Domain Investing News Highlights for the week of March 11th, 2019

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Another week is behind us, and as usual, there was plenty of news in the domain investing world to keep us all busy. In case you missed it, here are some of the top stories that caught my eye. Last week I think I covered too many stories and I really want to keep this short and sweet because it’s Friday and you really don’t have the time to read a bunch of news stories, so I’m sticking with three, if you want more in the future just let me know in the comment section below.

Now, onto the news!

  • ICANN shuts down Alpnames – one of the top stories this week is the shuttering of a registrar that I frankly have never heard of called Alpnames…they broke some rules, are no more, and now hundreds of thousands of domains are in purgatory. DNW broken the news (to me at least) and also wrote a solid article about how to rescue your domains from Alpnames.
  • Mike Mann declared himself the real domain king – here we go again. It’s happened before, and it’s happening again. Domain Investor Mike Mann went on Twitter and said he really should be the domain king. I like both Rick and Mike so I’m staying out of this one.
  • Sketch.com was acquired just before a $20M raise – another great one-word .COM is off the market forever as Sketch.com was acquired by the startup of the same name, perfectly timed just before they announced a $20M raise.

A little bonus story, while I don’t want to promote my own articles too much here, I am excited for Efty who announced this week on the Domain Sherpa show that they’ll be supporting larger portfolio owners (i.e. 5,000+ domains). Woot!

Okay, now stop reading domain investing news and go out and enjoy your Friday night. If you think there’s a story that should have made the list, share away in the comment section below.

Morgan Linton

Morgan Linton