself from its sinful past. Registerfly was once a popular – and affordable – domain registrar, that attracted thousands of domainers; at the time of its untimely demise, there were several million domains under management. After the domain expired, […]

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