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In early September, I saw that Sedo domain broker Derick Clegg was brokering the sale of Confirm.com. When I inquired about buying the domain name, he told me they were in the agreement stage of a deal and couldn’t tell me the asking price as a result. Derick later reported that domain name was sold:

CONFIRM .COM SOLD! One or two of you picked up on it pretty quick 😉Congratulations to buyer and seller. @Sedo #domains #domain #sedo #domainnames pic.twitter.com/07YWfGPjhz

— Derick_Clegg @SEDO (@Derick_Sedo) October 5, 2020

Jag Singh retweeted a DAN.com tweet from July of 2018 that shared the prior week’s sales stats and a bit of additional details about the sales that were closed on the platform:

Last week $480,000 worth of domains sold at Undeveloped!

Some interesting stats:

1: The top sale was a ccTLD
2: The runner-up a .io domain (Installed Sale)
3: The third highest sale was a Crypto related .com (Crypto related domains are 🚀 again)#NewRecord #DomainMarketplace pic.twitter.com/tioJ5nBeIt

— DAN.COM (@Undeveloped) July 23, 2018

The tweet caught my attention because the revenue number seemed like it was lower than I expected. I quickly noticed that the tweet was nearly two years old, so that explained why the revenue number seemed low to me.

Like many other businesses, the domain industry is likely going to see some contraction in the near future due to the coronavirus outbreak. This evening, Bodis shared a note to its parking service customers that might come as a pleasant surprise:

Due to COVID-19, people and families may be facing financial difficulties. As a result, we will be processing payments a few days early during the next pay cycle. Bodis already supports the fastest payouts. In April payments will go out even faster: on the 3rd rather than 7th.

— BODIS (@bodis) March 14, 2020

I just went through a frustrating time suck dealing with two outbound transfers at Register.com, and now that it has been resolved, I want to share it with you in case you come across the same issue.

I won two domain names at NameJet – SmartSpread.com and LegalVentures.com. The domain names were provisioned to my Register.com account. I generally try to consolidate my domain names at one registrar, so I unlocked these domain names and received the EPP authorization codes for transfers. I then initiated transfers to GoDaddy, which were denied due to the vague reason of “Unable to Verify Registrant Identity.“

Sky, “Europe’s biggest entertainment brand,” is looking to hire a Domain Management Analyst. Because this job opening involves domain name management at a large corporation, I thought it might be of interest to someone with domain industry experience. Perhaps a domain investor who wants to work in a corporate environment or someone who invests in domain names part time would make a good candidate for this job opportunity.

Here’s an excerpt from the job listing page posted two weeks ago on LinkedIn:

As you may have heard, the Internet Commerce Association is urging its members and domain registrants to comment about potential price increases for .com domain names. It’s not just the ICA that is warning constituents about the potential for increased pricing on .com domain names.

Early this morning, I received an email from Dynadot with the subject “Important Industry Updates.” The email, presumably sent to all of the company’s customers, informs them of the .com contract amendment that would allow for price increases, and it lets customers know where they can comment to ICANN to oppose the increases.