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My Sell Through Rate is Too High

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A little while ago, I shared a bit of information about my domain portfolio sell through rate, and I want to add some commentary here. So far this year, I have sold a little more than 3.6% of the domain names in my portfolio. I have fewer than 2,000 domain names in my portfolio. One other fact is that I have acquired almost 3 times the number of domain names as I have sold.

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GoDaddy Introduces GoDaddy Payments Platform

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Yesterday morning, GoDaddy announced a payments platform called GoDaddy Payments. The platform is intended to be used by small business customers utilizing GoDaddy website products and services. The GoDaddy Payments platform was built with the technology and teams from the company’s Poynt acquisition.

Here’s the utility of GoDaddy Payments, as described in the press release:

“GoDaddy Payments provides a fast and secure way for GoDaddy’s ecommerce customers to get paid. The setup process is simple and quick, enabling customers to begin using GoDaddy Payments for processing their customers’ transactions in minutes. Payments are processed securely and efficiently, with funds deposited into users’ bank accounts the very next business day.”

GoDaddy CEO Aman Bhutani made an appearance on CNBC’s Closing Bell yesterday afternoon to discuss GoDaddy Payments:

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Andreessen Horowitz Acquires Future.com via Media Options

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Andreessen Horowitz recently acquired the Future.com domain name, it was revealed today. According to an article published in TechCrunch, the Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm launched a new media brand called Future. Interestingly, the Future brand was launched on a subdomain of the Andreesen Horowtiz website – Future.a16z.com. I imagine the company will rebrand to Future.com at some point in the future.

Here’s what is TechCrunch shared about the company’s plans for Future:

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Alloy Acquires Alloy.com and Rebrands

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Late last year, I detected an ownership change for Alloy.com via the DomainTools Whois Monitor tool. As I reported on Twitter at the time, the domain name was transferred to Tucows under Whois privacy. Alloy.com began forwarding to Alloy.CO, an identity verification platform. Previously, the Alloy.com domain name had been owned by Hearst Communications.

Alloy, the company that operated on Alloy.CO, had recently announced a $40 million Series B fundraising round. At that time, the company had raised a total of $55.8 million in funding since its founding in 2015. It does not appear that the company has raised additional funding since then.

Earlier today, Alloy announced a major corporate rebrand, including a new logo and website. The company discussed the rebrand in a blog post:

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ICANN71 Virtual Policy Forum Has Begun

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The virtually-conducted ICANN71 meeting began today and runs from June 14 – 17. The policy forum might not be of particular interest to the majority of domain investors, but it is important to remain aware of ICANN governance. Participating in – or following along with ICANN meetings is a good way to keep apprised of ICANN happenings.

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Premium Tier .CO and .Club Names Can be Listed on GoDaddy Auctions

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GoDaddy’s Joe Styler shared some news on Twitter this evening that will likely be of interest to domain investors who own premium tier .CO and .Club domain names.

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