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Alt.Bank is a Super Confusing, Non-New gTLD Brand

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New gTLD

Elliot Silver

May 4, 2021

I saw a TechCrunch tweet about a Brazilian startup called Alt.bank, and it caught my attention because of the new gTLD that was auto-hyperlinked in the tweet:

https://t.co/O7SoWR6tZH, Brazil’s latest fintech targeting the unbanked, raises $5.5M https://t.co/lQjyvJTvKQ by @marcemccarthy

— TechCrunch (@TechCrunch) May 4, 2021

I clicked the Alt.bank link in the tweet, and it did not resolve for me. I clicked through to the TechCrunch article, and I saw why the website doesn’t resolve there. The banking startup’s brand might be Alt.bank, but the company can’t be found on Alt.bank. Instead, the company uses the AltBank.com.br ccTLD for its website.

NFT.ai From 3 Figures to 6 Figures in Less Than a Year

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Domain Sales

Elliot Silver

April 16, 2021

Someone I trust shared a swath of private .ai domain name sales with me. Among them was the six figure sale of NFT.ai. The sale price is impressive, but the ROI was even more notable. I was told that NFT.ai was acquired in an expiry auction for $100 in August of 2020. It was reportedly resold earlier this month for $105,000. The domain name was bought via Namecheap. Paying $100 for a domain name and selling it for more than $100,000 less than a year later is an eye-watering flip.

Andrew Rosener Sold Metaverse.io for $175,000

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Domain Sales

Elliot Silver

March 6, 2021

Metaverse․io was the top sale of the day going for $175k. That record-setting domain was purchased for $2,232 about four months ago. 🤑 International Women’s Day is on Monday, and BuyDomains sold CelebrateMom․com for $2,888. Today’s #DailyMarketReport https://t.co/ygoYgteA37

— NameBio (@NameBio) March 6, 2021

On the most recent edition of the Domain Sherpa show, Andrew Rosener reported the sale of Metaverse.io for $175,000. According to a tweet from NameBio, Metaverse.io had been acquired for just $2,232 on October 31, 2020 via the Park.io platform.

2020 .US Town Hall

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GoDaddy

Elliot Silver

November 11, 2020

On November 12th at noon Eastern time, the .US Registry will be hosting its 2020 Town Hall meeting. .US ccTLD domain registrants and others are invited to participate in this virtually-held annual meeting. Featured speakers in this meeting include Dustin Phillips, Chair .US Stakeholder Council, Crystal Peterson, Director, Registry Services, and Kristin Johnson, Council Secretariat, Registry Services Global Marketing and Brand. .US stakeholders who attend the meeting are invited “to provide input and feedback on .US Policies and other initiatives.”

Here’s what attendees should expect from this Town Hall meeting:

Lost My First Serious .IO Auction to an End User

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Domain Auctions

Elliot Silver

September 1, 2020

For the first time I can recall, there was a .IO domain name in auction at Park.IO that I was interested enough in buying that I was willing to pay 4 figures to buy it. The auction ended on Sunday, and I was a loser, despite bidding more than $1,000 for the domain name.

I shared this on Twitter, as I think it is important to show people I am not solely interested in buying .com domain names:

Thought I was going to win my first .IO domain name in auction yesterday at @io_domains. I bid over $1k but lost. Maybe next time.

— Elliot Silver (@DInvesting) August 31, 2020

GoDaddy Launches First .GoDaddy Website

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GoDaddy
New gTLD

Elliot Silver

August 4, 2020

In April of this year, GoDaddy announced that it would be acquiring Neustar’s registry business. Neustar has operated and offers back-end services for more than 215 domain name extensions, including .US, .CO, .NYC, .Biz, and a number of other extensions. The acquisition closed yesterday, and the Neustar registry business is now owned by GoDaddy. The division is now known as GoDaddy Registry, and it is led by Nicolai Bezsonoff, who was formerly Senior Vice President and General Manager of Neustar’s Registry business.

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Alt.Bank is a Super Confusing, Non-New gTLD Brand

NFT.ai From 3 Figures to 6 Figures in Less Than a Year

Andrew Rosener Sold Metaverse.io for $175,000

2020 .US Town Hall

Lost My First Serious .IO Auction to an End User

GoDaddy Launches First .GoDaddy Website

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